Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 12:24 pm
Why Jesus and not a random other Christ ? The title was as common as "boss" is nowadays.
Because sometimes even national leaders just want to hang out
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Pandas and Heineken wrote:NEW IDEA:
Okay, maybe Jesus wasn't the modern "long live the revolution!" communist, but he did seem to have many of the ideologies of modern socialism/communism. Thoughts?
Grave_n_idle wrote:A Christian is defined by following Christ. If you're not following Christ, you're not a Christian. If you don't follow Christ, and you DO call yourself a Christian, you're lying.
Hydesland wrote:Actually, ONE definition is someone who attempts to follow Christ, nobody is perfect. In order to live up to your definition, you have to be perfect, so your definition is pointless.
Hydesland wrote:Of course, another definition literally is:
a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination
(princeton)
Hydesland wrote:Of course, another definition literally is:
a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination
(princeton)
Grave_n_idle wrote:On the other hand, if those people don't actually follow the Christ, they're wearing a deceptive label.
Bamabam wrote:Bendira wrote:The only reason that Jesus wasn't a hippie commie was because the dudes that wrote the bible didn't have the luxury of having Marx come up with his little manifesto yet. The idea of authoritarian communism is pretty much religion on steroids.
Karl Marx described religion as opium for the masses.
Which is something Jesus would never associate with.
The Alma Mater wrote:"The Christ prophesied about in the Old Testament" to be nitpicky
I myself after all am also a Christ.
Class Warhair wrote:So tell me: if I worship Jesus and believe he is the saviour of mankind, but I DON'T follow the Commandments and I don't ever repent ... will I go to Heaven?
Or will I go to Hell with millions of other Christians?
I know this might be a hard question, but I'm not mocking you. Seriously: would I be saved? Can one be a Christian and not be saved?
Ashmoria wrote:thats what im thinking but .....for all *I* know some of those late OT books might use a different word. they are pretty greekish.
Pandas and Heineken wrote:After watching some religious crap, it seems that Jesus hated the rich and loved the poor. To me, it seems that Jesus constantly stated that the rich had no power over the poor. Jesus even said himself:
"It's very hard for a rich man to get into Heaven. It's easier for a camel to get through the eye of a needle."
This says to me that unless you're poor, you're going to Hell. Thoughts?
NOTE: PLEASE DON'T TURN THIS INTO A RELIGION DISCUSSION!
Georgism wrote:Jesus was a Libertarian, who believed in The Free Market, Family Values and who smoked a hell of a lot of weed.
Class Warhair wrote:Or will I go to Hell with millions of other Christians?