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In terms of Christianity and where God is concerned, if you are not worshipping Him and praising Him in your religion, then your religion is a false religion.

If you follow teachings of Buddha or Mohammed or the Dahli Lama in stead of following the teachings of Jesus Christ, then your religion is a false religion according to the Word of God.

If your religion thinks that we evolved from monkeys, a primordial ooze in the ocean or from dinosaur dung, then your religion is a false religion according to the Word of God.

If your religion does not believe that Jesus was sent here by God to die for us, to buy our souls with His Blood, and that He rose from the dead and ascended to Heaven, then your religion is a false religion according to God.

If your religion believes in reincarnation or some other juxtaposition of eternal life other than what God says eternal life is, then your religion is a false religion.

There is no middle ground or gray area here.

if you are not worshipping Him and praising Him in your religion, then your religion is a false religion.

I do this with total commitment.

Because Amadeus seems to me to be a fanatical fundamentalist, who does not truly understand God's message. I truly, truly feel so sad that he is so fixated on one viewpoint, that he dismisses all the rest of the Good around him, out of hand.

I do not understand his Logic in stating that when Jesus comes, he will be one of the chosen...Does he expect Jesus to arrive in his lifetime?
If not, and he dies, does he expect to go straight to Heaven?

If he doesn't, where will he stay in the meantime?
What if he dies suddently and has no time to 'repent his sins'?
Then surely, he should be repenting every second of the day, "just in case"...which would mean that he actually wouldn't be sinning at all... but he does...

It's all a bit too scare-mongering for me to ever take it seriously.

This is why I can't be bothered to respond to him.
I ignore him.
Sure, I read his posts, because I can. But if he attacks me personally, or tells lies about me (as he has done)Then I will respond, as is my right. On the whole though, I would rather engage with people who don't sound like a stuck record, and have a better variety of things to offer by way of discussion.

I feel sad for him, also because he seems to think his methods could win people over, but in fact, they alienate people from Christianity, because fanaticism - in any guise - is extremely detrimental to the faith in question; it gives it a bad reputation, and is very off-putting.

shame.

I feel sad for him, also because he seems to think his methods could win people over, but in fact, they alienate people from Christianity, because fanaticism - in any guise - is extremely detrimental to the faith in question; it gives it a bad reputation, and is very off-putting.
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He has promised not to do this.

God exists.
Jesus exists.
Jesus is God.
No arguments.

Whatever, Alexandra,

You have a unique way of twisting everything I say.

My message is simply that the Bible is the word of God, Jesus died for our sins.

I know where I am going after the Holy Spirit gets called up.

I do repent and rebuke of any sins that I may have committed in a day. I repent and rebuke anyway that I do not glorify or edify God everyday. It is what you are supposed to do as a Christian.

That too is in the Bible but you won't believe anything written in there.

Here's a simpler message for you.

Know Jesus, Know Heaven

No Jesus, No Heaven.

Is that more succinct for you?

BTW, Alexandra, what lies have I told about you?

For God to exist, it is necessary for us to believe in him. If we didn't, then he wouldn't exist.
God is therefore a man-made deity, dependent on faith.
Buddhism requires no such construct.
The fact that Jesus may very well have existed is another matter. I'm open to this opinion, and in fact, I find his teachings both profound and instructive.

Either Texas dave IS amadeus or they are neighbors...

Their arguements seem very similar. Even the tone of their posts are the same...

From what I can tell, they are different posters...
But:
They are both male...
They're both extremely set in their ways and deeply convinced of their being Right and representatives of the only and indisputable Truth.
They both refuse to explore, discuss or engage in any discussion of any creed other than their Christian one...
And they've both been banned before.

Other than that, there's no similarity at all, really!