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发帖数: 3875 | 1 Chinese Students Pushed to Find Jesus at U.S. Christian Schools
2011-12-20 21:00:01.0 GMT
By Daniel Golden
Dec. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Haiying Wu’s family in Shandong
Province wasn’t religious. After a born-again Texan teaching
English in China advised her that Christian schools in the U.S.
are safe and academically strong, she enrolled at Ben Lippen
High School in Columbia, South Carolina.
Ben Lippen required her to attend church and chapel, take
Bible class, and join a Bible study group. ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3382 | 2 Culture Wars and Christian Privilege:
Most “battles” in the Christian Right’s so-called Culture Wars can be
best understood if seen, at least in part, as attempts to reassert and
enforce Christian privilege in modern society. One of the hallmarks of
modernity has been the rooting out of various forms of illegitimate
privilege, with Christian and religious privilege being among the last. Thus
, it is hoped that reasserting special privileges and deference for
Christianity and Christians will help... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1911 | 3 zt
How much can a Christian sin and still say he or she is a Christian? Every d
ay? Every hour? Constantly and continually? As a regular practice of life? J
ust how much can a Christian sin and still say they're a Christian?
There are two general extremes on this issue of "How much can a Christian si
n?"
VIEW #1 "Christians Can't Sin."
On one extreme are those who argue a real Christian can't sin, because being
delivered from sin is what being a Christian is all about. These folk argue
that if y... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6300 | 4 Verifiability Is A Christian Distinctive
Christianity is unique among theistic worldviews. Some religious systems are
based purely on the doctrinal, proverbial statements of their founders. The
wisdom statements of Buddha, for example, lay the foundation for Buddhism.
In a similar way, the statements of L. Ron Hubbard form the basis of
Scientology. But in both these examples, the statements of these worldview
leaders exist independently of any event in history. In other words, these
systems rise... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 5 Christians frightened for America’s future face a conundrum this electoral
season. Biblical precepts must steer our politics; loving God with all our
hearts, souls and minds obviously includes discernment at the polls. “When
you enter the voting booth,” says R.C. Sproul, “don’t leave your
Christianity in the parking lot.”
How should Christians vote their beliefs?
Only God knows either candidate’s heart, but Mitt Romney professes
Mormonism. Culturally, Mormons make for great neighbors and busines... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 592 | 6 If one or more of the Christianities is true, why do Christian scholars
waste their time writing book-length critiques when they could just show the
evidence of answered prayers making Christian's lives demonstrably better
than the lives of non-Christians, especially us blatantly god-denying
atheists?
Chrisitanity is true, right? Every day Christians make millions of answered
prayer claims, so why not just produce this huge volume of evidence which,
if Christian stuff is true, must clearly delin... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6300 | 7 Does Christian “Hypocrisy” Falsify Christianity?
A common objection to Christianity often sounds something like this: “
Christians do not practice what they preach. They say one thing but do
another. If the Christian God exists, He doesn’t seem to be powerful enough
to transform His followers. For this reason, I don’t believe the Christian
God exists.” When people profess beliefs contrary to their actual behavior
, our culture quickly identifies them as “hypocrites”. Hypocrisy,
according to this... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1424 | 8 aded by FightingAtheist on May 17, 2007
I am an atheist and a former Christian. As a former Christian I look back to
what I used to believe. I wonder how I could have been no naive.
