much wisdom you seem to have in the last paragraph of that post.
And why i know you don't really underswtand it vince is because you do not know what to do with it yourself. You do the same thing you lol christians for doing.
What if most...almost all of whom claim to KNOW Christ or what real christianity is....don't??...
What if it is a truly small and little flock that have been shown a greater measure of His truth??
And in knowing...they do not do what these others do....they do not believe there is this great battle for souls....this great battle of good versus evil going on? They in actuality know that only a small chosen few are being call right now....in this age of man......and not to do battle or convert...but to bear wittness and to prepare a people......this doesn't make them better ....than those not chosen...just...chosen.
These other fumble along with all well meaning intention...but have not a clue what they are fumbling with in the first place...only what they have been taught TO fumble.
Truly never more of an example of blind trying to lead such can be found.....
so?....what is this life and age all about then?
well...not sure I know all of that, but I do believe it is about full and complete justice and having to let things run a full course.....in the end...there will be no questions...no doubts...no unanswered anything about THIS life....and who's governments, societies and yes religions....this life was due to and from....
so then....people can make a choice a final one.....after seeing, death, suffering, misery, holocaust after holocaust, famine, disease, chaos, brutality.....and many more similar of this life's usual gifts....
we can then choose...His way or?...
but...your points are absolutely dead on....but YOU arguing and trying to show them(christians)...is as equal a futile effort as you claim is for them to do to you...as it should be too i will add. You all are missing the mark here...although you are so close....as close as you can get without.....well...
And here is the real kicker.....truly indwelled spirit filled people understand that debating and disucssing will NEVER bring anyone to the truth....it is not G-d's way....and look carefully Vince....there are some that don;t do it...they bear wittness....Phil....comes to mind as an example....
If you continue to focus on the mark you are....on modern christians and christianity...you will continue to just wallow in these little forum tradeoffs....stalemates....ten years from now will be the same as it was ten years ago....no different....but if you challenge the fact that just because most christians today have it ALL wrong....but the chance is that this is not an inditement against real Christianity...and is just a revelation of what scripture itself says was to happen....and then seek what went wrong and when and why....
that would imv be the start to close in on what you are close to....you have a few pieces but lack the big picture imv...and of course...I will be mocked and scoffed at for this...but oh well...