Oh wow. This needs to be addressed.
- Agree 100000000000%. When someone uses the phrase "good
- christian" when describing someone, I don't trust them.
Every person, whether Christian or not, is a sinner in the eyes of the Lord.
- Generic reply to all:
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- - There is no "hell", as in devil with pitchfork poking your
- ass for all eternity.
Hell is mentioned in the Bible many times, by God in the OT and Jesus in the NT as well as the prophets.
- - Life isn't about spreading the word of Gd by converting
- everyone you meet and condemning those who refuse.
Christians are commanded in the Great Commission to make disciples of all nations. Don't get me wrong though, a lot of people do it very if not completely wrong.
- - A particular goodie: the 'cross', images of jesus and
- confession. I will never, repeat, NEVER, confess anything
- to another human and have him absolve me of sin; nor will I
- kneel for another human or an idol (cross).
You confess your sins to God. Jesus died for your sins and nowhere does it state you need to kneel before anything to do so.
- - Make a mockery of the sanctuary by running around singing
- and dancing, applauding for people or (what pissed me off
- the most when attending a church) wearing torn jeans and a
- dirty t-shirt.
Church has gotten pretty secular here in the last while, but God doesn't care what you wear to church. Dancing and applauding are different issues...what kind of church did you go to? Pentecostal?
- - When praying, you do so directly to Gd. Not an angel, not
- a dead relative, not that jesus guy, not the supposed
- mother. He will delegate as necessary to accomplish the
- job.
Yes, dead relatives cannot hear prayers, nor angels. Only God, praying to Jesus is the same as God and Jesus are the same entity.
- - Another word for the 'trinity' is paganism. The
- transliteration sucks, but it goes something like "shema
- yisrael adonai eloheinu adonai achad," which means "hear o
- israel the Lord is our Gd the Lord is ONE. And doesn't the
- 10 commandments state there will be no other gods?
Jesus, God, and the Holy Spirit are one being. The trinity is one of
the absolute most fundamental beliefs of Christianity.
- christianity is control. It's comparable to those amway
- meetings...they meet once per week to talk about how great
- the product Gd is, what amazing things will happen a year
- later in the afterlife if you abide by these 10 standards of
- selling commandments. Then every summer they have a big
- gathering of fun and excitement to talk about their
- non-existent success, rationalized by 10 very wealthy people
- (aka people high up in the church) encouraging them to stick
- with the program. You MUST convert X amount of people
- otherwise you're a bad member.
That type of church is a corrupt church, if you ask me. That kind of church is certainly not what God intended. The church today is highly flawed. Personally, I don't go to church for reasons just like this. It's not supposed to be a social club, but everyone seems to make it that way (especially here in the south)
- Do me a favor and show me these type of flaws in judaism.
- Especially the intolerance to other religions and converting
- people part.
Christianity and Judaism are incompatible religions. Jews are not Christians.
If you want the truth, you need to read the Bible. No matter what anyone else says about anything, it all goes back to the Bible. And if you study it enough, you'll come to realize just about everything mainstream society is exposed to about Christianity is a lie.
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