If you knew more about Christianity you wouldn't say that.JadeTigress said:sometimes I think I'm more of a Christian than some Christians...and I'm a witch.
Yet as Paul says....
But if anyone is ignorant, let him be ignorant. - 1 Corinthians 14:38
If you knew more about Christianity you wouldn't say that.JadeTigress said:sometimes I think I'm more of a Christian than some Christians...and I'm a witch.
Knight said:If you knew more about Christianity you wouldn't say that.
Yet as Paul says....
But if anyone is ignorant, let him be ignorant. - 1 Corinthians 14:38
Many Pastors know very little about the Bible, apparently your father falls into that category.JadeTigress said:Actually, my father is a pastor, and I've been raised with Christianity. I know plenty about it.
Knight said:Many Pastors know very little about the Bible, apparently your father falls into that category.
Knight said:God says...
For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. - Proverbs 23:7
We are who we are, you cannot separate us from our actions. Our actions are what define us.
red77 said:In that case we're all liars because at some point we all tell falsehoods, yet at others we will tell the truth, as human beings we're (for the most part) a mixture of positive and negative, if I steal a loaf of bread at some point then for that period I am a thief, if I pay my due and never steal anything again am I still a thief? I think it comes down to God knowing the hearts of men, something in which we could never do and why I do not think that we're called to judge or demean other people...
Knight said:Many Pastors know very little about the Bible, apparently your father falls into that category.
As do you. That passage from 1 Corinthians was in reference to those that think they are prophets.Knight said:Many Pastors know very little about the Bible, apparently your father falls into that category.
JadeTigress said:I like you, red.
I have to go for a little bit, but I'll be back for more discussion later.
Well, for instance there are actually Pastors out there that are so incredibly stupid they under-cut the gospel by teaching people that eternal punishment does not exist! Can you believe that?red77 said:Really?! How so?
Awe... how cute!JadeTigress said:I like you, red.
I have to go for a little bit, but I'll be back for more discussion later.
Knight said:Well, for instance there are actually Pastors out there that are so incredibly stupid they under-cut the gospel by teaching people that eternal punishment does not exist! Can you believe that?
Now THAT is really stupid.
Knight said:Awe... how cute!
It's fun finding a new friend on the playground.
JadeTigress said:While I may not agree with what they've chosen to do, they're still people, and, to me, are still deserving of love.
Mercy cannot exist if punishment doesn't exist.red77 said:Well, not wishing to take this thread off on a tangent but if these pastors actually think that God is all loving/merciful/knowing and that he works all things in accordance with his will and is 100% succesful in being the saviour of the world then yep, that must really be stupid....
after all, having billions of people in a perpetual state of agonising torment makes SO much more sense...
Not hardly. Loving a homosexual lifestyle, that is wicked. Loving a human being for the sake of them being human is not.Knight said:Actually you are dead wrong.
Loving EVERYTHING is wicked.
God says....
Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor [hate] what is evil. Cling to what is good. - Romans 12:9
Fnord5 said:That is not my belief, that was a Justification for it.
JadeTigress said:Exactly, and if you punish them and help them to realize that those actions are wrong, they might not do them anymore.