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| 61. Author: Paralex Date: Tue 6th Aug 2024. 22:59 Wow, Wotsit, you`re almost commending people with Christian faith and recognising the power of God in the gospel to reach out to the most desperate of people. I have several friends in Glasgow, who work for Bethany trust, and give great help to various kinds of vulnerable people. Maybe the Bible`s not all that bad afterall, if it inspires people to help the helpless in society. Reply |
| 62. Author: Wotsit Date: Wed 7th Aug 2024. 00:01 I haven`t thought that religion should be abolished since I was a teenager, even that degree of maturity showed me that there is a place for it in society. It provides structure and purpose for people who may otherwise struggle to find them. I`m not going to say that the Jesus flavour is better than the others though because the Mighty Mo, Buttery Buddha, and Ganesh flavours, among others, provide the above too. None of them are for me though. I don`t see the problem with ridiculing religion if you do it in an even handed and informed way. Lots of people do see a really big problem with it though, but I don`t want to let them win because the biggest flaw in faith imo is its single-minded belief in a rigid set of rules which can, if faith groups gain too much unchecked social influence, lead to absolute carnage for those of us who would rather not follow those specific rules. The enemy travels by private jet, not by dinghy. Post Edited (Wed 07 Aug 00:04) Reply |
| 63. Author: Paralex Date: Wed 7th Aug 2024. 01:34 The thing is, Wotsit, that there is absolutely no comfort to be taken from Christianity, if it`s not true. Some nurses in a hospital, I visited recently remarked that the patients that had faith seemed to get a lot of comfort from it. But its delusional comfort if it`s not true. Jesus claimed pre eminence. He made extravagant claims about Himself. He let it be known that He was the Messiah, God the Son, the King. He told people that He would rise from the dead and return to this world in the last days in power and great glory. He can`t be lumped in with every other religion because either He is an absolute fake, totally deluded and taking us all for mugs, or He told the truth. You can`t believe Christianity and other religions at the same time because Jesus made Himself out to be unique. The religions of this world are all very different but only one does not require us to do good works to achieve salvation, and that is Christianity. "Salvation is by grace through faith, not by doing good works." Of course, what we believe, should have an impact on how we live. We don`t do Christianity, we receive it as a free gift. That`s why the dying thief on the cross got into heaven. It was too late for him to do anything, he just received it. Post Edited (Wed 07 Aug 01:37) Reply |