No, are you? I mean u are following rules everyday right?Originally Posted by admin
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.
what the fuck is wrong with you fuckin people...didnt you know that worshipping god is the only way to get to heaven and,not to mention,WASTE ALL YOUR FUCKIN TIME......believe what what you wish,just shut the fuck up about it,this is why i HATE your choices,you pushy fuckin assholes..SHUT THE FUCK UP ....GO TO CHURCH ALL YOU WANT,TRY TO GET PEOPLE SAVED,DO WHAT YOU WANT,BUT WHEN SOMEONE REJECTS YOUR BELIEFS DONT JUDGE THEM...JUST REMEMBER WORSHIPPING A GOD IS A PERSONAL CHOICE FOR YOU ,NOT FOR ALL OF US TO HEAR ABOUT..I PERSONALLY DONT GIVE A FUCK,SO SHUT UP...OH YEA AND GOD HATES YOU AND IF JESUS COMES BACK WE WILL KILL HIM AGAIN..NOW FUCK OFF!
hahahaha your a dumbass!! "we" as you say didnt kill Jesus. he was sacrificed not killed. i dont go to church but i believe in Jesus and God. thats all that really matters to be honest. but you, you are a complete fool. and no im not judging you saying you will go to hell or what not but that statement just shows your a dumbass.
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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.
Here's an example of how hypocritical some people down here in the Bible-Belt can be. I went to a small college for my first two years. In class one day, I talked about how I felt a lot of the self-proclaimed church goers are nothing but hypocrites. I talked about how I prefer to just pray alone and only share God with myself or friends/family rather than go to Church because of the way many people are. I, in no way am claiming to follow the religion to a T because I admit that I am nowhere close to being a perfect person. I commit sins every day. Anyways, back to the story, what ended up with the result of my talk about the Church? Well, my car got nicely christened by one of those hypocrites. I had the new addition of two, big Jesus fishes on the hood of my car. Some high and mighty Christian that didn't like what I said obviously felt they'd try to ingrain Christianity into my car or something. I'm sorry, but people in the Bible-Belt are close-minded and are hypocritical. I've had many friends from many areas of the world with many different religions and I've never tried to force Christianity on them. That is their choice, they know I'm a Christian, and if they want to talk about it, then I'll talk about it.
soobaroo not to be a fag.... but to say that you are a christian and you only tell ppl about christ when they want to hear it is against the whole reason why we are here.... Christians are here to inform others about gods love not just keep it to ourselves untill someone asks.... i say this because if you truly cared about ur friends you would want to tell them about the only way for them to go to heaven. And GOD loves you all christian and atheist alike...
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