God & Jesus
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Where do I begin....
Christianity and Islam have very little in common besides certain shared histories going back to Abraham. The central tenet of Islam is legalism, i.e. doing good works to get into heaven. It's all over the Q'uran. The central tenet of Christianity is grace, i.e. being granted undeserved forgiveness of our sins via Christ's sacrifice, and thus entering heaven because of HIS merit, rather than our own.
These central concepts are diametrically opposed. One finds similar core, contradicting differences between all religions. If we all worship the same God, then God is a tongue-tied, confused, confusing, megalomaniac, split-personality, self-contradicting asshole. I would want nothing to do with such a God.
For the record I personally do not believe this is "God's country" or any other Manifest Destiny type of mantra. Unfortunately, I can't speak for all of my Republican friends.
The reason people hate the idea of absolute truth (ex.: "I am the way the truth and the life; no man can come to the Father except through me") is because it is black and white, in or out, damned or not damned. It's not popular, but since when is popularity a requirement for truth?
- but who says this is correct?mrdobolina
- disregard, don't let this troll fucking do this.mrdobolina
- eh? me? troll? LOL.gramme
- nah I meant hedge or should I say Dinky.mrdobolina
- Christianity is not "popular"?? wtf are you smoking?Antonelli