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  • Flax@feddit.ukMtoChristianity@lemmy.worldWhat are your views on salvation?
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    15 days ago

    Nothing of what I said is circular reasoning. Some Buddhists observe some Jesus’ teachings. Generally secular western society observes Jesus’ teachings due to culture. Doesn’t mean everyone who loves their neighbour is a Christian.

    In the same logic, I can claim to be a Muslim because Muslim means “one who submits (to God)”. If I were to go into an islamic forum, claim to be a Muslim and then say “I don’t follow the Qur’an” - I wouldn’t have an expectation of them to take me seriously.

    Also, Jesus Christ literally built His Church and commanded Sacraments. He also taught about Hell and Judgement. He taught submission to the Scriptures and cited Scriptures Himself.

    Jesus commanded this ““sect”” exist and that’s what this Lemmy community is focused on.

    I’m not trying to warn you or anything, discussion like this of course is allowed provided it’s respectful and not misleading, you’re being respectful and I very much thank you for that, but just to back up this point about the community and nothing more:

    Rule #1.1. The measure for what is considered Christian, as has been the case in the faith since the earliest days, will be the faith proclaimed in the Nicene Creed.


  • Flax@feddit.ukMtoChristianity@lemmy.worldWhat are your views on salvation?
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    15 days ago

    How do you figure? Books have been added and removed for millennia.

    That’s just demonstrably false, or a massive misrepresentation at best.

    The 27-book canon of the New Testament (and the wider 66 book canon of the Bible) which contain the writings of Saint Paul that I was citing is accepted by every Christian denomination. They have never been under dispute as part of the canon and was solidified, done and dusted by the end of the fourth century (despite us having plenty of evidence of those books being used by the start). While it is true some denominations may have additional books, as well as additional creeds and other important texts, rulings or councils, they all can agree on these 66 books.

    Your own sect is not the arbiter of the entirety of the faith. Plenty of sects would disagree with what you’ve written here.

    Like what sects? The Nicene Creed (typically this is used as the measuring point between Christianity and heretical spinoff religions) states:

    He will return in Glory to judge both the living and the dead, and His Kingdom will have no end.

    And even then if you went into the other religions that identify as Christian - such as Mormons, Jehovah’s Witnesses, or Christadelphians - they all also hold to the doctrine of there being a Judgement. Heck, this doctrine even made it’s way into Islam!

    Sure, different denominations and different religions have different views on what exactly will happen on this judgement day or how exactly it’ll play out, but the fact of the matter is, it is a fact of Christianity that there will be a Judgement, and that carrying out Justice is one of God’s characteristics.


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    16 days ago

    Eh, I’ve got problems with Paul.

    This community is centred on Christianity, which accepts the Bible as the universally infallible scripture. Paul wrote a good portion of it. So dismissing Paul, who was personally chosen and appointed by Jesus on the road to Damascus, doesn’t work in a Christianity-centred discourse.

    The only reason people who may linger within Christian circles do reject the authority of Paul from what I can tell is just because their carnal desires go against what he writes. Such a thing is called eisegesis - only reading the Bible through your cultural lens first and letting your culture hold authority over the Bible. Eisegesis has no place in Christian discourse.



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    17 days ago

    Apart from a slightly shorter lifespan, what fid Hitler get for the millions he killed? What about those in more recent times who murdered innocent protesters in the USA? Will they ever face justice? Deep inside, the majority of people feel a wrath against these people, those who senselessly killed and/or hurt other people. Human society from all across the world has always attempted some form of justice or judgment system. Justice is something that we all feel needs to be quenched somehow. It’s the same as how would you define love- it’s not observable, it’s not provable, it’s not material, but you can still see the effects love has on a society. The Bible speaks about God’s wrath a lot- and His craving for Justice. That He will deliver it. A god without Justice is a pushover and not a perfect God at all. If you saw a society where people were hurting each other, and the King presiding over it refused to punish anyone because “I’m a loving King no good loving King would punish his subjects” would you say that was a good King?