Gnosticism was an early sect of Christianity. They believed in a mystic version of Jesus. As a group the gnostics died out before 500C.E. They thought the God of the Old Testament and the New were different and that an even different God created the perverted world. That all flesh is...
The summary of Scientology is: open up that checkbook and give us some money, then you will reach the next level of enlightenment, then to reach the next level, once again give more money, ad infinitum
The belief that the lovilng and tolerant aspects of Christianity are worth following. That the parts of the Bible such as 1Timothy chpt2 were written in a completely different time in a different context and have no validity in the modern world. Based on the belief that 1Corinthians chpt13 is...
i'm a newbie to this site but i love it already. stimulating. But where do i find out what a frubal is and how to use them? i am completely ignorant on the subject, someone please educate me!
Completely not off topic. I think you express concisely what a lot of other people were thinking when they read through these posts. Thanx for the post!!!!!
Matthew is talking about enemies of the spirit not enemies of people who dont hold your beliefs "For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted"matt 23:12. Dont you care enough to humble yourself enough to be a good example to your nieces since they are...
Do you think calling yourself a "holy man" and posting all the positive comments you have makes you humble in the name of Christianity? Not a judgement, a real question. what about "...That is why the Scriptures says: God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble."James 4:6
Im sorry it took me so long to get to this but the Bible does say:"Jesus answered,"If you want to be perfect, go sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me..." Matthew 19:21
Sounds like Jesus is telling us to not have luxuries at the...
If we seperate ourselves from others by not accepting their requests for friendship then we have made immediate base judgements about that person, they are not worthy to be our "friends". Yet, "Judge not lest ye be judged"Matthew 7:1
we are all Humans with a unique opinion and should transcend boundaries not arbitrarily make more because some text says you should. Why does it say that?
Let's look closer at 2Timothy chapter 2. According to verse 23 you arent supposed to be in an arguement that is "foolish and stupid" yet here we all are making arguements based on our own opinions about things ,that have been debated since the beginning of speech, that come from an egocentric...