... aren't as devout as they used to be, plenty still get baptized and regularly attend church but how many actually live the life that Jesus wanted them to? Most Christians don't live that life but the bible says that as long as you accept gods grace you can be saved. I agree with the teachings of the bible and the Christian faith ... savior. Some outside of the community believe that you have to follow the 10 commandments strictly to be saved. This isn't true because Jesus died for our sins so we don't have to live strictly by those laws, Christians follow them and try to adhere but it is...

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... understanding. Through Paul's teachings of Jesus' love and God's grace through salvation, Paul revolutionized the Christian religion. Paul himself did not profess to be perfect " "my body does things I don't want to do " " but always spoke highly of Jesus's love and forgiveness for all, showing Christianity to be an accessible religious expression for all....

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... emphasize not becoming attached to earthly possessions due to the benefits of achieving nirvana. What I find very disvaluable about the eastern religions is their general non belief in a supreme god. I don't feel that one participating in those religions may be able to totally appreciate achieving the ultimate holy. I find it difficult to draw the relation between the holy and the individual ... ...

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... is an air of nervousness in his voice which ultimately leads to a presumption of inexperience. The tax-gatherer then goes on to ask "Have you a husband", "where is he", "we don't want to take you to court" and "why do you keep the dog anyway". These statements are highly unprofessional, inappropriate and scream of inexperience a tax gatherer who had been in ... ...

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... entertaining hysteria of stylistic overkill, tittersome dialogue and giddily outlandish situations. The fashion-victim hipness of Frankie and her pals, combined with commercials and musicvid vet Wainwright's hyperkinetic visual design" don't allow the film's message to be adequately deciphered as a heavy metal fashion orgy of clashing sin and dire religious belief comes together here glamorizing the visual representations of Christ-like ... ...

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... in the stories in The Bible, and in fact claims that even Jesus is mentioned only anecdotally. He claims that the first four books by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John don't even provide a history of Christ, but only detached anecdotes of him. It appears from these books, that the whole time of his being a preacher was not more than eighteen months ... ...

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