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Voltaire2

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14. So you have like a direct connection or something?
Thu Jan 16, 2020, 01:10 PM
Jan 2020

How do you know your god approves of your version of christianity?

And how do you know that other person over there who you think is a false christian doesn't also have the same belief that his god approves his version?

Our government using the death penalty is not murder, and it is biblical. braddy Jan 2020 #1
It is state sanctioned murder Soph0571 Jan 2020 #2
The death penalty is a lawful government function, Christians are not performing it individually. braddy Jan 2020 #3
The death penalty is barbaric, vengeful and has no place in a civilised society... Soph0571 Jan 2020 #5
Your argument is with government, not with an individual Christian who isn't executing anyone. braddy Jan 2020 #6
auschwitz was a 'lawful government function'. Voltaire2 Jan 2020 #8
It was murder according to the bible, not legal capitol punishment. braddy Jan 2020 #10
the bible has several examples of god sanctioning the wholesale slaughter of other tribes. Voltaire2 Jan 2020 #11
Here is an article that clears some of this up. braddy Jan 2020 #12
See Numbers 31 Voltaire2 Jan 2020 #15
Ask a Rabbi about Jews and God before the Christ. braddy Jan 2020 #17
lulzd. Of course, that was some other gods. Voltaire2 Jan 2020 #18
Wow. braddy Jan 2020 #19
You wrote: "It was murder according to the bible, not legal capitol punishment." Voltaire2 Jan 2020 #20
I am not a Rabbi Cartoonist Jan 2020 #23
and I guessed it was the one about selling your possessions and giving the rurallib Jan 2020 #4
I agree with your opinion of the death penalty edhopper Jan 2020 #7
a 'real' christian is anyone who describes themselves as a christian. Voltaire2 Jan 2020 #9
A real Christian is one who believes and believes in Christ. God decides who is Christian, it isn't braddy Jan 2020 #13
So you have like a direct connection or something? Voltaire2 Jan 2020 #14
Maybe god will decide you aren't a Christian, and Mike Pence is? trotsky Jan 2020 #21
Only God knows for sure who will go to heaven as true believers in Christ. braddy Jan 2020 #22
ah so you agree then that there is no way for mere mortals to separate Voltaire2 Jan 2020 #24
Brothers and sisters in Christ can largely tell their own, and supporting the death penalty is braddy Jan 2020 #25
Wow, judge much? trotsky Jan 2020 #28
There was no judgement in my post, but yours does seem to be pure judgement of something braddy Jan 2020 #29
I have a problem when believers claim to know what their god thinks. trotsky Jan 2020 #35
I can't make any sense from your claims, it was a simple post. braddy Jan 2020 #36
You said people who support the death penalty can't be Christians. trotsky Jan 2020 #37
All Christians are hooked up with Other-Christian Detectors... Act_of_Reparation Jan 2020 #39
And that's NOT judging, so stop saying that! trotsky Jan 2020 #40
A real Christian Cartoonist Jan 2020 #16
There's one other order all Christians are given. "Be kind to others as you would like them to be napi21 Jan 2020 #26
Proselytize, witness, convert - by example. keithbvadu2 Jan 2020 #27
In what writings did Billy and Franklin Graham say that Catholics are not Christians? braddy Jan 2020 #30
According to them, Catholics are not Christians either. keithbvadu2 Jan 2020 #31
So where have the Grahams said that the Catholic denomination is not Christian? (they haven't) braddy Jan 2020 #32
Sorry. All I have are their own words. keithbvadu2 Jan 2020 #33
I'm asking for those words, where do they say the Catholic denomination is not Christian? Show braddy Jan 2020 #34
This calls for a... Act_of_Reparation Jan 2020 #38
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