04-20-2007, 03:32 AM
Taking the Bible literally is the only way to be a Christian. So-called moderate and liberal Christians are not Christians but merely moderates and liberals.
There is no such thing (or should not be) as a religion âa la carteâ. People have been adjusting their religion and their churches according to how far they have to drive, the personality of the priest, the kind of people who attend mass, the kind of music or activities it organizes.
A religion is either orthodox (not quite the same as fundamentalist but almost) or it has no reason to be. It is not up to the candidate member to set the norms or the principles, itâs the churches role. A member must accept the dogma, the creed and the scriptures as they are or not at all. That is the nature of religious dogmas; itâ all or nothing. Religion is exclusive by nature, not inclusive. I have always been astonished to see over a dozen pages of (Christian) churches in the phone book.
As for Jesus, he is almost irrelevant in the light of all of this. Christian religion is focused on obedience and salvation and redemption of believers only (see the creed) itâs not about the Second Jesus you mention. If you admire his moral principles of the Second Jesus, create a club called the âGood People Clubâ but donât go into religion. And to comment on other aspects of Jesus would take too long here.<b> Let me just say that we know more about a man who lived 630 years before Christ himself: there is, by the way absolutely no physical, historical evidence that Jesus ever existed (Sorry Simon): curious, No!
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There is no such thing (or should not be) as a religion âa la carteâ. People have been adjusting their religion and their churches according to how far they have to drive, the personality of the priest, the kind of people who attend mass, the kind of music or activities it organizes.
A religion is either orthodox (not quite the same as fundamentalist but almost) or it has no reason to be. It is not up to the candidate member to set the norms or the principles, itâs the churches role. A member must accept the dogma, the creed and the scriptures as they are or not at all. That is the nature of religious dogmas; itâ all or nothing. Religion is exclusive by nature, not inclusive. I have always been astonished to see over a dozen pages of (Christian) churches in the phone book.
As for Jesus, he is almost irrelevant in the light of all of this. Christian religion is focused on obedience and salvation and redemption of believers only (see the creed) itâs not about the Second Jesus you mention. If you admire his moral principles of the Second Jesus, create a club called the âGood People Clubâ but donât go into religion. And to comment on other aspects of Jesus would take too long here.<b> Let me just say that we know more about a man who lived 630 years before Christ himself: there is, by the way absolutely no physical, historical evidence that Jesus ever existed (Sorry Simon): curious, No!
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