Christians, please refute what mainworry said?
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I am a Christian.  While I won't comment on what any one member said, I can say what I believe regarding homosexuality and religion.\nEven though i'm heterosexual, I support homosexuals.  Love is a gift from God, and it should be nurtured and cherished whether it's between two men, two women, or a man and a woman. I believe that God is unconditionally loving and, even if He/She is not, then that judging should be left to God.  Christians believe in one of God's two GREATEST commandments(as taught by Jesus in the book of Matthew) "Love your neighbors as you would yourself" - our purpose on earth is to love, accept and learn from those around us, leave the judging to God.\nBesides, religious beliefs should not infringe on the lifestyles of others.  Religious beliefs are personal and, if they can't be tactfully and respectfully discussed, then they should also remain private.
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Good question!\n\nWhich brings us to the fact that Jesus was a man spreading the Word of God and not being penalized for everyone elses mistakes. They will be held accountable. We are responsable for our own actions. Would that then mean that we can freely sin since we have been saved? i think not.\n\nWell done you for highlighting this!\n\nto the person who said Jesus went to hell for 3 days to get the souls of those who were wrongfully sent there, are you implying that God makes mistakes now??\n\nand i wish people would stop rhetorically quoting the bible as their answer without explanation, like they know what it means anyway, its just rhetoric.\n\nand for the record, if all sins have been cleansed through Jesus and his crucifiction, then will someone please tell me the point of judgement day??!!!
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I'm sorry I thought I made it clear.\nYES.\nThanks to the intercession of Moses God repented and did not destroy the children of Israel.
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God bless you for being real and telling it like it is. Christians have been too tolerent too long. \nLiberals want to take Christ out of Christians.
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Those words are not of God and not of Christ. A Christian who says those things is not acting as a Christian should. These are deceptions of the devil and are based on hatred.\n\nYou, I see from many of your posts, are grappling with these questions. But you post them as if they were insults or jokes. I see through that. You are partly consumed by a temptation to persecute Christians. You are partly ruled by this and have no control over it. And it bothers you. But your resolution is a false one, in that you believe Christians are at the root of this lack of inner control. It feeds the flames and you relinquish more self-mastery as time passes.\n\nThe proof is that at this moment you are probably saying this is stupid and you will try to ignore it. Ignorance is your tool to continue the persecution. As long as you refuse to understand what Christianity teaches then you can continue to mock it with half-sincere questions based out of your inner conflicts.\n\nIt is not Christians you have a problem with. It is yourself. But go ahead and scoff and continue on in the path of slavery to your emotions.
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All Christians do this. They insist that the Bible is true, accurate, and completely error-free, yet in the next breath they will explain why Jesus didn't mean what he said or say what he meant. \n\nFor example, Jesus said that in order to be perfect, one must sell all of one's possessions, give the money to the poor, and then follow him. Christians say that he didn't REALLY mean this, he was only talking to one particular person, he only meant that his 12 disciples should do this, yada yada yada. But when Jesus said to love thy neighbor as thyself, THEN he was talking about everyone. When something is easy, they say it is literal; when something is difficult or undesirable, they say it is metaphor, symbolism, or not meant for everyone.\n\nAnother example: Jesus gave a list of signs that would accompany those who believe in him--they would cast out demons, heal the sick, raise the dead, handle venomous snakes without harm, drink poison without dying, and be able to do all the miracles that he did, all with the faith of a mustard seed. Do Christians do these things? Well, they can't, because it's all nonsense and make-believe. But rather than admit that it's all make-believe, they insist that what Jesus REALLY meant was that only his 12 disciples would be able to do these miracles, in spite of the fact that Jesus' words clearly say "THEM THAT BELIEVE." Thus, they don't actually believe what Jesus said, only what they wish he had said. [Of course, Jesus didn't actually say any of it, since he didn't exist--but that will be our little secret. Sshhhh! :o)  ] \n\nOne last thing to remember--different Christians have different ideas about what Jesus said, what he meant, which parts of the Bible are literal, and which parts are not...yet they all claim to be guided by the same Holy Spirit!  Does it seem logical that a supposed all-powerful, perfect deity would deliberately give contradictory information to his followers...or that they are all simply making it all up and imagining that it came from a higher power?
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You say that you "can't wait for all these christians to be gone." But ... What if we're still here and you're gone?\n==========================================\nTO: jacartamonkey\n\nNo, I know nothing about you. However, based on your statement that you "can't wait for all these christians to be gone." It sounds like that you think you and the Christians will not be in the same place. \n\nYour statement is based on the belief that Christians will be removed and others remain; mine is based on the fact that Christians remain and wicked are removed. NOT saying you are wicked, but just going by what you said.
