02-22-2024, 01:33 PM
(02-22-2024, 01:22 PM)GMDino Wrote: That reminds me: I've told the story before about my friend from college who "found god" and now attends classes to study the bible and preaches at a men's prison in his spare time to help convert them.
Back when we used to discuss religion a lot over dinner I asked him what would happen if I said god spoke to me and inspired through me a new gospel.
He said he'd have to read it, study it to see if it matched up with current theology and what is int he bible.
I explained that this was a NEW gospel. The old didn't matter anymore because god wanted us to make changes.
He said he couldn't believe that.
Which is why I repeat the line that it's funny how anyone who has god speak directly to them always seems to say god agrees exactly with what they are doing.
You essentially just described Mormonism. Of course a Christian is going to reject that, their faith is based on the Bible. Anything that deviates from that is not going to be seen as the same faith. Speaking as a 100% agnostic person I don't see any kind of a contradiction there, and organized religion is full of them.
