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What makes me an atheist, not believing in Vishnu? Does not believing in Vishnu make me a bad person? What about Zeus, am I a bad person for not believing in Zeus, or am I a bad person for not believing in YOUR god, the one you assign great powers to?
But then the soft atheism appears to be more like agnosticism.Only some atheists believe there is no God (which is a positive statement, not a negative one). This subset of atheists do indeed have to submit evidence for their claim.
But a lot of atheists do not have that belief. They simply lack a belief in God. Do you see the difference? This subset of atheists have no obligation to prove anything.
"Negative atheism, also called weak atheism and soft atheism, is any type of atheism where a person does not believe in the existence of any deities but does not necessarily explicitly assert that there are none. Positive atheism, also called strong atheism and hard atheism, is the form of atheism that additionally asserts that no deities exist.[1][2][3] Sometimes positive atheism goes by the term gnostic atheism to contrast with agnostic atheism, which is more correlated with weak atheism, and to stand opposite Gnostic theism on simple charts mapping different belief systems."
Negative and positive atheism - Wikipedia
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I believe you ae bad because sometime among your many incarnations you believed the lies of the devil.
Got anything on me besides fairy tales?
Well yes. To the best of my understanding, you can have agnostic atheism, and you can have agnostic theism. There are also people who just don't care who are also soft atheists.
Do you have another explanation?
I suppose that would be agnostics by choice?
" Christian meant a disciple of Jesus "Originally a Christian meant a disciple of Jesus. Obviously Jesus is not his own disciple.
....The disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.
Acts 11:26
And in Biblical point of view Christians are actually Jews:
If therefore the uncircumcised keep the ordinances of the law, won’t his uncircumcision be accounted as circumcision? Won’t the uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfills the law, judge you, who with the letter and circumcision are a transgressor of the law? For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh; but he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.
Romans 2:26-29
But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them, and became partaker with them of the root and of the richness of the olive tree; don’t boast over the branches. But if you boast, it is not you who support the root, but the root supports you. You will say then, “Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.” True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Don’t be conceited, but fear; for if God didn’t spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.
Romans 11:17-21
Obeying God is not heavy if person loves God.
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous.
1 John 5:3
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It is what the Bible tells. If you don't believe it, the you don't. For me it is enough, if everyone knows what is said in the Bible.
I believe I answered this question before: In the sense of believing He is the Messiah, then He is a Christian. In the sense of following Jesus, He has no problem because He is Jesus. In the sense of Having Himself as Lord and Savior, I believe He could do that. In the sense of having the Paraclete, there is no need because He is the Spirit in the Paraclete.
I believe it is as good an explanation as any. Care to try one yourself?
I believe this is a smoke screen. Jesus is the person who brought Christianity into being.
Hell no. Catholicism is almost impossible to follow without running afoul of some doctrine. Breathing might as well be a sin!
How is that relevant?
"Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.
I believe Roman Catholicism is only the trappings of Christianity. The real thing is tremendously easier.
I believe I have no clue what you are talking about. Are you trying to claim the words of Jesus are from a third person narrative. If you are then you have no evidence to support that view.
Isn't the core of Christianity that Jesus is God and the messiah and that he died for your sins?
