"generally" is a key word there, so Islam is not cult. There are some extremeist Islamic cults though.
― A Nairn (moretap), Friday, 23 January 2004 22:16 (twenty years ago) link
― B. Robinson, Friday, 23 January 2004 22:16 (twenty years ago) link
― pete s, Friday, 23 January 2004 22:19 (twenty years ago) link
― oops (Oops), Friday, 23 January 2004 22:20 (twenty years ago) link
― A Nairn (moretap), Friday, 23 January 2004 22:21 (twenty years ago) link
― pete s, Friday, 23 January 2004 22:23 (twenty years ago) link
― Brooks Robinson (B. Robinson), Friday, 23 January 2004 22:23 (twenty years ago) link
― A Nairn (moretap), Friday, 23 January 2004 22:24 (twenty years ago) link
― Brooks Robinson (B. Robinson), Friday, 23 January 2004 22:25 (twenty years ago) link
― pete s, Friday, 23 January 2004 22:25 (twenty years ago) link
― Brooks Robinson (B. Robinson), Friday, 23 January 2004 22:28 (twenty years ago) link
put away cs lewis who tells you what you want to hear and read 'the perennial philosophy' by aldous huxley, or some alan watts
― pete s, Friday, 23 January 2004 22:28 (twenty years ago) link
― A Nairn (moretap), Friday, 23 January 2004 22:28 (twenty years ago) link
― Brooks Robinson (B. Robinson), Friday, 23 January 2004 22:29 (twenty years ago) link
― A Nairn (moretap), Friday, 23 January 2004 22:30 (twenty years ago) link
― oops (Oops), Friday, 23 January 2004 22:31 (twenty years ago) link
― Brooks Robinson (B. Robinson), Friday, 23 January 2004 22:31 (twenty years ago) link
i also respect meister eckhart more than st paul
― pete s, Friday, 23 January 2004 22:33 (twenty years ago) link
― Brooks Robinson (B. Robinson), Friday, 23 January 2004 22:33 (twenty years ago) link
I'm getting at that you are trying to reason out the existance of God and the truths of Christiany. You are human. Your reason is not perfect. Only God can make some one a Christian. They cannot make themselves a Christian.
John 7:17 (I don't think that's the correct listing for that verse) is important because that is the only relevant (on a spiritual level) action a man can take.
― A Nairn (moretap), Friday, 23 January 2004 22:34 (twenty years ago) link
― oops (Oops), Friday, 23 January 2004 22:36 (twenty years ago) link
― Brooks Robinson (B. Robinson), Friday, 23 January 2004 22:40 (twenty years ago) link
― Brooks Robinson (B. Robinson), Friday, 23 January 2004 22:41 (twenty years ago) link
― Brooks Robinson (B. Robinson), Friday, 23 January 2004 22:42 (twenty years ago) link
faith is a christians best weapon
that cannot be proved rationally
luckily the two are not mutually exclusive otherwise all christians would be monstrous madmen
rather than just some
im afraid to say cs lewis is wrong more times than he is right
― pete s, Friday, 23 January 2004 22:44 (twenty years ago) link
No that's not true either. A person who just recently became a Christian can gain a lot from intellectually thinking about Christianity.
And Yes, it is a debate, not an attempt at evangalising. Evangalising is very good, but it should be the type where you say "look at this I can proove God exisits" it should be more along the lines of "look at yourself you may want to become Chrisitan"
― A Nairn (moretap), Friday, 23 January 2004 22:45 (twenty years ago) link
Also, I already answered your question about the "you must pick one of these four" but you ignored my refutation. Please point me to the chapter and verse where Jesus says "I am God." I think you'll find the following quotations, attributed to Jesus, are as close as he comes: "You yourself have said it"; "no man comes to the father but by me"; "in my father's house there are many mansions, if it were not so I would have told you"; and a few others along these lines. many great gurus, among whose numbers Jesus can comfortably be counted, say similar things all the time. and plenty of people are willing to die for such gurus. was heaven's gate on-the-money since those people were willing to sacrifice so much? how 'bout Jonestown? jeez man. here you are reppin' the world's most dangerous cult and you won't even bring your a-game.
― Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Friday, 23 January 2004 22:45 (twenty years ago) link
― A Nairn (moretap), Friday, 23 January 2004 22:46 (twenty years ago) link
OTM
― A Nairn (moretap), Friday, 23 January 2004 22:47 (twenty years ago) link
*your answer must not include the word 'heaven'
― pete s, Friday, 23 January 2004 22:48 (twenty years ago) link
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― Llahtuos Kcin (Nick Southall), Friday, 23 January 2004 22:51 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 23 January 2004 22:52 (twenty years ago) link
― A Nairn (moretap), Friday, 23 January 2004 22:52 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 23 January 2004 22:54 (twenty years ago) link
― pete s, Friday, 23 January 2004 22:55 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 23 January 2004 22:57 (twenty years ago) link
― Brooks Robinson (B. Robinson), Friday, 23 January 2004 22:58 (twenty years ago) link
― Brooks Robinson (B. Robinson), Friday, 23 January 2004 23:02 (twenty years ago) link
well im sure He could he could spend all his time listening to kylie albums, but still he'd probably feel a bit bad. 'jeez, i didnt know he was gonna win an oscar, look i create, you guys care-take, that's how it works'
x-post to dan
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― Llahtuos Kcin (Nick Southall), Friday, 23 January 2004 23:03 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 23 January 2004 23:07 (twenty years ago) link
― Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Friday, 23 January 2004 23:08 (twenty years ago) link
rimshot
― Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Friday, 23 January 2004 23:09 (twenty years ago) link
― pete s, Friday, 23 January 2004 23:10 (twenty years ago) link
― Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Friday, 23 January 2004 23:17 (twenty years ago) link
― Brooks Robinson (B. Robinson), Friday, 23 January 2004 23:19 (twenty years ago) link
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