Maybe the Rapture happened and Jesus just couldn't find any true Christians

[bklyncowgirl]

Let's face it, like Diogenes and his lantern searching Athens for an honest man, being a true Christian is not, I repeat not, easy and most of the people who most loudly proclaim their Christianity are probably the furthest removed from the teachings of Jesus as expressed in the New Testament.

According to Jesus in order to follow him you gotta believe, I mean really believe but you also have to:

1. Love God with your whole heart and soul--no man can serve two masters.
2. Love your neighbor as yourself--including the ones that don't look, think or act like you do.
3. Don't be a hypocrite: Don't criticize the splinter your neighbor's eye and ignore the beam in your own--let he who is without sin cast the first stone.
4. Turn the other cheek when others oppress you.
5. Stop talking about your relationship with God and do something to help others: By your deeds they shall know you.
6. Sell everything you have and give the money to the poor (Ouch that's gotta hurt).

Oh and enjoying a nice glass of wine or two with friends is perfectly cool. Anyone got a jar of water?

As Gandhi is supposed to have said and I'm probably misquoting.

I love Christ but I can't stand Christians--they are so unlike Christ.

[nonperson]

1. That's the most reasonable rapture explanation I've read here so far

Rapture cancelled for lack of qualified participants.

[bklyncowgirl]

3. I know I don't live up to it--unlike those who call themselves Christians I don't pretend I do.

Besides, I got a little problem with that faith thingy.

[RandomThoughts]

2. quote is different then I remember.

n/t

[bklyncowgirl]

4. Yeah I should have looked it up but I'm lazy

Another reason I wasn't raptured.

[RandomThoughts]

5. I doubt you are lazy.

[greyl]

6. "Jesus" also gave advice on how to treat ones slaves, so... nt

[bklyncowgirl]

8. I don't recall that one but given the historical context it's not surprising. nt

[Smarmie Doofus]

7. 'The last Christian died on the cross.' - Nietzsche nt

[quaker bill]

9. To my mind, I have met a few

I would never say they do not exist. Their number is very small, but human diversity accomodates a great many things. That said, I do not imagine myself to remotely qualify.

[bklyncowgirl]

20. The few I've met who would remotely qualify would not expect to be among the elect

Most truly religious people who I have met were very humble and very well aware of their own shortcomings.

[quaker bill]

25. True

none I have met would think it. They do not go about making predictions or giving unsolicited advice either.

[Cal33]

35. Very true. And the only way to make progress spiritually, is to become more aware of one's own

short-comings, and try to correct them. Not any easy thing to do.

[oberliner]

10. Have you recently seen Godspell?

Those points you made are the teachings that the play highlights.

[griloco]

11. With NO due respect

You are so out there in left field.

Why do you Satanic apologists keep quoting Jesus 1.0?
Since He resurrected and is floating in the clouds (where you'll never know
because, like the rapture, His location is not fixed) He's sent down
gospels to the Chosen Ones.

1. God is gold. Money is gold. Same master.
2. Arnold channels Solomon and the liberal media attacks him.
3. Jesus died for my sins, not my neighbors.
4. After both cheeks are slapped, open fire. Preemptively if necessary.
5. Fear the Inquisition!
6. The poor are poor because that's how Jesus wants them. Titus Andronicus 4: 6-22

And if you weren't such a Heathen Heretic from Hades, I'd teach you the water-to-wine
incantation.

BTW, Gandhi's roasting as we speak

[bklyncowgirl]

12. Now the water to wine thing is something I could use.

Sorry I'm such a Heretic Heathen from Hades. Twelve years of Catholic School education will do that to you.

[mitchtv]

27. what HS?

I went to St Helena in the BX a long commute from Queens

[obxhead]

17. Don't you have an act of mock cannibalism to be getting to soon?

You're special and your neighbor is worthless. Got it.

[nxylas]

32. Are you a member of Landover Baptist Church?

Your post seems like their style.

[griloco]

34. One down and nine to go

if you're not familiar with the reference
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gR-vU44gd4

[Motown_Johnny]

13. your quotes are accurate but...

perhaps a bit misleading.

None of these spell out a direct correlation between going to heaven and/or going to hell. For example, #6 is about being perfect.


To my knowledge there is only one passage in the Bible which spells out exactly what gets you life eternal and what gets you everlasting punishment.



http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2025&version=KJV


^snip^


31When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:

32And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

33And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

34Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

35For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

36Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

37Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

38When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

39Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

40And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

41Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

42For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:

43I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

44Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?

45Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.

46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.





So, if you care for the poor the sick and the imprisoned you are OK. If not you are screwed. It is just that simple (or you don't believe the teachings of the Gospel).

[TexasProgresive]

15. AMEN!! n/t

[griloco]

23. God Grief, people

He's talking to farm animals, duh, not people.

Sheep go to Heaven where they clothe Angels with their wool
and feed them lamb chops with their young.

Goats go to Hell because their horny hircuses.

You didn't really think He meant for Christians to feed and clothe the
naked coming strangers, did you?

Well, I guess ilbelievers can misread anything!

[Motown_Johnny]

24. "feed them with lamb chops from their young"

no comment

[TexasProgresive]

14. G.K. Chesterton said:

"The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried."

G.K. Chesterton

[bklyncowgirl]

16. I do believe that you and G.K. Chesterton are correct

[BluDogsRPubs]

18. Paul Killed all the First Christians

and he replaced them with whack jobs and we are dealing with their decedents today.

Most if not all Christians follow Paul not Jesus.

[bklyncowgirl]

19. I don't know about St. Paul but once Christianity became the establishment religion of the ...

Roman Empire it pretty much ossified.

Not that Christians weren't merrily murdering each other of interpretations of doctrine before tat time.

[Generic Brad]

21. Perhaps God tried but was not all powerful enough to pull it off

Something went horribly wrong and he could not lift them up as he had planned. Perhaps he was caught off guard by the Rupture.

[griloco]

22. :rofl: n/t

[treestar]

26. It did happen after all

Jesus Confirms World Ended Saturday

http://democratsforprogress.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=5897

[bklyncowgirl]

28. Cute! nt

[Cleita]

29. Well I'm sure that preacher Harold Camping

will be saying just that and keeping the money everyone gave to him.

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/apocalypse-quietly-harold-camping-awol/story?id=13659311

Edited to add link.

[bklyncowgirl]

33. You know, back in the day these jokers got to stand on a street corner holding a sign.

Now they can use the Internet to spread the word. Ain't progress great!

[Rex]

30. 4400. That number could disappear from the planet and no one would

know that it happen but a very very small number of people...and they ain't talkin.

[burrowowl]

31. Good explanation!