Christianity Seems Appealing, Doesn't It?

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by GePap
Yes it is!

UR: you are now on trial for sedition against the rightfull rulers of the fair vity of Dis!

Okay, if that's the way you want to play, fine.

You have been sent to Heaven

[Straybow]

Originally posted by Boddington's
Sorry Player, I agree with Straybow. There's some good stuff out there!

OK, who are you and what have you done to the real Boddington's!?

[Dr Strangelove]

Originally posted by Boddington's
Yeah..I believe the moral teachings of Christianity are , but can't bring myself to believe in all those myths about Jesus and God etc.

Haxe you considered Unitarianism?

[Dr Strangelove]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
Christianity has some of the most noble philosophical sentiments you will find at its core. Jefferson felt that the teachings of Jesus were sublime, but that Paul had corrupted the message and had turned Jesus into a divine figure out of fanatical desire to bring people to his side. That's why Jefferson created a version of the Bible in which he removed the supernatural elements, which he felt were ludicrous, and removed a lot of Paul's words.

I don't see why there would be an incompatibility between believing the teachings ascribed to Jesus are wonderful things and yet rejecting the supernatural elements.

"Love one another" requires no supernatural beliefs.

Jefferson wrote a book about this. I think it is entitled "The Life and Teachings of Jesus Christ". ....or was it "The Teachings of Jesus Christ as He Meant Them To Be"? I've forgotten, but apparently a number of copies of this book are distributed among the offices of US Senators and Congressmen. Newt Gingrich used to point to this book and wax poetically about Jefferson as one of our Christian forefathers. Evidently Newt was illiterate or he would have realised that Tom was a Deist.

[Dr Strangelove]

Originally posted by Lincoln
To be a follower of Jesus it is necessary to actually do what he said. Yes, salvation is a free gift of grace but the trampling of that grace under foot by those who should be teaching it by example is a grievous sin.

Yuh, a lot of people seem to miss that point. A whole lot.

[Sava]

Christianity Seems Appealing, Doesn't It?

no... knowledge should be promoted... not discouraged.

[Heresson]

Why?

[Sava]

Originally posted by Heresson
Why?

because we were given a mind... to use it, lose it, or abuse it. (assuming God exists) he gave us a mind... that suggests he values knowledge. Believing in a religion that discourages dissenting views and threatens them with eternal damnation would go against the basic nature of humankind.

[Heresson]

Why? You've just stated that if God gave us mind, He gave it to us so that we could use it

[Sava]

Why? You've just stated that if God gave us mind, He gave it to us so that we could use it

now you are just being silly...

[Heresson]

Why (he he he)?

[Odin]

Even though I am an athiest, I believe in an afterlife because there is some scientific evidence behind the existance of ghosts.

Diplo, There was a show on the Discovery channel that says Mary was raped by a roman soldier, so the virgin birth thing is BS. There is some evidence that Jesus survived his executiona nd faked death, so it appeared that he came bace to life. He then moved to southern France.

[Sava]

Even though I am an athiest, I believe in an afterlife because there is some scientific evidence behind the existance of ghosts.

[Ted Striker]

Boring Christians please show me an example of a Christian artist that DOESN'T SUCK

mission impossible

[Dr Strangelove]

Originally posted by Ted Striker
Boring Christians please show me an example of a Christian artist that DOESN'T SUCK

mission impossible

Michellangelo, da Vince, Titan, Raphael, Rembrandt, Heironymus Bosch. I could go on.