mashbooq

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[–] mashbooq@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

You're already in error to ask for support for positions based on the Bible, because the Church determines the Bible's meaning, not the other way around. If you're evaluating claims against what you think the Bible means, your religion is based on yourself, not on God's Church, and you are a heretic and stand condemned.

The reasons for Christ's death are deeper matters to discuss with those in the Church. The Church is responsible for salvation because it was ordained by God through Christ to be His physical manifestation in the world; there is no other way to Him.

[–] mashbooq@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)

You say you're part of "a church." But there is only one Church, founded by the apostles, and if you were part of the true church, you wouldn't call it "a" church.

I'm not trolling. Matthew 13:13-15.

[–] mashbooq@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I don't have a "version" of Christianity; I follow the truth. Why are you so concerned with my identity? Are you unable to engage with true ideas without putting the speaker into a comfortable box?

[–] mashbooq@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Of course you don't have the right frame of reference to understand because your mind is steeped in heresy. You think you can steal the Bible from the religion that it belongs to and just decide what it means for yourself, but it doesn't work that way. God ordained his Church as his representative in the world, and only through that Church can you be saved. The Church is the only one who can interpret the Bible, and outside the Church you stand condemned.

[–] mashbooq@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (11 children)

It's false that your heresy has existed for 2000 years; it's only been the last few hundred. Salvation is through the Church, not through Christ, and outside the church you're damned. Sorry.

[–] mashbooq@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

That's exactly the case. Christianity follows Paul, not Jesus, and only keeps the "Christ" part for marketing

[–] mashbooq@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (13 children)

This is a made-up version of Christianity that didn't exist until the last few hundred years. It's heresy and unless you repent, you're going to hell.

[–] mashbooq@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

A normal business, yes. Normal businesses are highly and cruelly exploitative, which is why we decided 80 years ago (in the US) that children, at the very least, should be protected from them.

[–] mashbooq@lemmy.world 150 points 1 week ago (7 children)

I lost all confidence in it when it rated Jerusalem Post and Euronews (associated with Viktor Orban) as "highly reliable". Both push the pro-fascist narratives of their associated governments. It's better to have no labeling than to label fascist propaganda as "highly reliable"

[–] mashbooq@lemmy.world 49 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This same "discovery" gets reported on once or twice a year; it's starting to feel like a FUD campaign rather than actual research

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