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LOL there would be no Canada without Christian immigration.

   

Any Christian or are we talking about an Abbas equivolent?.... Fred Phelps would do as an example.

Absolutely. It's not the particular religion, it's the ability of the individual to work within a pluralistic society. Some religions are going to have fewer qualifing members than others but I'm sure they all will have at least a few.

   

If you are calling Catholics, christians which they are not. Because they pray to and worship Mary, and the Saints. So if you mean banning Catholics, Yes I believe they should be Banned.

   

Ruez :yes there would there would be atheists and other religions moving in and christians would become a rights screaming minority . They'd either get everything they want or beheaded .

   

Oi! Mamma! You freighten me more than Abbas! And his belief doesn't allow him to have dogs as companions.

   

And how do you feel about the writings of Paul?

   

Very good question!

   

BC : yes Catholics are Christians I thought you knew that

   

Yes, you follow my religion or you are toast. My God allows me to sin by lieing. We want people to change by force not by there own will. Give me a break!.................Actually when they convert on there own free will. It actually means more. according to a biblical doctrine. After all, God has given each one of us our own free will to choose. Wouldn't it be awesome if God forced us? to serve Him? It would not be genuine, its forced right? thats why God wants us to Love Him out of our own freewill , thats the way He designed us. Not like what Islam teaches. Thats NOT GOD.

   

It always amazes me that a religion founded on an omniscient God that necessitates free will does so much to try and fix his mistake.

   

BC Do Catholics believe in Jesus ....

http://catholicism.about.com/cs/biblest ... rist03.htm

   

Well Catholics would say there is no difference, as they view themselves as Christians, but if we examine the teachings of the Early Christians,we can see the difference--

1.ALTARS-- Many rites, ceremonies, vestments, and other items used in worship by various churches follow, not the Christian teachings of the Gospels, but the customs and rites of Jews and pagans. The Enciclopedia Cattolica states that Catholicism “has inherited the use of the altar from Judaism and in part from paganism.” Minucius Felix, an apologist of the third century C.E., wrote that Christians had ‘neither temples nor altars.’ The encyclopedic dictionary Religioni e Miti (Religions and Myths) similarly states: “The early Christians rejected the use of the altar to differentiate themselves from Jewish and pagan worship.”

2.IDOLS--First-century Christians did not favor the use of icons in worship. The book Byzantium states: “The early Christians, inheriting from Judaism a repugnance toward idolatry, had looked askance at any veneration of pictures of holy persons.”

3.VIRGIN MARY--The apostle Peter makes no mention of her at all in his inspired writings. The apostle Paul did not use her name in his inspired letters but spoke of her only as “a woman.”—Gal. 4:4.

Luke 11:27, 28 (This would certainly have been a fine opportunity for Jesus to pay special honor to his mother if that had been appropriate. He did not do so.)

4.POLITICS--In The Early Church, historian Henry Chadwick says that the early Christian congregation was known for its “indifference to the possession of power in this world.” It was a “non-political, quietist, and pacifist community.”

5.WAR--History confirms that the first-century Christians would not shed human blood. A former professor of theology from England, Peter De Rosa, writes: “Shedding blood was a grievous sin. This was why Christians opposed gladiatorial combat. . . . While war and the use of force were necessary to preserve Rome, Christians felt unable to join in. . "

6.CROSS--Concerning first-century Christians, History of the Christian Church says: “There was no use of the crucifix and no material representation of the cross.”—(New York, 1897), J. F. Hurst, Vol. I, p. 366.

7.CLERGY-LAITY--During the first century, after Jesus’ death, his apostles, along with other spiritually qualified Christian elders in Jerusalem, served to counsel and direct the Christian congregation. None exercised superiority over the others.—Galatians 2:9.

8.PREACHING--First-century Christians were zealous, and God blessed their zeal. Jesus had foretold that his followers would be active preachers when he said: “In all the nations the good news has to be preached first.” (Mark 13:10)Everyone in the early Christian congregation shared in the preaching work. Of Christians in those days, Philip Schaff writes: “Every congregation was a missionary society, and every Christian believer a missionary.” (History of the Christian Church)

9.TRINITY--The New Encyclopædia Britannica says: “Neither the word Trinity, nor the explicit doctrine as such, appears in the New Testament, nor did Jesus and his followers intend to contradict the Shema in the Old Testament: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord’ (Deut. 6:4). . . . The doctrine developed gradually over several centuries and through many controversies. . . . By the end of the 4th century (ESTABLISHMENT OF CATHOLIC CHURCH) . . . the doctrine of the Trinity took substantially the form it has maintained ever since.”—(1976), Micropædia, Vol. X, p. 126.

10.IMMORALITY--: “Many Christians of the first four centuries took pride in their sexual restraint;they repudiated extramarital sexual practices commonly accepted among their pagan contemporaries, practices including prostitution and homosexuality.”

To mention but a few differences between the Catholic religion and Early Christianity.

   

USCADAD and BC ...I wonder if it makes a difference to either of you knowing that BC is Catholic and You are a PK . or is that just trivial and unnecessary info ?

   

Well it makes the discussion more humerous and enjoyable.... works for me.

   

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