The Bible is not Christianity.

[Triipe]

I see this often where people can find one or several passages of scripture that they object to and then proceed to reject Christianity as a whole. The bible is a collection of very different written works that were compiled decades, and some even centuries after the fact.

The centralpoint of Christianity is the son of God, Jesus, being born, dying and then resurrecting.

There are historical records that account for the trial and conviction of Jesus, and Pilots role as judge in the matter.

Not here to change your mind, but sometimes it's good to reframe your view. Don't start up about the crusades or other meme issues. No one is being an apologist for the evil actions of people that came before us, Evil people can claim ideologies and still not adhere to their principals. Westboro Baptist Church ain't fighting the good fight, don't try the comparison.

Love, and peace to Ya'll.

 

[Black Panther]

I see this often where people can find one or several passages of scripture that they object to and then proceed to reject Christianity as a whole. The bible is a collection of very different written works that were compiled decades, and some even centuries after the fact.

The centralpoint of Christianity is the son of God, Jesus, being born, dying and then resurrecting.

There are historical records that account for the trial and conviction of Jesus, and Pilots role as judge in the matter.

Not here to change your mind, but sometimes it's good to reframe your view. Don't start up about the crusades or other meme issues. No one is being an apologist for the evil actions of people that came before us, Evil people can claim ideologies and still not adhere to their principals. Westboro Baptist Church ain't fighting the good fight, don't try the comparison.

Love, and peace to Ya'll.

Oh, you're Christian.

Read this article I wrote, and tell me what you think of it.

Police Brutality Drove a Wedge Between Me and My Church

 

[the cac mamba]

I see this often where people can find one or several passages of scripture that they object to and then proceed to reject Christianity as a whole. The bible is a collection of very different written works that were compiled decades, and some even centuries after the fact.

The centralpoint of Christianity is the son of God, Jesus, being born, dying and then resurrecting.

There are historical records that account for the trial and conviction of Jesus, and Pilots role as judge in the matter.

no one denies this. the magic aspect is just laughable to believe in

 

[Triipe]

no one denies this. the magic aspect is just laughable to believe in

Our mere existence is magical. No amount of science or theoretical pontificating can remove the wonder of existence.

Sway ain't got the answers, and neither do we. Just saying, don't throw out the baby with the bathwater. Often times people find more comfort in the idea of a random accident leading to this, maybe they lean to this idea because the possible implications of intelligent design are scary. We're all in it together, tied to the same fate of Death. Some of atheism is seeking to find comfort in non existence, which I never got. Regardless, if you have faith or not our time on earth is very limited, many people struggle with their own mortality.

 

[GPBear]

There aren’t historical records documenting Jesus’ trial don’t lie

The first references to Jesus show up some thirty years after the alleged crucifixion. You would think for someone of such stature there would be more documentation, especially since for other cult leaders of similar periods there’s substantial records of their existence, tax receipts all that.

Our mere existence is magical. No amount of science or theoretical pontificating can remove the wonder of existence.

Sway ain't got the answers, and neither do we. Just saying, don't throw out the baby with the bathwater. Often times people find more comfort in the idea of a random accident leading to this, maybe they lean to this idea because the possible implications of intelligent design are scary. We're all in it together, tied to the same fate of Death. Some of atheism is seeking to find comfort in non existence, which I never got. Regardless, if you have faith or not our time on earth is very limited, many people struggle with their own mortality.

Theoretical pontificating is a meaningless oxymoron. Pontificating involves not having evidence. Scientific theories necessitate them. Pontificating is what Pontifs do. Pontif is a synonym pope. It’s ironic you tried to call science bullshyt by equating it to religion.


You have to be willfully ignorant to think people are comforting themselves by thinking the universe is mostly chaotic probabilities.

People comfort themselves by ascribing order to chaos, not the other way around, hence your little bed time stories are what people find comfort in. The universe being “random” is the second law of thermodynamics, knucklehead. It’s not “faith” or a “belief” like your childish charade.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Religion is fan fiction for adults

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Our mere existence is magical. No amount of science or theoretical pontificating can remove the wonder of existence.

Sway ain't got the answers, and neither do we. Just saying, don't throw out the baby with the bathwater. Often times people find more comfort in the idea of a random accident leading to this, maybe they lean to this idea because the possible implications of intelligent design are scary. We're all in it together, tied to the same fate of Death. Some of atheism is seeking to find comfort in non existence, which I never got. Regardless, if you have faith or not our time on earth is very limited, many people struggle with their own mortality.

we actually do have those answers tho...

 

[the cac mamba]

Our mere existence is magical. No amount of science or theoretical pontificating can remove the wonder of existence.

Sway ain't got the answers, and neither do we.

well, christians claim they do

so do muslims, and they both cant be right, which just leaves me to question why i should believe either of you when you both can't be right

 

[Triipe]

Oh, you're Christian.

