CHRISTianity -vs.-religions of the world.

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and JESUS said,''tear this temple down & in three day,s I,LL raise it UP.speaking of his body. NO other religion has a RISEN-GLORIFIED=SAVIOUR. except maybe the 1 who,s mom claimed 'he came back as a tree??? by the way JESUS wasn,t born on december 25th.

-- al-d. (dogs@zianet.com), June 02, 2000

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What most people accept as religious truth is nothing more than fluff and pagan fairy tales, in many cases. Especially when it comes to the history of commonly accepted Christianity.

December 25th was regarded as the birthday of the sun (not Son) by pagan sun-worshippers in the old Roman Empire; it being one of the first days after the winter solstice, December 22. When the sun was supposed to be dying; the birthday of the sun was its "rebirth".

Easter was a pagan fertility festival named after Eastre, the Teutonic goddess of Spring. Fertility rite? You bet. One guess as to why the rabbit and the egg are traditional symbols of Easter. Nothing to do with Jesus Christ. Everything to do with pagan debauchery.

And guess who took these PAGAN holidays and called them Christian? You guessed it -- the rule-bender of all time -- The Catholic Church. The same body that claims to be able to change God's Law as spoken on Sinai. Yep. Uh-huh.

-- Chicken Little (panic@isover.now), June 02, 2000.


ever heard of ''the nephalim??the pre-adamic race. the fallen-angel.s who cohabited with human-females?producing a hybrid race?no wonder GOD destroyed the world with the flood. now why will GOD destroy the world a 2nd time??? CLUE>>JESUS said''as it was 'in the day,s of noah.SO shall it be at his return.''and THEY laughed & mocked noah-until the floods came'' the 2nd cleansing'will be fire.

-- al-d. (dogs@zianet.com), June 02, 2000.

hi ch. little, YOU-GOT-IT. false-christianity will persecute the true. alway,s did---alway,s will. isn,t the deception awesome? but JESUS said it would happen--so here we go!! politic,s & religion=barf. WRONG-KINGDOM.

-- al-d. (dogs@zianet.com), June 02, 2000.

Hey, Al-d. I thought that you said you'd seen the light (net wise) and were going to stop making multiple posts on a single day.

Were you lying to us, Al-d?

-- E.H. Porter (Just Wondering@About.it), June 02, 2000.


Al-D:

The flood story was a better read in cuniform.

Best wishes,,,

Z

-- Z1X4Y7 (Z1X4Y7@aol.com), June 02, 2000.



gee mr.porter,please forgive. i posted a little after midnite & forgot to wait a full 24 hours.

-- al-d. (dogs@zianet.com), June 03, 2000.

Al-D

The second beast of Revelation 13:11-17 is our own U. S. of A.

Think about it. All Bible scholars agree that all the previous beasts of Daniel and Rev. refer to the great kingdoms that have appeared on earth. Babylon, Persia, Alexandrian Greece, then Rome. There has been NO great ruling world empire from Rome until now -- except for now. The U.S. It rules the world. In every way. Politically, economically, culturally, militarily, whatever. Why would Bible time prophecy talk about all the kingdoms that inhabited the earth way back when, and then just leave out things at the end of the world?

-- Chicken Little (panic@isover.now), June 03, 2000.


Chicken L,

Good to see you back, you comments are awaited. Link

Frank

-- Someone (ChimingIn@twocents.cam), June 03, 2000.


Oh, I say, old boy. What about England. Britannia rules the waves, all that. England was the greatest power the world has ever known and you forgot to sandwich it in between Rome and the U.S.A. Does that make a difference in your prognostications?

-- Ned (allthings@british.com), June 03, 2000.

Christianity vs other religions?

When I hear this, I think of the CS Lewis answer to the question of what makes Christianity different from other religions. I think he answered something like--"oh, that's easy, it's grace".

I am no student of Comparative Religion. I do not know if any other religion preaches something like grace. But if Christianity is the only religion that personalizes God, that speaks of His unearned Love, then I want to be a Christian.

-- Lars (lars@indy.net), June 03, 2000.



al, I'm curious as to why you titled this thread "CHRISTianity -vs.-religions of the world". Don't you think that's just a bit antagonistic?

Why should it be one religion VERSUS another? Isn't there enough "room" for all of them to co-exist?

More of my rambling thoughts.....

-- Patricia (PatriciaS@lasvegas.com), June 03, 2000.


Lars,

"But if Christianity is the only religion that personalizes God, that speaks of His unearned Love, then I want to be a Christian."

Part of the premise of this thread is that it's not even good enough to be a Christian in order to garner that unearned love, but you must be the 'correct' flavor of Christian.

-- flora (***@__._), June 03, 2000.


Versus can be defined as against, Patricia. It can also mean in comparison.

Why should it be one religion VERSUS another? Isn't there enough "room" for all of them to co-exist?

The short answer is no, according to most Christians I know. Bummer. al's scenario, and those like him, is that I'm gonna sizzle! Extra crispy please!

-- Bingo1 (howe9@shentel.net), June 03, 2000.


My view (and experience) of God's Love is that it first & foremost be unconditional. If we were required to earn this Love, then certainly the ground rules would be laid out for us - clearly posted on our bodies perhaps. ALL people would have a fair shot at it.

Or else God is a big, fat jerk.

-- Bingo1 (howe9@shentel.net), June 03, 2000.


Thanks, Bingo. That's why I try not to respond to anything until I've been fully caffeinated. (Currently working on it :-))

-- Patricia (PatriciaS@lasvegas.com), June 03, 2000.



IF you we,re the 1 & only [TRUE=GOD] & your son the SAVIOR. what would you think of [the deception] of stolen-worship???????? who is the deciever'of mankind??? satan is envious of GOD. so he finds a way to be worshiped. there is only 1 GOD[CREATOR] & 1 SON [SAVIOR] & 1[HOLY-SPIRIT] GOD will share HIS GLORY,with no-one. why should he??? would you????

-- al-d. (dogs@zianet.com), June 03, 2000.

al-d, how DARE you equate God with a mere MORTAL!

To ask such a question is BLASPHEMY!

There is no atonement for your SIN!

You are bound for HELL!

-- al-e (cats@yianet.moc), June 03, 2000.


Al-d:

IF you we,re the 1 & only [TRUE=GOD] & your son the SAVIOR. what would you think of [the deception] of stolen-worship????????

You started the statement with IF. This is the problem. For example; IF Hitler didn't exist, would we have had WWII. If, Mt St Helens had not erupted, would Harry Truman still be alive. If Sumer hadn't existed would we have the Torah.

Things to think about.

Best wishes,,,,,

-- Z1X4Y7 (Z1X4Y7@aol.com), June 03, 2000.


Ned, You got there before I did !! I try not be chauvinistic but it gets too much to bear sometimes ! LOL

-- Chris (griffen@globalnet.co.uk), June 03, 2000.

Dear al-cat,i know what i am.a creature--not the creator. a sinner--being saved by GRACE & GRACE ALONE. p.s. i wasn,t lookin for him,he found me.[providence] even my faith'my belief'my hope is ALL of HIM. SALVATION is the gift of GOD. not of man or religion. sinners need a savior---GOD provides.

-- al-d. (dogs@zianet.com), June 03, 2000.

Hi, Chris: I'm a Yank but I just couldn't help it. I just had to post what I did. Somehow actual history never enters into these folks minds. The world is only 6,000 years old, you know, old boy.

-- Ned (allthings@british.com), June 03, 2000.

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