Is there anything that Christianity says you can't do that you'd actually want to do?

Yes, deluded christians like you. LOL.


Hitler in Heaven
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Do you consider yourself a deluded Christian? Because I'm pretty sure you just claimed to know Hitler's actions immediately prior to and following his death.

I get your point, by the way, so don't come out with your standard horseshit. You're posting off topic and you're not making a point that every Christian and everyone with any knowledge of Christianity won't have heard before.

 

Right. But again, it was your decision, wasn't it? If not, I'm sorry for your loss.

 

Now are you going to cure my mindvirus or not?

 

You have refused to divulge the nature of your cure. I am suspicious, as any sensible person would be.

 

Mindviruses seem to have a lot of symptoms that are very specific to on-line forums. I wonder why that is.


Do you consider any religions other than Christianity to cause mindviruses?

 

Interesting. So do you accept the possibility that a religion could be right, just not Christianity?

 

So a cult then?

 

people are enslaved by their language. Thoughts arent meant to be labeled with words. it just enables the illusion of communication which is a distraction.

 

If i was a Christian, i'd want to worship other gods, like Thor and Zeus, a few pagans here and there. I'd make my self an idol. I'd misuse the name of god. I'd keep the sabbath unholy. I wouldn't honour my mother or father. I'd commit murder. I'd commit adultery. I'd steal. I'd lie. I would covet.

j/k

I wouldn't wanna wait til marraige for sex, it's too good to miss. I'm pro choice not life, god doesn't hate fags, homophobes do. Christianity has positive things like love thy neighbour but all rules must be interpreted. How is one supposed to love his nieghbour, by caring for his sick dying mother or fighting for the freedom of france. Only ourselves can make these choices. If you go seeking advice from a priest, you already know what advice he'll say, we should take our own advice and follow our own paths created by ourselves. 8 out of 10 commandments are 'do not's' Rather negative imo. Command us what we should do, not what we shouldn't.

 

I think the commandments are a pretty good list of things not to do lol. I dont see them as negative.

 

Do you really need to be commanded not to murder or steal or commit adultery? Doesn't it go without saying because it's so obvious? For instance i don't do those things and i don't need those commandments to order me not to and i'm pretty sure if you didn't follow those you wouldn't either.

 

You'd think. I guess arguably there's no point in having laws for the same reason - those who are going to obey them would obey them anyway, and those who would break them aren't going to be deterred by the consequences. That's if we believe law should be strictly preventative, of course.

I dunno though, I think if you're going to have any rules, you need to have the big ones in there, otherwise the minor stuff like fish on a Friday looks a bit silly.

 

they are laws for a reason. Just b/c I wouldn't do them doesn't mean that someone else would.

but this is besides the point. what I was addressing is the statement of

"8 out of 10 commandments are 'do not's' Rather negative imo."

 

I'm pretty sure they do that too, but do you really want to be told what to do all your life? Being told not to do might be kind of annoying but it's only because we have the luxury of being annoyed. If we were told everything that we should do we'd be bored out of our minds.

 

No, i don't want to be told how to live my life, which is why i'm an atheist existentialist. I create my own purpose because i believe there is no objective morality. There are no facts, only interpretations. If i am to be ordered what to do, it should be progressive, not reactionary. Progressive meaning what positive things i should do in my life to progress humanity. If we are stuck in a phase of 'do nots' then we are not doing, we are being passive, we are not acting. Though i concede that we need not act in negative ways. It's a lot easier to say what not to do then what one should and that's my point. I don't need to be commanded to honour my mother and father, this assumes i wouldn't without obeying this command and thus can be seen as patronizing by some people. Commandments can lead to resentment as well as skepticism.

 

It continues to amaze me how little people know about the Bible and Christianity. For one thing the Mosaic Law was given to the Jews and that law which includes the Ten Commandments is not binding for Christians. Christians, except for a few necessary things, have no laws to break. Christians are to now live according to Bible Principles not according to law. Jesus said that if his disciples lived by the principles of love God and love your neighbor there would be no need for laws.

 

the ten commandments are pretty much my weekend to-do list. i have to be me. i didn't make me.

 

The principles behind the Ten Commandments are still valid and you could do worse for a weekend to do list.

 

i think so.