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Jesus never said those words.\n\nThis is a quote from Jeremiah, in a prayer to God (Jeremiah 18:21-22).  This was in a section where God was warning His nation of Israel of a pending destruction because of their rebellion, but also telling them that if they would repent, he would stay his hand.\n\nThe author misattributed the quote to Jesus and took it out of context to make it sound like Jesus was saying something contrary to what he said.  I seriously doubt the Yahoo Answer Police are biblically literate enough to recognize these problems with his question, however.\n\nMy guess is that they determined it violated the Content & Usage guidelines which say, you may not post content "to exploit, solicit, or harm minors," or "that is violent, racist, incendiary, or otherwise objectionable."
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good question!\n\nalot of debate ... i'd really like to know the answer from our christian friends\n\n\n=====================\n\nUPDATE\n\n\naron! is that the way you defend your religon ... by insulting others?\n\nthis section on Yahoo Answers meant for proper discussions between all religons and civilizations ... so why you respond in that silly way!
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So many bad answers from Christians on this it's fairly amusing.\n\n1. "Things/the rules have changed"\n\nResting on the sabbath is a moral precept of one's obligation to Yahweh.  If you are saying this changed, you are saying that God changes his morals, which opens up the idea of moral subjectivitiy.  There is no way around when God said "forever".  Either you are calling him a liar, or you are wrong.\n\n2.  "The law was destroyed"\n\nThen why did Jesus say he did not come to destroy the law?  Remember thar part in Matthew about "not one jot or tittle of the law"?  You are calling Jesus a liar here....not sure what your God would think of that.\n\n3.  Paul said hold no day above any other.\n\nSwell for Paul.  Unfortuantely, Jesus and Yahweh BOTH said different.  Tie goes to the deity, I would think.\n\n4.  "Christians are under grace, not the law"\n\nThen you can ignore the 10 commandments, I assume.  No?  Only the fourth one?  I see.  What part of "forever" and what Jesus said in Matthew don't Christians understand?\n\n******\n\nThose are just a few responses.  Christians love to pull the "Paul Card".  Go ahead and grab anything Paul may have said (ignoring that he often spoke on behalf of himself, not God) and use that to totally dismiss something either Yahweh or Jesus said.\n\nThe bible IS inconsistent.  But if I were to believe in it, I sure has heck would take God's "forever" dictate pretty serious, not Paul's bitter ramblings.
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FALSE... WE ARE NOT WHAT YOU SAY WE ARE THAT IS A VERY RUDE AND UNCHRISTIAN STATEMENT... FIND GOD MAY GOD SAVE YOU FROM YOURSELF...
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Good question! Silly Christians.
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jesus said neither do i condem thee, go and sin no more..\nmaybe blaming is not the best solution
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siamsalem007: are you serious or are just that dumb? it is by leaps and bound easier to follow the herd so you don't have to formulate original thoughts or have an individual opinion.  i don't mean to bash or berate, but come on! jeewhiz! <---hehe that rhymes with jesus. HA!\n\nand for all of you christians supposedly being supportive and caring, you sure are a bunch of ravenous close-minded religion-mongers. what makes you think you deserve eternal paradise? because some book written by the hands and fingers of men tells you so? at the very LEAST, practice what you freaking preach! so few of you do.
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"Are you saying you can choose what you like from the bible and disregard what you don't like."\n\nThat is the basis of Christianity.
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Love the question.\n\nGot me thinking and this is what I've come up with:\n\nBecause it cannot be proved without a doubt that God actually exists (if it could be, it would probably be illegal to not be a Christian), to say "God speaks to me" is the equivalent of "I saw a real life dragon yesterday! It lives in my cupboard!"\n\nWhile both statements COULD be true, the essential fact of the matter is that if these kind of people are running around town screaming that God is speaking to them, they WILL cause mass panic and hysteria in their community.\n\nIn general, they are locked up in loony bins to be safe.\n\nSecond, Jealousy. "Why would God speak to that nutjob? I'm a better person than him-he MUST be crazy."\n\nThird, punishment for such claims used to be jail for being a heretic. I think a padded room is much better.
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Mainworry's main worry is how to get points and place high up. he seems to thinks if he preached jesus for those 2 points questioner got a good deal.\n\n i would understand if his cut n paste job of bible is answering the question even remotely. it would be OK. but often it is 100% irrelevant. \n\nit is equivalent to reenagers' answering idk.