Faith

[BABY J]

Religion is man made. Please find me where it says anywhere on the board and in the bible where Jesus/God will only save one race????

U missed my point silly. I never said that. But you have devout Christians downing other religions in an organized fashion. They said that "their" God is the truth and the light, which to me says that others' God is not. Of course we can't be stupid, if I create a homemade religion then of course it's garbage. But most of the mainstream relgions are more alike than they are different... yet a fire and brimstone Christian preacher will gladly openly say that religion xyz (Muslims, for example) are gonna burn.

[Jaimecbr900]

U missed my point silly. I never said that. But you have devout Christians downing other religions in an organized fashion. They said that "their" God is the truth and the light, which to me says that others' God is not. Of course we can't be stupid, if I create a homemade religion then of course it's garbage. But most of the mainstream relgions are more alike than they are different... yet a fire and brimstone Christian preacher will gladly openly say that religion xyz (Muslims, for example) are gonna burn.

You are right that delivery is wayyy off, but there is some truth to what they're saying.

Don't flame me just yet, hear me out.

The Bible clearly says that there is only ONE GOD. It also says that you shouldn't worship any OTHER "Gods" too. So therefore, that fire and brimstone preacher may be standoffish in his delivery of that message, but his content is technically correct.

It's the old addage of "you get more bees with honey than with vinegar...." Most preachers that deliver the message in that fashion rely on scare tactics as a way to scare people into doing something. That IMO is wrong. They damage the message, as seen here, with their delivery. Personally, I've been so preoccupied and put off by preachers that preach sermons in that manner that I never heard anything they had to say. So all that yelling and getting beet red in the face did absolutely nothing for me to understand or like or make me come closer to understanding any religion.

Same idea behind Jehova's Witnesses. They put people in such awkward and uncomfortable positions that even if their message was correct, it would get lost in the translation.

You can't shove spirituality down anyone's throat, they'll choke on it and spit it back up at you. That IMO is the mistake many churches and preachers and even people make when discussion religion to someone else.

Yes, there is black and white. Yes, there are methods to the madness. Yes, there are consequences......but that doesn't always mean you have hit someone with a 2X4 with those things written on it for them to understand it and make a decision about it.