Die out altogether? Not many. None. Someone somewhere, on the internet, is practicing some obscure faith from whenever and wherever.
Shrink. I do believe in shrinking. Christianity I think for sure. In the near term, this will have more to do with people being able to better identify...
Oh, you're right, I didn't cite Matthew. I cited Mark 12:13-17. You are misquoting Matthew, not me. Although the same teaching is seen in Matthew, chapter 22, verse 15 through 22.
I'm not running. If you honestly believe anything you just typed in response to me, there's little to talk about.
I'm interested in intellectual debate. Citing Wikipedia is more a contest in google fu - find the first thing that agrees with me and that's good enough. I mean, encyclopedia's...
Mumbo-jumbo being the stuff the original poster said in his original post, plus everything after. He continues on a tirade about government responsibility is individual responsibility and the actions of the government will be judged upon us.
...and thanks for writing out the scripture I cited...
I'm just going to say, 1robin is providing scholars, books, and more sources overall. For example, you haven't bothered to address the argument he presented via Ehrman. You're literally just using wikipedia.
You would fail in college doing that. At least, my professors would fail you...
It's not Islamophobic to oppose the laws (I voted as such). My aside is this: a dutiful, Quran practicing muslim must absolutely advocate for this, lest they be subject to blasphemy themselves.
Any practicing muslims care to chime in?
As for how bad it is in Pakistan, you did read about the...
So what the OP is suggesting is that if I abstain from voting in public ballots I'm off the hook? Awesome. I'm good. You guys?
In seriousness, you need to read Romans 13 again. Maybe Mark 12:13-17.
If you're going to call yourself a Christian or talk about Christ, please at least know Him...
Whatever you say.
I said he was raised Christian, I didn't say he was a practicing Christian. In other words, he was raised protestant (but by his life testimony, I can attest to he didn't practice it much), but when married, learned to pray as Judaism taught him.
I do think if he had to...
My boss was raised Christian but married a jewish lady and so now he's Jewish by marriage.
He eats bacon and pork at work with us, but not at home. You might say he plays the part he's supposed to amongst mixed company. Well, he bends over backward to keep that whole situation aligned, it's...
It's important to note there was no command not to eat of the tree of life. It's very likely they had, and it was meant to sustain their physical bodies as long as they were in the garden.
It was an act of mercy on God's behalf to not allow them to be immortal AND cursed with sin.
I doubt...
I kinda wish the buttons hadn't been pushed so hard, at times. I don't think all this legislation for things I don't personally want to be written into law would have come up in the first place.
To me it's a frustrating day when believers are the cause to force anti-church in state documents...
The NWT is for those who follow the doctrines of the JW/Watchtower. If you don't follow that, uh, particular version of Christianity, you should not bother with the NWT.
It's well known they altered the texts to fit their theology. John 1:1, John 10:30, etc.
There was no command not to eat of the tree of life. In fact, God says you can eat from any tree, just not the tree of knowledge. Most likely they had eaten from the tree of life prior.
The key here is denying physical immortality in light of having spiritual death. They had both spiritual...
Wait wait wait. What are we really arguing, here?
If Jesus was God on earth, then Mary (Jesus' mother) is God's mother?
...Really? That's a pretty flimsy position. EDIT: in the sense that we're essentially arguing semantics, more or less. IE: is this worth arguing about?
I think 3 people die at this guy's hand, regardless of their gender, sexual orientation, or religious affiliation.
This guy was a ticking time bomb that finally went off. The fact he turns himself in and gives full confession only demonstrates his lapse in reasoning.
I really don't think who...
To this day, some people still don't consider the Phantom Menace Star Wars canon. Alas, it's still Star Wars.
Without having to beat the same horse again, it's clear historically one group has altered their meanings in order to remove the possibility of another group's canon.
Yes, I know...