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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen
Exactly. In other words, don't make your own god of your choosing. And by cherry picking what tenets of Christianity you follow, you are doing just that; making a god in you own image. What you have then is your own brand of spirituality, which is just fine. However, you can't call it Christianity no more than you could call it Shintoism because you reject it's teachings.
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But isn't that also what the Catholic Church is doing? They've constructed the image of a God who critically punishes Homosexuality, and wants to stop abortions and voluntary euthanasia. The last 2 are terrible, terrible things, but in some cases are the best thing to do.
Also, the Catholic church was the
only church that existed in Europe until Luther, so all Christian denominations stem from that.
And I don't see how I'm straying from either of those 2nd commandments. I'm only worshipping the God that is referred to in Christian texts, and I'm not carving images of him.