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For the Love of Christ!


Christianity is a belief that all humans have fallen short of the glory of God, yet regardless of how 'bad' the sin is, it was bought by the blood of the 'lamb' which is a metaphor comparing the sacrifice in the Old Testament in which they would offer lambs, rams, turtledoves, etc. to God in order to have their sins forgiven, to the sacrifice of Jesus, who is God's son and bought the sins of the earth with his blood.

Jesus of Nazareth spent forty days in the wilderness without food and was tempted by Satan during the time.
In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus prayed fervently, until he began to sweat blood, that the 'cup would pass from him', but only if God willed it.
The 'cup' meant the role of the sacrificial lamb.
Afterwards, he was crucified, a process in which one is flayed and nailed onto a crucifix. He had his beard torn out in chunks, he was ridiculed, spat on, had his side stabbed by a soldier's spear, had a crown of thorns shoved onto his head, and was forced to carry his own cross to the execution site after he had been flayed.
"Father, forgive them for they know not what they do."
Was his plea to God.
During the three days of death, Jesus had been thrown into Hell, where he suffered the torment of demons and fire.
Afterwards he was brought back to life and rose to Heaven.

Christians also strive to follow the Ten Commandments.

Christianity is based strongly on a relationship with God, it is not a 'religion' the word religion originally meaning 'bondage'. It is one that requires prayer, love, faith, and complete trust.

Although sounding simple at first, it can be difficult to fully put yourself in the hands of God.

God is a god of jealousy, vengeance, and furious anger. Yet he can also be wholly loving, gentle, and understanding. He's a god of mood-swings. >__>

Christians seem to interpret the Bible in wrong ways, and requires self delving and contemplation in order to actually get the real meaning and why.

Following the rules like a mindless sheep will NOT get you to heaven as so popularly believed by most christians. Nor will being good. You can be a prostitute dishing out the smex on the corner and go to heaven. You can be the most well-known pastor on earth and have the whitest smile ever and be sent to eternal damnation.

FunFact:

Adam and Eve had a total of 56 children over the course of 960 years.




THIS TOPIC HAS ALSO BEEN PHOOK-EDITED.

Yeah, questions about this, just go and pm me or something. >__>
-Phooky

Looks like you did your research. biggrin

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correction sweatdrop ,the Christian god cant be compared in words alone,if you labeled the god of Christians as just another god,the other christians will hunt you down.
(trust me,i know what im saying,the school teach us kids their beliefs about it.)

I never really thought of that but it's true,
if someone said that I'd be unhappy,
thanks for the corrections,
I'm really glad someone is very
knowledgeable in religion.

Any more you'd like to say? 3nodding

His name was mentioned only twice in the Bible I believe.
;P

And also, yeah he can't be described in words alone, why do you think I had such a hard time doing it?

Nowhere does it say you must love your enemies more.

And it does not matter how many sins you commit, It takes only one to send you to the down under.

"For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God." Romans something something.

You can be a whore and be saved near the end of your life,
Or you can be a preacher and damned forever.

This is basic stuff.

You'd be surprised at how many corrupted churches there are teaching
false scripture under the name of God.

As for the Adam X Lilith thing, I am not touching that bombshell.
>____>

Wyatt, it's not good to believe everything you Google.
Jesus, if you trace his roots back, is half-black.
Isn't that a bit ironic how he has the blood of two of the most
hated and despised people of history?

That and you're forgetting one thing Yit,
Along with that verse is a buttload of stuff about how Jesus can redeem you. I'm not going to bother quoting.

Why would I want to find someone who hasn't sinned? (And for only 100 bucks?)
That's retardic. Everyone has sinned. Yeah people sin but they get forgiven too.
Doesn't mean everyone immediately is branded for Hell.

Vice Versa.

Adultery is when a wife cheats on a husband with someone else btw.
Sex before Marraige happens, not like God can't forgive that.
And "God" is not God's name.
Sabbath is on Saturday.


And forget you, Immah go shoot people in heaven on a cloud of win.
They can't die, they won't care.

Humans are imperfect, so of course they're going to do things like enslave and try to justify it.

And they have Jesus' bloodline all in the Bible, going all the way back to Ruth the Moabite who wasn't a blond haired blue eyed aryan but rather an african woman.
And Jesus was born in Bethleham.

Actually, many Priests and Pharisees believed that they could forgive sins. Even now, in the Catholic church there are so many priests who think they can duel out the punishments for human sins.
That's why Jesus was so pissed off at them. They had that
"I'm holier than thou, I've got the spirit now"
kind of vibe when they were really thieves and greedy people who would
pray out in public to gain attention.

I mean, I'd be pretty pissed off too if someone identity-thefted my Dad/God and said that giving more money to the church (their pockets) would make everything A-Ok. And that was a lie.

There really isn't anything in the Bible about waiting till marraige.
There's just this one custom that made it so that if someone took someone's virginity they either had to recompensate the family or marry the person.
It's also like the whole smoking/drinking deal, it won't send you to hell but it's just frowned upon by the community of christians who create their own ideals.

I plan on knocking back drinks of vodka in the afternoon one day.
Ah yes. The lovely drink that warms your soul.

It's okay, I'd say almost all of America doesn't know that. And the Sabbath is also known as the Shabbat. But people won't know if you say that.
):


I KNOW HUH?
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