Christianity and wealth

Could be worse. Could be Mogan David Black Current.

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

I read this as saying that it was the birth and not the death that saved mankind.This seems to disagree with a majority of christian thinking.I love the smell of burning heretics in the morning.LOL

IMHO it is neither. GOD forgives mankind. All mankind. Jesus life here on earth is but a reaffirmation of that message. It really isn't all that an unusual interpretation within the Christian community nor is it some new interpretation.Jesus life, his birth, his ministry and his death are all part of that message. Look at the Nicene Creed: In particular, read the bolded section.

and was made man.

The fact that Jesus became man, became human, is an important part of Christianity. Man cannot kill GOD. Had Jesus not been fully human, he could not have been killed.The sacrifice is in GOD becoming man, with all of the limitations that each of us experience. His death was simply a continuation of that sacrifice.

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

3 comments...2 unreferenced unfortunately, the third personal.
1.I read somewhere that early in it's history the Church was the single richest organization in the Roman Empire....money from widows.
2.Again unsubstantiated, the catholic Church is the largest asset [buildings,land] holder in the world.
Please correct me if I'm wrong.
3.My wife and I were travelling in South America some years ago.We liked the Spanish style church buildings but had to stop going in to have a look at them. The ostentatious display of power and wealth inside in contrast to the poverty outside was too much for us. The final straw was watching a poor woman giving a fat priest a donation inside a gilt laden ornate church.So whatever the doubts about the biblical background of all this I have no doubt that organized religion is motivated at least partly by the drive for wealth and power.

Being fully human, did Christ sin and need his own forgiveness?"We have all sinned and come short of the glory of god"

Another great question. It would be pure speculation to say one way or another. A widely held belef within Christianity is that he was the only sinless human. But there are indications that he harbored doubts. He was tempted but resisted the temptation in the one main recorded instance yet gave in to despair momentarily in another.I guess the best answer I can give is "I don't know". But he certainly tried to do right and so I imagine he would be forgiven.

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

Thanks for the answer.If "I don't know" is at the center of your belief you may be an agnostic.

I have my beliefs, but I also acknowledge they are unprovable. Reliegion is belief not fact.

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

I don't believe God cares about how much wealth we have. His concern is the condition of our hearts.The problem with wealth is that it is just something else that can become the focus of our life. It just makes it that much harder to get the focus off of the "self", when our focus should be on loving God and loving our neighbour.

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Everybody is entitled to my opinion.

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On the other hand, as others have pointed out, wealth is a good thing to have for helping out those in need. And wealth is one of the ways God blesses the righteous.

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Do you think that Paris Hilton is righteous?

If she trusts Jesus as much as she is able, her faith is accounted to her as righteousness. If she trusts the family money and has no belief system, she will have to grow up quite a bit to earn the righteous tag. But then, who am I to judge the rich girl? I am still working on myself!

I'd agree. And Christianity is knowing - not belief. And that's a fact

The reason for the virgin birth was to break the infection of sin which came down the line from from Adam. Jesus is referred to as the second Adam. He was God who set aside the powers that God has to become man. As a man he wasn't born with infection (a sinful nature). But he was like Adam in that he did have choice. He didn't have to obey God but he chose to do so. That's the difference between him and Adam. Adam messed up, Jesus put right.He was tempted, he was afraid, he cried, he was filled with joy, he was indignant, he was angry (but righteously - not sinfully), he expressed sorrow, he was compassionate, he prayed, he loved, he wasn't a fan of political correctness.Jesus the man - the second Adam. The only man who never sinned.

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Romans 10:9-10: " if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved....."

Dunno, but she sure is prettier than Paris, Texas

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Romans 10:9-10: " if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved....."

So sin is in the Y-chromosome. Now that's a start. Maybe somebody can find which actual genes are involved