Its true whether you believe it or not!!
John 8:34
Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.
Take this test: try not to sin
19The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like.
2006-10-04 16:41:28 · 28 answers · asked by Ken 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
This is very interesting, I see it is taken from your sacred text.
I participate in Witchcraft, I do not participate in the others. Do you?
Blessings )O(
2006-10-04 16:44:57 · answer #1 · answered by Epona Willow 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
It's true for you because you believe in the bible.
I on the other hand am prone to sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like.
Peace
2006-10-04 23:45:42 · answer #2 · answered by DontPanic 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It isn't true, whether you believe *that* or not. It is part of the doctrine of your faith, works for you, fine and dandy. But it is a far, far reach to *truth* from there.
Let's see, working my way down the list...
Done that. And that... Yep, that too... Ooh, witchcraft, yes...
Hatred - nope on that one. Not a jealous or envious person, no...
Drunkenness upon rare occasion... Orgies... Best leave that one to the imagination!
2006-10-05 00:00:54 · answer #3 · answered by Chickyn in a Handbasket 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
hmmm.....
Doest that mean Christians are exempt from that? Because you and your kind know that scripture by heart and yet....
1) Your Christian pioneers and forefathers raped and butchered Jews and Muslims during the Crusades.
2) Your Christian pioneers and forefathers tortured and murdered non-Christians during the Inquisition.
3) Your Christian pioneers and forefathers condemn to death people during the Salem witch trials just for owning a black cat.
4) Your Christian pioneers and forefathers raped, beat and dehumanized the Negroes and turned them into slaves.
5) Your Christian pioneers and forefathers founded the KKK and raped and killed non-whites and non-Christians
6) Your Christian pioneers and forefathers secretly approved of Hitler's genocide of 6 million Jews during World War 2.
7) Your Christian brothers conducted rape and genocide of the Bosian Muslims during the Balkan conflict.
Take a good look at your own backyard before you classify people as non-believers.
2006-10-04 23:50:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Are you aware that Jesus (PBUH) never once stated that he was "The Son of God" in the Bible and that he was voted in as such at the Synod of Nicaea in 325 Ad,hardly a good reason to form a faith, also the Trinity was voted in at the same time at the ruling of Emperor Constantine only truly converted to Christianity on his deathbed
Jesus(PBUH) said "Hear ye all you Israel there is only one God and you must love him with all your soul,and all your heart, and all your mind. so with this in mind how do you explain the "Trinity".Pease don't just read your Bible read your History Books as well!!Jesus( PBUH) was a a Prophet not a God
2006-10-05 00:02:59 · answer #5 · answered by alantreloar1955 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am not a Christian....and yes I am aware of it.
I do my best not to pass judgment on another and to treat others with respect. I tend to have fits of rage and and selfish ambition, but I have not yet claimed to be perfect in any way.
2006-10-04 23:48:52 · answer #6 · answered by ? 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, not buying it. Was Gandhi a slave to sin? What you are really saying is that every single person on earth is a slave to sin. If that is really your definition of humanity, I move for a new definition.
2006-10-04 23:58:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Well, according to 19-21 that you supplied, I'm almost a saint.
And no, I did not know those, but I have, without biblical influence, avoided them almost completely. So much for, "atheists are corrupt and vile," eh?
2006-10-04 23:45:44 · answer #8 · answered by drink_more_powerade 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
This kind of so-called 'question' disgusts me. I am disgusted by stupidity, willful ignorance and self delusion... which pretty much sums up the Abrahamic death cults of desert monotheism (Judaism, Christianity, Islam).
It disgusts me to know that three-quarters of the population of the USA is infected with some sort of insidious mental virus that leads them to the insane certainty that the myths, superstitions, fairy tales and fantastical delusions of a bunch of ignorant Bronze Age fishermen and wandering goat herders represent some kind of cosmic 'TRUTH' about fundamental aspects of existence and reality.
It disgusts me to know that so many people dwell in a delusional reality (per Genesis) in which a 6,000 year-old Earth is seperated from a 6,000 year-old Heaven by a solid 'firmament' structure (the sky).
I am disgusted by the fact that these people believe that they inhabit a magical universe, which they share with talking snakes (with legs) and donkeys, a shepherd staff that turns into an asp, demons chased out of people and into pigs, friendly spirits, evil spirits, walking on water, multiplying loaves and fishes, food falling from the sky, conception by a ghost, people raised from the dead, the sun stopping in its tracks, parting seas, people being bodily sucked up into heaven (which, by the way, lies on the 'other side' of the sky), world-wide flood that drowned the earth to a depth of 40 feet above the tallest mountain, creating people from a dust bunny and a rib, a magical tree of knowledge, god speaking from a burning bush... and ritual cannibalism, by eating god in the form of a cracker.
In a sane world, anybody running around spouting ANY of that crap, would be locked up in the State Farm for the Funny. Apparently, though, mass insanity seems to convey some sort of free pass for the loony.
It disgusts me to know that in our society, irrational, deluded people who ACTUALLY BELIEVE such nonsense is TRUE are permitted to vote, hold public office, procreate, and shape the minds trusting, vulnerable children.
It disgusts me to know that these same people think that there is something wrong with those who DON'T believe all of this ridiculous crap.
Get a grip.
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"When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called Religion." ~ Robert M. Pirsig
2006-10-04 23:46:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
You belong in the 7th Century: The Dark Ages.
2006-10-04 23:45:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
What test? Where did you get your list? I'm not a Christian and I resent you saying to me that something is true whether I believe it or not. I chose not to believe it. Now what? Pasting in Bible scripture won't make it true to me. As far as your list goes, even as a non-Christian, I'm not guilty of those. I wonder how that happened?
2006-10-04 23:45:23 · answer #11 · answered by AuroraDawn 7 · 6⤊ 1⤋