The Bible explained.

[justgamma]

Old Testament- obey God
New Testament- be kind to people

Heard this on "Dharma and Greg" and I liked it.

[peacebird]

1. And if you self identify as "Christian" then you are required to follow the New Testament. The one

where Gods only child died for your sins....

I am not Christian (recovered Catholic), but I wish the true Christians would stand up and stop the fundies and other haters from dragging Christ's name through the mud....

[justgamma]

2. I, wholeheartedly, agree.

One more thing that gets to me. Some of them think that they can do anything as long as they accept Jesus. They completely ignor the Ten Commandments. Thou will not bear false witness. The ones in the public eye seem to be able to lie about everything.

[peacebird]

3. I believe their phrase is " Not perfect, just forgiven"

I am not sure that ignoring their Gods commandments and trusting that if they can spit out "i believe in Jesus" just before dying is gonna fly with the big guy.... Just saying...

[safeinOhio]

4. “When I was a kid I used to pray...

every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me.”
 Emo Philips

[trotsky]

8. Why did anyone have to die for my sins?

That sounds like it came from the mind of someone with sadistic personality disorder.

[peacebird]

16. Not something I be lieve, but Christians do. Hence Easter.... He rises from the dead

It is part of their religious beliefs.

[cbayer]

10. There are many people and groups doing just that. It's a hard battle.

[immoderate]

5. Why is there no correlation between people who are religious, and people who are good?

As if they are totally disparate attributes.

--imm

[cbayer]

11. What do you mean by this and how is it related to the OP?

[immoderate]

12. Knowing the level of one, does not give any idea of the other.

I expect the first line is about how devout you are, and the second refers to how you treat others. I am reflecting on the idea that they are not related.


--imm

[cbayer]

13. Oh, I didn't read it like that. I thought it was just pointing out the transition to Christianity.

[provis99]

6. Old Testament: No Hell exists. New Testament: Hell exists.

[RegieRocker]

7. Really really not true

[trotsky]

9. Where is the weeping and gnashing of teeth, then? n/t

[Igel]

14. Define what you mean by "hell."

A place of eternal torment that your eternal soul checks into when you die, if you're a bad guy?

Or a trash heap where human refuse will eventually be chucked for final disposal?

My definition is the latter. No, I'm not a believer in the idea that all people will eventually be saved. Just most (which has a lot of wiggle room).

And, yes, there are other definitions. I just included what I think is the most common and, for counterpoint, the one I think is right.

[trotsky]

15. Beats me, I don't believe in any of the definitions that have been presented though.

Yours included.