by being christian, you are explicitly rejecting innumerable other gods and belief systems. presumably you dont require evidence beyond a shadow of a doubt to reject all other religions in favor of christianity?
Presumably you don’t require evidence beyond a shadow of a doubt to disprove the existence of God. I find that very contradictory to your entire belief system. I also never claimed I was right and all other beliefs were stupid, you did.
i dunno what you mean. i will just assume you cant understand why proving a negative isnt something that happens very often. you said you were christian. unless you were lying, you are explicitly denying all other religions. why do you have faith that islam is wrong? how can you know you are not just pissing god off? you cant know that. and here you are, professing to be christian, full of faith that islam is wrong. why are you so arrogant as to have faith that islam is not true? science has never proven that islam is not true.
Being a Christian does not necessarily denounce the beliefs of Muslims, Jews, or other faiths that believe in God. The church as an institution might, but being a free willed individual I am allowed to accept things that God has given me the mind to. I am not strapped by the foundation of the church. I have told you this before, and until someone can show me somewhere in the bible that I have to attend a church I will express my faith and relationship with God in my way. You and I have visited this before so I am not going to rehash it again with you.
the very thing that you think makes you christian (belief that jesus is the son of god and died for your sins) necessarily means you are denying the truths of the other religions.
Yes, but I acknowledge that they have the right to practice their faith in a manner that they so choose. It is their right and I respect them for it. I am not an advocate of who is right and who is wrong, just that you support your belief and respect others.
how can you be sure they are wrong? science has not proven judaism wrong, and jews are sure that jesus wasnt the son of god. how are you so arrogant that you can choose christianity and thefore deny judaism? since when has judaism been proven wrong? of course you are. you are a christian and believe you are right, and your religion is absolutely clear on this. have you heard of hell? thats where your religion sends folks that dont believe. your beliefs are infinitely more exclusionary and punishing than mine.
I've only read bits and pieces of pg 12 but will generally comment that I definitely believe in something "supernatural". I was raised Catholic and don't believe in every little detail (just had a ribeye an hour ago) but am fascinated by the history and think it's possible that Jesus was something special. It also seems possible that enlightment is beyond our understanding so maybe it's pointless to debate. Everyone experiences different 'revelations' at different points in their lives and choose to comprehend them in whatever seems appropriate at the time. I believe there is something more to 'life' than our time on Earth. Exactly what that means, I have no clue.
Here's the problem with your line of thinking. You're assuming that I think I'm right and I think others are wrong. This isn't the case for me. Fact I simply don't know. Just because my choice is to follow the christian beliefs doesn't mean I think other beliefs are wrong, I just choose not to follow them. If there are others who share my beliefs that are widely accepted, to me doesn't mean that we are right, for there are other widely accepted beliefs that others choose to follow, but noone really knows who is right. Here's the biggest part of your problem in addressing my logic, you are talking the stance of the church. I already told you I don't adhere to any institution in regards to my expression of faith. I follow the word of the Bible which nowhere does it exclude or isolate one religion over another as to who is right or who is wrong.
