Lonecowboy said:
Oldtimer said:
So just because I posted an article - means I'm tied to it :???:
I throw these ideas out just to get comment- or often to play Devils Advocate- something you apparently never did :???: ... Unless you look at both sides- and all ideas-- you are making a decision with only 1/2 the information-- and to me that is sad
you are right, as a Christian I advocate Christ, not the devil, maybe you want to try it sometime? that is one of the first truths I've saw you write.
if you know your Bible and Constitutions then often there is no need to look at both sides of an issue- you will immediately know the answer if the truth and God's wisdom is in your heart!
So which perception of Christ is the right one according to and proclaimed by you- which beliefs, doctrine and theology of major Christian denominations-- the Baptists, Lutherans, Catholics, Othodox, Methodist/Weslyans, Presbyterians, Episcopalian , or the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints :???:
Or did you interpret God and Christ to tell you to be a snake handler :???: I think that is still allowed in a state or two down south... Besides about a couple of hundred sub denominations I have ran into that don't recognize them to anyone...
I was born, babtized, confirmed, and raised a Methodist- my wife was Lutheran... We went thru premarital studies and were married in the Methodist Church mainly because I was part of their weekly Bible study...
Studied religion while in college- and was more impressed by the similarities of all the major religions Christian, Judaism, and Muslim-- than by the differences which more reassured me in my faith in God...Spent years in weekly Bible studies- which not only answered a lot of questions but made anyone that thinks for themselves asking more (and hopefully not following a slick talking Bible Thumper wanting to rake in the cash)...
Most of which questions no one can answer- only give you ideas of what it means- for you to interpret on your own...
Saw several ministers of Christian faith- that put themselves above what my beliefs were....Ex.- a minister that would not babtize a baby that was dying- from a Christian family because the baby had been born out of wedlock... That was NOT what the Jesus I pray to would do.....
But to go out and scream you have to be right because you follow the Christian faith still leaves a whole lot interpretation .....