Christians, do you value extropy...?
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Your question is flawed by an assumption that all Christians think alike. There are many denominations of Christian Churches which would be described as extropiatic. There are some fundamentalist Christian churches that condemn members for thinking outside the circle. There is everything in-between. I attend a Christian church whose membership tolerates all human understanding and celebrates the differences.
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Yes, as a whole, I do think that, as a Christian, I have a better outlook on society.\nGod thinks we are all worth His attention, He seems to think there is good in us that makes us worthy of salvation.\nAs long as He sees the good in humanity, can I do any less?
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AMEN Brother!!! I love this little testimonial of yours, keep up the good work and God bless you!\n(Guess you can tell I'm an optimist too!)
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Yes, that is an interesting way of putting things.  God brings us through difficulties in order that we may know Him more and have more of His character worked in us.  Our afflictions, which are but for a moment, work for us a far, far greater weight of eternal glory (2 Corinthians 4:17)!!!
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You feel about it however you decide.  You can love it or hate it or anything inbetween.  Just because something isn't true, it doesn't mean people will abandon it.  The Bible says it is true, therefore it is?  Is that logical.
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Absolutely.  Prayer is nonsensical and completely ineffective.  Why would anyone think it worth praying for something to a god who (supposedly) always knows best?  Why would said god ever give someone what they pray for if it wasn't already what he wanted in the first place?
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To have a joy unspeakable when all your sins are forgiven and you are promised eternal life without cost... then to hear the ridicule of such a wonderful gift as being an evil thing, how could we not be passionate in our response? However, we are admonished not to repay evil for evil, that a soft word turns away wrath. But we all slip, even myself, and get too zealous in our rebuttals.\nFunny, in the business world, being aggressive is a good thing. If a Christian even appears aggressive--well, that is different. Could we not say that we are creating a misimpression? That what you describe as aggression could actually be passionate debate. Something I have often seen in these posts.
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Being a Christian I strive to do just that. It's not easy. I think you become a hypocrite if you are not trying to love everyone on earth. I choose to try to act in a loving way toward all that I come into contact with. I often fall short of that. But I keep on trying.
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Yes because Christ ...\n\nCrap. \n\nOkay, no.
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Sure...but it is only a name.  What is important is to live it.  People call themselves Christians and their actions reveal that they are the opposite of what Christianity is all about, but they can justify their actions because they are "Christians".\n\nI leave you with a question:\n\nWhat is more important...To behave as a christian and not be called one, or to be a Christian and not act like one?
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Amen, brother, though there is always more to God...\n\nGenerosity is proclaiming all the good things God has done for you, all else is dwelling on the less perfect. Always seeking to find new things to praise, without condemning others is the true path IMO.\n\nGod bless.
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Well, according to the Bible, yes.  This is going to be very Lutheran of me, but I've already started, so I may as well explain it as best and briefly as I can.\n\nThe Bible states this: "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and not that of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works that men may boast." (Ephesians 2:8)\n\nThe Bible also sports this nice little phrase "All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me but I will not be brought under the power of any." (I Cor 6:12, I would also like to point out that my version of the Bible uses a more archaic variant of English)\n\nSo, indeed, even a smidgen of faith in Jesus is all that is necessary to save us.  Why?  Because no matter what we do to prove our "sinlessness" to God, in the end it's all pointless.  The most righteous among us eventually become self-righteous, and nearly every good act done in the name of God or one's own self instead of being nice to that person is only another futherance into sin for us.  Pride rears its ugly head even upon the best of us all.  One of the faults of being imperfect is that you are going to give in to sin eventually.  And in God's eyes, a "minor" sin is just as bad as a major sin.  Anger and just being annoyed grants you the same punishment as a mass murderer would recieve.\n\nSo this is justification by faith, we can't save ourselves, so God sends His Son down to uphold the Law perfectly, and give himself as a blood sacrifice for all the rest of humanity, from here to eternity.
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Do You want evidence?\n\nOr a simple answer?\n\nEphesians 4:5
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no. nothing is  important to god.\ngod  is  important to everything.
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no I don't, and no I don't. I have asked before and got no reply so I stopped trying. \nSorry to tell you this, but it seems your god plays favorites sometimes. \nEither that or he specifically designs the outcomes of life so that there will be nonbelievers, that way his little lambs will have something to do with their free time.
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Boy, would I feel foolish for living a good Christian life.\n\nSeriously, I would feel good knowing that people like you would make it to heaven.\n\n(no offense intended, I seem to remember that you are not a believer in God, and that was my intent - that non-believers like yourself would make it to heaven)
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I'm not sure that you're correct that we actually understand more now than we did before.  It is still a common assumption that we only use 10% of our brains.  What would we know if we were able to use the other 90%?  We still have no idea what really exists outside of our immediate environment, however far that goes into space, we can only assume that we've only scratched the surface.  Despite all the things that we can create, we cannot get close to re-creating a telescopic lens as diverse as the human eye, nor can we create a shock absorbing device nearly as complex as the knee.  Yes, we are making incredible progress in certain areas, but we will never know everything.  Secondly, my relationship with Christ is not a result of me wanting to understand the world in which I live.  It is a result of a desire to be with the one who created me.  So, to answer your question, some religions may fail, they will be proven useless.  However, a relationship with Christ will never be unnecessary.