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First and for most Christianity is NOT a religion it is a relationship between you and God. religion is evil tells you to do this and that and don't do that and maybe be good enough to go to heaven. Christianity is the only accurate conclusion unfortunately the BIBLE wasn't written in English so we have a lot of misinterpretations and our Ministers do not know original languages and turn God into a genie or lucky charm. go here to learn the truth of why we are here
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It's the First Commandment, even among Muslims, There is no GOD but GOD. Chistians Jews and Moslems can commit no greater sin than worshipping another GOD
It's the same God. Religions just fight over the details. The important part is that God is love and that the God everyone worships is the same God--even if they only recognized some aspects or recognize each aspect of God differently. When you look at the core of the Bible, the Qur'an, or any other holy text, the message is Love. All the violence and petty rules are fluff. But what really matters is that core message of Love. God is love and there are infinite pathways to that God that is love.
First and for most Christianity is NOT a religion it is a relationship between you and God. religion is evil tells you to do this and that and don't do that and maybe be good enough to go to heaven. Christianity is the only accurate conclusion unfortunately the BIBLE wasn't written in English so we have a lot of misinterpretations and our Ministers do not know original languages and turn God into a genie or lucky charm. go here to learn the truth of why we are here
tell everyone been asked to put this on net.
In the spirit of playing semantic games with commonly understood concepts:
Beer is not an alcoholic beverage, rather it's a personal relationship between the drinker and barley.
I thank you all for posting on my thread...although I never did receive a plausible answer from the actual people I posed the question to...but I guess it's difficult to defend something when the participants themselves cannot agree on anything.
Gullibility is one of humanity's most indoctrinated and ingrained traits. Tell us what we should believe in and we will die convinced it is true. Show us, and we will hate all who disagree. We are all too quick to accept our indoctrinated and ingrained beliefs...without ever actually examining those beliefs. 90% of all the earth's population have exactly the same religion.....Whatever Mommy, Daddy & your culture tell you is true.
This fact alone causes the majority of our wars and societal problems. We are RIGHT. We are GOOD. We have the TRUE RELIGION. All the others are DISGUSTING FILTH or in league with satan. They must be converted, hated or killed. Either way they will spend the rest of a billion forevers in everlasting hell. WE have the REAL Scripture. THEIRS are phony, and evil lies.
That, my friends, is your heritage. Almost every person on the earth, in one form or another, holds this view. Simply because that's what their parents have taught them. That's how the System works, and sustains itself. The only thing that separates a Christian from a Budhist, Hindi, Muslim, etc...is GEOGRAPHY. Our indoctrinated and ingrained beliefs are a direct product of our geographical location and the beliefs of the people who raised us.
Why do the "Muslims" hate the "Christians"? For exactly the same reasons the "Christians" hate the "Muslims." Why do the Christians hate "Budhists, Hindis, New Agers, etc??? THEY are not US. And only the US (and those who side with US) are right and have the one and only truth.
The overwhelming majority of you, statistically, do not care to find things out for yourselves. The overwhelming majority of you, statistically, will NEVER EXAMINE YOUR BELIEFS NOR ANYONE ELSE'S BELIEFS...to see if what you've been indoctrinated with could possibly be untrue.
Put as simply as possible:
Just because a government tells you something does not make it true.
Just because a church tells you something does not make it true.
Just because a media outlet tells you something does not make it true.
Just because your parents tell you something does not make it true.
Just because I tell you something does not make it true.
Just because any XYZ tells you anything, does not make it true.
So...I am asking for some open discussion on exactly what makes Christianity any more the TRUE RELIGION than any other religion. I would also like to know the steps you've taken in studying other religions to rule them out as the TRUE RELIGION.
For the Christians, specifically, I'd like to know exactly what you think of Jesus teachings when he stated: "Love your neighbor, as yourself...Love your enemy, turn the other cheek, etc..." Apparently your neighbors only include those who believe as you do and it has been made plainly clear, by all the wars we are involved in, that you don't love your enemies...I don't believe this is what Jesus taught...so tell me why or how you came to the conclusion that Jesus didn't know what he was talking about...since Christians completely ignore these things.
Can I play devil's advocate (even our disambiguations are Christianized) for a moment?
Christians believe they are the chosen few....the elite of society. this is why they ignore the basic tenants you describe above. They can justify their bad behavior against their neighbor because the neighbor is a non-believer...a fool....one not worthy of acknowledgement.
Now IMO, it is a sickness when one doesn't evaluate their beliefs on a regular basis.... A child re-evaluates the belief that no one can see them if they hide under a blanket... An adult re-evaluates thie belief that everything goes the way they want.
These beliefs are directly disobedient to the the commands given by God and Jesus whom they supposedly revere.... Love God and your neighbor as yourself.
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