Posted on 12/18/2004 4:28:01 PM PST by Keyes2000mt
Thanks for your reply.
I believe Judaism is true and I believe Christianity is true.
I would not comment on any other religion but one because I do not them.
However, I do know Islam and I believe it to be, at its foundation, pure evil. Islam, to its strict adherents, condones and indeed encourages misogeny, pederasty, murder of Christians and Jews, lying, etc.
Understand, this is not a comment on humans who follow that religion, it is a comment only on Islam.
It is much to lengthly a discussion to have with someone who is not familiar with the Qur'an and the life of Mohammed, so I direct you to them and the writings of people who are former Muslims (they are not divided in their understanding or opinion of Islam).
Click the site to go there...
Wrong. The morality is within the soul of the man and the institutions of faith he/she supports. The world can do whatever they want, but I will hold to the best of my ability the scriptures. As Kyle states, mans laws will not last to do this. Only man's commitment to his faith will. Period.
When we encourage change with the will people, then we will win more to faith instead of to the law.
One other thing I forgot, and it's probably the most important, the move to Christianize our government is the desire to impact our society through man and not through the message of Chris. We are to a point putting up idols rather than giving all to God and Christ and letting Him guide the events of the world.
Obviously not, to say that God creates evil is contradictory. But God created everything that is. And everything that God created is good. God created Hitler and he raised him up, hardened his heart, and brought him down, to God's glory, just like Pharaoh. In the sense that Hitler brought glory to God, still does, he was good.
...then we are screwed and we might as well be following Shiva or Vishnu or some other useless god.
I don't know about you, but I don't follow God because He is useful, I follow God because I am useful. He chose me. He is the potter, I am the clay. Hitler was also useful, obviously as a "vessel of wrath, fitted for destruction". It's interesting that you mention Hindu religion which spearheads the notion that good and evil are opposites. I think it's clear that they are not. I believe that evil is the absence of good just as darkness is the absence of light and hence it is not created. In the begining God did not say: "Let there be darkness!"
that is a mistranslation of the Hebrew PASSIVE voice
Romans was written in Greek. Did Paul, a Pharisee, mistranslate the Hebrew?!?! Look at the context! "It does not, therefore, depend on man's desire or effort"Has someone decieved you? The notion that God just "allows" everything and only intervenes when his servants invoke Him, like some magic jenie, sounds like a weak form of deism to me. Everything, every little thing, that has ever happened has happened because God made it happen. Even horrific things: despicable kings, blind children, towers that fall, the apparent ruin of faithful servants or the slaughter of Emmanuel. And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
Being selfless, in my opinion, does not mean being a doormat for every liberal idea coming down the pike. If we don't stand up for our rights as individuals and Christians, we will lose them. Period. It's already happening. If the majority of Americans are Christians, then we should have a big say in what goes on in government, especially that which is eroding our values.
You are SO wrong. How many Christians flew planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon? How many Christians are capturing, killing and beheading innocent people or raping their captives? Go back to DU, troll.
That's when you ban talas. Who knew?
You're right, and we need to move way ahead of them!
But, like I say, interpret things as you wish. God did not give us Hitler.
"And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them." - so obviously his lack of work was from a lack of audience, not a lack of faith.
May the "FAITH" be with you young jedi!
And talk about ripping things out of context. Yes, Jesus is the author and finisher---we have all the tools we need to do what we need to do, but some (you apparently) don't think it is your "right" to use those tools. So, go tool-less. I'm out. No more theology from me. Post all you want.
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