What is my religion called?

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Anonymous wrote:What do you find so hard to believe about Jesus being God?

Think of it this way. What do you find so hard about Noah being God? What do you find so hard about David Koresh being God? What do you find so hard about Krishna being God? What do you find so hard about Osiris being God? What do you find so hard about Gaia being God?

We're raised to believe that certain things are "true" and others are impossible. But when you really think about it, all of the above are just as plausible (or implausible) as Jesus being God.

OP has already embraced the idea of a personal creator God who made man in His image (and not evolved). OP accepts Christ as a great teacher. OP accepts a lot of Biblical morality and already has a conservative view of sin. What OP describes is pretty close to traditional Christianity. Yet OP stops short of accepting Christ as God, as the Bible teaches. I'm just really curious why OP finds that additional step too far to go.

Regarding Noah: Noah never claimed to be God, and Noah wasn't perfect. David Koresh? Dead, so not God. Krishna, Osiris, Gaia? Please. The Bible recounts man as made in the image of God, and Christ as God coming to earth to live among His creation in sympathy and identification with man, and dying for man's sins (because man rejected God) because God loves His creation. These aren't hard concepts to grasp, and a God that creates man in His image and comes to live among His creation makes a lot more sense than anything else you mentioned.

Krishna and Osiris are also human forms in God's image that came to live on earth. Why can't you understand that?

Neither Krishna nor Osiris come from monotheistic beliefs. They certainly are not taught as a loving creator God in the flesh come to sacrifice for sinful man. One is purple (or blue). The other is green. Your sophistry is specious, and I don't think you actually believe in either one.

You are painful.

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Anonymous wrote:What do you find so hard to believe about Jesus being God?

Think of it this way. What do you find so hard about Noah being God? What do you find so hard about David Koresh being God? What do you find so hard about Krishna being God? What do you find so hard about Osiris being God? What do you find so hard about Gaia being God?

We're raised to believe that certain things are "true" and others are impossible. But when you really think about it, all of the above are just as plausible (or implausible) as Jesus being God.

OP has already embraced the idea of a personal creator God who made man in His image (and not evolved). OP accepts Christ as a great teacher. OP accepts a lot of Biblical morality and already has a conservative view of sin. What OP describes is pretty close to traditional Christianity. Yet OP stops short of accepting Christ as God, as the Bible teaches. I'm just really curious why OP finds that additional step too far to go.

Regarding Noah: Noah never claimed to be God, and Noah wasn't perfect. David Koresh? Dead, so not God. Krishna, Osiris, Gaia? Please. The Bible recounts man as made in the image of God, and Christ as God coming to earth to live among His creation in sympathy and identification with man, and dying for man's sins (because man rejected God) because God loves His creation. These aren't hard concepts to grasp, and a God that creates man in His image and comes to live among His creation makes a lot more sense than anything else you mentioned.

Krishna and Osiris are also human forms in God's image that came to live on earth. Why can't you understand that?

Neither Krishna nor Osiris come from monotheistic beliefs. They certainly are not taught as a loving creator God in the flesh come to sacrifice for sinful man. One is purple (or blue). The other is green. Your sophistry is specious, and I don't think you actually believe in either one.

Oh, so God doesn't come in blue, purple, black, brown, yellow, etc., right? Only white, according to you. You can look at the scriptures and literature written thousands of years ago in the context of today and throw them out so easily, right? And you think you make a lot of sense.

There are no purple or green humans.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What do you find so hard to believe about Jesus being God?

Think of it this way. What do you find so hard about Noah being God? What do you find so hard about David Koresh being God? What do you find so hard about Krishna being God? What do you find so hard about Osiris being God? What do you find so hard about Gaia being God?

We're raised to believe that certain things are "true" and others are impossible. But when you really think about it, all of the above are just as plausible (or implausible) as Jesus being God.

