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Bush and his religion?
"Bill Oliver" wrote in message ... In article 3KJDc.106741$Hg2.55952@attbi_s04, John Watson wrote: "Bill Oliver" wrote in message ... In article , Vox Humana wrote: How do you account for so many denominations each having so large a difference with fellow Christians that they can't abide belonging to the same organization? The second is that there is great ambiguity in most aspects of Christianity. Jesus noted that there were really only two rules to being a Christian: loving God above all else, and loving your neighbor as yourself. Yeah right! In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus instructed his followers (Matthew 5:43) "Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, and do good to those who hate you." This might have been a fine lesson if Jesus himself lived up to it. But when it came to his own enemies, Jesus declared (Luke 19:27), "Take my enemies, who would not have me rule over them, bring them here, and kill them before me." Ah, I see. You do not comprehend what a parable is. You see, a parable is when someone tells a fictional story in order to illustrate a point. Oh, I see, the bible only means what it says when probably interperted by a Christian! Yeah right! Guess that's why there is the Catholic Church and 33,000 Protestant cults, eh? Did you get everything that you wanted? Or are you going to tell us that it really doesn't mean what it says? John 14:13,14: "Very truly, I tell you, the one who believes in me will also do the works that I do and, in fact, will do greater works than these, because I am going to the Father. I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If in my name you ask me for anything, I will do it." And I'm sure that you will find the this also doesn't mean what it states: Luke 10:19: "See, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing will hurt you." Mark 16:17,18: "And these signs will accompany those who believe: by using my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes in their hands, and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover" LOL JOHN In parables, sometimes magic happens, sometimes people can fly, sometimes things that just don't make sense in a nonfictional world abound. That's because the story is not supposed to be taken literally, but instead illustrates a point. In the case of the parable Luke, contrary to your assertion, Jesus was not giving instruction to kill; he was telling a story about a stern master. Here's a hint. When Jesus starts a story with "A man of noble birth went to a distant country to have himself appointed king and then to return. So he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas..." that didn't *really* happen see. It's a *parable.* Everything else falls from those two. Most of the things that people think of when they think of Christian orthodoxy are not things that Jesus particularly cared about. Godfrey's conquest of Jerusalem?known as the "First Crusade:" At the Council of Clermont in 1095 CE, Pope Urban II Oddly enough, in spite of your contention, Pope Urban II is not Jesus Christ. Reread my statement. Other religious nonsense snipped... And what is your point? That cruel people will do cruel things under any given flag? Certainly. Do you want a litany of things done under the flag of atheism and anti-Christian activism? Are you going to accept the blame for the murder of kulaks under Stalin, the killing fields of Cambodia, etc. Certainly in the past couple hundred years, millions more people have been murdered in the name of atheism than in the name of any deist religion. |
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