First, I focus on what everyone agrees that the Bible says. Ummm, everyone that claims they believe the Bible is true that is. LOL The ten commandments, love God with all your heart, mind, soul and strength and your neighbor as yourself, etc. Things that different "Christian" religions do NOT argue about.
The stuff everyone argues about, I believe that God would have made absolutely and completely clear if He wanted to make sure we didn't miss anything. He even had men write examples where Christians could believe differently and they were not supposed to judge each other about it. What is good for me, may not be good for you, but those things do not contradict the things that everyone agrees on.
For instance, if I go to a country wear women cover every part of their body, I will cover up my body to love them. But if I go to a village where they don't practice marriage and someone wants to sleep with me, I will not commit adultery because that would go against a clear passage of scripture.
I pray and follow what I feel peace about. I don't believe God is a big ugly deity that makes following Him so complicated that people will spend eternity in hell even though they loved Him to the best of their ability but joined the wrong church.
Great post and so true!
__________________ John 14:16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counsellor to be with you for ever 17 The Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.
I guess my thought is... if God leads each of us towards truth, then wouldn't it follow that as people get more religious (ie- closer to God), they would be LESS divisive and have more in common with each other?
Is there anything that the different Christian religions do not argue about?
Yes there is one thing that all Christians agree on and that would be Jesus!However most other topics are debatable.Makes you wanna pull your hair don't it
__________________ John 14:16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counsellor to be with you for ever 17 The Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.
Yes there is one thing that all Christians agree on and that would be Jesus!However most other topics are debatable.Makes you wanna pull your hair don't it
Are they all agreed on who Jesus is?
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Hebrews 13:23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty
Do you believe what makes sense to you? Do you believe what certain people you trust tell you to believe? Do you believe what makes you feel good? Do you believe what you see?
I make those decisions based on my perceptions and experiences for the most part.
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Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt the people doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
When I was young and clever, I wanted to change the world. Now that I am older and wiser, I strive to change myself. ~
I guess my thought is... if God leads each of us towards truth, then wouldn't it follow that as people get more religious (ie- closer to God), they would be LESS divisive and have more in common with each other?
I think that happens only as people get more spiritual (NOT religious).
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Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt the people doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
When I was young and clever, I wanted to change the world. Now that I am older and wiser, I strive to change myself. ~
I guess my thought is... if God leads each of us towards truth, then wouldn't it follow that as people get more religious (ie- closer to God), they would be LESS divisive and have more in common with each other?
Not necessarily. They may actually appear to have less in common with each other for a long time. If given enough time then they would eventually start to have more and more things in common. I think the time required for that is longer than any individual human lifetime.
EDIT: I think the biggest difference is this: We can conceptualize a "truthline" that is kind of like a number line where the things further left aren't as true as the things further right. It seems reasonable to assume that if two people are getting closer to the truth then eventually their views will start to converge. It is even true that they will EVENTUALLY converge. However, before their views begin to converge they can actually diverge and jump all over the place and yet still both be seen as getting closer to the truth. I want to make it clear that they are not getting physically closer to the truth in this instance, but if by going through these diverging steps the two people eventually get to a place where their views start converging then it can be said that by physically diverging from each other was all part of the process that eventually led to those two peoples beliefs converging. So, even by physically diverging they can be said to be converging
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John 14:16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counsellor to be with you for ever 17 The Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.
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