No, it doesn't challenge me. It annoys me.
Why would you be annoyed if it didn't challenge you? You always have such reactions and go on the attack of others when you're comfortable with differences in view?
Most DIRs are blue, But the Christianity DIR is green.
And what I'm saying in here isn't a Christian point of view, be it green or blue? Wait. You're saying only true Christians think like you do. I see. :sad:
So you can express yourself respectfully, But that doesn't mean I have to appreciate or accept your idea's about my faith.
No you don't have to take my views and expressions of the Christian faith taken from my own experience as a Christian, those of other Christians, those of Christian scholars, historians, mystics, saints and sages if you don't wish to. No one is imposing their differences of view from a Christian perspective upon you here. I never expected that. I merely expressed my views from a Christian perspective, and you chose to enter the conversation and go on the attack by insulting me. Which is Christian and which is not in this case?
There is a reason why there are different DIRs.
I'm not talking about Hinduism in here. If I draw from other lineages' perspectives in my understanding of the Christian faith, that is in fact quite common in Christian perspective today. Unless of course again, you mean to say only your fundamentalist perspective is "true Christianity". In which case, I suggest you request a DIR dedicated to your branch of Christian faith called, "Exclusive Fundamentalist Christianity". In which case, I would not post in there.
Come on, Let's not play around. Taking things figuratively is dismissing the literal meaning. Love yes, Love is the greatest commandment. Everyone knows that. But that doesn't mean you can dismiss things like graven images, taking the lords name in vain or dishonoring sabbath etc.
Again, show me where I have said this? I may have a different interpretation of what those mean, such as a 'graven image' meaning having a theological idea of God placed before listening to the Spirit of God in your heart, but I'm not alone in these things in the Christian faith. But again, I have said clearly that the fulfillment of the law is not done by observance, but by love.
How can I say on one hand "fulfill the law", which is what I am saying, and "dismiss the law" on the other which is what you falsely without evidence accuse me of? It sounds to me as if you are hung up on an idea that won't let you see past it to what I am actually saying here. Where have I said to dismiss the law? Quote it. By the way, this just struck me of the exact conversation the Lord Jesus had with the Pharisees. Recall those many places of this accusation against him like this in scripture?