Read this article I wrote, and tell me what you think of it.

Police Brutality Drove a Wedge Between Me and My Church

That was a tough read, you conveyed the emotion well. These people need to self reflect and view their actions from a different perspective.

Instead, churches should facilitate healthy dialog within their walls with the goal of increasing understanding. After all, addressing prejudice, injustice and systemic inequality is not a distraction from the Gospel. On the contrary, it is the heart of it.

Totally agree, the church is not the arbiter of right and wrong, they aren't to explain away things. The role should always be to meet people where they are and to foster greater understanding. People are always trying to build or say what something is, while not really seeking to understand the true nature of an issue. Listening is the primary thing a pastor should do, their personal life experience isn't where they should draw conclusions from.

we actually do have those answers tho...

"answers"
We have evidence based theories, but the nature of our reality is chaotic. There are many fascinating scientific theories, they seek to explain what is truly unexplainable but their conclusions aren't definitive. All the evidence simply leads us to come to that conclusion. Science, more so The Big Bang Theory, is damn near a religion as well, take a lot of faith to wholy believe a theory is absolutely fact. Humans have been wrong before, and hubris does exist in the scientific community.

 

[Triipe]

There aren’t historical records documenting Jesus’ trial don’t lie

The first references to Jesus show up some thirty years after the alleged crucifixion.

Consequently, to get rid of the report, Nero fastened the guilt and inflicted the most exquisite tortures on a class hated for their abominations, called Christians by the populace. Christus, from whom the name had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators, Pontius Pilatus, and a most mischievous superstition, thus checked for the moment, again broke out not only in Judæa, the first source of the evil, but even in Rome, where all things hideous and shameful from every part of the world find their centre and become popular. Accordingly, an arrest was first made of all who pleaded guilty; then, upon their information, an immense multitude was convicted, not so much of the crime of firing the city, as of hatred against mankind.

Written by a roman Senator, Tacitus in early 100AD

You have to be willfully ignorant to think people are comforting themselves by thinking the universe is mostly chaotic probabilities.

No, people find comfort in the idea of not having a bond to the next man. It is easier to be selfish, greedy, and evil when you minimize the importance of individual action.

"Who am I accountable to" Many people would answer The State, or the Church. I can't imagine someone saying they are accountable to no one,and they have no care about the struggle of their fellow man.

People comfort themselves by ascribing order to chaos, not the other way around, hence your little bed time stories are what people find comfort in. The universe being “random” is the second law of thermodynamics, knucklehead. It’s not “faith” or a “belief” like your childish charade.

Pontificating is speaking about a topic with an a undeserved sense of authority and pomposity. It does no good to to belittle folks for having a difference of opinion. I'm sad to hear that you view faith as a "childish charade"

peace to you man

 

[GPBear]

Pontificating is speaking about a topic with an a undeserved sense of authority and pomposity. It does no good to to belittle folks for having a difference of opinion. I'm sad to hear that you view faith as a "childish charade"

peace to you man

You’re being pretty dense right now.

You said there were documents of Jesus’ trial. I said the first mention of Jesus came decades later, and you quoted the very document I was thinking of, a letter from a Roman senator from 100 AD.

100 AD means it wasn’t concurrent with his life. My point was, there were other preachers of that era who are thoroughly documented in the tax records. If Jesus was such a major figure, you would think the first mention of him wouldn’t be decades after he allegedly died.


What makes you dense, is that you quoted this as evidence of his existence. You fail to realize how it does the exact opposite, because you’re not thinking critically, you’re thinking dogmatically.

And more importantly, you don’t understand science, because it doesn’t pontificate, it makes empirical statements. Popes and charlatan religions pontificate by making false claims and enforcing corrupt doctrines through holy wars. In fact, science is happy to be wrong, it doesn’t make 100% authoritative statements. It makes falsifiable statements, which is the opposite of pontificating, where what you say is infallible because god told you so.

You’re applying your religious upbringing and applying it to science. You think because you listened to preacher say definitively how the universe is, that when scientists explain their theories that they’re doing the same thing. But they’re not.


Scientists are nothing like a preachers, because scientists present veritable evidence and are objectively agnostic, they don’t claim to have an entire understanding of the universe.

 

[StatUS]

Worship Borgia brehs

 

[Berniewood Hogan]

Jesus

Jesus was a Jew and you hate Jews though.

 

[Triipe]

Worship Borgia brehs

be catholic brehs

know a cat that went to a private Catholic College out in Texas, shyt gets founky and pretty occult when related to mexican/caribbean islander catholicism.

shoot if u got some knowledge to drop,

Jesus was a Jew and you hate Jews though.

You can disagree with the actions of the Israeli State without thinking that jewish people are all evil

kinda like how the American populace isn't wholly responsible for the past evils of the American State...

 

[Triipe]

True but you hate Jews though.

Oy vey, stop trying to derail the thread.