ArishMell · 70-79, M
I wonder how they made that "photograph"?
The story might well be made up too - a modern parable. Your Guyanan friend would not get far with me. She may be a very persuasive charmer but if I decide to become religious I would want to go to it, not it to drag me in.
(I have a mildly Anglican background and would return to that, via our parish church. It's been there for nearly 800 years, Church of Rome until the Dissolution and creation of the C of E, so must be doing something right.)
The story might well be made up too - a modern parable. Your Guyanan friend would not get far with me. She may be a very persuasive charmer but if I decide to become religious I would want to go to it, not it to drag me in.
(I have a mildly Anglican background and would return to that, via our parish church. It's been there for nearly 800 years, Church of Rome until the Dissolution and creation of the C of E, so must be doing something right.)
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ArishMell · 70-79, M
@BritishFailedAesthetic I am sure my church does preach the faith rather than try to uohold obsolete social norms; just as with the Catholic and Non-comformist ones around here.
Obviously they all try to attract more congregants but they want sincere ones, not fashion-victims.
Obviously they all try to attract more congregants but they want sincere ones, not fashion-victims.
@ArishMell Yes. And by Gospel I mean the fact that we are all sinners but Christ (God the Son) shed his blood on the cross for us and had the entirety of God's wrath, rightfully meant for us, poured out on him and by believing on this we can avoid eternal damnation which we rightfully deserve and instead receive an eternity in heaven.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@BritishFailedAesthetic Oh, I'd not want to live under a continual cloud of unspecified accusations! People "sinning" (acting against others) is one thing but if Christianty assumes we are all "sinners" by default, I want none of that.