| rickthestick2 said: 1. People suffer because they are seperated from God, because of the first sin. The whole point of life now is to get back to God. 2. Someone doesn't understand the difference between the Old and New Testaments... 3. If you kill people in the name of God, that's a sin. To have some kind of mass killing is against Christianity. Those people are barely Christians at all. If you believe that this is Christianity, than you obviously haven't studied Christianity at all. The biggest thorns in Christianity are the "fake christians" within. 4. Basically #3. But let me tell you something. A preist rapes a boy, so all of Christianity is wrong. That's your thoughts right? And what if that same scientist rapes a boy? They all are (according to Christianity and Governmental Laws) wrong. So what's your point? 5. Jesus never existed and all of Christianity started from nowhere. Dumbass (excuse me). * I have to go, i'll finish later * |
1. Really? I know some people that are very happy and have nothing to do with religion. What's the Christian thing to do in that situation, make them feel guilty about being happy?
2. Here's an interesting passage in the New Testament about slavery, it basically says to obey your master like you would obey Christ:
Ephesians 6:5-9: "Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men: Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free. And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him."
3. The New Testament actually says to obey your government and be submissive to authority because God put them in charge, that means those citizens under Nazi Germany, Communist Russia, and any other oppressive regime who didn't do what those governments demanded of a "good citizen" went against what God wanted (at least as far as the Bible is concerned regardless if you read the passages figuratively or literally). Take a guess how many millions of people were killed by "good citizens" of those governments. Do they get a free pass because they were only following these passages of the Bible or are they f*cked over because they were told to do one thing in one part of the New Testament and something completely different in another part?
Romans 13:1-7: "Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Consequently, he who rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and he will commend you. For he is God's servant to do you good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword for nothing. He is God's servant, an agent of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer. Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also because of conscience. This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God's servants, who give their full time to governing. Give everyone what you owe him: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor."
Anyways I can't be bothered talking about anything else brought up in this discussion (I've already wasted enough time) but I have to ask everyone this: Do you think it kind of odd that a supreme being would create other beings to worship him/her/it?
