If there was only one true religion, the majority of humans would have to suffer the wrath of the one true God. I don't believe that a loving and just God would create a system where he had to unleash his wrath on the majority of his creations.
OK, even if homosexuality was a sin, God does not condemn you as a false Christian if you lie, have lustful thoughts, tell a dirty joke from time to time, swear, have sex outside of marriage, steal, envy, be jealous, show pride etc etc etc. So why would he condemn someone as a false Christian...
God does not give us strength to do every day things. God does not lend a hand when we strive to achieve something special. If he did he would help those less fortunate than ourselves in countries where children starve and suffer. But he doesn't. I believe anything we achieve is indirectly...
I haven't had time to read through the whole thread so I'll just come in here at this point and answer the question.
I am a Christian. And no, it was not a choice to believe. To me it seemed an obvious conclusion that God created the world. I just couldn't buy evolution. Creation seemed to me...
I think it really depends on what is being taught. But even then, who is to be the judge? Even if a Christian claimed that Jesus is not the only way to God, would that mean they weren't a true Christian just because they go against what the bible says on the matter? I don't necessarily think so...
It's very hard to watch when you've seen the UK TV series. The movie just seems to whizz through and you don't get to really enjoy the jokes so much. I don't think the comedic timing is so good.
The movie itself strays too far away from the book, adding in too much stuff that's not from the...
Well it all depends on whether we're talking about burning someone to death or burning someone so they suffer for all eternity.
I'd be happy to burn vile criminals who have performed acts like rape or torture and extreme stuff like that. But I'd never sentence anyone to eternal burning, no...
I have no concerns about 2012. Hundreds of predictions have been made about the end of the world and so far 100% of them have turned out to be wrong. I don't see that this one will be any different.
When the world does finally end, there will be nothing we can do about it, so why worry? And...
I've known many over the years and most of them, I'm happy to say, are genuine and desire to help society, even if some of what they do doesn't achieve that. However there are some who seem to be there just for the money and the power. I'd hate to generalise.
Possibly. But could it more likely mean that it is just that the desciples were a little superstitious? One thing's for sure, they weren't perfect and Jesus often had to scold them and correct them on their ignorance.
If someone thought I was a ghost, I'd probably do something to prove to...
I don't think that Christianity allows for ghosts. It does allow for demoniac activity, though, but that doesn't mean there are any dead people going about. But generally I think what people see as ghosts have some kind of rational, natural explanation. It's possible in my mind that perhaps...
From what I can understand from the bible is that the sky is immediately above us. I guess if we had wings, we could fly through it. The firmament itself is the ozone layer/. Although in biblical times it was seen as a solid dome with the stars set in it. The heavens of course are outside the...
No.
I believe the OT has many stories in it that are not meant to be taken as literal history. This is one of them. Some stories in the bible are meant to be there to entertain, educate and to show morals. This one here is probably more about entertaining.
Well it's not necessarily talking about eternal hellfire. I'm not even sure whether you can say the person is necessarily going to remain alive for all eternity. Someone like Hitler for instance, although dead now has everlasting shame and contempt attached to his name.
Also notice that the...