<t>LarsMac;1467450 wrote: The issue is really simple. <br/> <br/> How do you define a Christian? <br/> <br/> If a Christian is defined by the generally accepted doctrines of the Church, then no, Gandhi was not one. <br/> <br/> Was Gandhi's behavior often Christ-like? <br/> <br/> Yes. So if you want ...

<t>Jesus kept quiet on the issue of homosexuality and I personally see no need to have to address it, as I have absolutely no personal slant towards being homosexual. I don't know why you seem to have a problem with people personally being against it, any more than I see why others have a problem wi...

<t>Bryn Mawr;1467423 wrote: OK, I'll bite.<br/> <br/> Ghandi was a non-Christian, he was following the dictates of his own religious upbringing which were not Christian and the fact that some of his beliefs mirror those of Christianity does not make him a Christian.<br/> <br/> That many who profess ...

<t>FG;1467411 wrote: Go on, I'll bite - where is Jesus recorded as mentioning that?<br/> <br/> <br/> Mat 19:4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, <br/> <br/> Mat 19:5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave fath...

<t>FourPart;1467404 wrote: This is an attitude which seems to be typical to religion. "Jesus didn't say anything about such-and-such", therefore it defaults that because He didn't expressly approve, then it must be forbidden. How come, then, we get so many Religious fanatics online. Jesus didn't say...

<t>The only thing Jesus mentioned about marriage is that: in the beginning he made them male and female... <br/> <br/> If you look at marriage it was always a family affair and not a religious one. Why do you feel it necessary to stick your nose into other peoples sexual lives?<br/> <br/> If you are...

<t>I found the following article posted on another website and despite the fact that Ghandi did not want to be associated with those who professed to be Christians, I cannot help but ask: was Ghandi not more Christian than 99.9% of professed Christians today?<br/> <br/> Didn't Jesus state that "not ...

spot;1466182 wrote: A hint emerged yesterday...Cardinal Walter Kasper has said he thinks a “growing majority” of the synod members are in favor of...[/url]




Shouldn't Jesus and not the "growing majority" be the one that establishes what we follow doctrinally?