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Re: codifying marriage on biblical principles
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Date:
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Tue, 9 Mar 2004 22:39:23 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote:
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In all seriousness, how do you define “Christianity?”
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The religion of the believers and followers of Jesus the Christ (Messiah).
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But the trick, for outsiders like me, is that there doesn’t seem to be a
compelling reason to accept one group’s system of beliefs in preference to any
other group’s. Throughout history there have been innumerable groups whose
methods of following Jesus are wildly at odds with other groups’ methods, but no
group has ever said “We follow our version of Jesus because our version is
wrong.”
I guess this is the crux (no pun intended): Who gets to say which group
truly follows Christ? I mean, aside from Jesus himself, of course!
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I would suggest that
the answer cannot be “the teachings of Christ according to scripture,”
because that answer, for all practical purposes, reduces to “the opinions of
particular Christians,” since Christ’s teachings, as written, are subject to
widely differing interpretations.
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Jesus’ teachings were obviously important, but don’t forget His work as
Savior, dying for the sins of all people and thereby justifying the world to
God.
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Maybe I’d feel better about it all if we had a better (i.e., more reliable)
accounting of his life and works. The Gospels, alas, present insufficient
evidence for me.
Dave!
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) The proof is in the pudding. Or, as Jesus put it: "If you grow a healthy tree, you'll pick healthy fruit. If you grow a diseased tree, you'll pick worm-eaten fruit. The fruit tells you about the tree." Matthew 12:33 I say: don't tell me you (...) (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: codifying marriage on biblical principles
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| (...) The religion of the believers and followers of Jesus the Christ (Messiah). (...) Jesus' teachings were obviously important, but don't forget His work as Savior, dying for the sins of all people and thereby justifying the world to God. JOHN (21 years ago, 9-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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