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How did I know this would turn into a bunch of arguing.
I bet a scroll would be pretty easy
If you think I'm going to sit here and try to "enlighten" you when you've proven to be a religious zealot already, you're sadly mistaken.
I'm Christian and have no problem with the story. I do wonder how many would be excited about it if it was the heartwarming story of a young quarterback converting 5 of his teammates to Islam.
Actually, I think many of the same people would actually be excited about it, and more, just in a different way.
That truly wasn't my intention, I just thought it was a pretty cool story and I liked Chase while he was here, he was pretty decent for us.
Uh,you don't think bringing someone to Christ is not charity?
No, charity is helping someone and expecting nothing from them in return.
My church, which is located in a neighborhood that is largely below the poverty line, feeds breakfast to high school kids in the gymnasium every morning. There is no preaching, no lesson. Just breakfast. And probably 95% of those kids never set foot in the church otherwise.
But that's OK, because they're not doing it to get them to come to church. They're doing it because it's the right thing to do.
That is charity.
Didn't take long for the name calling to start...
Are you not a 4 & 8 "zealot?" We all have a zeal about something. I just choose to put my zeal in a Man that made some outrageous claims, & then walked out of His own tomb to validate them. Merry Christmas.
It's the disrespect towards Christians I don't care for.
Yeah. Obviously you've never been attacked and belittled by him just because you don't believe in his particular brand of Christianity.
And if you think calling him a zealot is name calling, you don't seem to realize that he is and wears it like a badge of honor.
I didn't understand what "salvation" was until I followed the Buddha's words "All created things must decay. Work out your own salvation with diligence."No, I am not a Buddhist zealot. That would be against the very tenets of Buddhism.
I've never claimed Buddhism is the one and only path to God or spiritual enlightenment...because I don't belief it is.
So...no. I follow the Buddha's last words: Be a lamp unto yourself. All the while being a practicing Catholic. Buddhism is to acquire freedom from suffering in this lifetime and catholicism for the possible afterlife. I love my church and temple equally.