And you are lukewarm.

Well, it is a little chilly today compared to yesterday's sunny day.

Funky, I am exhorting you as one Christian to another, as we should in all sincerity and Christian love, to study and re-examine your faith on a deeper level. We weren't redeemed by corrupted men instituting traditions of worship and conversation which mix the holy with paganism, but by the Blood of Christ who instructed us concerning worship in spirit and in truth. Do I have a sense of humor about that? No, not really. You're right about that.

...by which standards, you are on the Hell Express.

"Physician," heal thyself.

We, on the other hand, experience great mirth at your habit of turning every discussion into an opportunity to save our souls.

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Because I understand architecture and symbolism, I'm going to Hell? That seems a stretch. My faith is fine, thank you.

Show me where I posted anything remotely suggesting that you were "going to Hell" because you "understand architecture and symbolism".



And that's the difference between us.
I want to learn and understand more about the Christian faith. I'm not content to automatically accept "Christian traditions" begun by corrupt men 300 years after the Apostolic Age of the Church without holding them up to scripture, and I'm certainly not appeased by "but we've always done it (or labeled it or spoken about it) this way".

Christ was beaten and tortured in the bloody laying down of His life for us that we might be saved. It seems to me that giving the sacrifice He made for His Church some deeper examination and thought, including how He would want His name used, and which symbolism He would want attached to His Bride, is the least those who call themselves Christian can do in return.

I think it was the "you are lukewarm" statement. Doesn't that mean I get spat out?

Knowing, understanding and acknowledging that those traditional symbols exist is one thing. My faith is something else.

Why are you confusing the two?

My cult's better than your cult.
My cult's better than yours.
My cult's better
Cuz we got the Holy Spirit!
My cult's better than yours.

You all are so silly.

Oh boy. No wonder you hate gays--you're fantasizing about a gay marriage with Jesus!

Nowhere in the Bible is reference made to the Church as "the bride." Allusions are made to similarities between the husband/wife relationship, but how many ways can those be interpreted?

The Comedy of Iky continues.