Thus the need for clergy to interpret what is meant in the bible, when obviously us unenlightened dont know how to read properly.That is so straw man . . . a person who could state such doesn't understand the Scripture nor God. And as for Dawkins . . . he has an a priori bone to pick . . . so I don't think his comments hold much objective weight (at least as far as discrediting Christianity goes).
Just once I would like to see someone who has a GOOD grasp on doctrine and Scripture who can characterize Christianity RIGHTLY come with something tangible . . . it always seems to be false representations and strawmen arguements that really have no clue as to what is really true concerning Scripture or orthodox doctrine . . .
Therein lies your problem . . . when you are sick where do you go? Do you go to the mechanic? NO you go to the doctor.Yes, I meant in the world, in that previous post. As for the WORD, read the Dawkins quote.
There is no need for clergy . . . there is need for the Spirit of God. One of the hallmarks of the Reformation was that the Bible was and IS meant to be understood by the common people.Thus the need for clergy to interpret what is meant in the bible, when obviously us unenlightened dont know how to read properly.
The son of Winston Churchill somehow escaped reading any scripture until adulthood, when Evelyn Waugh bet him that he couldnt read the entire bible in a fortnight. Waugh lost the bet. Churchills surmisation of the bible? "God! Isnt God a ****!"
Where is God? Tell me, im all ears.Therein lies your problem . . . when you are sick where do you go? Do you go to the mechanic? NO you go to the doctor.
Likewise . . . if you have questions about God . . . you don't go to the world . . . you go to God.
Exactly!There is no need for clergy . . . there is need for the Spirit of God. One of the hallmarks of the Reformation was that the Bible was and IS meant to be understood by the common people.
Another strawman . . . no wonder why you are rejecting Christianity . . . you really don't seem to know what it is . . . to you it is some tyrannical machine run by clockwork gremlins to control the world; I would reject it to . . . if this were the truth about the person and work of Christ and His redeemed.
Everywhere . . . no where . . . in me . . . these are all plausible answers.Where is God? Tell me, im all ears.
Your conception of Christianity comes across clearly . . . the problem dude is that your conception is WRONG.Exactly!
Ironically, it is the spark of divine morality that lets us see such characteristics as something undesirable."The god of the old testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction.
Jealous and proud of it, a petty and unjust control freak, a vindictive bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser, a mysoginistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal,genocidal, philicidal,megalomaniacal, sadomasicistic,capriciously malevolent bully."
Richard Dawkins
The solution is two-fold.Ironically, it is the spark of divine morality that lets us see such characteristics as something undesirable.
I wish I knew how Jesus was able to reconcile the god presented in the Old Testament with his loving Father-God. I can only suggest that the picture of God painted in the Old Testament is one painted by men - inspired, perhaps, but limited in their understanding of an infinite and loving God.
And?Anyone heard of the egyptian God Horus? he was born of a virgin too.
And Jason the axe murderer used an axe like your's . . . are the two related?Anyone heard of the egyptian God Horus? he was born of a virgin too.
There are bible prophicies that came true.Shaka laka laka!
So? Are you trying to say that the event of the Virgin birth is borrowed?And it was 700 years before the supposed birth of Christ.
I did not insult you . . . I made a point to illustrate that just because something has some things in common means nothing . . . you have nothing to do with Jason the Axe Murderer . . . nor Charlie Chaplin (your hat) . . . as Horus has nothing to do with Christ.Personal insults now. How Christlike of you.
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