OP has already embraced the idea of a personal creator God who made man in His image (and not evolved). OP accepts Christ as a great teacher. OP accepts a lot of Biblical morality and already has a conservative view of sin. What OP describes is pretty close to traditional Christianity. Yet OP stops short of accepting Christ as God, as the Bible teaches. I'm just really curious why OP finds that additional step too far to go.

Regarding Noah: Noah never claimed to be God, and Noah wasn't perfect. David Koresh? Dead, so not God. Krishna, Osiris, Gaia? Please. The Bible recounts man as made in the image of God, and Christ as God coming to earth to live among His creation in sympathy and identification with man, and dying for man's sins (because man rejected God) because God loves His creation. These aren't hard concepts to grasp, and a God that creates man in His image and comes to live among His creation makes a lot more sense than anything else you mentioned.

Krishna and Osiris are also human forms in God's image that came to live on earth. Why can't you understand that?

Neither Krishna nor Osiris come from monotheistic beliefs. They certainly are not taught as a loving creator God in the flesh come to sacrifice for sinful man. One is purple (or blue). The other is green. Your sophistry is specious, and I don't think you actually believe in either one.

Oh, so God doesn't come in blue, purple, black, brown, yellow, etc., right? Only white, according to you. You can look at the scriptures and literature written thousands of years ago in the context of today and throw them out so easily, right? And you think you make a lot of sense.

Where did I say anything about being white?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What do you find so hard to believe about Jesus being God?

Think of it this way. What do you find so hard about Noah being God? What do you find so hard about David Koresh being God? What do you find so hard about Krishna being God? What do you find so hard about Osiris being God? What do you find so hard about Gaia being God?

We're raised to believe that certain things are "true" and others are impossible. But when you really think about it, all of the above are just as plausible (or implausible) as Jesus being God.

OP has already embraced the idea of a personal creator God who made man in His image (and not evolved). OP accepts Christ as a great teacher. OP accepts a lot of Biblical morality and already has a conservative view of sin. What OP describes is pretty close to traditional Christianity. Yet OP stops short of accepting Christ as God, as the Bible teaches. I'm just really curious why OP finds that additional step too far to go.

Regarding Noah: Noah never claimed to be God, and Noah wasn't perfect. David Koresh? Dead, so not God. Krishna, Osiris, Gaia? Please. The Bible recounts man as made in the image of God, and Christ as God coming to earth to live among His creation in sympathy and identification with man, and dying for man's sins (because man rejected God) because God loves His creation. These aren't hard concepts to grasp, and a God that creates man in His image and comes to live among His creation makes a lot more sense than anything else you mentioned.

Krishna and Osiris are also human forms in God's image that came to live on earth. Why can't you understand that?

Neither Krishna nor Osiris come from monotheistic beliefs. They certainly are not taught as a loving creator God in the flesh come to sacrifice for sinful man. One is purple (or blue). The other is green. Your sophistry is specious, and I don't think you actually believe in either one.

Oh, so God doesn't come in blue, purple, black, brown, yellow, etc., right? Only white, according to you. You can look at the scriptures and literature written thousands of years ago in the context of today and throw them out so easily, right? And you think you make a lot of sense.

There are no purple or green humans.

Clueless. Go on living in your small, literal world.

[Anonymous]

Why are you concerned about what your religion is called? Whatever you do tomorrow and the next day at each and every moment is your religion no matter what place of worship you attend or do not attend next Friday, Saturday or Sunday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your religion is called "a frightening embrace of irrational, random myths and ignorant biases based on nothing more than fear and low information about actual science".

Darn it! I was just going to write that exact statement!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Could be Muslim too. Pretty standard beliefs of the faith.

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This sounds plausible. To Muslims, Jesus was a prophet, a good guy. Everything lines up with Islam. Have you looked into Islam, OP?

#8 conflicts with Islam fairly strongly, so she could not be that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Jesus said that unless you believe that He is God, you would die in your sins (John 8:24, but read all of John 8). I don't know what to call "your" religion, but you're lost. Read the Gospels and repent and believe in Christ as your Savior.

