Is There A Conspiracy Of Atheists To Overthrow Christianity?, page 4


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reply posted on 16-1-2008 @ 10:26 AM by Clearskies
reply to post by pavlovsdog


How can you NOT know that these are the basic tenants of True Christianity?

The thief on the cross beside Jesus was taken to paradise WITHOUT being baptised, taught catechisms or even sacraments!
This is not new.
The anabaptists were so-called, (evangelists) killed, and persecuted for teaching repentance and conversion, followed by full emersion!
preceded by the Waldensions, the Hussites and the Lollards.
Great men and Women of Faith!!!

Are you Russian Orthodox?

[edit on 16-1-2008 by Clearskies]


reply posted on 16-1-2008 @ 10:33 AM by Clearskies
reply to post by melatonin


Don't forget tax payers' dollars, you also have that.
As well as a wide array of government pandering!


reply posted on 16-1-2008 @ 10:41 AM by pavlovsdog
Originally posted by Clearskies
reply to post by pavlovsdog


How can you NOT know that these are the basic tenants of True Christianity?



TRUE Christanity? No further comment. I guess yours is the 'only way' the 'right way' and 'if you dont believe as I do you are going to burn in hell'

Now, I purport that the following is much closer to the basic tenants of Christanity. As it predates the Evangelical belief sub set by almost 1500 years

The Nicene Creed:

We believe in one God,
the Father, the Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all that is, seen and unseen.

We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,
eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made,
of one Being with the Father.
Through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation
he came down from heaven:
by the power of the Holy Spirit
he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary,
and was made man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered death and was buried.
On the third day he rose again
in accordance with the Scriptures;
he ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,
and his kingdom will have no end.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son.
With the Father and the Son he is worshiped and glorified.
He has spoken through the Prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look for the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the world to come. Amen.


reply posted on 16-1-2008 @ 10:42 AM by sizzle
Originally posted by riley
Originally posted by sizzle
I don't recall making a statement that specified that.

okay then:
The Bible itself tells you that you cannot understand the things of God with the carnal mind. And until you are spiritually re-born; that is what you have is a carnal mind.

You keep 'diplomatically' inferring it without giving respect to the various forms of atheist spirituality that exist [which you've now denied doing ]..as though you think atheists are incapable of spiritual awareness. You even started a thread based on that [us and 'them'] premise.. and you even snuck in the words 'carnal mind' to describe us even though we are ALL aware that it's a biblical term of degredation which basically means an uncivilised mind thats prone to 'sinning' with carnal pleasures. It's very hard to believe you are the passive peacemaker when you not only threw the first stone and started a thread accusing us of being the aggressors [quite a judgement in itself] ..but have also insulted our moral charactors.. an observation I suspect you will now claim victim to which ironically will play right into your atheist=aggressor scenario anyway.

[I can see how this is going to play out.. ]


Ya know, I hate it when someone tells me what I am inferring, when they could not be more wrong. Apparently you choose to be offended. If that is the case, I cannot stop you. But I'll try once more to explain the carnal mind in the Biblical expression. At least the way it was intended to read before it was translated into some of the more modern english texts.
In the original texts, it referred to being in the flesh. I know, I know. I am still in the flesh. But I have had a Spiritual transformation of the Holy Spirit kind.
Nowhere did I ever say that atheists did not have the capacity to be spiritual. Nor did I say that you were carnally sinfull. That is for each person to judge for himself. I could say what the Bible says about all of us, but I am sure that you do not want to hear that. So I won't.


reply posted on 16-1-2008 @ 10:50 AM by Clearskies
reply to post by pavlovsdog


Yes,
even though I am not too fond of Constantine and the subsequent council of Nicea, That creed doesn't say that a person has to be a member of a PHYSICAL catholic (which means Universal) church or apostolic organisation.

You know the church became very corrupt after that time, on through the dark ages.


reply posted on 16-1-2008 @ 10:54 AM by pavlovsdog
reply to post by Clearskies


starred for not
a. telling me to capitalize catholic and
b. knowing the usage of the word


reply posted on 16-1-2008 @ 10:59 AM by sizzle
reply to post by riley


At the risk of upsetting the Catholics; I do not agree with the Catholic Doctrine and never have. And I will say this; If I had been raised Catholic, I too might be an atheist today.
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