Apparently you are awash in bitterness,
What? Because I won't believe your pious certitude? I'm a natural man,
as you observed, and I insist on using reason that's all.
John Ings you are an atheist wasting your life posting atheist clap-trap
to Christian NGs. "Natural man" indeed!!!!! LOL Neither have you shown us
what is "un reasonable" about Christ's commandment that we should love and
care about each other as Christ loved us....to the death if need be.
but not to worry - the Lord
is drawing you or you wouldn't waste your time replying. Yes, you are
correct that there is a lot of inconsistency in the Christian realm
because we are still in an imperfect body, and partially influenced by
our old nature.
In other words your methodolgy is inadequate. It took you 16 centuries
to realize slavery is evil for instance. Spiritual discernment would
seem to be vulnerable to a great deal of background noise in its
effort to see.
You keep on harping on 'SLAVERY' without showing how starving to death
in an uncaring world is preferable. Most of us are slaves to our fear of
starvation and will do anything at all, including criminal actions on orders
from those who feed us, you being an exception of course, as always. LOL
However, in spite of our differences, all legitimate
Christians agree on the fundamental doctrines concerning Jesus Christ;
Listen to yourself! All "legitimate" Christians! The very sort of
sanctemoneous intolerance I was speaking about! And I wasn't just
referring to Christians. All faiths claim that same spiritual
discernment. The Muslim is as sure of his faith as the Christian, and
often surer.
"Listen to yourself" John, there is hardly anyone around more intolerant
than you!!! If you were the government you would have all religion outlawed
in a jiffy, and impose strict censorship and draconian punishments on all
who speak of their God.
His virgin birth, His Divinity and humanity, His sinless life, His
sacrificial death, His bodily resurrection, His ascension into heaven,
and His Bodily future return to earth to judge the wicked. On these
things, ALL born-again Christians agree, regardless of denomination.
But born-again Christians are hardly the majority of Christians, and
there's your discernment problem again! The Holy Spirit just can't get
through the static it seems. Could it be your discernment is
imaginary?
Nobody claims that most people are on the narrow road to salvation and
that is precisely why we are poselytizing in our very own pristine Christian
NGs. So why don't you do take a hint and proselytize for your atheism in
YOUR very own atheist NGs? I will post you over to some.
And yes, John, there is no other source of salvation for mankind.
Assuming man requires saving.
With intolerant atheists Trolls like you persecuting us in our own News
Groups, we all need saving. Why not either join us or take a hike
already!!!!