Christianity is an exclusive religion

last SG · 2006-09-26T13:35:13+00:00

How about I take an ion cannon and blast the both of you? People, let's calm down and not start WW3 okie?

nomood SG

Tolerates no other alternative views/religions.

please share your views, thanks!

NT2 SG

Jesus said ' I am the Way, the Truth and the Life, no one comes to the Father except through Me.'

John 14:6

nomood SG

your'e wrong

The Four Noble Truths

1. Life means suffering.

2. The origin of suffering is attachment.

3. The cessation of suffering is attainable.

4. The path to the cessation of suffering.

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this thread is about christian practices, not its doctrines. please quote a practice relevant to the discussion which stems from your cited doctrine.[/b]

Ito_^ SG

Originally posted by nomood:

your'e wrong

The Four Noble Truths

1. Life means suffering.

2. The origin of suffering is attachment.

3. The cessation of suffering is attainable.

4. The path to the cessation of suffering.

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this thread is about christian practices, not its doctrines. please quote a practice relevant to the discussion which stems from your cited doctrine.[/b]

he is right.

dat wasn't a doctrine, its the only truth christians know.

where on earth you get that "four noble truths" one? Laughing

vince69 SG

Hi,
are you sure these are christian practices?

*edited... actually don't even quite sound like buddhist practices also.

nomood SG

Buddhism, hehe. It wouldn't matter, I cited it out of convenience. I was going to google for the book of the necromencer but i was lazy

If that's the only truth that christians know wouldn't that make christians terribly singular minded? ie: a kick back into the middle ages? That would totally defeat the point of breaking away from the catholic church...

nomood SG

I was just making a point to keep the discussion relevant to the topic.

& btw, those are the four noble truths in which buddhism is based upon. Dun know dun anyhow say... Smile

Ito_^ SG

wah lau. anyhow quote..

den dun anyhow say ppl wrong la.

besides, its doctrine they were arguing about but the main idea of no salvation except through jesus christ is the same.

i not either, so dun ask me exactly why they argueing about.

machiam like dat 2 who argued over sweet and sour pork last night..

nomood SG

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant

In a nutshell, christians dont' think they need to follow a religious leader, and are capable of analyzing the bible themselves.

siiigh getting OOT again...

NT2 SG

ic...then u can go to Buddhism forums...the people there are friendlier to help your know more abt the 4 Noble truths.

with regards to this forums, there is only ONE truth - Jesus Christ.

apologies that we cannot include the other truths.

wisefool83 SG

I guess to a certain degree yes bah. Depending on which Church you are from really. Some like the Jesuits can even accept Confucius as a Saint. But generally seems like the Abrahamic religions more exclusive or self-righteous, people who don’t believe in them are referred to as infidels. And generally they don’t practice dual religion, making their religion a zero-sum.

Herzog_Zwei SG

Ito, do you mind??? Embarassed

Ito_^ SG

jesuits believe confucius is a saint meh? Shocked

Ito_^ SG

of cuz not. Laughing do it again.

<Precious> SG

Mebbe. But if u know there'e only one way to God, that's exactly how u will say. rite? Why tell pple that there r other ways when there aren't? Exclusive isn't quite the appropriate word to be employed here as its connotations are stronger than its literal meaning........ Mr. Green

nomood SG

er...
you mean there are churches which accepts confucius as a saint??

when you talk about abrahamic religions, are you including islam and judaism as well? judaism is clearly highly exclusive. I personally don't see much differences in islam and christianity...

Chin Eng SG

yup, and anyone else who does not like what they find here, don't let us keep you from doing things more constructive. Wink

wisefool83 SG

Ya, they are the ones who came up with the latin word Confucius and Mencius while others like Sun Tzu and Lao Tzu remain in their English translation. The Jesuits went into China quite long ago to preach about Christianity, or rather Catholism and managed to convince one of the Chinese Emperor to baptise.

nomood SG

hmm, yah but it's the practice that's under question here.

Christians seem to keep to themselves, often inviting others to join their congregation with the ultimate aim of conversion. yes? Outside of church, it's not likely that christians would ask a close to total stranger out on a normal lunch/dinner.

Also, there are very exclusive rules, such as christian dating as discussed in another thread. I have had friends who wished they had more christian colleagues so that they can share in similar working values. (??)

All these seem to point towards a highly questionable practice; almost similar to scientology. Thus, the question is, does christianity accept other religions existing within the same society? or are other religions merely tolerated, with the ultimate aim of converting everyone?

nomood SG

Which one?