brent, If you don't wish my blood to be upon my head, then quit posting Acts 18:6.
I believe in the Supreme Being we call God, and I believe in Jesus as my Lord and Savior, but will not, necessarily, believe the words written by men who claim those words come, directly, from God.
Any "Christian" attitude need not come from the bible. The precepts of how one should treat his fellow men are just basic rules of civilized behavior, and such sayings, such as the golden rule, have been said by many over thousands of years. It was even written that those words were spoken by Confucious, and recorded at that time. The proper attitudes of how to be a good, loving, and just, person are not that hard to figure out, regardless of their origins.
One of the proper attitudes toward my fellow man, is to let him go his way, and for him to let me go my way, without interference, as long as that way is not harmful to any other being, or creature, or society as a whole. I to practice these attitudes in my daily life. Yes, I do get into heated discussions, at times, but inflict no harm. Therefore, you follow your path, and I will follow mine, and in the end, I suspect it will be found that they are not that far apart. |
