VitoHGrind
Well-Known Member
Nope... Catholic.
um.. that is Christian. Catholicism is a sect of the Christian church, a "religion" not a belief.
Great post, and thank you for sharing it with us. I think Christians and non-Christians could learn from it, and hopefully it peaks interest in learning more about the Christian faith.
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It will always be an ongoing debate, until the end of time, but I certainly can appreciate the various viewpoints on the subject, it keeps me honest.
As a Christian, I want to know what non-believers/scientists are saying, I need to know about what their argument is based on, so that when I am refuting points they are bringing up, I have MY facts straight to support my argument.
I agree. I love to read and understand the arguments that people make against Christianity or any faith for that matter. It allows me to be armed against them in a situation just such as what was posted here. Like now I really want to see and maybe even read Golden Compass. If its something that is promoting atheism and is going to be holding the attention of our children, I want to have answers for their questions; reasons, arguments, and proof (as best a faith based construct can muster) against the thoughts and concepts presented.
Ah nextome your post reminds me of a question I always had. I'm a sikh and I know very little about the christian faith and have always been puzzled when christians say jesus came to earth and died for your sins... I always thought it was because at the time the jewish people killed him for claiming to be the son of God and they didn't believe it??
If someone could clear that up for me it would be great, I've always been confused about this and never really had a proper opportunity to ask lol
First, forgive my ignorance, but what is a sikh? Second, you are right that Jesus was killed by the Jews because they did not believe He was the son of God. However, Jesus was sent by God, just for that reason. It was pre-ordained, pre-destined, & pre-fated that Jesus be betrayed by one of His own disciples, beaten, bruised, and belittled, then finally crucified. His ultimate purpose was to serve as a perfect blood sacrifice atoning for all our sins.
There is more to the story, but I don't want to clog up the boards w/ a madd long post. I can tho..