bigjon said:
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akuma587 said:
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@ bold
Actually, that's the point I'm making; that's what your method would inevitably lead to.
And I'm not saying the Bible is a legal document, I was just pointing out the inconsistencies that can arise between what Obama says and the Bible says (and whatever else I had been saying).
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Any Christian who believes everything in the Bible believes that pi is 3.00, that every animal on earth (including every parasite, and every insect species we have YET to discover) fit onto one boat, that people can live for over 700 years, and that demons constantly infect people.
So if Obama doesn't believe in all those things he is not a good Christian? Your inconsistencies are greater than mine. The point is that a person's Christian beliefs and their social policy do not have to be the same, and probably shouldn't be. They should follow social policies that they think are best for the country, not just themselves.
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The guy has a Jesus riding a dinosaur avatar, this is an argument you aren't going to win. The world is only 5000 years old you know.
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Anyways, if Obama contradicts the Bible, then, by definition, he is not a Christian; that is, as the only place he can get the idea that Jesus was crucified and that that forgives him of all his sins is from the Bible, contradicting any other part of the Bible would invalidate his profession of his belief in Christ (which, he got from the Bible).
Again, my point isn't that we should be using the Bible as the source of governmental workings, my point is that, by definition, Obama is not a Christian.
Futhermore, you contradict yourself by saying that a person should follow the society's feeling of what is moral and by saying that previous majority's beliefs were immoral. I gave the example of majority choices that you would disagree with (and would rebel against, I imagine) then say we should follow the majority anyway. And why should they follow the majority, anyway? Who decided that, the majority?
Finally, no, the Bible doesn't equate pi to be 3 (yes, I know what passage you're referring to), why would a parasite take up much room on the ark, and it wasn't a pair of every species, it was a pair of every kind (but that's a different argument).
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Is there only one type of Christian?
I just took the quiz in your sig, and it lists 9 types of theologians, and grades me on all 9.
Is everybody who takes the quiz a Christian, or only if they get the same exact score as you?
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You are a Christian if you believe that Jesus died for... well, you know the rest. Again, I'm saying that Obama, having derived his belief in Christ from the Bible, cannot contradict the Bible, as that would invalidate his supposed belief in Christianity. If he can't believe it, then he can't believe in Jesus. That is just the logic of it.
What theology did you get?
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So what if I believe that Jesus is the way the truth and the light and there is no way to Heaven but through Him, but I don't believe in the Garden of Eden and the snake and the apple and the Ark and all that jazz?
I got 96% Emergent/Postmodern, all the way down to 0% Fundamentalist.
The test wasn't really relevant to me though. A lot of the questions I would've opted out of if I could.
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Because the only source for your belief in Jesus is from the Bible. If you dismiss the Bible, you inevitably dismiss a belief in Jesus.
I got Wesleyan as my most (can't remember the percentage). There were a couple of question I could have done without, too.
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That's... not really true. I mean... for one... he's in the Koran.
Also... i'm about 80% sure Jesus was written about by historians in the era outside of the bible and such records exist to this day.
Also, the bible is just a collection of Christian writings that were deemed worthy. Tons of other accounts of jesus were tossed out and destroyed... but we knew that at least some involved jesus
It's something that was put together by the romans to make a better "mass market" easy to control religion. The main of the religion would have to stay in obviously, but it''s not inconsistant to ignore the parables to make you a better Roman.
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Correction. Mathew, Luke, and John all knew Jesus very well, and were disciples. John in fact was the disciple Jesus was closest to. Also the book of James was written be Jesus's brother.
Mark was written by a follower of Paul, less than 50 years after the death of Jesus. That would be like someone who was a kid during the Korean war writing about it now... again 1st hand information. Which of course does not matter if you believe the Bible entirely. Because if you do you believe it was inspired by God and therefor completly trustwothy.
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