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by "thou shall put no other gods before me" God was saying not to idolize things and put them before him, like if you played video games 10 hours a day and only prayed once a week, that would be considered idolizing video games. thats what god was refering to

yes, i can see where that could easily confuse ppl. im just saying that he wasnt actually saying there were other actual gods

Who's to say. There could be one, there could be many, there could be none. I don't think you should ask such an unanswerable question.

A fellow Satanist, very cool.

I am also disgusted with the way parents go about ignorantly shoving a religion down a childs throat. I'm very thankful my parents never behaved that way. They horrify their children with the promise of firey eternity if they decide to not follow that faith. They force the children to become baptized before that person even has the chance to decide if it's what they wish to do.

I also agree with your statement about that awful fanaticism some show. They group everyone but their fellow church members as "evil" or "misguided". Dammit, I've done my research and I have the right to believe in what I find the most truth and sense to! No matter how much you tell someone their going to burn for eternity if they don't believe the same is not going to convert them! It's simply ignorant and hypocritical to what their very own bible tells them (most of the time), and it's just going to make that other group dislike you.

And don't they realize how little truth their bible shows? A good example: Mormonism. They've changed the way they used to go about relationships and no longer teach polygamy. If they've changed that recently, imagine how far their religion is today as opposed to how it was originally meant to be. I've never met a religion that didn't... which is why I nearly hate religion all together. Certain things they consider wrong now could have been perfectly fine in the beginning, and they have no way of knowing. Plus, it was so long after the actual biblical times that the book was written, who knows if there's any truth to it, or if there aren't HUGE errors inside of it? How do they know someone didn't change it even orginally, much as they have today!

What religion are you?
Jesus. He is the only God of Love, and the only God that would lay His life down for His ENEMIES as well as his friends. I do not say that I'm a Christian, because that leads to negative connotation due to common misconception. I am a Christian, but my "religion" is Jesus, not a religious construct the Church has made God into.

How long have you been in this religion?
I've been with Jesus for a Year and 8 months, but really only been 'On Fire' in the last six months.

Why do you believe in this faith?
It's the truth. (See below)

What do you hate about other religions?
Hate? Why would I hate you just because you believe something different? That's totally contrary to my God's Commandment: "Love Your Neighbor As Yourself" !!!

I LOVE People of other religions, because they don't know Love, and they don't know the truth. Simply put.
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God Loved each of us enough that he DIED so that he wouldn't have to bear another thousand years of Human sin and death. This is truth. Here's how I know: Jesus didn't just die for his friends, the disciples. He died for the Pharasees who condemned Him to death, He Died for people of this world that would never know Him. He died for people that would spit on his name, burn the bible, and kill his followers. He died for his enemies as well as his friends.

That doesn't make sense! From out perspective, even mine, that is utterly crazy! If someone talked like this in our day and age, they'd be thrown into a mental institute. It is quite frankly, utterly insane when you try to rationalize it. Most of us wont even take a punch for our best friends (Even though we say we would), but Jesus died for people that hated him. Utterly despised him.

And he had every choice to not do it from a human perspective. He was God, yes, but he was also a Man. Because of this he had free will to not even go near Jerusalem, not even mess around healing and teaching the people of this world, maybe become a hermit somewhere. But he didn't do that. He Willingly offered himself as a sacrifice to God for everyone from the Genesis to the Revelation. And all without complaint!

The only way that anyone could do something like that is if they loved these people. And as we see everywhere, Love... not hollywood movie or romance novel or "falling in love" love... no, TRUE LOVE will make you do crazy things.

I know this is a long post, and it was not me trying to stretch a page or anything. I do not mean to put anyone down, but those who do not know God do not know His love, therefore they cannot even begin to fathom Love, for His is the only true Love.

And If I offended anyone, or made anyone angry, that's alright. Flame me, I encourage it. PM me angry messages, again... I encourage it.

No matter what you say, I will Love you, and so will Jesus. So don't hesitate. I was not tolerant of anyone here. I spoke the truth, and that is what I am called to do, not candy-coat it. God Loves you the way you are, but he wants so much more for you than you can even possibly comprehend. It's the greatest thing ever... God's Love.

So, I'll let you all respond to this, k?

True, true.

But not all churches are like that. It seems like the Roman Catholic church (And thus it's beliefs) are painted as the sterotypical Christian faith. (I'm not hatein on Catholics, There are some out there that are really on fire for God and follow him more fathfully than I ever will. AMEN FOR THAT!)

It is not so... Jesus' message was about LOVE not anything else. If you look through the new testament, Jesus' message always had to do with being loving to someone.

Quite honestly, I have no Idea why Christians do not stand up against these stereotypes that lead people to think wrongly about God and our faith. When someone says "God Damnit" or "Jesus Christ!" we need, as in have an utter obligation, to tell them that they are using that name wrongly. It's not just that you are belittleing God by making it a swearword, it's that the power held behind that name and how you are using it.

Jesus' name has more power behind it than anyone realizes. His name alone is enough to drive out Demons and heal people. And yet people use it like it's just a word. It really makes me sad. I feel so much compassion for the people who don't know these truths.

Also, I don't quite understand why as Christians we don't lay our lives down for others. We need to give everything to God, out reputations, our possessions, our doubts and fears, and above all our lives. We can't truely live unless we've lost our lives to Jesus. When someone flames us on the forums, PRAISE GOD! When soemone beats the crap out of you for telling them the truth of Jesus, PRAISE GOD THE WHOLE TIME. Don't stop loving people just because they persecute you. If you notice, all the truely on fire christians out there that have been persecuted have had infinite joy in that persecution. There is no greater joy for a follower of Jesus than to be Martyred in some way.

thats exactly how i feel. u shouldnt use god's name unless you understand the power that you're abusing. and christians are only stereotyped by some people as hypocrites because of the few that call themselves christians but do hypocritical things. the majority of christians aren't hypocrites, its just the "christians" that are hypocrites are noticed more