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Who do you have more respect for, Christians (Churchianty) or non-believers?
Roy Monis:
--- Quote from: Falconn003 on June 09, 2008, 09:54:05 PM ---Who do you have more respect for, Christians (Churchianty) or non-believers?
N E I T H E R ,
I am biased towards anything anti-christ to the Word of God period. hey it's me ... ;D 8)
Rodger
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Hi! Rodger
I go along with that. I love everyone with a genuine love but l despise the stance of the unbelievers and Christians alike. The True Gospel of Jesus Christ and that is all nothing short will do.
God bless you brother in our joint walk in Christ.
Love in Christ Jesus.
Roy UK
Kent:
--- Quote from: Paul on June 06, 2008, 06:02:38 PM ---Just wondering.
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I can at least have a honest and intelligent conversation with an atheist, or wiccan, or satanist than I can with anyone stuck in churchianity. I have done it many times.
It's not that I respect them because of their beliefs, because I do not hold their beliefs and they are as foolish to me as mine are to them, but they can articulate their beliefs honestly and that is what I respect, and they reciprocate that respect. It is never personal. There is no name calling if that person has any degree of maturity.
I have a higher hope for them to reach the truth before they die than I have for those that go to church every Sunday.
Paul:
Great answer!
hillsbororiver:
--- Quote from: Beloved on June 06, 2008, 06:25:04 PM ---(1Jn 4:10) Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
(1Jn 4:11) Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
(Rom 3:10) As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
(Rom 3:11) There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
(Rom 3:12) They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
(Rom 14:4) Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.
The scriptures shows me that my opinion of another is not relevant.
beloved
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Beautiful answer Beloved.
I must say that I find this to be a sad and disappointing thread, who among us can claim anyone or anything other than God opened our own eyes? Did we do it ourselves? Was it our own superior intellect and/or spirituality that dragged us to many of God's merciful truths?
There is one thing I know and that is I can be as stubborn, stiffnecked and self righteous as anyone in or out of organized religion and it humbles me that for whatever reason the Lord chose to shine a portion of His Light on me, does that give me license to look at others with disdain or judge them in their (present) beliefs?
God has seen fit to open some eyes and ears as He allows the majority to continue in darkness, this should give us pause to consider how fortunate we are rather than look with jaundiced eyes at those whom the Lord has yet to heal. False doctrine should always be rejected but humanity should never be looked at callously or without His mercy. Christ paid a price for all men let's not appear to cheapen that by elevating one error over another. Wouldn't it be better to pray for those who are still blind? Isn't mercy and love what our God is all about?
Also please consider any guests or new members who may have been intrigued by the articles on Bible Truths, they may just be beginning to have the scales fall off of their eyes, do any of us really desire to be the reason they perceive UR and/or BT as just another "us against them" denomination, suffering from a (false) sense of superiority?
As you can see I used no scripture here as it seemed not many really wanted to consider His Word in this matter of "respect."
Joe
Kent:
How many are honestly seeking truth? How many have searched for years, knowing that the truth was out there, and have diligently searched out that pearl buried in the field? These are the people I respect. They may believe differently than I do, and I have NO problem with that.
Those stuck in babylon are not so honest. They are not searching out the truth, because they already believe they have a lock on truth.
You have seen the letters posted. How many of those critics are honest? How many totally ignore reams of scripture to justify their traditions! Is that respectable? Not in my opinion.
Here is some scripture
Romans 2
22 Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?
23 Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?
24 For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.
Is that respectable???
Perhaps Paul should have said "Do what you want. Who cares about uplifting Gods' name".
Do these people uplift Gods' name? Or do they worship some kind of insane terrorist?
Small wonder that there is so much hostility to God and Christ! Look at who are supposed to represent Him!
If I thought that was what christianity was all about, I wouldn't want anything to do with it either, and I would not like His followers either.
How's that for "respect".
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