alt.education

On Aug 25, 9:01 am, Bob LeChevalier wrote:
> Wide Eyed in Wonder wrote:
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> >On Aug 24, 11:26 pm, Bob LeChevalier wrote:
> >> Wide Eyed in Wonder wrote:
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> >> >Do all religions lead to Heaven? Not according to Jesus...
>
> >> >John 14:6
> >> >"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: NO MAN
> >> >cometh unto the Father, but BY ME."
>
> >> Alas, that does not necessarily support your claim. Jesus is
> >> perfectly capable of saving someone of a different religion.
>
> >John 12:48 "He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath
> >one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall
> >judge him in the last day."
>
> >John 3:18 "He that believeth on him is not condemned: but HE THAT
> >BELIEVETH NOT IS CONDEMNED already, because he HATH NOT BELIEVED in
> >the name of the only begotten Son of God."
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> >Did Jesus lie?
>
> No. Kennie took the words out of context, and interpreted them
> together according to his peculiar theology. Indeed, your argument
> consists of piecing together three separate quotes from three separate
> conversations.

All of them direct quotations.

>
> You could take even smaller pieces just from Jesus's words quoted
> above to have Him say "I am" "condemned already", or "He that
> rejecteth me""is""the" "Son of God". Piecemeal quotation is cute, but
> not an argument.
>
> And all that assumes that Jesus existed, that the words were actually
> those of Jesus, and that they are translated.
>
> You see - someone who does not believe that the Bible is what you
> claim it is doesn't fit "He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my
> words" because all they see are some very human words. They are not
> rejecting Him or His words; they are just rejecting your form of
> worshipping a book as a false idol.
>
> lojbab

EXACTLY. Thank you for admitting you must discredit the Bible (as you
do) in order to deny that Jesus is the only way. For Christians who
believe the Bible to be true (see original post), there is no other
option. For those that believe the Bible, either Jesus lied or there
is NO OTHER WAY to Heaven.

Kenneth Clifton

-author of The Christian Superhero Training Guide
-Superhero Radio DJ