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No Such Thing as Atheism.

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Not a book, a Church, which is superior to any Bible, how many times do I have to tell you?
 
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Religionists have the bible, which is very mixed up and often contradicts itself. So they can pick out the bits they like. And reject those they don't.
 
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Not a book, a Church, which is superior to any Bible, how many times do I have to tell you?
So a group of men deciding what bits are right and what bits to ignore.

I get confused with so many quoting the bible at us.

 
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Does this then mean, individual church's don't rely on the bible?
I do not care about other "churches" but about the One, True Church, the Orthodox one, in which the Bible you are reading now was compiled, and if you don't believe me, believe history.
 
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So a group of men deciding what bits are right and what bits to ignore.

I get confused with so many quoting the bible at us.
Yes, man with preparation decide over the ignorants, don't you think?

I quoted that in order to see that you are the blind man and Jesus is the one who heals you.
 
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Yes, man with preparation decide over the ignorants, don't you think?

I quoted that in order to see that you are the blind man and Jesus is the one who heals you.
Politicians.

Please stop insulting people who don't agree with you.

How many Orthodox Priests blessed, soldiers. guns and arms used in the recent war in the Balkans? Where Christians were committing genocide against Muslims?
 
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I do not care about other "churches" but about the One, True Church, the Orthodox one, in which the Bible you are reading now was compiled, and if you don't believe me, believe history.

All I believe from history is that when Rome finally gave up rule to the Germanic tribes, the Western half of the Roman Empire ceased to be Roman, but the Eastern half survived for about a millennium.

I personally don't see how the Orthodox church has any privileged claim to be the "original" Church as compared with the Catholic Church (and possibly a few others). Both Churches are arguably a continuation of the original Church due to apostolic succession, not that this means all that much.

It's like McDonalds -- all the franchises are McDonalds. There is little point in deciding which is the True McDonalds restaurant.


eudaimonia,

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Well I think the early Gnostics were the one "true" church....I forgot their name...the ones that believed Jesus wasn't a person but he was a spirit that inhabited various bodies.

How do I know they're the "one true church"? I'm glad you asked Mark. The bible says that true christians will be persecuted...and they were the first to be persecuted all the way out of existence. (By the Catholics I think...but that's a minor detail.)
 
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I don't think you know any atheists.
 
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"That the bible might not be 100% true"

just in your dreams . the truth is it is perfect for what he intended..
to confuse the goofy who don't know what they don't know. and then refuse to ask him . it is perfect because he is perfect. .

According to the bible, which of course, may not be 100% true.
 
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Well I think the early Gnostics were the one "true" church....I forgot their name...the ones that believed Jesus wasn't a person but he was a spirit that inhabited various bodies.

Do you mean Docetism?


Good point, even if you're not being entirely serious.

However, on a serious note, I'm tempted to say that there is no original Christian Church. Well, not really. This stems from my slight lean towards Jesus Mythicism. The idea that Jesus chose Peter to start a Church is just a fiction. There were many Christian groups, with variations on doctrine, that eventually drew together into one Church (or were excluded as heretics). What resulted is a mishmash of various groups.


eudaimonia,

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According to the bible, which of course, may not be 100% true.
Chicken Little, Wryetui, and and a few others. Should get together and decide among themselves which parts of the bible are true and should be followed.

That's the problem with the book. It's been written by a group of scribes belonging to a minor tribe while in captivity. To bind the tribe together and keep it apart from others. In this they have been successful and it led to their mass murder.

Then twisted to fit a new prophet, then twisted again to create a replacement religion to keep a power base in Constantinople in control. Which was later shifted in part to Rome.
 
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