Christians: would you accept my apologies?

Question

I apologise for this question
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Alv4ag42spu2Fd0U33CALkrsy6IX?qid=20060907233647AAk17vx

I really didn`t want to hurt anybody

I wanted to prove a point, if you took verses out of the context from any book , the Quran, the bible, whatever it can be interpreted falsley. I wanted just to show the Christians who attack Islam by taking Quranic verses out of the context & having their own interpretation, that I can do the same with the bible. But again I`m sorry if anybody was hurt, for I remebered Prohphet Muhammad`s saying:"Don`t Insult their relegion, so that they don`t Insult yours"

If anybody is hurt again I`m sorry, I didn`t mean that

Answer 1

Apology accepted. Peace be with you.

Answer 2

You Never Offended Me, But I'll Forgive You Anyways,
Just Something To Think About. I Read Your Other Post, But You Point Out All The Negatives Of Christianity...
You Could Have Made An Excellent Point If You’d Read Into Your Subject More.

Jesus Taught About Not Doing Your Deeds In Public, For That Is All The Reward You Will Get. The Pharisees, And Priest Prayed Publicly, When They Knew They Would Be Looked Upon With Favor In Men’s Eyes. Jesus Taught That Our Prayer Should Be In Private. Not For The Glory Of Man, But The Glory Of God.
Jesus Went Where He Was Needed. And Frequently Seeked Time Alone With The Lord. Read It Again. Most Of The Time He Would Teach Them, About Humbling Themselves, And Teaching The Law OF Moses. And Then He Would Leave To Find Separation From Everyone.
Bearing In Mind Your Statement About The Word "Yet" Being Added. It Probably Wasn’t A Common Term Used When The Bible Was Originally Translated. And Being Written In Various Languages Such As Hebrew, And Greek. And Latin. Words And Statements Have Different Meanings.
It Does Not Mean He Was A Sinner, Baptism Is The Outward Sign Of Faith. Its Before Friend, And Family. It Is A Way Of Showing Your Commitment To Your Faith. Baptism Does Not Mean He Was A Sinner. It Means He Was Following Gods Rules. He Did Not Need Baptism, As John Said. For John Said It Should Be Jesus Baptizing Him.
Revelations Is The Book Of End Times. Judgment Will Come And The Consequences Are Clear. There Is A Heaven And A Hell, So Also Must There Be Mercy And Judgment.
Jesus Was Not A Hater. He Was Merely Pointing Out Another Reference To Not Being Able To Serve Tow Things, You Cannot Love The World And God, Because Then The World Is Like Your Master, And So Is God. And You Cannot Hate The World, Because Being A Christian Is Loving The World Through Jesus Eyes. We Can Not Love What People Do, Drinking, Smoking. Ect. But We Are Told To Love Our Enemies, Which Mean Even Though They're Actions Are Not Ok, We Must Look To The Soul Underneath And Love Them For Who The Are. Not What They Are.
By Sword, He Meant It Will Be A Sacrifice On Our Part To Follow Him Whole Heartedly. People Will Persecute Us For Our Faith. That Is What He Meant By The Sword.
If A Vine Dies, And Withers, Then It Will Fall From The Vine. One Dead Branch Can Disease A Whole Tree. So The Gardener Removes It Before It Creates A Rot. That Is Not The Death Penalty. That Is The Consequence Of Our Faith Dying Out. Remaining With The Vine And We Will Live Healthily And Happily.
"Salted With Fire" Read Acts 2 And Then Read A Parallel To It. Found In Mathew 3:11(Spoken By John The Baptist). By Fire They Mean That It Is The Tongues Of Fire Brought On The Day Of Pentecost. John Baptized With Water. Jesus Brought The Fire Of The Holy Spirit After He Died And Rose From The Grave.


Jesus' Last Words He Said Were "Abba (Father) Forgive Them, For They Know Not What They Do."
He Wasn’t Saying That Killing Him Wasn’t Right. Because Without Death, There Could Be No Life Reborn. He Was Asking For The Forgiveness Of Our Sins.

Being Forgiven Of Sins Is Simple. I Believe Knowing You Have Found All Of Those Verses On Your Own. You Could Look These Up.

John 3:16
Romans 3:23
John 14:6
Acts 3: 19
John 1:12

Accepting Jesus Into Your Heart Is As Easy As Saying a Little Prayer.

"Lord God, Thank You For Sending Your Son Jesus Christ To Die On The Cross For Me. I Believe Jesus Is Your Son, And That He Died On The Cross And Rose Again On The Third Day. I Know That I Am A Sinner. Please Forgive Me Of My Sins That I Have Committed Against You And My Fellow Man. Help Me To Follow You With My Entire Heart, Mind, Body And Soul. Help Me To Keep Your Commandments, And To Learn More About You."

Its That Simple. If A Blind Man Believes There Is A Ground Below Us, And A Sky Above Us. How Much Easier Is It For Us To Trust There Is A God, And Trust In Jesus, When We Can See All The Many Wonderful And Glorious Things God Has Created For Us.

God Bless You. I Understand How Easily People Can Take Things Out Of Context. And I Pray You Do Not Feel My Statements Confrontational. Yet Pray You Find Them Inspirational, And Informational.

Answer 3

I looked at your quotations and they don't seem to be taken out of context to me. How does one falsely interpret a statement that basically says "If you don't hate everyone else, you can't follow me?" How is that not hateful? Jesus was a human being. He was a man. He made mistakes and had failings like everyone else. So what? Is it so wrong that some of these failings are described in the Bible? Big deal.

Whether you insult their religion or not, they'll still insult yours. I think you are backpedalling, and I don't see what you have to apologize for.

Answer 4

Your apology is accepted. Your trespass is forgiven. Many Christian dominations vary in their use of the Bible. As a Roman Catholic in this modern time, the faults, if ever and whatever, of the forefathers are best forgiven.

Answer 5

The world's a big place, and the internet is even bigger. :) It's easy to offend people as I found out.

If your intentions were innocent, you've got my forgiveness!

If not for 9-11 you probably wouldn't have gotten so much anger with that question. It's a sensitive time for us here in the US.

Answer 6

Demonstrating how interpretation based on selective quoting from any book can be used to support contradictory positions is a useful exercise - shows how futile it is trying to prove anything by quoting from a book..

Answer 7

I liked it how you showed those Christians who loved to demonize Islam how their book was not so peaceful either.....the Bible and the Qu'ran are peaceful and both show the truth but in different ways

Answer 8

Don't worry about it. We are all God's children. It happens a lot from our bible too. People wanting to justify their sins or condemning others by taking verses out of context.

Answer 9

I hadn't read your first question, but I was struck by the fact someone was being kind to others of a different religion/faith/belief on this forum.
Where did you get that very mean, inaccurate list of reasons to reject Jesus Christ? That has got to be the saddest, most evil and unfortunate thing I've ever seen.
One day, one day, one day every knee shall bow and tongue confess that Jesus Christ is LORD.
Until then, thanks for your apology and may God bless you.

Answer 10

I appreciate your comments, and as a Christian, of course I accept your apology. You are close to God; you show his attributes of humility and true meekness. I accept you as my spiritual brother.