The Top 10 Benefits of Agnosticism

Originally posted by josephw
You call yourself a Christian, and call Jesus a liar at the same time.

I suppose you don't believe Jesus literally rose from the dead either.

Dive cherry picks his Christianity.

And he cherry picks which portions of the Bible he will believe.

Originally posted by divegeester
When did I say Jesus was a liar? You need to stop throwing insults and start being a man josephw. How old are you now?

You need to stop throwing insults and start being a man josephw.

You would do well to follow your own advice.

Originally posted by Fetchmyjunk
[b]You need to stop throwing insults and start being a man josephw.

You would do well to follow your own advice.[/b]

I never use scripture to throw insults, which is what I'm talking about. Josephw loves doing this, it his MO, I think it makes him feel powerful.

Originally posted by divegeester
When did I say Jesus was a liar? You need to stop throwing insults and start being a man josephw. How old are you now?

Mark 9:43, 48-49 “And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire…where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.’ For everyone will be salted with fire.”

What is your interpretation of this verse?

Originally posted by chaney3
Dive cherry picks his Christianity.

And he cherry picks which portions of the Bible he will believe.

No, I accept every part of the bible as being the word of god. Some parts I disagree with other people's interpretation, other parts I simply refuse to bend my moral compass to accept as being acceptable.

Originally posted by Fetchmyjunk
Mark 9:43, 48-49 “And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire…where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.’ For everyone will be salted with fire.”

You want me to cut my hand off now!?

Originally posted by divegeester
When did I say Jesus was a liar? You need to stop throwing insults and start being a man josephw. How old are you now?

That's hypocritical. I didn't insult you, but you did me.

Jesus taught about hell. Hell exists. Jesus said so, but you say hell doesn't exist. You're making Jesus out to be a liar.

Try to stay on topic.

Originally posted by divegeester
You want me to cut my hand off now!?

You said 'hell' does not exist. So why would Jesus use the word 'hell' if it doesn't exist?

Originally posted by josephw
That's hypocritical. I didn't insult you, but you did me.

Jesus taught about hell. Hell exists. Jesus said so, but you say hell doesn't exist. You're making Jesus out to be a liar.

Try to stay on topic.

I've never used scripture to insult you.

I don't accept the version of hell that you interpret it to be. Perhaps it's something else. Take your pick.

Originally posted by Fetchmyjunk
You said 'hell' does not exist. So why would Jesus use the word 'hell' if it doesn't exist?

Perhaps it does but it doesn't involve him watching billions of people being tortured for eternity. Accepting this interpretation is one of the sickest things you can do as a Christian.

Originally posted by chaney3
Dive cherry picks his Christianity.

And he cherry picks which portions of the Bible he will believe.

A lot of people do that. It's a problem for some. Unfortunately some folks that call themselves Christians fail to understand that God's Word is the final authority, and that it says what it means and means what it says.

Originally posted by divegeester
Perhaps it does but it doesn't involve him watching billions of people being tortured for eternity. Accepting this interpretation is one of the sickest things you can do as a Christian.

You believe 'only' what you want to believe.

Are you a Christian?

Originally posted by divegeester
Perhaps it does but it doesn't involve him watching billions of people being tortured for eternity. Accepting this interpretation is one of the sickest things you can do as a Christian.

You categorically stated that 'hell' does not exist. If you did in fact have a different interpretation of hell why would you say it doesn't exist?

Originally posted by divegeester
I've never used scripture to insult you.

I don't accept the version of hell that you interpret it to be. Perhaps it's something else. Take your pick.

I never insulted you with the scriptures. You just took it that way. Probably because of a guilty conscience.

The version of hell you describe is unbiblical. You really don't know what I believe on the subject.

Main benefit of being an agnostic:

1. The countless hours saved staying out of pointless arguments such as those of the last posts above. 😀