19 Mar '12 11:02>
Originally posted by Rajk999Seriously?
These doctrines were spelt out by Christ. I dont think it is wise to water it down.
There are 2 kinds of people in the world.
Those serious about eternal life.
Those whose religion is just a side show in their lives.
The serious ones will erase their minds of the doctrines of men, and those taught in churches today and start reading the doctrine of C ...[text shortened]... Then read the doctrines taught by the Apostles.
Everyone can read and spell for themselves.
You say there are only two types of people in the entire world and those are your only options?
Encompassing the huge range of beliefs, attitudes, and varying religious positions is vastly more
complex than you make out.
Almost all religions include the idea of an afterlife, and I would think that many if not most believers
in those religions are 'serious' about their particular version of eternal life.
And then there are those who believe that science will one day allow us to achieve biological or
technological immortality and they tend to be very serious about eternal life (and are almost exclusively
atheists for obvious reasons).
Then there are those (like me) for whom religion is not a side show in our lives, it isn't ANY part of our lives.
And no, discussing issues on a chess site forum doesn't make religion part of my life, in the same way that
discussing the lord of the rings doesn't make magic or 'questing' part of my life.
Theists of all/most stripes have a tendency to put on blinkers and forget about all the other religions and
beliefs that exist other than there own or none.
Not everyone (by far) is a Christian.
Those who are not Christians, or in my case theists at all, do not look at our lives through the lens of the bible
or Christian beliefs.
The people who flew the planes into the twin towers were serious about their 'eternal life'...
But I am sure that they were not who you had in mind when you said that there are only two types of people in
the world...