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<blockquote data-quote="PaoloPorini1972" data-source="post: 73439476" data-attributes="member: 415090"><p>Always amusing to hear Christians fight so hard against what the Bible clearly states.</p><p></p><p>thanks for that. </p><p></p><p>You see, when I see people say the kind of thing you just said I actually find that it shows me how hollow religious faith IS! I don't want to make you feel guilty but here's what I see:</p><p></p><p>I find some of the most amazing things in the Bible that really, honestly ring true. Doing unto others as we would have them do unto us, and caring for those who have less than we all sound FANTASTIC to me! They really do! They truly are the HOLY part of the Bible. Even Christian salvation is kind of cool. The idea that no one can EARN salvation but that we must accept that we are less than our ideals and that we don't deserve to be treated better or special. That actually is fantastic! It can help to ground us to keep us humble. To remind us all that we are ALL far short of the ideal.</p><p></p><p>And it helps me to see why we should ALL care for those who have less...for the broken people on the side of the road. We can al be the good samaritan.</p><p></p><p>But yes, if "witness" for Christ requires that one denigrate the beauty in the Scripture, if ministry is be the Pharisee, the find the loopholes so that we don't ever have to feel guilty for our failures or our lack, then indeed Christianity and religious faith is empty.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PaoloPorini1972, post: 73439476, member: 415090"] Always amusing to hear Christians fight so hard against what the Bible clearly states. thanks for that. You see, when I see people say the kind of thing you just said I actually find that it shows me how hollow religious faith IS! I don't want to make you feel guilty but here's what I see: I find some of the most amazing things in the Bible that really, honestly ring true. Doing unto others as we would have them do unto us, and caring for those who have less than we all sound FANTASTIC to me! They really do! They truly are the HOLY part of the Bible. Even Christian salvation is kind of cool. The idea that no one can EARN salvation but that we must accept that we are less than our ideals and that we don't deserve to be treated better or special. That actually is fantastic! It can help to ground us to keep us humble. To remind us all that we are ALL far short of the ideal. And it helps me to see why we should ALL care for those who have less...for the broken people on the side of the road. We can al be the good samaritan. But yes, if "witness" for Christ requires that one denigrate the beauty in the Scripture, if ministry is be the Pharisee, the find the loopholes so that we don't ever have to feel guilty for our failures or our lack, then indeed Christianity and religious faith is empty. [/QUOTE]
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