No one is sure there was a Jesus, who wrote the bible or why not to believe in any other scripture so your argument is just an Appeal to Authority.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Could be Muslim too. Pretty standard beliefs of the faith.

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This sounds plausible. To Muslims, Jesus was a prophet, a good guy. Everything lines up with Islam. Have you looked into Islam, OP?

#8 conflicts with Islam fairly strongly, so she could not be that.

Not at all. Do you know anything about Islam, other than what you read in conservative media?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Jesus said that unless you believe that He is God, you would die in your sins (John 8:24, but read all of John 8). I don't know what to call "your" religion, but you're lost. Read the Gospels and repent and believe in Christ as your Savior.

No one is sure there was a Jesus, who wrote the bible or why not to believe in any other scripture so your argument is just an Appeal to Authority.

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Protestant.

Which one isn't that important - every religion will have something you don't believe. But I think it's clear you aren't in tune with basic catholic beliefs, like in praying to saints, deity of mary, and the trinity.

I don't think many Christians believe jesus is god. They do generally believe in John chapter 1. That God created Jesus. Thus, Jesus referenced himself as the son of god, as he was prophecized to be so in Isaiah.

I'm Adventist. They don't believe in the trinity, although I see their official beliefs list online includes trinity but that is hog wash we don't believe that. But adventists generally believe in not working sundown Friday to sundown saturday (but nobody keeps tabs - we are all free to do as we please it's between you and god). Many are vegetarian too but it's not required. They also aren't into preaching against abortion or homosexuality. The Bible says, judge not lest you be judged I suppose.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What do you find so hard to believe about Jesus being God?

Think of it this way. What do you find so hard about Noah being God? What do you find so hard about David Koresh being God? What do you find so hard about Krishna being God? What do you find so hard about Osiris being God? What do you find so hard about Gaia being God?

We're raised to believe that certain things are "true" and others are impossible. But when you really think about it, all of the above are just as plausible (or implausible) as Jesus being God.

Jesus said he was God. He doesn't leave the option of being a wise man. He was either is God or a loonatic.

C.S. Lewis gave the options of Liar, Lunatic or Lord but he left out the best option which is "Legend".

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Anonymous wrote:Protestant.

Which one isn't that important - every religion will have something you don't believe. But I think it's clear you aren't in tune with basic catholic beliefs, like in praying to saints, deity of mary, and the trinity.

I don't think many Christians believe jesus is god. They do generally believe in John chapter 1. That God created Jesus. Thus, Jesus referenced himself as the son of god, as he was prophecized to be so in Isaiah.

I'm Adventist. They don't believe in the trinity, although I see their official beliefs list online includes trinity but that is hog wash we don't believe that. But adventists generally believe in not working sundown Friday to sundown saturday (but nobody keeps tabs - we are all free to do as we please it's between you and god). Many are vegetarian too but it's not required. They also aren't into preaching against abortion or homosexuality. The Bible says, judge not lest you be judged I suppose.

Mary Is not a diety in Catholicism.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Jesus said that unless you believe that He is God, you would die in your sins (John 8:24, but read all of John 8). I don't know what to call "your" religion, but you're lost. Read the Gospels and repent and believe in Christ as your Savior.

No one is sure there was a Jesus, who wrote the bible or why not to believe in any other scripture so your argument is just an Appeal to Authority.

John 8 does not say Jesus is God. Jesus said God is his father. And remember, Jesus said all his power to do miracles came from god. He also said never pray to him, but only to god. Etc.

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Anonymous wrote:Could be Muslim too. Pretty standard beliefs of the faith.

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This sounds plausible. To Muslims, Jesus was a prophet, a good guy. Everything lines up with Islam. Have you looked into Islam, OP?

#8 conflicts with Islam fairly strongly, so she could not be that.

Not at all. Do you know anything about Islam, other than what you read in conservative media?

Show me an Islamic mosque that preaches all the good jews who believe in God will go to heaven.