beli
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I think its that new "Bono on Bono" or " Bono in Conversation" book. Whatever its called. Depends which country you live in as to the title of the book.
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Who is Doctor Laura? By the sounds of it she does sound like a c**t.
Dreadsox said:Dr. Laura is also Jewish...I think??? Why would we be ranting about her in a thread about Christianity?
nickypiemcg said:Who is Doctor Laura? By the sounds of it she does sound like a ****.
Dreadsox said:Dr. Laura is also Jewish...I think??? Why would we be ranting about her in a thread about Christianity?
melon said:She's a definite "see you next Tuesday."
Anthony said:
Please be aware, nickypiemcg, that there are minors visiting this website as well, and such langauge really isn't appropriate.
Ant.
nbcrusader said:
I guess a generalization of fundamentalists can lead you to such a conclusion on the one side.
If we could simply acknowledge (1) sin as sin and (2) we are all sinners, it would be a lot easier to work on the underlying problems together.
I don't necessarily believe in the Catholic church, but I consider myself a sinner.namkcuR said:We're not all sinners. I'm not a sinner. If one does not believe in the Catholic church, one would not recognize his or herself as a sinner. Some people don't believe in it.
Macfistowannabe said:I don't necessarily believe in the Catholic church, but I consider myself a sinner.
As unpopular as the idea is, I'm not going to sugar coat what the Bible says. According to the Bible, anyone who ultimately rejects Christ will go to hell. You need to know this, as does everyone.Irvine511 said:so are Buddhists, Shintoists, Jews, Hindus, atheists and Muslims going to hell?
80sU2isBest said:As unpopular as the idea is, I'm not going to sugar coat what the Bible says. According to the Bible, anyone who ultimately rejects Christ will go to hell. You need to know this, as does everyone.
80sU2isBest said:
When Christ died on the cross, he made it possible that anyone who believes in him could be not just "saved" from hell, but "born again". Paul makes it pretty clear that when a person is "born again", his old "sin nature" is "crucified" and replaced with a new nature, the nature of Christ. So am I saying that Christians are perfect in the flesh and never sin? No, not at all. But I am saying that God does not see Christians as "sinners" and identify Christians as such. If God identifies someone as "sinner", it is because that person has not been forgiven, saved and born again, and cannot enter the kingdom of Heaven, because his spirit is sinful, and God cannot abide in the presence of sin. When God looks at a Christian, he does not see sin (it has been washed away by the blood of Christ), and therefore he does not identify the Chistian as a "sinner". Paul uses the term "saint" to refer to Christians.
melon said:
Hinduism has its scriptures (I forget their names).
LivLuvAndBootlegMusic said:
I'm not trying to be a butt (b/c I think this is an interesting point), but I think it's important then for you to define what a "Christian" is.....at least for me so I can better understand this interpretation.
pax said:But God ultimately judges who will go to hell and who won't--not us. It is very much out of our hands.
80sU2isBest said:
No, it's not in our hands. But we do have something to base our beliefs of this issue upon. The Bible does indeed say who will go to hell, and who will go to heaven, and how you can be sure you will got heaven. If someone doesn't believe in the Bible, they of course won't believe this. But I do believe in the Bible, and I care about people's eternity, so I'm going to tell them what I believe is the key to eternal life.
Irvine511 said:
so is it a cost/benefit thing? like, you shop around with the fear of Hell in mind, and then settle on a religion that has the clearest path away from Hell? is being a Christian, in this sense, like purchasing life insurance, or at least a kind of "get out of Hell, free" card? is fear of Hell more important than love of your fellow person? is behavior here on earth simply an investment, with the big return a pair of wings and a harp?