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(not asking you to believe this, just hypothetically)
that would mean that the Church is God's representative on earth (the Bible calls us ambassadors)
how do you think satan would deal with that?
he would infiltrate the Church, put a few jerks in there and ruin its reputation, no?
personally, i believe that happens...a LOT
i also believe that there are people, who get saved, join a church and spend the rest of their lives doing more harm to the cause of God then good (the closing verses of John chapter 2 shine an interesting light on this)
now, i understand we're not here to debate religion so lets consider this
even been to a restaurant, and you had great service and great food?
then you come back a week later, and the food is still good, but the service was terrible (and as a result, the food was lukewarm when you got it, and not as good)
what happened?
you got one bad egg who ruined the experience for you
now, what if it was a chain, are you going to boycot all of them?
of course not, you try to avoid the one bad egg and dont throw out the baby with the bathwater
i think a lot of people dont give the church the same consideration and take one bad egg to throw out the entire batch
if you'll allow me the leeway...lets say just for sake of argument that God is real, the devil is real and the Bible is true
(not asking you to believe this, just hypothetically)
that would mean that the Church is God's representative on earth (the Bible calls us ambassadors)
how do you think satan would deal with that?
he would infiltrate the Church, put a few jerks in there and ruin its reputation, no?
personally, i believe that happens...a LOT
i also believe that there are people, who get saved, join a church and spend the rest of their lives doing more harm to the cause of God then good (the closing verses of John chapter 2 shine an interesting light on this)
now, i understand we're not here to debate religion so lets consider this
even been to a restaurant, and you had great service and great food?
then you come back a week later, and the food is still good, but the service was terrible (and as a result, the food was lukewarm when you got it, and not as good)
what happened?
you got one bad egg who ruined the experience for you
now, what if it was a chain, are you going to boycot all of them?
of course not, you try to avoid the one bad egg and dont throw out the baby with the bathwater
i think a lot of people dont give the church the same consideration and take one bad egg to throw out the entire batch