Comments on: UNBELIEVING CHRISTIANITY http://obob.qctimes.com/2008/04/08/unbelieving-christianity/ Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:21:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Michael Callahan http://obob.qctimes.com/2008/04/08/unbelieving-christianity/#comment-394 Michael Callahan Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:59:33 +0000 http://obob.qctimes.com/2008/04/08/unbelieving-christianity/#comment-394 The last statement, about unbelievers is quite wrong. The condemnation of hypocrites and the "brood of vipers" came from John the Baptist...not from Jesus. Jesus drove out the money changers because they were interfering with the people's relationship with God. Money puts up an incredible wall. He does not condemn them...or kill them. When confronted with a rich man he says that he should give all his money to the poor. Money distracts from the search from truth. When you look for money and "value" you cease looking for "truth". This is what he meant when he said it is easier for a Camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven. How can you find truth when money is most important to you. There is nothing wrong with saying "Woe to you..." etc. Wrong thinking often leads to bad outcomes. It is the same with the parables of what the kingdom of heaven 'is like'. Those who are selfish, and self-centered often find themselves cut off from happiness and joy. Blessings be with you. From one un-believer to antoher. The last statement, about unbelievers is quite wrong.

The condemnation of hypocrites and the “brood of vipers” came from John the Baptist…not from Jesus.

Jesus drove out the money changers because they were interfering with the people’s relationship with God. Money puts up an incredible wall. He does not condemn them…or kill them. When confronted with a rich man he says that he should give all his money to the poor. Money distracts from the search from truth. When you look for money and “value” you cease looking for “truth”. This is what he meant when he said it is easier for a Camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven. How can you find truth when money is most important to you.

There is nothing wrong with saying “Woe to you…” etc.

Wrong thinking often leads to bad outcomes. It is the same with the parables of what the kingdom of heaven ‘is like’. Those who are selfish, and self-centered often find themselves cut off from happiness and joy.

Blessings be with you.

From one un-believer to antoher.

]]> By: makarios http://obob.qctimes.com/2008/04/08/unbelieving-christianity/#comment-381 makarios Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:33:53 +0000 http://obob.qctimes.com/2008/04/08/unbelieving-christianity/#comment-381 I hear ya brother - you make perfect sense. I’m a Republican who believes in big government, lots of taxes and universal health care. I’m a pacifist who is going to sign up tomorrow to go and fight in Iraq. I’m a pro lifer who would like to see all abortuaries shut down. I’m a vegetarian who loves a good stake every week. I love the fact that Jesus was non Judgmental and a pacifist. Proof of this is found in His comments like: .Woe to you who are rich for you have already received your comfort .Woe to you are well fed now for you will go hungry .Woe to you who laugh now for you will weep and mourn .I speak in parables so that unbelievers will hear but not be able to understand .If anyone is ashamed of me and my words I will ignore him at the time of judgement .If you cause a child to sin it would be better for you to not even be born . If someone rejects a servant of mine it will be more bearable on judgement day for the town of Sodom . You brood of vipers. You white washed tombs. You Pharisees are full of greed and wickedness. You foolish people. Hypocrites! I will punish such men most severely. . I’ll tell you who to fear. Fear Me for I am able to destroy both your body and your soul. . I have come to bring fire on the earth. Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division. . Unless you repent of your sins you will parish. . They will say to Me, “Jesus you are my Lord,” and I will reply, “Get away from Me for I never knew you.” . Those who do not believe in me will be thrown out of My kingdom to where there will be weeping and nashing of teeth . If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, yes, even his own life He cannot be learn from Me. . I will judge you by your own words you wicked servant . Jesus made a whip and drove the money changers from the temple area . It will be better for the one who betrays Me if he had never been born. . If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown into the fire and burned. . Unbelievers will be cast into hell and the smoke of their torment rises forever and ever. There is no rest day or night. Don’t you just love the words of nonjudgmental pacifists like Jesus? I hear ya brother - you make perfect sense.
I’m a Republican who believes in big government, lots of taxes and universal health care. I’m a pacifist who is going to sign up tomorrow to go and fight in Iraq. I’m a pro lifer who would like to see all abortuaries shut down. I’m a vegetarian who loves a good stake every week. I love the fact that Jesus was non Judgmental and a pacifist. Proof of this is found in His comments like:
.Woe to you who are rich for you have already received your comfort
.Woe to you are well fed now for you will go hungry
.Woe to you who laugh now for you will weep and mourn
.I speak in parables so that unbelievers will hear but not be able to understand
.If anyone is ashamed of me and my words I will ignore him at the time of judgement
.If you cause a child to sin it would be better for you to not even be born
. If someone rejects a servant of mine it will be more bearable on judgement day for the town of Sodom
. You brood of vipers. You white washed tombs. You Pharisees are full of greed and wickedness. You foolish people. Hypocrites! I will punish such men most severely.
. I’ll tell you who to fear. Fear Me for I am able to destroy both your body and your soul.
. I have come to bring fire on the earth. Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division.
. Unless you repent of your sins you will parish.
. They will say to Me, “Jesus you are my Lord,” and I will reply, “Get away from Me for I never knew you.”
. Those who do not believe in me will be thrown out of My kingdom to where there will be weeping and nashing of teeth
. If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, yes, even his own life He cannot be learn from Me.
. I will judge you by your own words you wicked servant
. Jesus made a whip and drove the money changers from the temple area
. It will be better for the one who betrays Me if he had never been born.
. If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown into the fire and burned.
. Unbelievers will be cast into hell and the smoke of their torment rises forever and ever. There is no rest day or night.

Don’t you just love the words of nonjudgmental pacifists like Jesus?

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