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Re: Why do Atheists hate Religion ?
by
1aguar
on 22/09/2015, 18:44:40 UTC
If anyone is Christian, they should be respectful at all times, and love everyone as they would themselves.

If they aren't trying (to not sin), then they aren't Christian.

Spot on, MMH; Jesus said it is enough if you love your neighbor and love God, and that means that you have to love everyone and (try to) stop sinning, exactly as you have stated.

So, I am confused when you tell me:
Jesus saves us, and demons have to bow down to Him. We are not a god. Your teachings are not Christian.

I am confused for two reasons:
1) I learned about the importance of obeying God's Law and the New Commandment from the Phoenix Project writings, so apparently they DO provide a Christian teaching. Is it not enough for you that these writings teach the truth of the two commandments that Jesus gave us?
2) You say that Jesus saves us, but Jesus gave this command: "There is none other commandment greater than these", "this do, and thou shalt live", so there is no other requirement in order to be a Christian, and you do NOT need a savior in order to have life. It seems to me that Jesus showed us the path, but he himself was not that path. Would you agree?

Oh dear, I thought we had agreed on an important point, but then I went back and realized that there are some apparent contradictions that confuse me; I hope you can help straighten this out and show a little love to your neighbor as he is helpless to understand all that you have said here, in spite of our agreement.