Loki said
You are willing to believe that the teachings are of the highest order, you believe them to be true, but you don't believe that his diety in the NT is true... so you have selective treatment on how you read the bible, your a gnostic... and picking stuff from the bible wich you like says more about you then about the bible
The Bible itself speaks of Jesus in some very different tones. Paul's writings and the Gospel of John dominate the "Jesus as Lord" doctrine. When people go out as missionaries to save the rest of the world, they almost always quote from the Gospel of John and then talk about Paul's letters. Sure, Matthew, Mark, and Luke may get honorable mentions for Jesus teachings and miracles, but there is nothing as overt as that which is found in the other material.
Many christians are still dieing in muslim coutntries for just like the romans forced them to convert to pagans... the christians refuse to convert to islam and die in the process... merely because Christ has conquered all the pagan nations allready doesn't mean that christianity died with it.
You must differentiate between what happens and what is called for by the Koran. (I know, don't lecture me about the hadiths or we will get way off topic) Many terrible things have been done in the name of Christianity too.
yeah, politics, nothing more rotten then that... you think muslims don't stab each other in the back when it concerns money? to quote Voltaire
"when it involves money, everyone is of the same religion"... it's disgusting but true for the general majority of the world. Give someone power and it will most likely corrupt you.
Sure, but when it comes to usury, the west is alot more susceptible to this curse than islam where it is forbidden.
what is in a man is not what you profess you are, but what you do... you are a christian by your actions not by what you fanaticly rant... you cannot seperate one from another... your christian being is not a shizofrenic state of mind in wich you can choose something to be on second place... if you serve two masters, you will love one and disregard the other
Christians in western nations are in a constant state of psychizophrenia (I don't think I spelled it right either) as they constantly give in to materialism and then constantly have to ask for forgiveness
well you puny humans are not able to understand a doctrine of compassion and tolerance, i will send you a doctrine of war and hate and kick it into you..." you have very weird and absurd ideas about God
You should not generalize all of Islam.
America's isn't devoted on adultary... their are laws against this with big financial and social losses wich mostly ruins lives completely...
Loki, you must be kidding. Women get away with it in marriage, file for divorce and then still get the children.
Again, out of time
Peace,
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