Bean who are you to tell me about Christianity?

Christianity is a religion, in the modern definition, but Christians are told not to be religious in the sense of following rules to try to please God.

The Bible says that faith is a gift, and there is no merit attached to the believer for having faith. So faith is not religion, in the Biblical sense.

This is clearly too deep for you to grasp Mr Bean.

However it is extremely rich that you began your waste of a post by saying "That's rubbish" you stated it as fact, however you completed the sentence with "in my opinion" proving that it was an opinion not a fact.

Are you suggesting that all your opinions are fact?

Please tell me Mr Bean what do you base your opinions on? When did you last read the Bible, particularly the book of Romans, to tell me what Christians believe about religion?

I am interested to know, because you speak with an assumed authority as if you were a studier of the Bible.

No1 i am female, and no2, i studied philosophy and theology for 2 years, so i feel that i am in a pretty good position to comment.

i do not need to read a book such as the Bible to find meaning in my life, and i am perfectly capable of making my own decisions without having to base them on what God, Jesus, John, Luke, Paul, etc etc has to say. i have a conscience of my own, and will not be pushed into one course of action over another for fear of eternal life in hell.

Christianity provides false hopes for people, hopes which cannot be realised until after death, so who's to say that they are really there? You could be spending your whole life follow this way of life for nothing. What if there is no reward in heaven?

Where is this all loving, all knowing, all seeing God? Where is heaven? If Gods been around forever, why did Christianity only come about 2000 years ago and not at the beginning of time?

You keep banging on about fact and opinion but isnt all the Bible just opinion? Someones take on a situation. There can be no facts just interpretations.

Boys are Studpid, Throw Rocks at Them........

Father Christmas - an invention to keep children in good order in return for the promise of presents.

God - an invention to keep people in good order in return for the promise of everlasting life.

For me, both are as ridiculous as each other. Sure, I continue the Father Christmas myth for the sake of my kids, but as children grow older and their brains develop, they see completely through the scam and see it for what it is. It amazes me that people can't see the same with the concept of God.

I accept there is every chance there was someone called Jesus, who was possibly a faith healer, conjuror or similar, but son of God??? Please....!!!

I assume there won't be a response to this today from christians as it's the day of rest and you'll be giving thanks somewhere, not in front of your PC's!!

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"No, I am a Selt. You are a Sunt."

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Not something id admit mate

That's not how it works, everlasting life is not a reward for good behaviour. Everlasting life is a free gift, that's why Jesus died.

If we could get to heaven on our own merit, by behaving well as you suggested, then as the apostle Paul wrote "Jesus would have died in vain".

Christianity certainly was not invented to keep people down the straight and narrow, because that is not it's true message.

Christianity certainly was not invented to keep people down the straight and narrow, because that is not it's true message.

But thats the whole point. You cant see that thats what its doing. Its diversionary, its makes you concentrate on being a good CHristian so you dont think about what really is going on around you

Boys are Studpid, Throw Rocks at Them........