@Pianoman1 said1 Corinthians 15:3
What is important?
To allow every person the right to have their own view and perspective on life.
To listen to every person’s view respectfully.
To understand that sometimes silence is more powerful than words.
To spread love and compassion, not subjective dogma.
To be and let be.
For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures,
@Pianoman1 saidIt appears that many atheists, LGBTQ++ people, and Muslims, lack these qualities you list here.
What is important?
To allow every person the right to have their own view and perspective on life.
To listen to every person’s view respectfully.
To understand that sometimes silence is more powerful than words.
To spread love and compassion, not subjective dogma.
To be and let be.
@Pianoman1 saidYou can say that if you like, but I see Christians, Jews, Hindus, Sikhs, Blacks and most normal races living their lives without interfering with others. The guilty ones are those with extreme beliefs or who need to indoctrinate others ..
Agreed, but let’s also include Christians, Jews, Hindus, Sikhs; black, white, brown, people, Asians, Europeans, Africans.
In fact let’s say it as it is - the whole of humanity.
- Muslims persecute, rape and kill non-Muslims
- LGDTQ++ people attempt to force people to accept, celebrate and even join them in their perverted lifestyle.
- Atheists routinely laugh at and ridicule those who believe in God, Allah or Krishna eetc.
3 examples of people who are not comfortable living their lives in peace, without the need to indoctrinate or force others to accept or join them.
@Rajk999 saidWhen has an atheist ever tried to indoctrinate you or force you to join them?
You can say that if you like, but I see Christians, Jews, Hindus, Sikhs, Blacks and most normal races living their lives without interfering with others. The guilty ones are those with extreme beliefs or who need to indoctrinate others ..
- Muslims persecute, rape and kill non-Muslims
- LGDTQ++ people attempt to force people to accept, celebrate and even join them in the ...[text shortened]... iving their lives in peace, without the need to indoctrinate or force others to accept or join them.
An atheist just points out the contradictions and fallacies in your beliefs. (Of which there are a great many). - But yes, some of them are also laughable.
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Trump wandered into the National Prayer Breakfast the other day like a man who’d accidentally been scheduled for a revival service in between a rally and a grievance deposition, and proceeded to deliver what can only be described as a theological Mad Libs stitched together with ego, revenge fantasies, and intermittent references to God as a kind of celestial brand sponsor.
What does it say about American Christianity that so many of its leaders looked at this man, this lifelong monument to ego, and decided he was the one to be prayed over, honoured, and called “the greatest champion of faith of all time”?
What does it say about a Church that cannot recognise idolatry when it is standing at the podium, soaking up applause?
#USPolitics #PrayerBreakfast #kakistocracy #Authoritarianism
@Rajk999 saidI believe this is called false witness.
You can say that if you like, but I see Christians, Jews, Hindus, Sikhs, Blacks and most normal races living their lives without interfering with others. The guilty ones are those with extreme beliefs or who need to indoctrinate others ..
- Muslims persecute, rape and kill non-Muslims
- LGDTQ++ people attempt to force people to accept, celebrate and even join them in the ...[text shortened]... iving their lives in peace, without the need to indoctrinate or force others to accept or join them.
@Pianoman1 saidWe all need a Savior. With the whole in the same boat as sinners, it does little good to compare ourselves to ourselves as if some are worse than others when the whole is bad.
Agreed, but let’s also include Christians, Jews, Hindus, Sikhs; black, white, brown, people, Asians, Europeans, Africans.
In fact let’s say it as it is - the whole of humanity.
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@KellyJay saidA Savior from what? From some kind of "loving" but monstrous and psychotic God who made us the way we are, and will punish us for being the way He/It made us?
We all need a Savior. With the whole in the same boat as sinners, it does little good to compare ourselves to ourselves as if some are worse than others when the whole is bad.
Salvation lies in rejecting such mental crap.
There's quite a difference between flourishing and controlling.
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@Arkturos saidThe Lord God of Heaven and Earth is One! Many people see that as only the number one, but that isn’t the word for a number; it’s the word for agreement and harmony. (Echad) Many apply that to the agreement of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, in their harmonious relationship, three persons, One Being. It is deeper than even that. It applies to the nature of God as well. He is just, holy, righteous, good, timeless, all-powerful, and so on. He never stops being any of these things in their perfection at any time, nor does He set any of them aside to do another.
A Savior from what? From some kind of "loving" but monstrous and psychotic God who made us the way we are, and will punish us for being the way He/It made us?
Salvation lies in rejecting such mental crap.
There's quite a difference between flourishing and controlling.
Since God is timeless, while we have a past, present, and future, every single thing we have ever done, are doing, and will do is how God views us. Our past can bury some of our deeds in our eyes, never His. So I ask you, what would a loving God do to those who insult His deity, being a Holy Righteous God? He cannot let that slide; those insults are always before Him. How about what He will do to those who harm people He loves? Those actions are always before Him. He cannot let that slide. Justice demands recompense. He cannot just forget it; that would not be righteous, good, or Holy.
The loving God entered into humanity as one of us, became part of His creation, lived a sinless life, we crucified Him, He died, and rose from the dead. At the same time, the Father crushed the Son for the sins of humanity so that we could be forgiven in righteousness at the cross of Christ. Yes, the loving God made a way for us to avoid the wrath of God. He did it because He loves us. Those who enrage the Spirit of grace have the wrath of God to look forward to; we will all stand before Him at a fixed set time. We do that either in the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, or in our sins.
@Pianoman1 saidNow we see what will happen when the AntiChrist pulls his wagon into DC.
Trump wandered into the National Prayer Breakfast the other day like a man who’d accidentally been scheduled for a revival service in between a rally and a grievance deposition, and proceeded to deliver what can only be described as a theological Mad Libs stitched together with ego, revenge fantasies, and intermittent references to God as a kind of celestial brand sponsor. ...[text shortened]... the podium, soaking up applause?
#USPolitics #PrayerBreakfast #kakistocracy #Authoritarianism
I always read Revelation and wondered how he could come and fool so many Christians at the end times.
Now I know.
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@moonbus saidReal Christianity (Yes, I know that sounds like the True Scotsman analogy) depicts a life here on Earth, to help our brothers live their lives to the fullest, led by Jesus' advice how to follow God, not trying to beat each other down.
So, for you, life is just a rehearsal. A means to an end. The real show comes later.
" ... I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." -- John 10:10, KJV
False Christianity focuses on making people feel bad about their religion, or penalizing others for not agreeing with them. When the AC comes (yeah, I know, I know), he will be followed and honored by most of these supposed "Christians".
"And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd." -- John 10:16, KJV
Donald John Trump, while not the AntiChrist himself, is a harbinger of the power to come.
Like John the Baptist, who came to make the way for his master, Jesus the Christ, Trump has been chosen to make the way for his master, the Son of the Lord of Lies.
Maybe call him "John the Liar"? People follow him now because of his lies.