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Originally posted by paperclip
Originally posted by jake1997
actually...its because it looks like a duck, sounds like a duck, and acts like a duck...
Bible's Yahweh: creates first humans, they are called Adam and Eve.
Qur'an's Allah: creates first humans called Adam and Eve.
Bible's Yahweh gets angry at Sodom and Gomorah, kills them all.
Quran's Allah gets angry at Sodom and Gomorah, kills them all.
Bible's Yahweh decides to save Noah and his family from the flood, tells him to build a boat and save a bunch of plants and animals too.
Quran's Allah decides to save Noah and his family from the flood, tells him to build a boat and save a bunch of plants and animals too.
etc, etc, etc.
Same stories, same names.
If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck....
Originally posted by Jakko
Al Davison,
When someone makes claims of Jesus not being sinless I just wonder where they got that from, what they are basing that on.
Not having an open mind has nothing to do with wanting to know what someone is basing such bold claims on.
You make no sense.
But what about the BAD christians, whose religion is filled with just as many (and probably more) pagan references - not to mention VIOLATING the first commandment (Christ was deified in ROMAN fashion, remember?)
Originally posted by babloyi
If someone had crucified a newborn baby, would that have gotten rid of the "Original Sin"?
Whether or not Jesus was Son of God, he was also Son of Man. He inherited (according to the Bible now) the attributes of BOTH man and God. He was born of Mary. Mary would have been sinful because of the original sin (and perhaps some other sin?). So Jesus would have inherited this sin. No?
You asked where it said Jesus sinned. Now, you yourself said "People in all places, in all situations and with all backgrounds seem to make harsh mistakes in their lives, regardless of wether they regret them or not (they usually do)". I'll leave this definition, because a mistake is not really equal to a sin. If I give you wrong directions unknowingly, that is a mistake, but not a sin.
OK, so....lets take an example from the Bible- Jesus whipping the money people out of the Church. Was that a sin? One of those people would go home that day without money, and his family would go hungry for a day. Does that make it a sin?
If I eat salty food infront of a person who can't eat salt, is that sinful? If I say something derogatory about the new Star Wars movie, and a Star wars fanatic is hurt by that, is that sinful?
How far exactly does a sin go? If my greatgrandfather played around with a whore, and I came as a result of that, does it reflect anything on me? Does it make me sinful?
Ok, if my great-great-great-ancestor ate a fruit from a tree, and got sent out of heaven. Does that make me sinful?
Last question: I believe the concept of humans being inherently corrupt is ridiculuous as well. You don't seem to think so. Just because someone may do something wrong once they are fully aware that they are doing it, that doesn't mean they were corrupt from the start, does it?
Is a newborn baby inherently corrupt? Ok, someone just turned to an adult (at the age of 12 according to the Bible), are they inherently corrupt?
[edit on 22-5-2005 by babloyi]
Originally posted by jake1997
actually...its because it looks like a duck, sounds like a duck, and acts like a duck...
Originally posted by jake1997
1.) They have the crescent moon. (if it was turkish then it wouldnt be in mecca)
2.) They have the same place of worship
3.) They have the same object at that place (the big black rock)
4.) They have the same religious holidays including ramadan
5.) They have the same rituals of worship at mecca and thru the rest of the year
Originally posted by jake1997
1.) They have the crescent moon. (if it was turkish then it wouldnt be in mecca)
2.) They have the same place of worship
3.) They have the same object at that place (the big black rock)
4.) They have the same religious holidays including ramadan
5.) They have the same rituals of worship at mecca and thru the rest of the year
6.) (If shia is considered islam proper then we can add a few that they have)
Now if you want to say the same about christianity, make sure you distinguish between the catholic and christian because catholics do not keep the word of the holy book
and have added to it or taken away at their various councils.
Im sure you know the history of the rcc as well as anyone needs to , to know what Im talking about.
Originally posted by Nygdan
Originally posted by jake1997
1.) They have the crescent moon. (if it was turkish then it wouldnt be in mecca)
As pointed out, however, those meccan moons are archaeological artefacts from the pagan era.