As a Christian I had very little knowledge about evolutionary biology,
physics, geology, and chemistry. Yet I argued about evolution, fossils, and
radioactive dating. I claimed to know problems that scientists just happen
to miss when developing these thoroughly tested methods. These supposed
flaws were pointed out t... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6300 | 9 Christianity Promotes Rational (and Evidential) Exploration
Anais Nin, the avant-garde author and diarist, once said, “When we blindly
adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons
. We cease to grow.” I couldn’t agree more. As a detective and
evidentialist, the last thing I want a jury to do is adopt a position
blindly. Many people seem to think that Christians do this very thing,
however, when they adopt the view that Christianity is true. This is largely
due to ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6300 | 10 Christianity Promotes Rational (and Evidential) Exploration
Anais Nin, the avant-garde author and diarist, once said, “When we blindly
adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons
. We cease to grow.” I couldn’t agree more. As a detective and
evidentialist, the last thing I want a jury to do is adopt a position
blindly. Many people seem to think that Christians do this very thing,
however, when they adopt the view that Christianity is true. This is largely
due to ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6300 | 11 【 以下文字转载自 TrustInJesus 讨论区 】
发信人: jmsma2007 (Sreenivas), 信区: TrustInJesus
标 题: Why Mormons Are Not Christians
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Fri May 29 14:03:40 2015, 美东)
Mormons Are Not Christians Because the Mormon Jesus Is Not the Christian
Christ
I am one of three Jim Wallace’s in my family. My father and son bear the
same name, and all three of us are police officers. I often say that we are
the “George Foreman’s” of law enforcement; we’re not very creative when
it comes to names. If someone asked you, t... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 9485 | 12 Does the New Testament define Christianity?
The Gospels lack any explicit treatment of the word Christian. Indeed, the
word appears only three times in the New Testament, and never from the mouth
of Christ himself. The word Christianity is entirely absent from the New
Testament.
Acts 11:26 tells us that “the disciples were called Christians first in
Antioch.” Here, the passive construction “were called Christians”
suggests that the term was first used not by Christians, but by non-
Christians. (... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6300 | 13 Mormons Are Not Christians Because the Mormon Jesus Is Not the Christian
Christ
I am one of three Jim Wallace’s in my family. My father and son bear the
same name, and all three of us are police officers. I often say that we are
the “George Foreman’s” of law enforcement; we’re not very creative when
it comes to names. If someone asked you, therefore, “Do you trust Jim
Wallace as a police officer?” the first thing you’d have to determine is,
“To which officer Jim Wallace are you referring?” In or... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4825 | 14 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870343950457611622
By MARC CHAMPION
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt—Like the protesters who have flooded the streets of Egypt
in the past week, the country's large minority of Coptic Christians worry
about joblessness and lack of freedoms. But most want President Hosni
Mubarak to stay in power.
Fear of what may follow the removal of Mr. Mubarak, a secular strongman who
has ruled the country for the past 30 years, is making reluctant supporters
out of the country's ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5754 | 15 chapter 10.4 The Manifestation Of The Law Of Life
Let us seek to make this practical. We touched earlier on the matter of our
will in relation to the things of God. Even older Christians do not realize
how great a part will-power plays in their lives. That was part of Paul’s
trouble in Romans 7. His will was good, but all his actions contradicted it,
and however much he made up his mind and set himself to please God, it led
him only into worse darkness. ‘I would do good’, but “I am carnal, sold
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发帖数: 5754 | 16 chapter 10.4 The Manifestation Of The Law Of Life
Let us seek to make this practical. We touched earlier on the matter of our
will in relation to the things of God. Even older Christians do not realize
how great a part will-power plays in their lives. That was part of Paul’s
trouble in Romans 7. His will was good, but all his actions contradicted it,
and however much he made up his mind and set himself to please God, it led
him only into worse darkness. ‘I would do good’, but “I am carnal, sold
... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 933 | 17 No need to put out empty slogan here. I can do the same, saying it's up to
you to accept or reject those evidences not in your favor. And your question
also have similarily well explained answers in other faiths such as Islam,
Buddhism, Judaism, etc.
So, what makes your faith better than others? That's why I asked if you can
differentiate people of your faith from others through their behaviors.
You mentioned Christian scientists, but there are also many many non-
Christian scientists throughout... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6300 | 18 http://coldcasechristianity.com/2014/how-can-you-trust-christia
How Can You Trust Christianity Is True When There Are So Many Unanswered
Questions?
