Bono's views on eastern religions?

[Jamila]

I think Bono would say "we get to carry each other".

 

[Bad Templar]

I have come to the conclusion that many people are very narrow-minded.

It's just dawned on you, has it?

 

[80sU2isBest]

I'm just getting to reading this thread, and I actually started at the back. The way some of you guys are ragging on Bad Templar, I thought "Oh no, what did he say?". I get to the beginning of the thread, and it's not him that started the argument at all. He did NOT accuse Halifax of anything - in fact he said he wasn't directing it toward Halifax. It was someone else who started it, by saying something very rude to him.

Bad Templar just gave his views on the subject in a very polite manner. Isn't that what discussion forums are for? Does the freedom to give your views without being insulted only apply if you don't think that Christianity is the only way? That's sure how it seems, to be perfectly honest.

 

[LemonMelon]

Let's just make this clear: You reject Christ and refuse to believe in him, you go to hell. Read John 14:6 sometime. Here's a link:

http://bible.gospelcom.net/passage/?search=John 14:6;&version=31;

 

[financeguy]

Let's just make this clear: You reject Christ and refuse to believe in him, you go to hell. Read John 14:6 sometime. Here's a link:

http://bible.gospelcom.net/passage/?search=John 14:6;&version=31;

Hey thanks for clarifying that one for us.

 

[LemonMelon]

According to the Bible, it's my job.

 

[the soul waits]

I bookmarked that link, thanks

 

[melon]

Looks like this thread needs this too:

You know, when people start ragging on religions, I end pointing to this thread of mine:

http://forum.interference.com/t83574.html

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam do have a common origin: in the non-Christian, Persian religion, Zoroastrianism. Funny enough, Jesus subverts Zoroastrian-infused Judaism (a.k.a., the Pharisees), only for Christianity to be resubverted by the Zoroastrian cult, Mithraism, via St. Paul. Baptism is a Zoroastrian rite, as is the Holy Trinity. The Zoroastrian trinity is Ahura Mazda (father), Mithras (sun god), and the Spenta Mainyu (Holy Spirit). Yes, if you ever wondered what the ambiguous "Holy Spirit" referred to, it's an archangel.

"Abrahamic Judaism" (the Sadducees in the NT) died in A.D. 70 with the destruction of the Temple by the Romans, where they subsequently slaughtered all the Jews too. "Zoroastrian Judaism" (the Pharisees in the NT) only survived, because the Romans allowed them to live, and that's the Judaism that survives today.

Believe me or don't believe me, but Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have more in common than we'd like to believe.

Zoroastrianism has its roots in Hinduism's early Vedic roots, conceivably stretching back to the 10-13th centuries B.C., solely based on the original scriptural language.

Melon

 

[Bad Templar]

I'm just getting to reading this thread, and I actually started at the back. The way some of you guys are ragging on Bad Templar, I thought "Oh no, what did he say?". I get to the beginning of the thread, and it's not him that started the argument at all. He did NOT accuse Halifax of anything - in fact he said he wasn't directing it toward Halifax. It was someone else who started it, by saying something very rude to him.

Bad Templar just gave his views on the subject in a very polite manner. Isn't that what discussion forums are for? Does the freedom to give your views without being insulted only apply if you don't think that Christianity is the only way? That's sure how it seems, to be perfectly honest.

Thanks 80s.

I've been suffering from the Black Dog lately and your post means a lot to me.

 

[Halifax]

Let's just make this clear: You reject Christ and refuse to believe in him, you go to hell. Read John 14:6 sometime. Here's a link:

http://bible.gospelcom.net/passage/?search=John 14:6;&version=31;

 

[indra]

Halifax -- that is just one person's belief. No better than anyone else's. And he/she could very well be wrong.

I don't pay enough attention to what Bono says to add anything else to this thread (had to check it out though, after reading the other thread... ).

 

[LemonMelon]

I'm not going to apologize for what I posted here, but it's not my job to scare people into getting saved by telling them they'll go to hell. So I'm sorry if I was too...upfront about that.

 

[BonosSaint]

Of course, if you don't believe in hell, it's not much of a scare.

 

[BonosSaint]

No disrespect intended above. I just always thought Christianity should be about something more than avoiding hell.

 

[coemgen]

It is. The sad thing is that stuff isn't often shared as much.

 

[80sU2isBest]

I disagree coemgen, at least if we're talking about messages form the pulpit. I don't think enough preachers talk about hell. Christ talked about it quite a bit, but these days, the preachers don't want to offend people so they cut that out.

 

[BonosSaint]

It is. The sad thing is that stuff isn't often shared as much.

Someday I'd love to discuss the varying perceptions of Christianity and the variety of messages being put out there. But this isn't the thread to do it and I'm not quite sure how to start one without it veering way off topic. Enjoy your posts, coemgen.
We'd have an interesting discussion.