Originally Posted by Lachean

As Ghandi put it, "I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ."

Originally Posted by justone

I completely agree with the first post by niftydrifty, and completely disagree with his treatment of my fiend MrFungus in his 2nd post, after Fungus clarified his sharky position with another sharky position.

Putting Fungus aside to grow where he grows, I am quite descending from the positions taking so far by my sisters Rev and Felicity, from the question imposed and the answer given (what a surprise to see me descending).

Even if the question and the answer are quite acceptable in a Church where the public still connects them to the rest of the NT, they may not satisfy the growing appetite of Fungus dwelling outside the Church.

If I was growing in damp and dark places like Fungus, I would rather see the answer as the golden rule expressed in a form a maxima. Moreover, then it has required Felicity to supply it with the additional and quite undefined comments. This is the teaching, sorry we don’t follow it, but we have vague excuses. Catholics always want to oversmart everyone. Now I am thinking if I should start arguing that we do follow, thus unwrapping the given capsule and making it all big and lengthy…

I don’t feel like doing this, because that would be just an appeasement to the growing appetites of my friend Fungus among other valuable reasons.

But there is one thought that came to me about encapsulation of the teaching. As usual it is crazy and it is over all possible extremes. And as usual, it absorbs me more than any other thoughts. ( May be because it is known that one has to go over all extreme measures if one wants to kill fungus.)

So, this is the challenge I am calling Rev and Felicity , and any other Christian to undertake in the regards to encapsulation.

You have only one word to express teachings of Christ and NT and Christianity.

You have 15 minutes after reading this challenge.

You have only 2 choices to post:

1. Your word____________

2. WTF?

Run or make a pick.

MY WORD IS:

And I don’t mind if yours is the same, just post it,

How would we do – should I go first, - or you would give it a shot first?

Originally Posted by Ethereal

I forget who told this story - was it Lambchop or Wishbone?

Originally Posted by Southern Belle

May I try?

Love

Originally Posted by justone

As the matter of the condition of the challenge I cannot agree or disagree with your word.

Originally Posted by justone

I may only try to define the challenge a little bit more accurate. Would you reconsider your word, if you knew that my friend MrFungus was paying attention, and he was somewhere in the audience, and if I asked you to be friendly to my friend? I also was asking about not only the message of Jesus, but a kind of NT and Christianity as a whole... a kind of...

Originally Posted by justone

No, it would be unfair and rude on my side, ---you don’t have to reconsider, -- but since you are the first who has accepted the challenge – I feel like giving you the priviledge to say 2 words instead of only one.

What would be your 2nd word?

Originally Posted by Lachean

As Ghandi put it, "I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ."

Originally Posted by Southern Belle

God created the world and human being he wanted to love him and be his friends. They would rather sin and turn away from Him, so he had to be really strict for awhile and then he gave them another chance by becoming human and taking their punishment for them. Now he doesn't have to be physically strict anymore but he's with those who accept Him and his Gift of Salvation, and who desire to be with Him, and love others. He lets those that don't, make their choice, but he does warn that he will return to reclaim the Earth for all his Children.

Originally Posted by Rev.

But you were to provide your own...which is...???

Originally Posted by Rev.

No I wouldn't reconsider. Jesus called us to follow him...to do as He did and to be like he was...and more than that to BE Him to a lost and dying world. Jesus always was aware of who was watching..and by following Him, I must be as well. You do not need to request that I be friendly to MrFungus, because as a follower of Christ that's what I do.

Originally Posted by Rev.

WITNESS

Originally Posted by Ethereal

I'm not an Atheist, I'm a Deist. Also, maybe is one word.