As a Christian, I have many unanswered questions. The more I study the
Christian worldview, the larger my list seems to grow. While essential
truths are easier to identify from scripture, there are many non-essential (
and more ambiguous) features of Christianity. The unfathomable aspects of
God’s nature typically leave us in awe and without adequate... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6300 | 19 Stepping Toward the Christian God With A Wallet and a Dollar
I’ve been writing about an object lesson I used with my father several
years ago to describe why God’s existence is reasonable. I used this
illustration while I was waiting with him at a waterpark (my kids were
little in those days), and I was limited to what I had on hand: my wallet
and a dollar bill. I began with an argument for theism, then moved toward an
argument for personal theism. In the final step of my object lesson, I made
a... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 657 | 20 First of five parts
Official Chinese surveys now show that nearly one in three Chinese describe
themselves as religious, an astonishing figure for an officially atheist
country, where religion was banned until three decades ago.
The last 30 years of economic reform have seen an explosion of religious
belief. China's government officially recognizes five religions:
Protestantism, Catholicism, Buddhism, Islam and Daoism. The biggest boom of
all has been in Christianity, which the government has st... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 38403 | 21 Warnings
Insisting that someone worship in a religion is wrong and not effective. No
matter what your religion, one should be clearly persuaded--but not be
treated cruelly or as if they are somehow "wrong". Also be warned that in
some cultures the act of converting or conversion could be either unethical,
or - like in Saudi Arabia - usually illegal. Be prepared to be persecuted
or even killed for sharing your faith.
Consider how you would respond if someone was attempting to persuade you to
chan... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 9485 | 22 http://lds.org/ensign/1988/03/comparing-lds-beliefs-with-first-
Latter-day Saints reject the doctrines of the Trinity as taught by most
Christian churches today. These creeds were canonized in the fourth and
fifth centuries A.D. and do not reflect the thinking or beliefs of the New
Testament church.
Since the inception of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, many
critics have denied that it is Christian. Surprisingly, the basis for the
claim has little to do with the standard def... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 9485 | 23 Is it true that because Latter-day Saints practice baptism for the dead,
they are not Christian?
The argument that Latter-day Saints cannot be Christians because they
practice baptism for the dead presumes that it has been definitely
established that 1 Corinthians 15:29 [1 Cor. 15:29] has nothing to do with
an early Christian practice of baptism for the dead. The argument ignores
the fact that such second-century groups as the Montanists and Marcionites—
who are invariably referred to as Christi... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6300 | 24 Question: "I am a Jehovah's Witness. Why should I consider becoming a
Christian?"
Answer: Perhaps the most important commonality between Evangelical
Christians and Jehovah’s Witnesses is our belief and trust in the Bible as
the ultimate authority inspired by God, on issues concerning God and His
expectations for us. While we may understand things differently, Jehovah’s
Witnesses are to be highly commended for their dependence on and diligence
in studying the Holy Scriptures to know God and His ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 21907 | 25 Christian rock (occasionally abbreviated CR) is a form of rock music played
by bands whose members are Christian and who often focus the lyrics on
matters concerned with the Christian faith. The extent to which their lyrics
are explicitly Christian varies between bands. Much Christian rock has ties
to the Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) scene, while other bands are
independent.The Christian rock genre is most popular in the United States
and Australia, although some Christian bands have world |
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发帖数: 5754 | 26 chapter 12.4 The Light Of God And Knowledge
Of course, if one does not set out to serve the Lord whole-heartedly,
one does not feel the necessity for light. It is only when one has been
apprehended by God, and seeks to go forward with Him, that one finds
how necessary light is. There is a fundamental need of light in order
for us to know the mind of God; to know what is of the spirit and what
is of the soul; to know what is Divine and what is merely of man; to
discern what i... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5754 | 27 chapter 12.4 The Light Of God And Knowledge
Of course, if one does not set out to serve the Lord whole-heartedly,
one does not feel the necessity for light. It is only when one has been
apprehended by God, and seeks to go forward with Him, that one finds
how necessary light is. There is a fundamental need of light in order
for us to know the mind of God; to know what is of the spirit and what
is of the soul; to know what is Divine and what is merely of man; to
discern what i... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4956 | 28 【 以下文字转载自 Belief 讨论区 】
发信人: Godwithus (神与我们同在), 信区: Belief
标 题: Mormon Beliefs, are they Christian?
