To: DouglasKC
I see Christ's Gospel as telling us that God is LOVE. That God loves us and doesn't want us to be his automatons (like how Alllah treats his worshipppers -- IZlam means "submission" and that's what ALLLah wants his worshippers to do, OUR God doesn't want submission), he gave us free will to choose him or not.
Secondly, Christ said we have GRACE, God's love to help us improve ourselves and get closer to Him.
Thirdly, God is a personal God, He's not some abstract bull we sacrifice to.
Christianity has had a positive impact on the world because of the message that we can be good, that we are born for greater things. This has led to improvements and a care for human beings.
21 posted on
10/27/2009 6:38:37 AM PDT by
Cronos
(Nuke Mecca NOW!!!)
To: Cronos
I see Christ's Gospel as telling us that God is LOVE. That God loves us and doesn't want us to be his automatons (like how Alllah treats his worshipppers -- IZlam means "submission" and that's what ALLLah wants his worshippers to do, OUR God doesn't want submission), he gave us free will to choose him or not. While all that is certainly true how do you reconcile it with the multiple times scripture shows that Christ and the disciples taught that the good news was the coming kingdom of God?
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