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09-26-12 07:36 PM |
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Originally Posted by u crank
(Post 1940043)
I must however clear up a misconception you may have concerning Christianity. True Biblical Christianity is not defined by the denomination or church that you belong to. There is no document that you can sign, no oath you can swear or no pronounced blessing you can receive that will make you this Christian. It does not depend on your behaviour, intelligence or for that matter any other circumstances. It is a spiritual condition that one arrives at by faith in one fact. That Jesus of Nazareth is the Redeemer. Period. What happens after that is up to the individual, but nothing changes that fact. Regrettably, some individuals and organizations behaviour is less than perfect and can give the wrong impression, and cause great harm but it does not change the singular requirement for being a Christian.
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Careful, you can easily get crucified for saying that in this forum - telling you by experience. I sometimes marked the difference between Christianity defined on the basis of Jesus' teachings, and "churchism", as I sometimes call it, as Christianity defined by the church's rule, and took heavy flak for that. To me, Jesus was a reasonably reasonable person who spoke common sense - all the magic and wizardry tales I save myself from, of course. As the reasonably reasonable man that he possibly was, Jesus suffered the fate of many reasonably reasonable people before and after him - he managed to upset people so much that finally he got himself killed from their hands.. Which maybe is a sign that he may have been reasonable, but maybe not clever. The church, on the other hand, imo is nothing else but an ursupator of power and influence, starting with Paul. It is a manifestation of what we call "organised crime". A mob. A mafia. Churches are mausoleums of that crime, turning the ongoing crime into a monument.
What brothels are to a real honourful nobleman, temples are to the truly spiritual human mind. You avoid them.
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