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Oct 18 21:54:10 2011, 美东)
Mormon Beliefs, are they Christian?
by Matt Slick
There's a lot of discussion about Mormon beliefs. So, in order to make this
easy, I will list out what Mormonism actually teaches. These are not sensati
onalized, and inaccurate statements.
Following documentation from Mormon authors. Finally, please understand tha
t the Mormon Church uses Christian t... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 660 | 29 The more "Christian" a place is, the greater the social ills and crime of
the area. That's the primary conclusion of an exhaustive scientific study
done by Gregory S. Paul and published in the scholarly onling journal,
Journal of Religion and Science of the Creighton university of Omaha,
Nebraska, a Jesuit school.
The study showed that the most "Christian' parts of the United States, the
South and Midwest, have the highest rates of social ills and crime including
murder, sexually transmitted dis... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 660 | 30 怎么找，我不会耶
不过，我找到了以下数据，监狱里犯人的religion统计
Religion's Effects On Crime Rates
By: Edgar Saint George
Editor-in-Chief
The more "Christian" a place is, the greater the social ills and crime of
the area. That's the primary conclusion of an exhaustive scientific study
done by Gregory S. Paul and published in the scholarly onling journal,
Journal of Religion and Science of the Creighton university of Omaha,
Nebraska, a Jesuit school.
The study showed that the most "Christian' parts of the United States, th... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 18304 | 31 被人忽悠取英文论坛和基们辩论。交手几招，基们辩论不过，就把我封禁了。趁着帖子
还在，在这里留个底。
Simple Proof:
1) Christians believe what described in the Bible is true.
2) According to the Bible, the Christian God kills nursing babies; and the
Christian God even MADE people eat the flesh of their sons and daughters!!!
3) Christians not only do not denounce the Christian God's such evil actions
, they actually praise these actions.
Therefore, Christianity is evil.
the Verses I'm referring:
Jeremiah 19:9 I will make them eat the flesh of thei... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1060 | 32 高中的时候，我们三个人就分道扬镳了，Z在另一所高中，我和Y虽然在同一所高中，但
是呢，不同的班级。高一上学期的时候，她仍然经常来我家，上午一起写作业，中午在
我家吃饭，下午一起写作业，然后晚饭前回家。好甜蜜好亲热地小姐妹。粘粘糊糊，好
开心地在一起，想到她看到她就会在脸上浮现出会心的微笑。我甚至觉得，比恋爱的感
觉还温馨。
插一句，我不知道Y有没有向Z也分享这些，我猜是有的。不过呢，我没有问过，没想到
去问。因为她们两都是以我为中心的，都是非常非常喜欢我的，她们两人之间也许没有
和我之间那么好。而且那个时候，我的名字是相当有品牌价值的，小孩子只要对父母说
我是和吴XX一起去干啥干啥，都能获得允许的，而我事实上专门领着她们干坏事的，嘻
嘻。
我不知道是什么原因，Y后来就不再来我家了，而我从小就不允许去别人家的，除非是
父母领着去。总之，Y后来就不再来我家了。我当时也没察觉，毕竟有新的朋友了嘛。
也没那么敏感。
但是呢，后来我终于发觉了，Y不再来我家了，然后我以为这就是所谓的朋友之间越来
越淡的过程。
虽然有点遗憾，但是，学业的压力，顾不得那么多了。
不过呢，我怀疑我妈给了Y脸色看。我和我... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 33 Wisconsin School Punishes Christian Kid for Being a… Christian Kid
January 27, 2012 by Warner Todd Huston
Superintendent Todd Carlson of Shawano High School in Shawano, Wisconsin is
sorry a student observed his First Amendment rights and had his article
published in the school newspaper that denounces homosexuals adopting
children. And so Superintendent Carlson is making amends by punishing this
Christian kid for being so darn Christian. Superintendent Carlson has also
decided in his infinite wi... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 34 Hypocrite Liberals Silent on Muslims Murder of Gays While Christian Cakes
Raise Their Fury
Here is a fact: liberals and militant gays hate Christians more than they
hate actual, real oppression of gays. This isn’t hyperbole, it is a
foregone conclusion in light of the jihad that gays have launched for
Christian bakeries while at the same time utterly ignoring the near daily
murdering of gays in the Muslim world.
