[True Disciple]

Originally Posted by know_hope

There is an impressive amount of hate here in what is supposedly a christian site. If jesus, or god was (is ) reading this , would he agree with what is being said here? Jesus taught of loving your enemies; i.e. - have no enemies, but it seems that scripture is lost here.

This is getting very tiresome.

Friend, it would really help if, before you posted, you'd actually read this before posting, as we want all new members to do.
There, questions like these are answered, and we wouldn't have to answer them over and over again to any random visitor who just blunders in and makes a post without ever bothering to actually look around a little bit to look whether his/her question might have been answered already (this one has been answered, say, 5000 times already. That's a conservative estimate.)

The Bible also teaches that we should kill people who worship other gods, and burn their cities:

Deuteronomy 13:12-16:
If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying,
Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;
Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you;
Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.
And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again.

Clearly, apart from loving our enemies, God wants us to burn down their cities as well, provided that secular law permits it. I don't think you really understand the concept of "Harsh Love," do you?

This thread (and possibly the site, looking at the smilies you have here) seems more about exaltation of ones ego, which only causes more hate and suffering and more separation between people.

God wants us to be separate from people that believe differently:

2 Thessalonians 3:6:
Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.

2 Thessalonians 3:14:
And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.

2 John 1:9-11:
Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:
For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.

You would do well to actually read the Bible before you criticize us for not obeying it. Now you're only embarrassing yourself.

Many here criticise Japan's culture, but if we put aside which country has the higher concentration of christians, what does each country have in terms of following the teachings of the bible? Japan is a country of incredible discipline and selflessness where people work hard and complain little. There are videos in this thread showing individual japanese people getting drunk, but is the culture any better in the US? Do the Japanese look at the US and feel inspired by how closely they follow the teachings of the bible?

If they do not believe in Christ, then they will go to Hell. That's what the Bible says:

John 3:18:
He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

There are criticisms here of the aesthetics of a Japanese person, but how similar would Jesus have looked compared to someone from the US considering he lived in the middle east? America is only slightly closer to Israel than Japan.

You are terribly misinformed. Please read this thread for more information:

Proof that Jesus is WHITE!

If we live a life long farce; if we spend our lives pointing the finger at people and cultures that we are too self absorbed to bother to understand; do we think that our almighty, all-seeing deity is going to look kindly on us?

Of course. He actually commands us to do that very thing:

John 7:24:
Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

Leviticus 19:17:
Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.

1 Timothy 5:20:
Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.

Hebrews 3:12-13:
Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

I would assume that everyone here knows that this thread has little to do with christianity and its teachings. Perversely used scriptures litter this place serving no purpose other than to justify hate. Ego is rife and there is no love here.

Now you've ventured headlong into Fluffy-Bunny Fairyland. How are our Scripture quotations used "perversely?" I challenge you to prove that even one of them is quoted out of its original context.

Just shouting: "you're wrong, I'm right, you aren't Christians" isn't going to prove your points, friend. You don't support your statements with Scripture, while we do. Who, then, is closer to the Biblical Message?

Exactly.

If jesus came online, what would he post?

Scripture. Like we do.