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Why do Christians claim Christianity is monotheistic?

Discussion in 'Religion & Philosophy' started by AKRunner88, Mar 29, 2014.

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  1. Alwayssa

    Alwayssa Well-Known Member

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    Water can be gas, liquid, or solid, yet the same basic chemical structure exists. The same way with God in the Abrahamic religions.

    And there are no lesser gods in Christianity. However if a Christain does worship something else like work, money, sex, etc, then they are violating one of the Commandment, "Thou shalt have no other gods before me."
     
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  2. Alwayssa

    Alwayssa Well-Known Member

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    KJB is an English translation of the Latin Bibles, which were first produced in the 4th century AD. However, they are not interpretations.

    If you really want to study the Bible, you must study the Old testament in Hebrew and the New Testament in Greek.
     
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    "Thou shalt have no other gods before me."

    cause if he was the only God, being Jealous of other God's would be ridiculous...
     
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    Thats fine, if you want first to ignore what "god" means, ala dictionary, and
    then present that you have the power of inerrant readin' of the bible.

    Satan is nearly as powerful. Then there are all the other supernatural beings.
     
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    If satan were real, that would be worshiping him.
     
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  6. Alwayssa

    Alwayssa Well-Known Member

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    No one is igfnoring God or how God is defined. Different pepple and regiions have different interpretations of what God is or how it is define. Even within the Abrahamic religions, God is interpreted differently. For isntace, in Hebrew, God is defined with an adjective whereas in Islam, God is defined simply as Mericiful.

    In the Christian theology, Satan, or Hades, is defined first in Genesis asa fallen Angel who tempted Christ during Christ's 40 days and 40 nights of fasting. And what Satan did was to misuse the scriputre for an ulterior purpose. But Christ fought back with Scripture that nullifed Satan's premise.

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    there are poeple who do worship Satan.
     
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    Ah yes I should go to the "originals". Great idea except there are none!
     
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    All you have to do is find one woman in the Bible stoned to death for having sex out of wedlock. What are you waiting for?
     
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    So your going to twist this into show an example of it. I clearly stated that god commands it. If you wish I'll show you where because it doesn't surprise me that another christian doesn't know where it is. Let me know and I'll get back with you this afternoon.
     
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    The fact is there are no examples of a woman being stoned in the Bible. Several men, but not one woman. But, yes, you are correct that this was part of their law.


    Deuteronomy 22:21 she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house and there the men of her town shall stone her to death. She has done an outrageous thing in Israel by being promiscuous while still in her father’s house. You must purge the evil from among you.
     
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    So... if it is not recorded, it must never have happened?

    That is one sick book / religion / god you believe in.
     
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    It's certainly possible that it happened. I was wrong to say he didn't know what the hell he was talking about. He is correct. It was their law.
     
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    Which is perhaps the point here, the revolting moral bankruptcy of such people as would generate a "god" who they could pretend commanded them to act so.
     
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    Why can't you, like we Christians, distinguish between ancient Hebrew law and the reasons for it and the basic Christian precepts since Jesus that don't include any laws or commands similar to those of the ancient Hebrews?

    Why can't you accept that there was no such thing as a Christian until Christ?
     
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    Why do you insist on this ridiculous falsehood that I dont understand these simple things?

    IF the law of those old goat herders was claimed to come from god, do you think it really was?
     
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    You'll find very strict rules everywhere survival is toughest.
     
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    The Bible is a collection of books. and although there is no original Bible since the days of the first Canonization, the there are original manuscripts of the various books written in the original language.
     
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    Why would any Christian ackknowledge that Satan is a god or any other entity as a god? That simply does not make sense and it woudl be similar for a Shinto Priest to state that Buddha was one of their gods.


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    No there aren't. No originals exist they are all copies.
     
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    I find you are most disinclined to answer a question, its extremely rude and more than a little dishonest of you.

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    hmm, didnt i recently get accused of not understanding concepts when I said how the fundies all
    are full of falsehoods?
     
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    It's sad that we have to continually educate them on their religion. To imply that the original gospels were written in Greek when the apostles spoke in Aramaic is the height of misinformed. And yes I am full aware that no immediate follower of Jesus wrote any of the 4 gospels,... even though I still encounter the fundie that insists they did! LOL...
     
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    Fundies are seldom very educated. its an inverse relationship.

    Perhaps the gaps in their knowledge and understanding trouble them, and maybe that explains why they just make things up to fill the spaces. Apparently the idea of like, doing hard work, study, never occurs to them.
     
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