@Octavarium Said
Greatestlam, until you can get beyond your fundamental hatred of the fundamentalist mindset you will never be able to understand the subtle inference of faith in something beyond the base value of human nature.
Whether it be religion or politics or any other form of belief, the fundamentalist mindset is a set mind locked upon only one aspect of the greater whole. It allows for ignorance and ignorant actions.
Hatred and descent breed nothing but hatred and descent. No learning comes from it and thus no good. I see your direction, that you want to challenge the fundamental belief in a literalistic take on the Bible. But slapping one with rebuke and insult of moronic stupidity earns nothing but a slap in return, if not an outright punch in the face. Dismissal, nothing but dismissal. The more you force your charge the more you force those you charge to maintain and defend their ground. All god's aside, that's human nature.
Does this make any sense to you?
I'm not trying to tell you to give up on the stand you've decided to take only that the tactics you decided to employ will only result in the deepening of anger and resentment on both sides for the other. This does nothing beyond intensifying the fight leaving the world a much bloodier place than it needs to be.
What is the answer? I don't know, but I do know that the soft word has a much longer lasting effect than the hard word in the moment. Think about it.
Ya ya. Soft words did Jesus a lot of good.
I get turn or burn whether I use love or tough love so keep your useless advise to yourself.
Any softness I had has been burned out by Christians.
As to the mindless faith of theists who are abusing children.
look for my upcoming O P.
Faith without works is false faith.
Scriptures on the issue of works contradict each other.
Some scriptures and Christian sects push the notion that faith alone in God is all that is required to earn heaven.
Some scriptures indicate that without works, living the theology and applying it to reality, that whatever faith we claim to have is useless and that those souls are lost.
The notion of being part of a community where individuals looked out for each other and shared whatever it had was the key and the only reason Christianity became the religion that it is today. I mean this in the sense or size only. In reality, Christianity no longer bases it’s theology and being saved on works.
Perhaps this is why the Church is so fragmented today and losing the battle for the hearts and minds of the population.
People usually do what they see as profitable in one way or another for themselves. Today, looking at Christianity, from inside or outside, the population does not see a profit in remaining in or joining Christianity due to this notion that faith is all that is required.
Without works, will Christianity die?
Do you have to live your faith or is faith without works good enough?
Regards
DL
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DL