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Is that the reason there are 30,000 odd varieties of Christians, it's a message so important no one can decide what it means.
Looks like god failed once again.
They may meet in 30,000 different building. Did you want them all to meet in the same place? Some cities do use an old stadium so they can gather quite a few together at one time.Is that the reason there are 30,000 odd varieties of Christians, it's a message so important no one can decide what it means.
Is that the reason there are 30,000 odd varieties of Christians, it's a message so important no one can decide what it means.
Looks like god failed once again, Christians are casting a slur on their God by saying he wrote the Bible, far better for them to say that man made mistakes when they didn't write down the words they were told to write.
There does not seem to be any plan or purpose though. Back during WW2 they wanted to conquer the world. Then they wanted to fix the damage and rebuild the world. Today I am not quite sure what people are doing. There is a lot of destruction in very ancient places that have survived up till now for tens of thousands of years.
OK let's cut that number by two thirds to 10,000 it still means most people are not quite getting the same massage, who is to blame for that the writer or the reader?That 30,000 figure, atheists are so enamoured of comes from the World Christian Encyclopaedia. It counts (for example) Catholics in England as being a different denomination than Catholics in Scotland, or Methodists in France as being a different denomination from Methodists in America.
Christians are usually accounted of as belonging to a different denomination if their theology, or practice, or both differs from that of another group. Living in different parts of the world, or even different parts of the same country, doesn't normally get them classified as belonging to different denominations. The WCE does it differently because it is basically a handbook for missionaries.
Not at all. In fact there is a book that claims that cooking food was a major step forward in the evolution of mankind. The history of cooking is just as valid as any other history.You might just as well say that the more you study history the better you will understand a cookery book. Obviously nonsensical.
Ahh, ye ol theory of conflict avoidance.It is about needing to avoid the main point.
I have been to Bible school and I know how to preach a sermon. You have to be lead by the Holy Spirit of God. We do not need man to teach us, we can be taught by God. Also what they told me was to teach any truth at all from the Bible. Just get the point across to people. So we learn line upon line, precept upon precept. A little here and a little there. There are lots and lots of churches that have pastors with only a two year degree. They for the most part can preach a pretty good sermon. They are not very good at counseling people or helping them with their personal problems. For that you need a main line denomination where the pastors or priests have a graduate level degree and they are better trained and better able to help people.OK let's cut that number by two thirds to 10,000 it still means most people are not quite getting the same massage, who is to blame for that the writer or the reader?
The point is that the world is a different place then it was 50 or 100 years ago. Yet things are still very much the same.What? What does that have to do with anything?
The point is that the world is a different place then it was 50 or 100 years ago. Yet things are still very much the same.
That 30,000 figure, atheists are so enamoured of comes from the World Christian Encyclopaedia. It counts (for example) Catholics in England as being a different denomination than Catholics in Scotland, or Methodists in France as being a different denomination from Methodists in America.
Christians are usually accounted of as belonging to a different denomination if their theology, or practice, or both differs from that of another group. Living in different parts of the world, or even different parts of the same country, doesn't normally get them classified as belonging to different denominations. The WCE does it differently because it is basically a handbook for missionaries.
It appears, the holy spirit helps them understand how they want to understand.
It may be the case that an individual's agenda and/or prejudices enter into his/her interpretation of the Bible, but that is no fault of the Holy Spirit. There is something called original sin in Christian theology.
Then, the holy spirit can't help interpretations with the personal agenda's of those doing the interpreting.
It may be the case that an individual's agenda and/or prejudices enter into his/her interpretation of the Bible, but that is no fault of the Holy Spirit. There is something called original sin in Christian theology.
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