@z0z0,
z0z0;14777 wrote:Sword - you seem to know more than I do.
Why don't you go to Iraq or Afghanistan and do the right thing.
I feel the need to comment seems there is a remark about our military men and women(just a remark, not good, not bad) I am not in the miltary. But i do know they pledge in public to DIE for our country and do! First i do not consider myself a Christian, you might based on these beliefs:
I believe that Jesus the Christ, a man and a Son of God was born 2,000 years ago in the cityof Nazareth. I believe, by reading what HE said, He was wise. I loved He used parables to explain His message. I believe He died a horrendous, three hour death by cruxification. I believe He commited no crime, therefore an innocent man died for a crime He did not commit. I believe this is a crime against humanity commited by men(i could explain more, but not the point)
Perhaps, you would not consider me a Christian based on these facts:
I do not attend a weekly mass at any christian building. I do not go to confession (okay, yeah I know Catholics). I do not believe Christianity is the only true path to the Divine. I do not use the Bible as my primary reference book.
Anyway, blah, blah. I believe I may know more about Christianity than some people because...well, read my introduction.
For the sake of this argument, lets agree I am:
"In your bible, it says as a punishment for the original sin:
To the woman he said, "I will greatly increase your pains in childbearing; with pain you will give birth to children". (Genisis 3:16)
If Jesus had sacrificed & forgiven our sin, then "WHY CHRISTIAN WOMEN ARE STILL GETTING LABOR PAIN!?"
My interpretation supposedly as Christian, We need to understand our world. We believe that God created all things. So, when we attempt to define our world we use God as a primary reference. Rather than use the scientific fact that a woman will have pain releasing a 4-10lb child through her vagina, we use God's divine plan. Now as a supposed Chrsitian, I believe it is pride to suppose you know God's plan. Truly KNOW it. Quite impossible.
However, for further clarity, you may need to ask someone who labels themselves as Christian. (really I do not care, not important to me for the sake of debating)