Superiority

[JGG]

Not at all, in fact, many religions do not teach that at all.

I wanted to say True Christian, but also wanted to echo your words. But you know what I mean right?

Probably not, but many people will face Jesus on that day and He will tell them to depart from Him because He never knew them.

Okay. But that is not particularly helpful for the rest of us.

No. People who say they are Christians but are not idwelt with the Holy Spirit will feel no conviction of their sin and never turn from it.

And would such people unconsciously believe themselves superior to others, even if they don't realize it and claim it's "of the devil?"

Are people who never turn from their sin not morally inferior to those who do?

 

[JGG]

People have no right to destroy a civilization, but God can certainly do anything He wishes. He created everything and can destroy it if He wants.

But God didn't do it. God had the Israelites do it. And God had destroyed all civilization once before. Did the Israelites have a right to destroy a civilization?

 

[JustHisKid]

And would such people unconsciously believe themselves superior to others, even if they don't realize it and claim it's "of the devil?"

Are people who never turn from their sin not morally inferior to those who do?

My opinion is that many religious people believe themselves to be superior and realize it and do not care because they feel justified in their arrogance. They have not turned from their sin, I assure you. They are filled with pride and are not born again.

People who never repent are not necessarily less moral than those who have, they are just not forgiven for their sin. I'm not sure morality and sin are related.

 

[BabylonWeary]

That smells a bit like moral relativism...

Some people mistake forgiveness as approval, and that's probably one of the biggest faults with Christianity, but we're all limited to the battles we can pick and the battles we can win.

 

[TheBarrd]

I think if one is honest, they will admit that there have been times when they have doubted their faith.
I know that I have had such times, myself.
In fact, I even wrote a piece about it:

My Plea
My Lord, I believe
Help Thou my unbelief
Let my soul no longer grieve
Thy grace is my relief
Calm the raging sea of doubt
Bid the winds of wrath be still
Cast the wicked spirit out
You can heal me, if You will
Help the seed within me grow
Into a mighty tree
Your tender loving care bestow
This, Lord, is my plea

I don't generally post this stuff anywhere but in my blog or in the writer's guild category...mainly in my blog.
You may not appreciate it, but for what it's worth, there it is...

 

[oi_antz]

I feel like that's sarcasm. Most people would be sick of me by now.

Not me, JGG. I love you. I wish you would soften rather than harden, but I have no idea what's going on in your life to cause that.

 

[JustHisKid]

But God didn't do it. God had the Israelites do it. And God had destroyed all civilization once before. Did the Israelites have a right to destroy a civilization?

They had an obligation if God commanded them to do so, but we don't live in OT times.

 

[JGG]

So if someone told you you can trust them you would believe what they say?

No, I'm sure I wouldn't.

As for how you would know If I was a true Christian firstly at the stage your in you would not recognize one if you saw it second I not a true Christian because of anything about me or what I have done or even who I am. I amonly what you might call a true Christian because God was very generous in showing and teaching me. He is constantly trying to show and teach believers what it really means to be his follower, I could have easily been another fake Christian one who is a Christian by title only the only reason I didn't become that is because he offered to teach me and I was willing to listen

Okay, but my True True Christian basically said the same thing. In fact, I think pretty much all Christians who have answered this question tell me that they are True Christians but with other justifications. Certainly the "you can't recognize because you're not one" gets used a fair bit.

Do you see the problem?

 

[TheBarrd]

This is true, but there must have been other children who were not roasted alive. How else would this race repopulate itself? What happened to them?



Okay. Genocide is acceptable when...?



What other acts would justify destroying a civilization?

Well, thank goodness, I'm not God, so I am not the one who has to make such a judgment call.
Sometimes, though, when I look around me and see all the violence, the racism, the hatred, etc, etc...ad nausea...I wonder.
If I were God, how long would I let this go on before I just said, "Okay, that's it. Show's over." And that would be the end of it.
He has a lot more patience than I have...

 

[TheBarrd]

I feel like that's sarcasm. Most people would be sick of me by now.

LOL...well, I have been accused of being pretty sarcastic myself.
I took it as a compliment.
I'm not sure it was meant as one, though...

 

[TheBarrd]

The thing is, there can't be any such thing as a "one size fits all" version of Christianity.
Jesus tends to meet people where they are, and work from there.
So, you'll find some folks much further along in their walk with Him, while others are lagging waaaaaayyyy behind.

Yes...some folks do come off as being arrogant, and yes, it is quite annoying.
OTOH, some folks come off as so humble and meek it almost makes you want to retch.
And then, too...even the very best of the best of the best of us can have an "off day"....

 

[FireHeart]

No, I'm sure I wouldn't.



Okay, but my True True Christian basically said the same thing. In fact, I think pretty much all Christians who have answered this question tell me that they are True Christians but with other justifications. Certainly the "you can't recognize because you're not one" gets used a fair bit.

Do you see the problem?

No, I'm sure I wouldn't.



Okay, but my True True Christian basically said the same thing. In fact, I think pretty much all Christians who have answered this question tell me that they are True Christians but with other justifications. Certainly the "you can't recognize because you're not one" gets used a fair bit.

Do you see the problem?

If you can tell me what it means to truly be a Christian then I will know you really are one however you cannot seem to be able to give me an answer to that so I ask something else. As a Christian what does it mean to be strong? What is true strength?

 

[JGG]

Well, thank goodness, I'm not God, so I am not the one who has to make such a judgment call.
Sometimes, though, when I look around me and see all the violence, the racism, the hatred, etc, etc...ad nausea...I wonder.
If I were God, how long would I let this go on before I just said, "Okay, that's it. Show's over." And that would be the end of it.
He has a lot more patience than I have...

Okay, but when He does, who would do the exterminating for Him?

If I am to accept that God tells people to kill populations of people for reasons of His own, then how can I say that Isis is wrong if they believe God has commanded them to kill populations of people for reasons of His own? But I have to say it's wrong for Isis to do it, so I have to accept that it was wrong for the Israelites to do it no matter why.

Do you see my dilemma? Do you see why I can't say the Bible is better than the Koran?

 

[JGG]

If you can tell me what it means to truly be a Christian then I will know you really are one however you cannot seem to be able to give me an answer to that so I ask something else. As a Christian what does it mean to be strong? What is true strength?

As I said, I cannot tell you. But any Christian can tell me what they think it means to be truly Christian. However, does that mean that they're right? Does it mean you're right when you tell me?

 

[JGG]

The thing is, there can't be any such thing as a "one size fits all" version of Christianity.

But there must be. How many paths are there?

 

[FireHeart]

As I said, I cannot tell you. But any Christian can tell me what they think it means to be truly Christian. However, does that mean that they're right? Does it mean you're right when you tell me?

If you really want to know you must go to God

 

[JGG]

If you really want to know you must go to God

But that's what all of the other Not-True Christians believe they have done. Right? And yet, we must presume that some of them have not.

 

[BabylonWeary]

But there must be. How many paths are there?

If I had to guess, I'd say there are twelve, but they all lead to Jesus Christ who takes it from there.

 

[JGG]

If I had to guess, I'd say there are twelve, but they all lead to Jesus Christ who takes it from there.

Twelve? Where does 12 come from?

 

[FireHeart]

But that's what all of the other Not-True Christians believe they have done. Right? And yet, we must presume that some of them have not.

many are called few are chosen