BonosSaint
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I think we have a pretty good consensus about the negative perceptions of certain groups of professed Christians. Although I do not call myself a Christian, I respect the orginal message.
With all deference to all the people who know their Bible and their theology better than I do, it seems to me that the Old Testament was "Thou shalt not" and the Gospels were "Thou shalt."
What do you all think Christianity or the practice of it should be?
(I know it's not up to non Christians to tell Christians what there religion should be; I'm just curious about the different viewpoints.)
For all the Christians out there, what are the "Thou shalts" to which you give the most weight and what are the "Thou shalts" that give you the hardest time. What do you do to follow your hard "Thou shalts"?
For the nonChristians out there, what do Christians need to do to repair the increasingly common view of Christianity. And for the Christians, does the image need to be repaired? What, if anything, do you respect about Christianity?
Knowing the hubris and futility in setting ground rules in a forum like this, I'd love a serious discussion in a topic that interests me.
So my wish list: Don't discuss whether Christianity does or does not make rational sense, reduce the discussion to the groups that abuse the religion, get into semantics war, get personal.
Crosses fingers.
With all deference to all the people who know their Bible and their theology better than I do, it seems to me that the Old Testament was "Thou shalt not" and the Gospels were "Thou shalt."
What do you all think Christianity or the practice of it should be?
(I know it's not up to non Christians to tell Christians what there religion should be; I'm just curious about the different viewpoints.)
For all the Christians out there, what are the "Thou shalts" to which you give the most weight and what are the "Thou shalts" that give you the hardest time. What do you do to follow your hard "Thou shalts"?
For the nonChristians out there, what do Christians need to do to repair the increasingly common view of Christianity. And for the Christians, does the image need to be repaired? What, if anything, do you respect about Christianity?
Knowing the hubris and futility in setting ground rules in a forum like this, I'd love a serious discussion in a topic that interests me.
So my wish list: Don't discuss whether Christianity does or does not make rational sense, reduce the discussion to the groups that abuse the religion, get into semantics war, get personal.
Crosses fingers.
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