The Word

[Trackdayguy]

As an X fundamentalist, charismatic literalist I used to believe the Bible was the 'The Word" until the lights came on for me.

If I worked in a restaurant and wrote a new menu because I was inspired by the amazing food that our owner/chef cooked doesn't make it a a menu that the restaurant wrote. The Bible isn't a book its a library of books written by men, NOT GOD.

 

[outlawState]

As an X fundamentalist, charismatic literalist I used to believe the Bible was the 'The Word" until the lights came on for me.

If I worked in a restaurant and wrote a new menu because I was inspired by the amazing food that our owner/chef cooked doesn't make it a a menu that the restaurant wrote. The Bible isn't a book its a library of books written by men, NOT GOD.

So what if it was written by men? Whoever claimed otherwise? May be what you're really objecting to is the excess of the charismatic movement in going beyond what is true. There are many things I don't like about the charismatic movement too, but I don't base my approach to Christianity upon sects that I don't like. However in your case I think the objection that you harbor toward Christianity is that it condemns your sin.

2Ti 3:16
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,

 

[Trackdayguy]

So what if it was written by men? Whoever claimed otherwise? May be what you're really objecting to is the excess of the charismatic movement in going beyond what is true. There are many things I don't like about the charismatic movement too, but I don't base my approach to Christianity upon sects that I don't like. However in your case I think the objection that you harbor toward Christianity is that it condemns your sin.























2Ti 3:16
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,

Not at all, because I dont give it power. I'm very aware that I'm a sinful man, but I get great comfort that Jesus spent his life with people just like me.

The reason, if your interested why I don't support these systems, is like your comments, its judging and shaming. I don't believe for a nano second that Christianity as an institution represents God, I believe it represents its own interests. Jesus was a simple and non complicated man that sought to do the will of his father and despised religion. Paul on the other hand who by his own confession was a religious man was in my opinion was the author of institutional Christianity. With over 40,000 denominations I would suggest that institutional Christianity would be better off getting their own sh.t together before they start telling others that unless they agree with their doctrine they are going to hell, which by the way doesn't exist.

In my opinion Jesus wouldn't have anything to do with the Institutional church, I think he'd call it what it is.

 

[outlawState]

Not at all, because I dont give it power. I'm very aware that I'm a sinful man, but I get great comfort that Jesus spent his life with people just like me.

He only spent time with sinners to get them to repent. It wasn't because he liked them. Indeed the ones he loved most refrained from sin.

The reason, if your interested why I don't support these systems, is like your comments, its judging and shaming. I don't believe for a nano second that Christianity as an institution represents God,

Christianity is not an institution. There is no such institution. It is a term for a Christ-centric religion, although it has been hijacked by Trinitarians to also include "Trinity-centric" religion.

I believe it represents its own interests. Jesus was a simple and non complicated man that sought to do the will of his father and despised religion.

Absolutely he did not despise religion. In his youth he spent a lot of time with the teachers of the law at the temple, and knew the bible very well. He also attended the synagogue regularly.

Paul on the other hand who by his own confession was a religious man was in my opinion was the author of institutional Christianity.

Zero marks for attempting to set Paul off as against Christ.

With over 40,000 denominations I would suggest that institutional Christianity would be better off getting their own sh.t together before they start telling others that unless they agree with their doctrine they are going to hell, which by the way doesn't exist.

It does exist, and you're heading that way, IMO.

In my opinion Jesus wouldn't have anything to do with the Institutional church, I think he'd call it what it is.

He would certainly label many today as pharisees and hypocrites in the same way as he labelled the religious leaders of his day, but he also labelled many others as sinners, fools and dogs.

Yet you seem to take objection to that sort of language. Well Jesus used it, and he told others that they would go to hell unless they repented.

 

[Trackdayguy]

He only spent time with sinners to get them to repent. It wasn't because he liked them. Indeed the ones he loved most refrained from sin.


Christianity is not an institution. There is no such institution. It is a term for a Christ-centric religion, although it has been hijacked by Trinitarians to also include "Trinity-centric" religion.



Absolutely he did not despise religion. In his youth he spent a lot of time with the teachers of the law at the temple, and knew the bible very well. He also attended the synagogue regularly.


Zero marks for attempting to set Paul off as against Christ.


It does exist, and you're heading that way, IMO.


He would certainly label many today as pharisees and hypocrites in the same way as he labelled the religious leaders of his day, but he also labelled many others as sinners, fools and dogs.

Yet you seem to take objection to that sort of language. Well Jesus used it, and he told others that they would go to hell unless they repented.

I understand where your coming from I just dont agree.