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To: RaceBannon
Not so. The mythical doctrine of original sin is nowhere to be found in Christ's teachings. This notion is from the middle Ages and is a simplistic doctrine that evangelists ( like the Muslim? Binny Hinn )use to control people they consider incapable of understanding and embracing trhe richness of Christian doctrine and history. If you depend on a house nof cards, any breeze is a threat to you. Try using some granite for a change.
304 posted on 07/04/2002 8:28:12 AM PDT by chemainus
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To: chemainus
It seems so obvious that a lot of what is written in the Bible is nothing but attempts to control people through fearmongering with threats of an eternal hell. To me those threats are the words of men and NOT of God. People say that the Bible is God's words but forget all the revisions and translations of the Bible and that several chapters were left out of the King James that were in previous revisions. These chapters were left out due to the politics of the time. Does THAT sound like Gods work ??? The perfect answer to some religious idiots fanatics ok ... zealots query ... "do you believe the Bible" is to ask ... which version and which translation. To me ... it is obvious that it is so filled with middle ages threads of "eternal hell" if you don't do exactly what I say and believe in me without question claptrap that most of it loses any credibility. If someone asks ... do you believe in God ... I don't want to have to say ... "Yes I do ... because I HAVE to". To me ... A God that has to use force and threats to secure followers (like Allah) is not the true God but the great deceiver in disquise.
309 posted on 07/04/2002 9:00:20 AM PDT by clamper1797
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To: chemainus
Sin entered the world through Adam, and it wasn't Benny Hinn that said that.

Romans 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
...14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.
15 But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
16 And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification.
17 For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)
18 Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.
19 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.

That is clear. What is your point?

314 posted on 07/04/2002 9:29:05 AM PDT by RaceBannon
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