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To: Colofornian

So every Christian’s sin is representative of the religion and should be used as a reason to not believe? Or do you just apply that logic to religions you dont like?


329 posted on 08/02/2010 4:15:41 PM PDT by Raider Sam (They're on our left, right, front, and back. They aint gettin away this time!)
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To: Raider Sam
So every Christian’s sin is representative of the religion and should be used as a reason to not believe?

You misunderstand the Christian faith: Jesus said:

Jesus answered them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick." (Luke 5:31)

To qualify as a member of the Christian faith, do you need to confess your sin illness...your spiritual "rap sheet" if you will. Remember that Christ's "final disciple" before dying was the thief on the cross. (So, in this sense, yes, our sin is representative of our faith -- but NO, it should NOT be used as a reason to not believe).

For every "Christian" -- or for every "religious person" -- who is trusting in themselves to transcend this world into heaven, they fail badly @ understanding their own brokenness.

1 Cor. 1:30 says that Christ is our righteousness; (not our lack of a rap sheet...because what sin offenses of ours have escaped the notice of God as Judge?)

331 posted on 08/02/2010 4:39:00 PM PDT by Colofornian (If we could "CTR" we wouldn't need a Savior. [See 1 Corinthians 1:30])
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To: Raider Sam; Colofornian; Elsie

Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Quite easily. All nonsense questions are unanswerable.
— C S Lewis


332 posted on 08/02/2010 4:39:41 PM PDT by svcw (Real faith is always increased by opposition, false confidence is damaged & discouraged by it)
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