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Author Topic:   Religion does not give a solid basis to morality
ICANT
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Message 5 of 20 (403737)
06-04-2007 11:20 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by mick
06-04-2007 8:50 PM


Re-Religion does not give a solid basis to morality
mick,
You start off with title, Religion does not give a solid basis to morality.
Then though out your op you refer to only Christianity. Maybe you should change the title to Christianity does not give a solid basis to morality.
With some 34,000 different denominations in the world 1200 in the US you can find anything you want to find.
But being a pastor of a small church I will say that most of the people in churches today are professors not possessors.
With all the ungodly things done in the name of christianity I will have to agree with you that its a mess, and going to get worse.
I remember a motto back in the 60's, "If it feels good do it". It seems that has been modified to, "If I want to do it, it is morally right", and if I can't find a Bible that tells me its OK I will translate my own, or just get a revelation and write my own.
Christianity may not give a good basis to morality but God does.
"Love thy neighbor as thyself".
I don't know about you but I sure love me.

"John 5:39 (KJS) Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me."

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Message 9 of 20 (403815)
06-05-2007 9:26 AM
Reply to: Message 7 by mick
06-05-2007 4:36 AM


Re: Re-Religion does not give a solid basis to morality
Please could you elaborate? I don't understand what you mean.
The majority of so called christians today are professors, That is to say that they are christian in word only, some doing good works.
But they are as the Pharisees who Jesus said,
quote:
John 8:44 (KJS) Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
The majority of so called christians today are not possessors. They have never come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. The devil has so corrupted the churches, evangelist, and preachers that the truth is not taught. It is sad to say but most are in it for the money.
I do understand that not all religious people do this, I guess the extremely nutty ones are a minority.
I am afraid that the majority fit into that crowd. You have the extremist on one end called fundies and there is a lot of them. Then you have the larger bunch on the other end anything goes. Then you have a few in the middle that are trying to do things as Jesus taught.
I have atheist friends that will not believe in my God because of those 2 extremes. They say the churches are filled with a bunch of hypocrites and if that is Christianity I don't want any part of it.
ICANT writes:
Christianity may not give a good basis to morality but God does.
mick writes:
I don't see the difference. If you want to be a sexist you can just believe in a God who thinks women are scum, can't you?
My reference was not to any God. My reference was to Jesus and the commandment He gave to His followers. "Love thy neighbor as thyself". If you are going to be Christ like you must do this, and that is what being a Christian is.

"John 5:39 (KJS) Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me."

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