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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 07:55 PM Original message |
If Jesus Christ Died To Save The World and Save Us From Our Sins |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. umm jesus died (allegedly) and the post death is the christ character nt |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
2. There are many views on how that works. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. That would be one of the major points of contention that fractured Christianity. |
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iris27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 07:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
61. Really? I'm not aware of any major groups of Christanity who believe that Jesus' |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 04:21 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. I was referring more to the question "what else needs to be done?" |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
4. The teaching is: we should love our neighbors as we love ourselves |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 08:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Depends on who you ask. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 06:38 AM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Again, lousy advice for a masochist. |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
5. If God is omnipotent, why is an intermediary required for his forgiveness? |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 08:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Hmmm, I detect some hereticisy here abouts. |
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MindandSoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 08:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I agree. . .and I came to the conclusion that. . .we do not need an intermediary |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 12:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. You speak of the Gospel of St. Thomas |
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onager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 02:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
62. Because somebody has to collect the money. |
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FLyellowdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
9. And furthermore, |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
10. Actually, you're supposed to eat his body and drink his blood. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
11. It's complicated |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 03:28 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. nothing hateful about that at all... |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 06:37 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. You seem to have confused the word "hateful" with the word "irreverent." |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 11:53 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. saying they're clearly hateful doesn't mean I want them in jail. thanks for implying that however. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 12:42 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. You are the one who took offense. |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 12:52 AM Response to Reply #25 |
41. connecting my comments to the death threats that some Islamofascists have made against cartoonists |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 01:45 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. If the shoe fits, wear it. |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 02:12 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. your comment is one of the more baseless attacks I've seen on DU |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 07:32 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Let me ask you something. Well, some things. |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 02:10 PM Response to Reply #46 |
53. I think we're being ignored. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 02:45 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. It's easier than answering the tough questions. |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 02:56 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. What tough questions? |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 07:26 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Tough to justify the double standard, you bet! n/t |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 07:44 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. I think I was ignored first! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 01:48 PM Response to Reply #43 |
50. Deleted message |
laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 01:49 PM Response to Reply #43 |
51. You really don't get it, do you? |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 06:39 AM Response to Reply #41 |
45. I'm simply asking how they differ other than in degree. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 08:41 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Would you say the same |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 11:53 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. apples n oranges. no one's gonna confuse B*sh for a 'god' |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 02:11 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Putting aside for the moment that some did deify him, |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 01:54 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. Where is he incorrect? |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 03:18 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Catholics would probably object to the word 'symbolically' |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 07:08 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. Depends on who you ask. |
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Still Blue in PDX (633 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 02:15 PM Response to Reply #26 |
71. My gosh, I used to believe that. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 03:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
29. You confuse derision with hatred |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 10:25 AM Response to Reply #14 |
48. Nothing inaccurate about it. |
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uberllama42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 11:04 AM Response to Reply #48 |
59. Well, I've never understood the "Jesus is a zombie" meme |
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ChadwickHenryWard (692 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 02:19 PM Response to Reply #48 |
69. I tried reading |
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jemelanson (254 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 01:13 AM Response to Original message |
12. Except that if this were the accepted way that it works then what |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 07:34 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. I'm just asking because that's what I'm told everyday by |
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ironbark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 08:36 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Do you really believe that’s how Christianity spread throughout the Roman Empire |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 08:43 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. While hell and brimstone were later additions, |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 03:56 PM Response to Reply #18 |
31. The Romans weren't Brights, like some of our posters here. Sure, |
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ironbark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 08:02 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. Oh come on, those Judeans had concealed an RMD, Religion of Mass Destruction! |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 08:15 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. Just exactly what point are you trying to make? |
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ironbark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 04:03 AM Response to Reply #39 |
44. I tried for months to explain the basic principle of reciprocity to you…. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 08:16 AM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Deleted message |
darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 10:32 AM Response to Reply #44 |
49. Who is following whom? |
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jemelanson (254 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 04:20 PM Response to Reply #18 |
56. First it became THE religion of the Holy Roman Empire. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 03:53 PM Response to Reply #56 |
63. You think "the Holy Roman Empire" led to "the Dark Ages"? |
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jemelanson (254 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 10:23 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. No I think that the spread of the Christian religion led to |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-10 11:49 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. The quality of your historical thinking is clearly indicated by what you write: |
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jemelanson (254 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 12:32 AM Response to Reply #66 |
67. Silly me I forgot that I was answering someone who thinks that |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 09:46 AM Response to Reply #67 |
68. Your logic is as dreadful as your reading comprehension and historical knowledge: |
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Indi Guy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 03:22 AM Response to Original message |
13. With a Bifurcated Premise (Question) - You ask Four Destinct Questions Here... |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
21. Because how could religions rack in the dough (and power) saving people |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 05:42 PM Response to Reply #21 |
33. Isn't that insulting the person they claim is God? |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 05:55 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. "Paulism" is Freeper for Christianity and it's nothing but a hoax |
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AlecBGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 11:11 AM Response to Reply #35 |
72. Paul was imperfect |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
28. Perhaps ... |
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EvolveOrConvolve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
32. More importantly, if we can't find evidence for the biblical Jesus |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 05:44 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Not really. Think about it. The effect that the story has had on |
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EvolveOrConvolve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 06:30 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Your question seemed to be more of a personal question |
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troubledamerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-18-10 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
40. Jesus died to save GUNS and the 2nd Amendment, you silly traitor. |
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LAGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
52. Don't you know? God is a pompous diety, he demands penance. |
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iris27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
60. Because if you didn't need to believe it happened in order for it to count, then why would Jesus |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 02:58 PM Response to Reply #60 |
70. The progression is amazing isn't it? LOL |
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