Christians, Jews, and other 'believers' need to purge the hypocrisy out of their systems to make this happen.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button."Value others' religions[?]" I think not! If the New Testament teaches one thing, it is the singular path to salvation--through the narcissistic Jesus himself!
"Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but by me.'"
John 14:6
"He who believes in the Son has eternal life; he who does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God rests upon him."
John 3:36
"Be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by him this man is standing before you well. This is the stone which was rejected by you builders, but which has become the head of the corner. And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
Acts 4:10-12
p-nullifidian
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Jan 28, 2021
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Thankfully, i know Christians, Jews, Muslims, and Buddhists who DO value other religions and their believers. Even an agnostic like me has supporters among them. Including a Rabbi.
@josephr I too have known believers who are more than tolerant of belief systems other than their own--they embrace them, and this is refreshing to see. That said, people of faith run the gamut from fundamentalist orthodoxy to progressively liberal, and everything in between. However, as the example of the church of Laodicea was used in Revelation 3, "lukewarm" Christians will be rejected.
Without the hypocrisy they have nothing, You can get those views from mainstream culture today.
A Christianity which stood for those things would have nothing different to offer. But if they stand for nothing and allow the maximum of cherry picking and interpretation, then they can stand for anything.
And then, along come the fascists, who know they have a bad name. Hard to sell fascism today. "But look there is Christianity, its still got a good name, and it stands for anything you want, why don't we use it."
Fernapple
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Jan 28, 2021
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Immigrants are not coming to a small manger in Bethlehem, these are illegal immigrants coming in droves. A country must have laws and rules. Legal immigrants must be encouraged and illegal immigrants must not be allowed in and all such must be deported. Advocating illegal immigrants on the back of other immigrants is abhorrent.
The rest is ok. But what about molesting young boys at the altar? Where does it fit in?
St-Sinner
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Jan 28, 2021
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