#439606 - 08/05/0902:54 AMRe: Do any of you consider your selves christians?
Claude Goddard
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Quote: I'd go so far to say that you can talk your self blue in the face about the grace of your god but that you don't really understand your own religion,......christians are supposed to be actively avoiding sin, "how can we live in it any longer" Christians are supposed to set the example to non believers, sure you are a sinner saved by grace but it also says "grace without works are dead". It can be a nice little mind fuck trying to validate the grace versus works debate. It's not really a debate as you are only saved by christs sacrifice (in the christian belief), and it's all grace but the general idea is if you really believed that you would be trying to eradicating sin from your life.
If you really believe that you can sin all you want and are still saved by grace this is where I actually start finding your believe extremely fucking offensive, because you're basically saying you could cheat, murder, steal, rape, molest whoever/whatever you wanted and you'd be saved and someone else would go to hell simply by being a Hindu or Buddhist. I think the vast majority of people that consider themselves Christians believe that are saved no matter what they do.
Your understanding of 'Christianity' seems limited to fundamentalist Baptist teaching. None of what you've said applies to Catholic or most Protestant theology.
Once again, you don't have enough background in the subject to discuss the matter knowledgeably. Hell, I don't either, but I know enough to know that you are full of shit. Please STFU with your typical 'internet intellectual' prattle (with the typical soft spot for Buddhism). This is the kind of auto didactic garbage that chokes up every forum.