Questions about the bible/Christianity

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Originally Posted by lagwagon_87

Why aren't you (Xena) going to Heaven>

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Im not, I look forward to life everlasting here on the earth.
though it is true I belive the 144,000 people from the time of christs death will go to heaven, which there are only 8,000 left on the earth, and most of them are very old.

I am part of the great crowd, who have hope for a life on a paradise earth, (every man woman and child has the oppertunity to become one of the great crowd) The reminent, or the Little flock are the ones who will go to heaven, to rule with Jesus over the earth.

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Originally Posted by Al_V1

Trust me that didn't sound even half as offensive as the stuff I've come out with today.

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I do not find anyones views offensive.

only Apostacy, which is an unforgivable sin.

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Originally Posted by Xena

I do not find anyones views offensive.

only Apostacy, which is an unforgivable sin.

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What's apostacy?
I'm beginning to really like you and your mind, Xena.

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Originally Posted by lagwagon_87

I'm beginning to really like you and your mind, Xena.

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Haha.

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Originally Posted by lagwagon_87

What's apostacy?

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Apostacy is the way to god, Blocked.

For the majority of non-Christians, it is Christendom, whose adherents supposedly follow Christ�s teachings, that has caused an aversion to the very name of Jesus. In the name of Jesus, many nations have suffered at the hands of Christendom, but without a doubt the Jewish people have suffered more than any of them.

Well, basicly its going directly agaisnt God :

"For example, whoever speaks a word against the Son of man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the holy spirit, it will not be forgiven him, no, not in this system of things nor in that to come." ~ Matthew 12:32

Apostates are very dangerous, They know who they are and they never reveal them selfs, But we have been trained to spot them out. And we dont even try to talk to them.

Is that something like the Apostles in the Kevin Smith movie Dogma?

"Christ? Hell, the nigger owes me twelve bucks!"
Best religious line ever.

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Originally Posted by lagwagon_87

Is that something like the Apostles in the Kevin Smith movie Dogma?

"Christ? Hell, the nigger owes me twelve bucks!"
Best religious line ever.

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I really could not say, sir.

Kevin Smith is really cool though, Played Ares, in Xena. :minkoff:

Fucking serious?
I LOVE Xena! What was I saying before?! :P

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Originally Posted by lagwagon_87

Fucking serious?
I LOVE Xena! What was I saying before?! :P

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Just to put everyones minds to rest, he is talking about Xena the Show ( I think )

Yes, you said you hated Xena, before.

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Originally Posted by Xena

Just to put everyones minds to rest, he is talking about Xena the Show ( I think )

Yes, you said you hated Xena, before.

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UPDATE: I checked on a trusty website called imbd, and it seems as though the Kevin Smith I love didn't play any role on the show Xena.
So... I HATE Xena!

But I love Xena (not the tv show).

Apostasy is basically abandoning one's faith.

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Originally Posted by Skinner8

Apostasy is basically abandoning one's faith.

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But abandoning it wouldn't really make the 'faith' you abandoned really your true faith, would it?

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Originally Posted by lagwagon_87

UPDATE: I checked on a trusty website called imbd, and it seems as though the Kevin Smith I love didn't play any role on the show Xena.
So... I HATE Xena!

But I love Xena (not the tv show).

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The Kevin Smith im talking about died in 2002, He was known as Ares God of War.

It was a sad day, he spent many days fighting for his life, but alas his injurys from China were to great.

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Originally Posted by Skinnner8

Apostasy is basically abandoning one's faith

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True, People who take it thurther and try to make others abandon thier faith is going agaist god. Ie apostacy.

Well, there are three types of apostates, though.

Apostasy A Fide (Perfidi�): Leaving the Christian faith for another. This is not heresy, however, since Perfidi� is the wholesale rejection of Christianity where Heresy is teaching or professing doctrines not in accord with Christianity (Dualism, as noted by Cathari, Gnosticism, and Manach�ism most significantly, is a heresy...Lutheranism, Calvinism, and other related faiths are also heresies, though from their perspective, Catholicism is the heretical faith...it's all in how you look at it ;)).

Apostasy Ab Ordine: The abandonment of religious duties by a cleric or monk of the faith.

Apostasy A Religione (Monachatus): The abandonment of a monastery by a monk, done with no intent to return.

Apostasy A Fide is really the only one that would be relevant to a person who doesn't follow the Patriarchates or Pontiff, though.

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Originally Posted by lagwagon_87

But abandoning it wouldn't really make the 'faith' you abandoned really your true faith, would it?

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Doesn't matter if it's your true faith or not, though. If you leave Christianity (Or any Abramic religion), you are an apostate to Christians (Or whichever faith you left). Of course, to yourself, you aren't necessarily an apostate, but from the view of others, you are. It's similar to that heresy bit I mentioned. A Gnostic won't consider himself a heretic, but will consider a Lutheran as such. A Lutheran won't see himself as a heretic, but will see a Gnostic as such. And hence 30 years of war that killed a third of the German population, or a crusade (Albisegnian) that destroyed the Occitan culture of southern France at the hands of the northern Franks. :)

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Originally Posted by Xena

The Kevin Smith im talking about died in 2002, He was known as Ares God of War.

It was a sad day, he spent many days fighting for his life, but alas his injurys from China were to great.

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That Kevin Smith is a disgrace to all the Kevin Smiths out there...well, at least my Kevin Smith (yes, he really is mine; I cuddle with him in bed every night, excluding the nights where I sneak off to an all-male orgy :wacko: .


Haha, and when you say he died, did he die in the tv show or in real life?