John, the verse that you quoted on judging condemns hypocritical judging. So, that verse doesn't apply to
me .
You
are assuming that I hold to Calvin's doctrines. I don't; they're evil.
The true Christian belief? Sure, I'll share it.
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. During the next five days He created everything else on the earth -- ending with mankind. He gave mankind a choice -- to obey God and eat from the tree of life, or to disobey Him and eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Man chose to disobey and thereby brought the curse of sin upon himself and all of creation. God still loved man however, and provided a plan of salvation. The plan? It is very simple. God took on the form of a man and died the death that we all deserve fro our sin. He took our punishment for us. If we would just trust that his death is the only way of salvation, we will be given eternal life freely. That's right,
freely. Titus 3:5 says,
"He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit," and Ephesians 2:8-9 says,
"For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast." Romans 6:23 says,
"For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."
I know that was brief; but, considering the length of my post, I'm sure you appreciate the need for brevity somewhere.
your chosen quote seems rather xenophobic, and not at all fitting with the flowery "love thy neighbour" message.
I love the pagan. I AM
NOT TO DO AS HE DOES, THOUGH! That isn't to hard to understand, I don't think.
So using a condom, or mastrubating (male) is murder... In fact, if you don't, and have a so-called wet-dream, then that as well is murder by this logic.
This is utter foolishness, and you know that you are twisting my meaning. It is murder when you destroy a fetus. Sperm cells are not fetuses. The sperm and egg must unite.
DUH!
There is also a saying that the road to hell is paved with good intentions, and you seem to have an abundance of those.
Let's talk about the Catholics again. They have an abundance of good deeds which they think will get them to heaven (you pointed out that they have seven sacraments -- something which I already knew). Lets look at what the Bible says happens to people who try to work their way to heaven with good deeds; Matthew 7:21-23 says,
"'Not everyone who says to Me, "Lord, Lord," will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. Many will say to Me on that day, "Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?" And then I will declare to them, "I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS."'" These guys had good intentions! But, look, the Lord will say that He never knew them! Their problem is that they are trusting in
their good deeds to get them to heaven and they are not trusting in Christ's death. That is why Catholicism is a form of false Christianity -- they trust in their good works (e.g. sacraments).
You can not seriously be comparing mass-murderers to homosexuals? That was a poor attampt at a very badly executed joke, right?
They are both
SINNERS!
And so am I. James 2:10 says,
"For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all."
Now oisinallen, you said,
Christmas and Easter only seem to be "pagan" when Catholics are celebrating them. If a Protestant celebrates them, they are pure christian holy days.
Christmas and Easter are pagan no matter who celebrates it! I don't celebrate those holidays.
You then said,
Catholicism was founded by Jesus Christ, not Protestantism. And Jesus also proclaimed St. Peter as the first pope, which you totally ignore and then call yourself a true Christian.
This is a lie created by the Catholic Church. Jesus Christ did not ordain Peter as a "Pope." The Catholics believe that Matthew 16:16-18 teaches this doctrine. Let me quote the verses,
"Simon Peter answered, ‘You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.’ And Jesus said to him, ‘Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.” Their doctrine holds that when Jesus said “you are Peter, (Peter in Greek is
Petros which means “rock”) and upon this
rock I will build My church,” He was saying that He was going to build His church on Peter. However, this theory falls apart when you look at the whole sentence in Greek. I will restate the verse with the Greek words inserted.
“I also say to you that you are Peter [Petros], and upon this rock [petra] I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.” Therefore, we see then that Christ was not calling Peter the rock on which He would build His church, for He used two different words. “Petra” means “rock” and “petra” means “little rock.” What He was really saying was that He would found His church upon what Peter had just said in verse 16 -- “Simon Peter answered, ‘You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.’” That right there is what Christ founded His church upon – not Peter.
4. You cannot believe the entire Bible as it is extremely contradictory in places. You would have to have schizophrenia to be able to believe everything it says at once.
That is an unsubstantiated claim; and, as such, I will give it no credence.
5. Even if Christianity is correct, and it is indeed a sin to be homosexual, then it is god who is wrong. Not the gays. They are perfectly within their rights to love members of the same sex.
Man, would I like to see you say that to the face of the Almighty. Actually, on second thought, I might not want to be there . . .
