From shilohproject:
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I don't see this as true.
There is no qualitative value of red over blue, Yankees over Mets, or lions over spring bucks. One does not engage in "sin" by having a differant thinking pattern, so long as that thinking pattern is within the vast range of the nature of God.
The part about color is not exactly true. Here in the south, my eldest daughter was told by a girl from a very religious family that red is the color of the devil and she should not wear it.
As for Yankees vs Mets, they're both evil with the Dodgers/Angels being the good.
I don't even know what sin is. From what I can read from many Chrisitans, sin is turning away from God or saying God does not exist. Even if you help people, raise a family to the best of your abilities, and live a decent, wholesome life, if you deny or question the very existance of God, you can't be living a decent or wholesome life. It seems that God wants you to worship him more that helping others.
(snip parts of shilo's post)
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One of the failings of the church, it seems to me, is the obvious effort to squeeze everyone into the same tiny box.
Which Church? I am guessing you're talking about a Christian Church, but I have no idea which one. I have read where Catholics are not considered to be Christian by others who call themselves true Christians. Talking about a Freewill Baptist to a SBC Baptist also produces entertaining results.
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It is not un-Christian to hold differing views on the EvC issue, or the KJV-Only issue, or many other topics on which reasonable people may disagree.
But we throw out reason when we talk to people who are convinced they can read their holy book correctly and if you don't, you're going against their god.
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It is only un-Christian if we disagree in a way which offends the nature of God. As if we had a firm handle on that!
Exactly. We don't know if there is a god or gods or what form this or those gods take. All we have is what some individuals thought god or gods were like. How can you hit an unseen and perhaps non existant target?
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