The Bible and Hell

[Zweite Alaje]

In Christianity, this ‘damnation’ is supposed to be the punishment for refusing Christ and failing to repent one’s wrongdoing (or sin) against God.

Incorrect.

A sin is a wrongdoing of any kind, that is punished by God.

Murder, for example, is not sinning against God, but it is sinning, and therefor one would be sent to the fiery pits of Hell for eternal damnation.

Sinning against God would be more like urinating on a Church wall.

Urinating on churches isn't a sin. Churches aren't holy.

[Death Metal]

Jesus isn't dead. He yet lives, is the point.

In the city of Rhy'leh dead Nazarene lies dreaming...

[Nationalist State of Knox]

But the fact that Jesus neglected to say that Peter's successors were a legitimate authority to interpret the Bible doesn't mean that we should assume that they were. If anything, we should assume the opposite.

It's like suggesting that because I pass an item onto my friend when I die, I want their son to have it when they die.

Jesus isn't dead. He yet lives, is the point.

Not on this mortal plane.

[Distruzio]

Jesus isn't dead. He yet lives, is the point.

Not on this mortal plane.

Yes. In this mortal plane.

[Death Metal]

Not on this mortal plane.

Yes. In this mortal plane.

Prove it without reciting any passages from the Bible or the words of any pope, archbishop, or cardinal.

Go.

[Distruzio]

Yes. In this mortal plane.

Prove it without reciting any passages from the Bible or the words of any pope, archbishop, or cardinal.

Go.

The Church exists.

[Of the Free Socialist Territories]

Prove it without reciting any passages from the Bible or the words of any pope, archbishop, or cardinal.

Go.

The Church exists.

So do mosques and synagogues, or at a wider level Islam, Judaism, Hinduism and hundreds of other "false religions". Your point?

[Death Metal]

Prove it without reciting any passages from the Bible or the words of any pope, archbishop, or cardinal.

Go.

The Church exists.

Proves nothing. That's like saying Henry Ford is still alive because Ford Automotive still exists.

[Distruzio]

The Church exists.

Proves nothing. That's like saying Henry Ford is still alive because Ford Automotive still exists.

If Ford Automotive began issuing company-wide edicts in his name, then yes, that proves he is very much alive.

[Death Metal]

Proves nothing. That's like saying Henry Ford is still alive because Ford Automotive still exists.

If Ford Automotive began issuing company-wide edicts in his name, then yes, that proves he is very much alive.

No it doesn't. It means his memory is alive, not the actual person.

[Nationalist State of Knox]

Proves nothing. That's like saying Henry Ford is still alive because Ford Automotive still exists.

If Ford Automotive began issuing company-wide edicts in his name, then yes, that proves he is very much alive.

No. They're just issuing edicts in his name, rather than him doing it himself.

[Zweite Alaje]

Proves nothing. That's like saying Henry Ford is still alive because Ford Automotive still exists.

If Ford Automotive began issuing company-wide edicts in his name, then yes, that proves he is very much alive.

This makes no sense, bro.

Besides, God doesn't work like that. People aren't resurrected from death.

[Death Metal]

Next he's going to say that memory alive does mean person alive, which isn't just moving the goalposts, that's moving the entire pitch. To Mars.

[The Merchant Republics]

If Ford Automotive began issuing company-wide edicts in his name, then yes, that proves he is very much alive.

This makes no sense, bro.

Besides, God doesn't work like that. People aren't resurrected from death.

Christ is, and was. Although, in fairness he doesn't fall into the usual description of "people". Lazarus however...

[The Merchant Republics]

If Ford Automotive began issuing company-wide edicts in his name, then yes, that proves he is very much alive.

No it doesn't. It means his memory is alive, not the actual person.

How do you mean memory?

The Holy Spirit is with us, this is the spirit of God. It is with us, it is real, it is alive, and so then, is Christ.

[Distruzio]

If Ford Automotive began issuing company-wide edicts in his name, then yes, that proves he is very much alive.

No it doesn't. It means his memory is alive, not the actual person.

Of course. In the case of the Church, however, it does, in fact, mean that Christ yet resides on this plane of existence. I am saying that the Church is a part of the Godhead infused, as it is, by the Holy Spirit, and headed, as it is, by Christ.

[Death Metal]

No it doesn't. It means his memory is alive, not the actual person.

How do you mean memory?

The Holy Spirit is with us, this is the spirit of God. It is with us, it is real, it is alive, and so then, is Christ.

Dogma is not fact.

[Distruzio]

If Ford Automotive began issuing company-wide edicts in his name, then yes, that proves he is very much alive.

No. They're just issuing edicts in his name, rather than him doing it himself.

The Church is the Body of Christ. When it speaks, He speaks.

[Distruzio]

If Ford Automotive began issuing company-wide edicts in his name, then yes, that proves he is very much alive.

This makes no sense, bro.

Besides, God doesn't work like that. People aren't resurrected from death.

The Jews thought the same thing. They were wrong.

[Death Metal]

No it doesn't. It means his memory is alive, not the actual person.

Of course. In the case of the Church, however, it does, in fact, mean that Christ yet resides on this plane of existence.

And now the pitch is on Mars, just like I predicted.

[The North Polish Union]

How do you mean memory?

The Holy Spirit is with us, this is the spirit of God. It is with us, it is real, it is alive, and so then, is Christ.

Dogma is not fact.

If we could prove that it was a fact, it would destroy the need for faith, and thus the entire premise of Christianity.
In case anyone says that this lack of factual evidence proves Christianity false, where are all of evolution's missing links?

[Nationalist State of Knox]

No. They're just issuing edicts in his name, rather than him doing it himself.

The Church is the Body of Christ. When it speaks, He speaks.

We've already concluded that Jesus never legitimised the Church to teach the Word of God, merely Peter.

[Distruzio]

The Church is the Body of Christ. When it speaks, He speaks.

We've already concluded that Jesus never legitimised the Church to teach the Word of God, merely Peter.

Incorrect. You've concluded that and, in doing so, dismissed our entire conversation because the conversation challenged your predetermined position stated in the OP.

[Distruzio]

Of course. In the case of the Church, however, it does, in fact, mean that Christ yet resides on this plane of existence.

And now the pitch is on Mars, just like I predicted.

We do not share similar faiths, DM. Of course my reasoning would seem foreign to you.

[Distruzio]

Dogma is not fact.

If we could prove that it was a fact, it would destroy the need for faith, and thus the entire premise of Christianity.

Incorrect. That isn't the purpose of dogma at all. It is meant to guide the interpretation of faith within a reasonable world. It is not meant to supplant fact.

In case anyone says that this lack of factual evidence proves Christianity false, where are all of evolution's missing links?

Not discovered yet?