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Originally Posted by Hip Priest
Greed...bullying...bigotry...hate...they are traits that some Christians have, but they are not Christian traits. Someone said that Christians striving to be sinless hate sinners; well that means they hate themselves, because a Christian who believes themselves to be sinless denies the very most basic point of being a Christian.
The Bible does not teach that being a Christian is the only way to end up in Heaven; in fact the Bible openly states that non-Christians may very well get into Heaven just as readily as Christians. It is utterly wrong to tell someone - anyone - that they are going to Hell.
But that kind of thing stands in the way of bigotry and bullying, so it gets ignored.
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You sir, are SAINT! Speaking about hell or judgment at ALL is bullshit that should not cross Christians mind to begin with, let alone be something they dare throw into the faces of their friends, loved ones and even perfect strangers!
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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
ok, not to be a smartass, but i find that statement quite fucking oppressive-- god the busybody! quit snooping!
which brings us to the fact of scriptural interpretation-- there's so much and there's so many contradictions, anyone can find something to explain anything they do.
now, if you want to be a nice person, etc, you sure don't need the whole apparatus of a church. i understand that not everyone is that way though, and my parents for example get some sort of relief or reassurance or consolation or guidance or encouragement from their sunday church. so as long as people keep their religion to themselves, i'm not opposed to it. but when they try to stop gays from marrying (see: california prop 8) and promote other various atrocities (child abuse via the teaching of creationism in science class), i have to weight if they do more evil than good...
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agreed agreed agreed.. how is God somehow trapped in the Bible? I have never understood that, people somehow trap an Infinite God in this little box called the Bible, and whenever they want to consult God, they read the Bible? Wtf? Why not just ask the dude directly? If you want to find out something about me, you can either check my profile/bio, research all the things others have said about and get the gossip, or just simply hit me up first-hand and talk to me directly..
God is not the Bible
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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
ha ha no, of course not, but i think it's quite crazymaking to tell children that there is a god that can see and hear everything they do in their life and will judge them for it. the idea that one is being followed around by this unwelcome spy is sickening and terrifying
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I agree with that entirely, God should not be a judge we are all terrified of, God should be someone we want to be friends with, not terribly afraid. We make the tooth fairy and the Easter bunny friendly characters kids want to play with, but we make God seemingly the worst around
