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Christianity has a rich, dark, red history of war and butchering each other.
I’ll grant you the rest of the list ( though there are still many differences, but these three?The ancient faith of Christianity is the largest religion in the world. But it is also a religion divided into many denominations. However when you look at it Christians share an incredible unity of belief despite surface differences.
Christians throughout both time and space share:
The Trinity
The holiness of the Bible
baptism and communion
That hasn’t been my experience.no they dont....accept othe demoninations as christian....the southern baptist do not accept anyone else hardly
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Christianity has a rich, dark, red history of war and butchering each other.
Actually the Christian religion was left mostly blameless for some 300 years as those who clung to the religion were thrown to the lions, yet it grew and grew anyway.
Then Constantine came along and wanted power, and he noticed this rising religion, so he adopted it as his own to conquer with.
Constantine was not even a Christian, although it is rumored he converted on his death bed. No matter, he is credited with the formation of the Catholic church and the subsequent atrocities of Jewish persecution and Inquisitions, etc.
Christ said that his kingdom was not of this world, nor could be.
The Catholic church, however, did not get the memo. Instead, they created their own world empire with it's own little army and own political leaders, a clear subversion of the Christian faith.
but the fact is that we ALL have evil inside us ... Unlike you, Christians can admit that. Kinda puts your judgemental condemnation into perspective, doesn't it?
I don’t get why people see diversity as a bad thing.
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Christianity has a rich, dark, red history of war and butchering each other.
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Christianity has a rich, dark, red history of war and butchering each other.
Actually the Christian religion was left mostly blameless for some 300 years as those who clung to the religion were thrown to the lions, yet it grew and grew anyway.
Then Constantine came along and wanted power, and he noticed this rising religion, so he adopted it as his own to conquer with.
Constantine was not even a Christian, although it is rumored he converted on his death bed. No matter, he is credited with the formation of the Catholic church and the subsequent atrocities of Jewish persecution and Inquisitions, etc.
Christ said that his kingdom was not of this world, nor could be.
The Catholic church, however, did not get the memo. Instead, they created their own world empire with it's own little army and own political leaders, a clear subversion of the Christian faith.
It is extremely difficult to identify anything that is all 'bad' or 'good'.I don’t get why people see diversity as a bad thing.
Jews managed to do a lot of murdering and persecuting themselves for the next 1600 years from 0 A.D. themselves, and so did pagans. The old nonsense that Jews were just hapless innocent victims is rubbish for the most part. Jewish soldiers marched with the Muslim armies into Spain in 711, which was why there were so many there in the first place, and they were the garrison troops in several major cities for hundreds of years.They did very well from the looting.
The Inquisition was pretty mild compared to what Christians suffered under both Jews and Muslims, so I can't work up any tears for them, as they probably were a 'fifth column' the reconquestas just didn't want running around loose so soon after retaking Spain. The last two rulers of one the last Jewish kingdoms before the Islamic invasions started, in what is now Yemen, had steles made bragging about all the Christians they murdered during invasions into Arabia, 15,000 and 25,0000, respectively.
Ecumenical? The Eastern and Roman churches will not, cannot ever give up their supreme priests/popes. Protestant churches will not, cannot accept such chiefs. This gap is unbridgeable.
The ultimate situation with 'real' Christianity is that either one has personal, direct revelation and relation or the whole thing is without value. So, every "Christian" must find his/her unique experience. It may be cozy and comforting to just join a group, but the things Jesus teaches show this is mere theater. That the "kingdom of heaven is within you" should be an alert to anyone capable of deep contemplation. The "kicker" is Mathew 21:21.
All humans have a relationship to god, because god is death. It is much easier to understand how the theologian has used a fundamental illusion of man with which to establish power: the illusion of not being dead once we already are. It is much easier to understand religion's pathology amongst other atheists who have weaned from religion's drugs and can help the homeless in christ.
.All humans have a relationship to god, because god is death. It is much easier to understand how the theologian has used a fundamental illusion of man with which to establish power: the illusion of not being dead once we already are. It is much easier to understand religion's pathology amongst other atheists who have weaned from religion's drugs and can help the homeless in christ.
All humans have a relationship to god, because god is death ... It is much easier to understand religion's pathology amongst other atheists who have weaned from religion's drugs and can help the homeless in christ.
All humans have a relationship to god, because god is death. It is much easier to understand how the theologian has used a fundamental illusion of man with which to establish power: the illusion of not being dead once we already are. It is much easier to understand religion's pathology amongst other atheists who have weaned from religion's drugs and can help the homeless in christ.
Christians have never been hard to understand. What's difficult to understand is why anyone would be an atheist, let alone what "help" they think they're offering anyone. Seems like a giant lose-lose to me. If you're wrong, you're seriously screwed. And if you're right . . . you don't exist anymore, and your entire existence has been nothing but a pointless, cruel practical joke by the universe.
What the hell do you get out of a belief like that, and why would you want to spread it? For the "benefit" of feeling smug and superior to others? I do that anyway. For the "joy" of going around attacking other people's beliefs and spewing your bile when no one asked, and everyone could not possibly be less interested if they tried? However much bile and vitriol atheists vomit about Christian evangelism, I have never personally met a Christian who is nearly as obnoxious, overbearing, and unpleasantly strident about it as your average atheist. If I want to be an arrogant ass, I can also do THAT without having to embrace the "uplifting" belief that my life is empty and meaningless, thanks.
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I believe in Christ. I don’t believe in the nicene creed or any other creed made by man
Add to that that atheism is illogical and untrue and it adds bigger questions on what anyone can get out of it
I believe in Christ.
