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Yeah, it was pretty clear what kind of squid it was

So you had a boyfriend when you were 11? I don't think you're able to relate to this...

*Looks at camera*

Rubix*

So many of those denominations are small groups made up of only a few churches, first of all and secondly, most of these denominations disagree on small little things, whether it is what kind of songs to sing in church, or how communion should be done. However, most of these denominations can all agree on the Bible's fundamental truths: that God created the world and that he sent his only son, Jesus to save us from our sins and that if we believe that, we will have eternal life with him.

*troalling

FIFA's way more frustrating

Niriel, you tell me what is confusing, unclear, erroneous and inconsistent with the Bible please.

Nope, I have my views on how things should be written and you have yours. Personally I think it is spelled "wifeys"

Also, there is nowhere where he revises his own words....I never said that. He only fulfills them through Jesus. In the Old Testament, God gave the Israelites specific commands that were meant for them because they had not been saved by Jesus yet. They had to sacrifice in order to make them clean, whereas now, as Christians, we have Jesus who has made us clean. Also, many non-christians take verses out of context in the old testament, such as the verse about not getting tattoos. They think that this should apply to Christians too, when really, God was commanding the Israelites not to do this because back then, tattoos were a sign of belonging to and worshipping other Gods. You have to understand the context of the times that the Bible was written in to understand what it is God is telling us.

The Bible is not all literal. Most of it is, but there are many parts where there are prophecies and revelations that are not meant, and were never meant to be taken literally. When John writes in revelation about the beasts, he is using the beasts to secretly stand for the Roman empire...he doesn't mean that a beast is literally going to come out of the sea. Taking the human authors into account is very important because they had an original intent in their writing. A lot of Christians take verses out of context, such as Jeremiah 29:11, because they think that God was literally telling everyone who ever existed and everyone who will ever exist that he has a plan for them that doesn't include harm; however, he was originally talking to the Israelites as they were going into bondage. The reason why it is important to look at the original authors is because otherwise, a lot of verses will get taken out of context.

I think it's all a matter of opinion, guest shouldn't have forced his opinion on the writer, and you shouldn't have forced yours on guest

why the downvotes for guest?

there really wasn't a whole lot of thought that went into the making of that chart. So many of those contradictions are far-fetched and are merely just a matter of realizing the original intent of the writers. Also, many of them are saying that the old testament and the new testament contradict each other, when really God is fulfilling his covenant, meaning that because Jesus has died for our sins, God requires different things from us in the new testament than he did from the old testament Israelites.

Where does it contradict itself? What about its morality is obscene and what doesn't make sense about it? There are a lot of people that like to cherry-pick parts of it, I agree with you there. When people say stuff like the guest above did, they are proving that, but I don't agree with your others claims about the Bible itself.

Yes, but not agreeing with what God is telling us through his word is a sign of unbelief in him. As a christian, you should not only believe in God, but you should agree with everything he says to you, otherwise your faith isn't real.

Yeah, I understand that, I'm only 19 and I've been a Christian for most of my life. It's impossible to know everything about God and what is coming after this life, but I have faith that God is real and that I am saved by him and that I'll go to heaven when I die