End of Christianity...

**buckeye_fan** · April 11th, 2009, 12:57 AM

Originally Posted by LCAS_712

Burton 13, When you die I hope you think about what you are saying right now when god makes you countable for all that you have done, and sends you to hell (unless you might be able to see the light between here and there, but who knows this might be your last second on Earth). Well, on second thought, you will be down there with people just like you (gay liberals). Better hope hell has some lube cause your gona need it. Another second thought, you will like that stuff anyway just like here on Earth.

Saying that kind of stuff wont get you into Heaven, bub.

**centennialdawg** · April 11th, 2009, 11:10 AM

Religion is only as real as a person lets it be. Man's inability to understand or explain things is always wrapped into religion. Like our belief, or disbelief that there is a life after this one.

I, for one, choose to believe in the Bible and all its teachings. To believe this, then you must first come to the understanding that a "higher authority" had something to do with our existence and not that it just clandestinely happened. The Bible even tells us that to God, a thousand years if but a day to Him. That one statement in the Bible tells me that evolution and religion can and do co-exist with each other.

**pvfan** · April 11th, 2009, 11:49 AM

Since were talking about this, do you guys think Jesus had brothers, step or otherwise?

**Shooter** · April 11th, 2009, 12:31 PM

Found this on the subject....

Jesus? brothers are mentioned in several Bible verses. Matthew 12:46, Luke 8:19, and Mark 3:31 say that Jesus? mother and brothers came to see Him. The Bible tells us that Jesus had four brothers: James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas (Matthew 13:55). The Bible also tells us that Jesus had sisters, but they are not named or numbered (Matthew 13:56). In John 7:1-10, His brothers go on to the festival while Jesus stays behind. In Acts 1:14, His brothers and mother are described as praying with the disciples. Later, in Galatians 1:19, it mentions that James was Jesus? brother. The most natural conclusion of these passages is to interpret that Jesus had actual blood siblings.

Some Roman Catholics claim that these ?brothers? were actually Jesus? cousins. However, in each instance, the specific Greek word for ?brother? is used. While the word can refer to other relatives, its normal and literal meaning is a physical brother. There was a Greek word for cousin, and it was not used. Further, if they were Jesus? cousins, why would they so often be described as being with Mary, Jesus? mother? There is nothing in the context of His mother and brothers coming to see Him that even hints that they were anyone other than His literal, blood-related half-brothers.

**pvfan** · April 11th, 2009, 12:37 PM

I've heard that explination before and we have debated in a course I'm taking whether or not the Bible was referencing brothers or cousins. Lot of interesting things in the Bible that you can debate, another one that comes up a lot in our course is why Joseph stayed with Mary knowing he was not the biological father of the child she was about to birth.