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The essential of a Christian or any person of faith, is between him and God. We have plenty of instruction on the how... it's the what I'm interested in. The evidence is what we are to judge, you know.... the fruit of the tree, not the person.
So am I talking works? nope. In fact it may be true to say... the more sufferings and hardship one faces, this maybe the evidence of evil at work to destroy the good. What is evil to gain by attacking evil? So if you never face a test, a trial, or a circumstance where those two little guys on each shoulder aren't arguing and yelling at you, maybe, just maybe you represent a low score victory for evil?
I though Job was a pretty good example. Yep... I'm going with Job. I like his essence and he wasn't a Christian.
What makes you think that Job was even a real person, and not merely a (literary) creation of the writer?
Some non-Christian religions still follow beliefs and practices originated by those "ignorant and primitive forebears"; thus referring to those beliefs as primitive and barbaric is just a tad insulting. And it is the beliefs to which I referred, not the people. BTW, you often gaslight in this manner when called out, IMHO. It's disingenuous to say someone misunderstood what you said when you specifically said that exact thing, and said it repeatedly.
9"Then the LORD said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, “I do not know; am I my brother’s keeper?”
e.g. Cain consciousness , "ignorant and primitive ".
Who cares. Any subject is better than the OP's holier-than-thou rant.
Lest anyone miss the humor here, Katzpur believes the unstated theme of every one of Irkle's posts is "I hate Mormons" - which doesn't stop her from following him like a dutiful puppy. The humor is how quickly her façade of "Christian niceness" crumbles. In their own weird way, Katzpur and Mystic are two peas in a pod - legends of "Christian niceness" in their own minds, but alas only in their own minds. Mainstream Christian theology tends to bring out their ugly side.
Belief in salvation through Christ means one is a Christian.
This is the one thing, not all the OP wrote.
This is true. No need to complicate the issue. Anyone who has trusted in Jesus Christ for salvation in response to the gospel message is a Christian. . . has been born again . . . has been eternally saved from the penalty of sin.
Lest anyone miss the humor here, Katzpur believes the unstated theme of every one of Irkle's posts is "I hate Mormons" - which doesn't stop her from following him like a dutiful puppy. The humor is how quickly her façade of "Christian niceness" crumbles. In their own weird way, Katzpur and Mystic are two peas in a pod - legends of "Christian niceness" in their own minds, but alas only in their own minds. Mainstream Christian theology tends to bring out their ugly side.
Katzpur is a legend of Christian niceness in about 99% of the posters minds here, I would guess. Her and MissHepburn are in my humble opinion the two nicest posters in the R&S area. As I have related before, I watched Katzpur take abuse in a 200+ post thread from a number of Mormon baiters ( 4 or 5) and never respond in a mean or unkind way. That particular thread was finally shut down by the mods due to the abuse heaped on her , and she never went after any of them in return.
You, on the other hand...seem to be one of the one or two most similar to Mystic , highly impressed by your belief in your own brilliance
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My bad.
