Terry's Peeps wrote:
Mini Ditka wrote:
You guys are like that alcoholic relative who acts as if he knows everything, that all other people's opinions are worthless, that no one is ever good enough to be deemed worthy of respect and that it's impossible to be grateful, positive or hopeful even when a situation is going well.
Like how you know Jesus is the only true God and the Muslims and Jews are pretending?
Or like how you know that homosexuality is an abomination?
Jesus either is the Son of God or he isn't. Christianity is the only religion where its God takes the form of a man and gives his life for his followers to atone for their sin. Islam should be considered a false religion on the simple merit that it's wrong to put people who disagree with your religion to death and their treatment of women as an inferior species should also raise a red flag. Mohammed is a false prophet. He has no prophecies that have come true. It's a very backwards religion that its followers would kill people over a cartoon.
In contrast Christianity offers forgiveness for mankind in exchange for belief and acceptance in the sacrifice of the Son of God for the sins of humanity. It doesn't say you have to be born a Christian to receive God's forgiveness. The fact that the Jews still exist should be an indication that Christianity is true. If you read the Old Testament it's clear that Jesus fulfills all the prophecies given about the Messiah. The probability of anyone else being the Messiah is zero. No one else has been born of a virgin.
The problem with the Jews is that they have a Messiah, but they reject him so salvation has come to the Gentiles. It's unfortunate, but there are Jews who are Christians and who understand how Jesus is the Passover Lamb whose blood was shed for the sins of humanity. It's unfortunate, but God still offers a free gift of salvation to them and everyone else.
We've discussed the homosexual lifestyle many times. I would just say that homosexuality is against the teachings of Christianity, Islam and Judaism and morality doesn't change because the cultures change. Our society is basically heading off the cliff for a number of reasons and acceptance and endorsement of homosexuality is one of many reasons for the coming demise of America.