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Topic	So, I finally came to terms with the fact I am not a Christian.
guffguy89 02/07/18 11:46:03 AM #59:	wg64Z posted... Ashethan posted... PerfectChaosZ posted... I love how people come in here being like 'personal relationship', form your own thing, organized religion sucks just talk to jesus and stuff. So silly. Christianity is literally based on a book that says if you don't believe every single word it's just as good as if you didn't believe any of it. It's just deluded to think otherwise and try to stay Christian even tho you literally oppose almost everything it stands for. To be fair, most people pick and choose what they believe about Christianity (or Islam or any of the other religions) anyway. Most of them don't even read the bible. (Reading the bible coincidentally is what turned me atheist) I could see someone saying "The bible is corrupted, but Jesus was still the son of god" though it sounds like TC is more of a Deist. How can anyone justify only believing "some" of a religion? That entire notion just boggles my mind trying to justify it from any point of view. It's all about interpretation. There is like hundreds of different Christian denominations who all reference the same Bible as their source material (minus a few extra books the Catholics throw in). If you put all these denominations on a spectrum, you'd be amazed to see the differences between their beliefs and viewpoints. instead of just adhering strictly to the doctrine of one chosen denomination, many Christians will go a-la-cart and pick what they believe, maybe mixing together the views of a few different denominations. It sounds very wishy washy, but this is true of most Christians. Even diehard Christians who connect strongly with their denomination probably unknowingly disagree with a few minor tenets here or there. So the notion that one can "detach" from the brand of Christianity they were raised in, and then "reattach" to a different brand is not as ludicrous as it sounds. --- Don't mind me. I'm just here for the contest. <cite>guffguy89 posted [p:895636487] in So, I fina... [t:76292077]...</cite> <quote><cite>wg64Z posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Ashethan posted...</cite> <quote><cite>PerfectChaosZ posted...</cite> <quote>I love how people come in here being like 'personal relationship', form your own thing, organized religion sucks just talk to jesus and stuff. So silly. Christianity is literally based on a book that says if you don't believe every single word it's just as good as if you didn't believe any of it. It's just deluded to think otherwise and try to stay Christian even tho you literally oppose almost everything it stands for.</quote> To be fair, most people pick and choose what they believe about Christianity (or Islam or any of the other religions) anyway. Most of them don't even read the bible. (Reading the bible coincidentally is what turned me atheist) I could see someone saying "The bible is corrupted, but Jesus was still the son of god" though it sounds like TC is more of a Deist.</quote> How can anyone justify only believing "some" of a religion? That entire notion just boggles my mind trying to justify it from any point of view.</quote> It's all about interpretation. There is like hundreds of different Christian denominations who all reference the same Bible as their source material (minus a few extra books the Catholics throw in). If you put all these denominations on a spectrum, you'd be amazed to see the differences between their beliefs and viewpoints. instead of just adhering strictly to the doctrine of one chosen denomination, many Christians will go a-la-cart and pick what they believe, maybe mixing together the views of a few different denominations. It sounds very wishy washy, but this is true of most Christians. Even diehard Christians who connect strongly with their denomination probably unknowingly disagree with a few minor tenets here or there. So the notion that one can "detach" from the brand of Christianity they were raised in, and then "reattach" to a different brand is not as ludicrous as it sounds. --- Don't mind me. I'm just here for the contest.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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