Take the newest outrage, for instance. In ISIS controlled territories
Islamists are ... 阅读全帖 |
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l*****a
发帖数: 38403 | 35 Warnings
Consider how you would respond if someone was attempting to persuade you to
change your beliefs or lack of belief. Be gentle in attempting to persuade a
Christian, as their own beliefs are just as important and central to who
they are as yours are to you. Careful not to turn any attempt to convert
them into an attack, make sure that you are only doing it for their own good.
You may never be able to convert a Christian. Sometimes, trying to do so
will even make them more adamant in their... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4956 | 36 Mormon Beliefs, are they Christian?
by Matt Slick
There's a lot of discussion about Mormon beliefs. So, in order to make this
easy, I will list out what Mormonism actually teaches. These are not sensati
onalized, and inaccurate statements.
Following documentation from Mormon authors. Finally, please understand tha
t the Mormon Church uses Christian terms but has radically changed the meani
ngs of those terms. So, when it says that Mormons belief in the father the
son and the Holy Spirit, they ... 阅读全帖 |
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l*****a
发帖数: 38403 | 37 【 以下文字转载自 Belief 讨论区 】
发信人: leonana (leonany), 信区: Belief
标 题: How to Persuade a Christian to Become Atheist
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Jun 6 03:22:40 2011, 美东)
Steps
1
Are you prepared? You have to give them a real reason - not just an
emotional one. However, you have to realize that many of their reasons
for being a Christian are emotional, so be ready to show atheism in an
emotionally positive light.
2
Think about your friendship. Are the two of you close? If not, try to
increase your friendship b... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1911 | 38 there is one rule in main-stream christianity. ppl cannot discipline thems
elves. read "Romans 6:14 For sin shall not be your master, because you are
not under law, but under grace." therefore a christian under grace can sin
anytime and repent later.
These main-stream christians often look down upon mornmns and JWs because th
ey are so disciplined. So mornons and JWs are thought to be "justfication b
y deeds".
so called christians, do you understand what is "justfication by faith"? Ca
n a ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5754 | 39 chapter 8.4 The Spirit Indwelling
We move on now to the second aspect of the gift of the Holy Spirit, which,
as we shall see in our next chapter, is more particularly the subject of
Romans 8. It is that which we have spoken of as the Spirit indwelling. “If
so be that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you...” (Romans 8:9). As with the
Spirit outpoured, so with the Spirit indwelling, if we are to know in
experience that which is ours in fact, our first need is of Divine
revelation. When we see Christ ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5754 | 40 chapter 8.4 The Spirit Indwelling
We move on now to the second aspect of the gift of the Holy Spirit, which,
as we shall see in our next chapter, is more particularly the subject of
Romans 8. It is that which we have spoken of as the Spirit indwelling. “If
so be that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you...” (Romans 8:9). As with the
Spirit outpoured, so with the Spirit indwelling, if we are to know in
experience that which is ours in fact, our first need is of Divine
revelation. When we see Christ ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1301 | 41 当我说我是基督徒时
─ Author: Carol Wimmer
When I say..."I am a Christian"当我说我是基督徒时
I'm not shouting "I am saved" 我并不是在叫喊着「我是得救的」
I'm whispering "I get lost!" 而是在低声说「我曾经迷失过，
"That is why I chose this way."" 所以我选择了这条路」
When I say..."I am a Christian" 当我说我是基督徒时，
I don't speak of this with pride. 并不是因为我觉得比你高一等
I'm confessing that I stumble 而是承认我一直在蹒跚而行
and need someone to be my guide. 所以我需要一位生命中的向导
When I say..."I am a Christian" 当我说我是基督徒时
I'm not trying to be strong. 我并不是在显示自己坚强
I'm professing that I'm ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 42 A new analysis spells out how the Christian population is shrinking in
Europe, while growing dramatically in Africa and elsewhere.
