Nah that was disobedience...Originally Posted by admin
Nah that was disobedience...
I got free clear tails with my ride.....
so your a slave/dog/puppet???Nah that was disobedience...
No, are you? I mean u are following rules everyday right?
If God tells you not to eat from the tree, why do you feel the need to test him?
It is like God telling you not to jump off the cliff because you will die, and you doing it to "test" to see if it is true....
I got free clear tails with my ride.....
like i said how is obeying being OPEN-MINDED?
how is obeying being close-minded? perhaps in extreme cases, some christians could be considered that way (the renaissance), but christians have tolerated and lived alongside people with other beliefs since it originated. sure they teach their religion and attempt to draw people to it, because they believe it is right. christians learn about different beliefs throughout their lives, and most are receptive to many of the ideas or concepts that different beliefs present.
i do think it is incorrect to consider a christian close-minded because they won't try out a different religion or belief system. christianity is a way of life. people are not born christians and have to make a decision as to accept it or deny it. before they accept christ, i'd say they're in that state of open-mindedness that you refer to. they utilize that open-mindedness and make an educated decsion based on what they've learned. once they've accepted the belief system, however, they become somewhat limited as to what behavior is accepted. this isn't to say that they are close minded to that behavior (many christians bathed in some of the activites that christianity prohibits before they took on the religion), but that in their open-mindedness, chose christianity over that behavior.
open-minded is to have an understanding or a knowlege of something, be it first or second hand
close-minded is to deny any and all information relating to something.
thats the problem w/ most christians they do know UNDERSTAND or KNOW they own religion enough to know of anything else....
*and before the pitchfork & torch marches start against my generalization...
i am correct with those statements, most christians do not even practice their religion, you can see it day in and day out on any given street/home/town etc...
with that said you are not knowlegable if you don't even know what you claim to practice.
Here here. I will have to definitely agree with that.
Most only "profess" their christian religion, which in simple terms would be to love one another as themselves. Instead most professed "christians" treat others like crap....or worse. One has to look no father then history to see that millions have been burned at the stake, tortured, brutalized etc....all the the name of "christianity"....but alas, these/those are NOT the true Christians.
i have not seen any polls to support this, but with the impression i'm left, it does appear that most christians fail in their efforts to live by the good book. however, i do think that it is more likely that christians who have been babtised (not people who say they're christians exclusively because they believe in god or their parents brought them up that way) are much more likely to put an effort forward in living as instructed.
it is impossible to go through life as a normal individual without committing sin. according to the bible, jesus was the only man, who also happened to be the son of god, to live life without sin. what the bible instructs is for you to recognize that sin and eliminate it by doing whatever it takes. you're constantly molding yourself. naturally, some folks are more dedicated than others and make more efficient progress accordingly.
i also agree with the part of your statement referring to people's knowlege of christianity. i am certainly not as educated as i feel i should be, but i do understand most of the concepts and i am able to implement right and wrong (for the most part). i do not know every detail, but i do not feel like it is necessary to know every nook and cranny of the religion (although more complete knowledge does lead to better discussion). i disagree with the second part of your remark however, because i feel like you can have a basic understanding of other religions or belief systems without having a complete understanding of your own. the information relating to other religion is not dependent on one's knowledge of their own religion.
i revert to what i said previously. a person isn't born a christian, they decided to take it in. a person chooses christianity over all other options, all of which have been studied in depth and certainly create an opportunity to educate oneself in order to make the best decision.
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