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Originally posted by Excitable_Boy
The only point of this thread is to show Christians that no one has the privilege they believe they have. I honestly believe that to be a fact...not an opinion. Just like some Jews think they are "the chosen people." Same thing. God created us all and didn't make some better than others based on what they look like, believe in or otherwise.
The reward for living our lives in the way that He prescribes is eternal life! Sorry if that offends you.
The Bible says that we are all sinners and none of us are “good enough” to get into heaven on our own. IMHO this line of thinking offends you because you feel that you are a good person.
You believe in God. You don’t believe the Bible. So why would you want to be in heaven with all those Christians anyway?
" Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil."
Originally posted by Excitable_Boy
What is thereof? I don't think I've ever eaten that. Is it a plant of some kind?
Excitable_Boy, I truly love your sense of humor!
I, on the other hand, could never believe in a God that was not powerful enough to control the production of a book that claimed to be His word. If I were God (good thing I'm not) I would never allow someone to produce a work and claim it was mine if it wasn't.
In order to get on Gods list
This is typical human reasoning.
This is what happened in the Garden of Eden
Excitable Boy..you are correct about this ..people should know the difference in good and evil...yes..I agree. This is why people like Marx and Engles wanted a Shangri La...called Utopia and worked out a intresting scenerio/system to promote it. Others took it to the ultimate solution through a organization called the Internationale...later to become the workers paradise..or the Communist Party. This did a excellent job of promoting Shangri La where ever it left its fingerprints
Originally posted by orangetom1999
Good post.
I do however need some clarification as obviously I am not up to date with current trends or music history. That is...I think you are making reference to music!!
I am not sure what you mean about "rage against the machine rock"?? Can you clarify this for me. Thanks...I would appreciate this clarification.
I agree with you that politics has corrupted Christianity. Seduced it so to speak. This is what people like Excitable Boy use often in their Rants to represent all of Christians and Christianity to gain leverage to play through or default through. I am just not wont to grant such a default.
Yes I agree..Christianity and politics are mostly at the opposite ends of the spectrum.. excellent of you to note this. Most Christians cannot do so.
Once again ..agree...the money powers are anti christ...
I must disagree with you on one thing NJE 777..I will judge if a thing is of God or not of God. This is what I must do to determine if I am going to seperate from this leven or spoil the unleven. I prefer not to mix leven with unleven.
In like manner I do not consider myself better than anyone else or priveleged.
I consider myself to be Blessed with a knowlege I do not deserve on my own merits. Blessed most certainly does not make one better or priveleged.
well his rant doesnt have any merit, does it? Its the same ole same ole stereotypical garbage that is flung out left, right and centre. Politics needed a powerful tool and that due to Man's interpetation of the Holy Bible was Christianity. How else was it possible to dispossess 'others' of land?..it was justified relying on spreading the word/bringing enlightenment to the savages[sic]
Western expansion holds many answers.
Originally posted by Excitable_Boy
Bravo! Killing in The Name of........CHRISTIANITY!! Been going on for close to 2000 years now.
You gotta do what they told ya....
You gotta do what they told ya....
You gotta do what they told ya....
Justify....those who die....
Zoooooom...........over YOUR head Tom!
Tom...you need to go out and have some fun! God doesn't want JW's moping all day! Peace my brother!
That is unjust! You need to apologise to orangetom! You are lumping his faith/beliefs into 2000 years of western expansion??? So was orangetom there 2000 years ago?
I have made a point about POLITICS & Christianity; that is not attributed to orangetom's faith.
All religions are guilty of 'killing in the name of!'
Originally posted by Excitable_Boy
Christianity has a pretty bad history...full of genocide and hate of others. Thus, the whole privilege nonsense!
quote: Originally posted by Excitable_Boy
Christianity has a pretty bad history...full of genocide and hate of others. Thus, the whole privilege nonsense!
The catholic church is not Biblical christianity. It's not christianity at all.
Originally posted by Excitable_Boy
The Catholic Church is Christianity. It's one interprestation as are all the rest. Catholics aren't the only Christians responsible for the 2000 years of genocide.