William Eade wrote:
I find it amusing that some believe that Catholics are not Christians
- since they were the ONLY Christians from the early 300's until the
1500's that means that what they are calling Christianity is only a
mere 500 years old.
Correction, they were the only organization calling itself Christian
during that time. The fact that people somehow managed to become
Chritians (despite being kept from the scriptures and being told that
salvation is earned by good deeds, if you're lucky) under Catholocism is
an amazing feat attainable only by the miraculous intervention of the
Holy Spirit. Be amused by this all you want. I'm amazed.
Correction again, what we are calling Christianity is what is described
in the bulk of the New Testament, not the bastardization of it that came
along. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad that the slaughter of Christians
finally stopped. And I'm happy that the Catholic Church did not
completely suppress the Scriptures. But to access them, you had to
either be able to read and understand Latin, or have access to someone
who could and further would be willing to translate for you. I know
that God had a plan for Christianity to be swallowed whole by the
Catholic Church (like Jonah was swallowed whole) and then later spit
back out.
Actually, I find this quite often. As I said in my first post - I was
born into this type of life, but fortunately I outgrew it. 60+ years
of intense study in ALL areas of History and Comparative Religions
will do that to you - but you MUST study ALL sides of the issue, not
take someones word for what to believe.
Good for you. Even if God Himself gives you that word, don't you dare
take even His word for it. Even then you must carefully study "ALL
areas of History and Comparative Religions".
I think that the main reason that so many people are Christians is
that they are afraid of death, some with good reason considering their
lives, and this idea of instant redemption gives them hope of escaping
punishment for their transgressions. The idea of living in paradise is
attractive to some - it would bore the Hell out of me.
No it won't. You won't escape Hell that easily.
Bill Eade
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Paul G. Allen wrote:
On Mon, 2007-03-26 at 06:55 -0500, Todd Walton wrote:
Stone fags. Spear Muslims. The teachings of Christianity are many.
This also is not taught by Christianity.
Do not speak of what you do not know.
PGA
Regarding "Stone fags.", Todd is confusing Christian teachings with
laws given (in the Bible) by God to the Jewish nation.
Regarding "Spear Muslims.", I think Todd is confusing Christianity
with Catholicism. The Crusades were not Christian. They were
Catholic (even though the Catholics claim to be Christian, and indeed
some of them are).
So, in summary, Todd /thinks/ he knows what Christian teachings are,
but clearly does not.
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