Europe is now home to about a quarter of the world's Christians, compared to
two-thirds a century ago. About one-quarter of the Christian population is
now found in sub-Saharan Africa. More than a third is in the Americas.
Overall, Christians remain the largest religious group in the world, with
nearly 2.2 billion people. Muslims are the second-largest group, with ab... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 43 Mon, Jul. 23, 2012 Posted: 09:14 AM EDT
In 2006, the Episcopal Church's presiding bishop, Katherine Jefferts Schori,
told the New York Times that Episcopalians were not interested in "
replenishing their ranks by having children." Instead, the church "[
encouraged] people to pay attention to the stewardship of the earth and not
use more than their portion."
"Stewardship of the earth" and having children are not incompatible, but if
Schori's goal was a principled extinction, she's about to succee... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 44 Germany: Muslims Attack Protesters of Muslim Violence Against Christians
True to form. They certainly are consistent, both the Muslims and the dhimmi
police.
" Cologne Germany: Aggressive Muslims disturb Protest against
Persecution of Christians – Police watch idly" Posted by PI News: (
translated by Carpe Diem)
If one has spent a day like we did yesterday – in the shadow of the
beautiful cathedral of Cologne, but under very unpleasant circumstances- it
gives you something to brood ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 38403 | 45 Steps
1
Are you prepared? You have to give them a real reason - not just an
emotional one. However, you have to realize that many of their reasons
for being a Christian are emotional, so be ready to show atheism in an
emotionally positive light.
2
Think about your friendship. Are the two of you close? If not, try to
increase your friendship before attempting to change their religious
beliefs. However, do not do this merely because you are trying to score
points, or because their beliefs offend y... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3920 | 46 But how many people read your posts? The fight between Christians and
Anti-Christians has lasted over 2000 years. Almost all the topics posted
here have been discussed and debated for many years even centuries, much
more deeply and broadly than this Chinese bbs. From my point of view, I do
not think Christianity as a whole is evil-- but only some denominations
especially Chinese ones have serious problems. You should save your time and
do more important things, I think, for example, reading some... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6791 | 47 WHY NOT GIVE CHRISTIANITY A TRIAL?
The question seems a hopeless one after 2000 years of resolute adherence
to the old cry of "Not this man, but Barabbas." Yet it is beginning to
look as if Barabbas was a failure, in spite of his strong right hand,
his victories, his empires, his millions of money, and his moralities
and churches and political constitutions. "This man" has not been a
failure yet; for nobody has ever been sane enough to try his way. But he
has had one quaint triumph. Barabbas has... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 55 | 48 Drawing on extensive ethnographic fieldwork and in-depth life history
interviews, this illuminating book provides an intimate portrait of
contemporary Chinese Christianity in the context of a modern, commercialized
economy. In vivid detail, anthropologist Nanlai Cao explores the massive
resurgence of Protestant Christianity in the southeastern coastal city of
Wenzhou--popularly referred to by its residents as "China's Jerusalem"--a
nationwide model for economic development and the largest urban ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5754 | 49 Chapter 1: The Blood of Christ
What is the normal Christian life? We do well at the outset to ponder this
question. The object of these studies is to show that it is something very
different from the life of the average Christian. Indeed a consideration of
the written Word of God—of the Sermon on the Mount for example—should lead
us to ask whether such a life has ever in fact been lived upon the earth,
save only by the Son of God Himself. But in that last saving clause lies
immediately the answe... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5754 | 50 Chapter 3.2 The First Step: “Knowing This...”
The normal Christian life must begin with a very definite ‘knowing’, which
is not just knowing something about the truth nor understanding some
important doctrine. It is not intellectual knowledge at all, but an opening
of the eyes of the heart to see what we have in Christ.
How do you know your sins are forgiven? Is it because your pastor told you
so? No, you just know it. If I ask you how you know, you simply answer, ‘I
know it!’ Such knowledge com... 阅读全帖 |
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