Why does it seem the SL population hates Christians?

Speaking of having people smote.

I think it was funny as hell when Pat Robertson said Ariel Sharon had been smote by god for giving away the Israeli land to the Palestinians.

LOL smote by god.

SMOTE ME LORD!

Briana Dawson

Except that God wrote the Bible, and John Norman wrote the Gor books.

Lewis

That would be "smite". "smote" is past tense. There's a smaller amount of people who think it's "smited", but...

You should read them. It's a great series. Sure, it's fiction, but it's based on what the Bible says will happen.

Lewis

Admittedly different Churches have different styles when it comes to how they get across the message of the Bible - and many do seem rather boring.

However, the difference with Christianity is that it is a PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP with God that is important, not going three times a day on Sunday and giving 10% when the pot comes round. Most people don't understand the difference between faith and religion.

Lewis

Prove it. Because I'm pretty sure a guy wrote it. I would think if God wrote it, it wouldn't be scattered across half the middle east, in multiple languages, pieces lost... I mean, coo, you think God wrote the bible. Which parts? With what brand of ink? Why didn't he use something a little less temporal than parchment... you know, engraved titanium plates the size of a volkswagon bus, or something?

I'd think God could manage something a little more durable.

Maybe God told some dude what to write, but we've all seen how God doesn't seem to inspire a lot of obedience in his followers, unless God told those priests to rape little kids.

Finally something we agree on.

Have a read of http://www.allabouttruth.org/who-wrote-the-bible.htm - although I'm not sure you'll like the answers.



Not everything done in God's name throughout history agrees with the Bible - and you'll find the same with Islam and other faiths too.

Lewis

Where's the verse that says:

"And ye be blessed who go unto the non-believers and press thine words unto them with force.
And ye be blessed who think not that he is less than any non-believer.
And ye be blessed who crucify those who do not follow in the same path, for the sinners shall inherrit nothing but hell and shall be told of this over and over again."

I missed the "righteousness is arrogance" part of the bible.

MM

I've read those basic arguements before, although I tend to avoid dogma-spouting sites.

Interestingly, even they boil down to "Yeah, dudes wrote it. BUT GOD WAS BEHIND IT!!!!!!!"

Which I didn't say I rejected, just that I question why he chose such a screwed up method to spread his word.






Not everything in the bible agrees with the bible, so I don't find that hard to believe. The Koran is even worse for that.

LOL nice website choice. I guess that proves everything.

Briana Dawson

One day you're taking a different route home, and you notice a store that you haven't seen before. Stopping outside by a set of lights, you glance in the window, and notice some amazing special offers on meat/cars/computers/whatever, and decide to stop and investigate further because you're interested in what is on sale and the prices. You spend a load of cash on some great bargains, then tell all your friends that you know are looking for "it" so they can go and get themselves a great bargain too.

You've found something great, you want to share it. That's all I'm doing, and all others are doing.

Perhaps you'd rather not get a bargain but stick with your current supplier of 'it' because you've been going there for years, feel some sort of loyalty, or just can't be bothered.

It makes no difference to me what you choose to believe - or ignore - but I know I need to let you know. What you do with it is your choice.

Lewis

I'm not exactly sure what answer you are looking for... just because you don't like an answer does not mean it is wrong.

Lewis

I was referring to your condescending attitude throughout this entire thread. It sickens me that that type of "preaching" is representative of a faith to which I once belonged.

EDIT: Let me clarify and add that if I did find the greatest deal on meat/cars/etc and went to tell all my friends, I would certainly not tell them they are going to live a painful afterlife and suffer in eternity for not taking advantage of this deal. I would "pray" that they discovered the fruits of my deal, but I would not condemn them and pretend that I was better than them for this.

MM

I've seen pages and pages of the majority of people saying that although they don't favor religion for whatever reason, that they think that those individuals IMing you are out of line. I didn't chime in with "me too" cause it had really all been said.

After seeing this post, I question whether your original post tells the full story.

Is there a national Do Not Call List like with for telemarketers? Sign me up.

I'm not a preacher. Just trying to clear up a few common misconceptions that people are trying to falsely portray about the Christian faith.

Sorry you turned your back on God. But do be assured that He hasn't turned His back on you.

Lewis

The Gor books are some of the most painfully poorly written books I have ever seen. They don't even have internal consistancy of ideas, or interesting characters. They are shabby knock-offs of the Conan and John Carter of Mars books.

I edited my post too late, so I will reply again: Let me clarify and add that if I did find the greatest deal on meat/cars/etc and went to tell all my friends, I would certainly not tell them they are going to live a painful afterlife and suffer in eternity for not taking advantage of this deal. I would "pray" that they discovered the fruits of my deal, but I would not condemn them and pretend that I was better than them for this.

Sorry you turned your back on "love thy neighbor" and continue to exude the arrogance I mentioned. Be assured, we don't love you for it either, especially after this thread.

MM

So how do you reconcile that with the fact that there are multiple versions of the bible, some of which interpret the same thing differently, and even conflicting descriptions of the same events in the same version? Not to mention the various logical inconsistencies. A book that's so imperfect can't have been written by a perfect being.

But I'm sure you wouldn't "love" me for not telling you if you found out at a later date about something great I'd known all along.

Thankfully I don't play the popularity game on the forums, and nothing of what anyone may think about me particularly concerns me. Interestingly, I've had several people contact me to say that whilst they don't necessarily agree with my point of view, they do respect me for sticking up for what I believe in.

Lewis

I guess I respect that too. And I am glad you have such a strong faith (no sarcasm at all). But there's sticking up and there's condescending. The latter is what iks me about a lot of evangelists I have met (and as evidenced here).

MM

The wording may be different but the overall message remains the same.

How do you explain the thousands of prophecies about Jesus all being fulfilled, some of which were written thousands of years before His birth? Either it was very good luck or a very well planned 33 year long practical joke ... or it's actually true.

Lewis

... and the amusing thing about all of this is that if the Christian bashing hadn't have started in the first place, I wouldn't have had to say many of the things that I have had to in order to defend my faith. I never signed up to SL with the thought of becoming an in-world evangelist - I don't even mention my faith on my profile because I like to keep first and second life separate ... having said that, many of the people I have become friends with in-world have turned out to be Christians, when one of us mentioned something in passing during a conversation.

There are many more of us out there in world than you might think... we just don't all shout it from the rooftops, even though there is no reason not to.

Lewis

Hmmm. Let's start with the fact that Sears doesn't declare a holy war against Midas!