>if you werent born a christian youd be something else.strongest argument. imagine youre born in a hut in india gujarat. with no contact to the outside world lets say in 1600, you wouldnt be christian. you would be hindu or muslim. explain how you go around that as a self proclaimed christian.
No, that's not the strongest argument. The strongest argument(s) come from christians themselves in their endless pursuit of deboonking each other. And they're all correct! Protestantism is retarded for all the reasons catholics argue, catholicism is retarded for all the reasons orthodox argue, orthodoxy is retarded for all the reasons catholics and protestants argue, evangelicalism is retarded for all the reasons all three of the main branches argue. And there are more and more offshoots every century, each one finding new problems with christianity that atheists would never think of.
I am a bodhisattva of the earth and i have been reborn countless times as a believer of non-buddhist teachings to save others according to the time and location of my birth. But in this life I have discarded provisional teachings and will expose the Lotus Sutra to lead all beings to complete enlightenment.
God has always left it up to men to carry his message to humanity. Jesus only had 12 disciples, and he tasked them with spreading the gospel. God wants men to bring the news to other men, not brainwash people into believing. Humanity nedds to earn uts place in heaven through its own toil
>>18438814thanks. i prefer the diamond sutra though if were talking reading and general vibe.>>18438816so, buddy, what is your explanation retard? how does this op not refute your claim that christianity is universal. without being born into christianity or hearing and believing theres no way to be saved. you could be born in some remote island and die and go to hell yet you believe in it although you could easily end up in hell if god decided.
>>18438822>prefer the diamond sutra
>>18438824are you the temple guy from pol? explain why you chose the lotus sutra, what authority except this pic. are you mahayana?
>>18438810I have a very high iq, so I would have gone to a missionary school, became a Jesuit, and changed the world. Too bad hindoos put forth zero effort to cultivate high iq people from modest backgrounds.
>>18438822A universal plug means that it can plug in any socket it finds. It doesn't mean it's plugged to every socket on earth at the same time.Christianity is universal since it places no barrier to entry. No race, no nationality, no culture.
>>18438827>are you the temple guy from pol?I am a Nichiren buddhist from the Soka Gakkai tradition. Although it's far from perfect, it's the best buddhist organization in the world. While orthodox Nichiren temples demand total obedience to priests and cling to oral teachings, SGI follows the spirit of "follow the Law not the man". Shakyamuni, Nichiren and Ikeda were but men, but as beings who were awakened to the Mystic Law of Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo they act as spiritual guides and mentors. However, the Mystic Law is what drove them to buddhahood.
>>18438831imagine youd go to hell. all your life was wasted and for no reason god hates you. is that just to not be able to know whether youre destined for hell if youre a true believer? shouldnt a true believer and faithful catholic know that hes in heaven now and in eternity? how unjust is that please. cmon.
>>18438835based. how old are you and are you asian or western?
>>18438830>fell for the Jesuit elite meme.shut your mouth, Sanchez.
>>18438839Cry about it, Rajesh. No other organization produces more effective individuals from extremely modest backgrounds.
>>18438845>he doesn't know.
>>18438838>how old are you27 and italian, SGI is bigger than everywhere else in Europe here. But I want to move to Japan and become a language teacher there because it suits my personality more. I know this technically goes against the teachings of Nichiren because he says we should transform our karma regardless of where we are but I feel like my calling is to live in Japan. Thanks to my strategies and persistence I have been able to learn Japanese at insane pacing and now I can read nearly everything with minimal assistance after 4 months of intensive study. Certainly my joining SGI drove me to learn the language.
>>18438836>shouldnt a true believer and faithful catholic know that hes in heaven now and in eternity?only God can judge. as such, nobody can know what his judgment will be. being "sure" about going to heaven would mean being so prideful to equate your judgement with God's perfection
>>18438849ok im done this is total larp you dont believe in christianity from the way you talk.
>>18438855>I have retarded preconcieved notions about christianity so your doctrinally correct views are a LARPok buddy
>>18438835oh my god an unironic SGI cultist in the wild, get the popcorn
>>18438868If you think SGI is a cult you have never been exposed to "traditional" buddhism where reverence to monks is more important than self improvement and enlightenment
honestly? the muslim option would be more likely to get you into heaven right? if i were christian thats the angle i'd go for: no matter your environment, theres always a "most" christian option whether you know anything about christianity or not. so theoretically if you did some soul searching or whatever you would come around to that option, and if you didnt, maybe it means youre giving into some kind of temptation or bad influence or just doing something wrong
>>18438810OP could've been born straight but he's a faggot instead
>>18438810Yea and if I were born a nig I'd be pulling up my sagging pants and shooting at other nigs with my sideways glock. What's your point?
>>18438810this is just a reformulation of Rawls' Veil of ignorance argument.
>>18438816>God has always left it up to men to carry his message to humanityexactly as if he didn't exist and those men made it up.>God wants men to bring the news to other menone wants things in the gap between conceiving them and getting them. why would an omnipotent being experience such a gap and why would it choose such an inferior method?
>>18439698the name-dropping has begun.
>>18438810I wasn't born a Christian my parents are atheist/agnostic.
>>18438848>I want to move to Japan and become a language teacher therenonce
If I had been born a woman I would be sooooo pregnant right now.
>>18438816>God has always left it up to men to carry his message to humanityThis is why the God of the old testament is the most legit. When he gave His Law he did it in front of millions of people and his voice from heaven was heard by all of them and it terrified them so much they begged God to stop speaking. And he did this after rescuing these people from the most powerful empire of the world who had enslaved them by doing great sings and wonders like splitting the red sea and crippling the entire empire and bringing them down to their knees.He didn't speak in secret to a few and expected everyone else to believe them, he spoke to all of them. Millions of people heard him and believed, which is why this law has survived until today. Those who heard him zealosly kept them. Among the people who heard him there will always be people who will never forsake them and teach them to the next generation.