I hope.
Originally posted by Jakko
Allright somewhere, here we go...Allright somewhere, here we go...
This relates to Biblical text how exactly, Jakko?
First of all calling the concept of humans being corrupt a ridiculous notion makes me wonder wether you have ever watched a news bulletin.
Very good then, so it has nothing to do with original sin, is where I see you going. This then leads me back to my initial questions in this thread and others posted elsewhere: Why is baptism practiced? Why are Christians constantly told they inherited sin from Adam when they are also told Jesus died to absolve same? Welcome to my world, Jakko, for you do do not know it, but in your haste to discount anything I write, you in fact are discounting one of the two basic requirements for belief in Christianity.
People in all places, in all situations and with all backgrounds seem to make harsh mistakes in their lives, regardless of wether they regret them or not (they usually do).
And he was. The earliest fragments we have at our disposal, have him claiming to be the son of man and not the son of God which it was later changed to. I leave it to you to educate yourself in that regard. Aside from which, if he was the son of God, then your God’s omnipotence is severely stunted if he had to use a human woman born of “original sin” herself to birth your saviour. Remember, this was the God who fashioned man from the ground. If he truly wanted to prove himself, he certainly did not need to choose a 12-14 year old child to impregnate.
Now with the above quote you attempt to explain why Jesus being sinless makes no sense next to the claim of the flesh being corrupted. With this statement you automaticly assume that jesus was just that; a human.
Shame on you for your childlike reflex to my queries. To most people in this world, Jesus was at best either just another or nobody at all. Now if your contention is that he was sinless, you have provided nothing to counter his birth from flesh which by Christian doctrine dictates that all humans are born with original sin. Humans are made of flesh and blood, they live and die, and your Jesus was flesh: he bled: he lived: he died.
That your flawed logic makes you come to flawed conclusions is logical, but to a lot of people in this world, Jesus was sinless because of that one huge difference between Jesus and humans, Jesus was God in human-form.
He was a an insurgent; a terrorist; a seditionist; a man, like you, except he was deluded.
He is Jesus because he IS that exception.
Your honour, I offer as my testimony the fact that this man not only instructed his people to deny that he was Jesus, which if he was, he encouraged them to lie, but also that he on more than one occasion ran and hid in fear and could not directly answer the question put to him by Pilate. Your honour, either God is playing games with us mere mortals instructing us to be deceitful, or this man was a fake.
You can not say He was a sinner unless you can actually point out a point in the bible where he sinned.
Grasping at straws aren’t you? The law was Pontius Pilate, on behalf of Caesar. Need I say more?
You have no idea what the word law means in this context.
Only to Christians does it mean such. Of course without this perverse belief you have nothing. The man was a Jew. Christians are not Jews, and they will never be Jews, no matter how hard you or any other tries to pervert that definition.
This time you (willingly?) misunderstand the word family. Family means (in this case) christians.
Another infantile statement, Jakko. The only response to same is to say it is you who wishes not to see.
The problem here is that you do not WANT to see why Jesus may have actually been the Messiah after all.
Was that a temper tantrum? Reflect on your own ignorance, and when you actually have a plausible and considered rebuttal to my statements other than your myopic and vacuous responses, let me know, I will engage you again. When I read such tripe, I well know you battle only to protect whatever self-respect you have left, and so it is here that I stop reading your inane post, lest I resort to treating you like the two-year old you portray yourself to be. My hope surely did not last past the last time I typed the word itself.
Your ignorant rethorical questions that you allready know the answer to are not the best way to discus and to learn from eachother, but whatever floats your boat I guess.
Originally posted by jake1997
But what about the BAD christians, whose religion is filled with just as many (and probably more) pagan references - not to mention VIOLATING the first commandment (Christ was deified in ROMAN fashion, remember?)
There you go confusing roman catholic doctrine with biblical doctrine.
Originally posted by jake1997
1.) They have the crescent moon. (if it was turkish then it wouldnt be in mecca)