Funny how that one got no response. I guess trick candles and statues that cry blood don't work anymore.
I'm just not on the internet 24/7 like apparently you expect. Again, that is catholicism which is a pagan cult. But whatever, I don't need to convince you, everyone knows God exists and just pushes that truth down
>I'm just not on the internet 24/7 like apparently you expect.
Fair enough. I retract the taunt.
>Again, that is catholicism which is a pagan cult.
They all do it. The trick candles thing was last used in Eastern Orthodox churches. Out west they have talking in tongues and faith healing using the same crippled man every time. Mormons have magic hats, golden tablets, and secret handshakes. It's disappearing because too many people have cameras.
>everyone knows God exists and just pushes that truth down
Even if that's true, what makes you think the Jews were the one that got it right? Why not the Norse/German pagans. Or the Roman/Greek pantheon? If you want holy symbols, the swastika predates the Christian cross by 16000 years (longer than the earth supposedly existed per biblical chronology). What about neo-Platonism, or Stoicism, or Epicureanism? What makes the bible special other than that it was the last one standing? Isn't following it exactly the same logic as saying the allies won WW2, so they were correct?
Well there are a lot of charlatans who make a mockery of Christianity that's true I'm the first to say those people and their followers are retarded. Judaism is the same as all the other religions, Christianity is very different though. Basically all the world religions can be boiled down to do these things, and you get these other things. Whether the end goal is janna, nirvana, or whatever other made up destination they want to go to, the idea is you follow a list of rules, do certain things and don't do others and you get to go there. The Christian system says that we are unable to attain God's favor, have committed crimes against His law, and deserve death for our crimes. No amount of walking old ladies across the street or feeding the homeless can erase a murderer's actions in man's court, so it definitely won't fly in God's court. We all know that and know its a good thing, murderers and rapists need to be punished and they can't ever 'work off' that debt, they must just be put to death. The problem is, God's standard is much higher and includes lying, stealing, and other things. We know those are wrong by our conscience though. So if we are guilty, there is nothing we can do to earn innocence. It doesn't matter how much money you give to some statue of a dead person, how many vain repetitions of some nonsense prayers you say, you're still guilty. That is why eastern orthodoxy, mormonism, catholicism, and all the other world religions are wrong. You need God's mercy. The only way we can be forgiven by a just God is if the punishment is put on another so justice is still satisfied, that is what happened on the cross. That is why Christianity is different. All the other religions say do these things to get right with God. Christianity says God already did this to make you right with Him, now live this way out of gratitude.
Polytheistic religions don't make sense, how can there be anything but one ultimate uncaused first cause? And if all the systems are wrong, how did everything get here?
I think you will find that the bible has supernatural insight into the human condition. Not to mention, lots of religions are started for gain. If I was going to start a religion, I would say that everyone has to do what I say, I get to have as many wives as I want, give me money etc. Islam lets you marry up to 4 women, mandates percentage based giving. In fact, most religions have this kind of thing because they are self serving. Why would the writers of the bible create a system that is self sacrificial and self denying?
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