Bad things about Christianity (Earth, Messiah, beliefs, soul, followers)

[Feathers in Hair]

Originally Posted by MaddLlama

I'm a talking llama...does that count?

Hmm... *ponders this deeply* I think llama-kind are perfectly acceptable, but that it could be difficult to post with cloven feet. As long as you don't have an outer-space alien typing your posts for you, we should be okay!

[SoyLeche]

Originally Posted by MaddLlama

I'm a talking llama...does that count?

Llamma-face!!

[MaddLlama]

Originally Posted by Feathers in Hair

Hmm... *ponders this deeply* I think llama-kind are perfectly acceptable, but that it could be difficult to post with cloven feet. As long as you don't have an outer-space alien typing your posts for you, we should be okay!

I have a cat with thumbs...she takes dictation

I have a really cute cartoon of a llama knitting...I should put it on my user-page.

[doppelgänger]

Originally Posted by adilrockstar

I do not find any humor in your "joke". I find it repulsive.

God Bless

Adil

Except that it's true, dude.

The first mention of "lucifer" in any scripture was Jerome's Vulgate. It wasn't in the Hebrew of the Old Testament, because the Old Testament in in Hebrew . And "Lucifer" is latin.

So "lucifer" first appears as Jerome's replacement for "morning star" or "day star" both in Isaiah and in 2 Peter 1. In the latter, the word "lucifer" is used to refer to Jesus. That's simply a fact.

Sorry, but Jesus is "lucifer" according the Bible. It's really not a "joke" other than to the extent that it reveals the inanity of thinking that "Satan changed his name to 'Lucifer,'" which just shows ignorance of the Bible and its history.

[Mestemia]

Originally Posted by adilrockstar

You have not had an opportunity to read the other post's in other threads. This person has just antagonized me. They want to debate and don't read my responses. I can tell them something and they don't even read it. They just fire out attacks. They have wasted my time over and over. They have also frustrated me to the point that I got a warning for a rude comment directed to them. After I got the warning I put em on ignore. Don't need any problems because of this member.

I do not want to debate.
Iall I is the version of the Bible and the verse that indicate that Lucifer was his name before Rome was built.

Since I have shown in another post the versions I have that do and the versions I have that do not contain the word 'Lucifier' AND the one and only verse in the versions that do have the word 'Lucifer.'

Since I fail to see how that verse shows that God named Lucifier Lucifer before Rome was built, I was asking for the version and verse of the Bible he uses.

[Radio Frequency X]

Originally Posted by adilrockstar

My Bible tells me Lucifer was His name before Rome was ever built.

This is really a pointless argument.

God Bless

Adil

Did you even read what I posted. I just showed you why you are wrong and where the incorrect belief comes from. It is not your fault that it is in the Bible, but you should try to understand WHY it is in the Bible. Once you understand that it is a mistake in translation, then you can understand why people are arguing against you. The fact of the matter is that I am 100% right about the Lucifer issue. This isn't a matter of opinion, but one of fact. Now, unless you can show that the facts are different than I have presented them, I cannot see how you can continue to hold to your mistaken belief.

It is not enough to read the Bible. It must be studied so that you can understand, not what it means to you now, but what it meant when it was written. You must also take the time to understand the content's manifestation through a long and complicated history of translation and interpretation. There is nothing wrong with admitting that you are wrong on this one. It is not your fault.

[MysticSang'ha]

Originally Posted by adilrockstar

I am starting this thread to find out what things people do not like about Christianity. Also I want to find out what draws people to other Religions.

OK.

What do you not like about Christianity?

I have very little emotions regarding Christianity: the Institution. The teachings of Jesus, on the other hand, are inspirational for me to lead a better life today than I did yesterday.

How does your Religion differ?

Tibetan Buddhism differs on many things from the cosmology of Christianity, such as the non-belief of God and that karma trumps beliefs when determining fortune or misfortune.

What drew you to your Religion?

My path began growing up as a Roman Catholic, then I considered myself "born again" as a Charismatic Evangelical Christian for four years, then I left the Christian community for what I felt to be too much hypocrisy and too little of the "fruits" of the beliefs.........I then found Zen Buddhism that healed my anger and bitterness toward my Christian past and helped me to see it with new eyes and with a new appreciation for the foundation it set. Tibetan Buddhism gives me a certain kind of pageantry that I liked from my Catholic youth. I have practiced Vajrayana for a little more than two years...........going on three now.

I am a Christian and there is nothing that I personally do not like about it.
The Love is what drew me to it, also the personal relationship that you can have with God and the Messiah.

God Bless

Adil

Fantabulous. I applaud any follower to continue with a religion when it constantly reveals happiness and charitable living to that follower.




Peace,
Mystic