You think god has the power to prevent men from being stupid or evil? That's... Calvinism. And I don't think anyone in THIS community is depressed enough to truly believe you're just god's sock puppet in an utterly deterministic universe.
God presents a path. Men choose to walk it. Or not. It wouldn't be the first or last time someone who was close enough to the source to know better took a message and ran with it for their own ends.
Paul did not aim to spread Christ's message. He aimed to create a Church of Christ. That's not the same thing.
You don't get from Christ's words to Quakers being executed for heresy without Paul.
You think god has the power to prevent men from being stupid or evil? That's... Calvinism. And I don't think anyone in THIS community is depressed enough to truly believe you're just god's sock puppet in an utterly deterministic universe.
God presents a path. Men choose to walk it. Or not. It wouldn't be the first or last time someone who was close enough to the source to know better took a message and ran with it for their own ends.
Paul did not aim to spread Christ's message. He aimed to create a Church of Christ. That's not the same thing.
You don't get from Christ's words to Quakers being executed for heresy without Paul. And while I acknowledge the POSSIBILITY that God inspired Paul as well, the gulf between what Christ preached and what Paul built is pretty wide.
You think god has the power to prevent men from being stupid or evil? That's... Calvinism. And I don't think anyone in THIS community is depressed enough to truly believe you're just god's sock puppet in an utterly deterministic universe.
God presents a path. Men choose to walk it. Or not. It wouldn't be the first or last time someone who was close enough to the source to know better took a message and ran with it for their own ends.
Paul did not aim to spread Christ's message. He aimed to create a Church of Christ. That's not the same thing.
You don't get from Christ's words to Quakers being executed for heresy without Paul. And while I acknowledge the POSSIBILITY that God acted through Paul, the gulf between what Christ preached and what Paul built is pretty wide.
You think god has the power to prevent men from being stupid or evil? That's... Calvinism. And I don't think anyone in THIS community is depressed enough to truly believe you're just god's sock puppet in an utterly deterministic universe.
God presents a path. Men choose to walk it. Or not. It wouldn't be the first or last time someone who was close enough to the source to know better took a message and ran with it for their own ends.
Paul did not aim to spread Christ's message. He aimed to create a Church of Christ. That's not the same thing.
You don't get from Christ's words to Quakers being executed for heresy without Paul. And while as Quaker I have to acknowledge the POSSIBILITY that God acted through Paul, the gulf between what Christ preached and what Paul built is pretty wide.
You think god has the power to prevent men from being stupid or evil? That's... Calvinism. And I don't think anyone in THIS community is depressed enough to truly believe you're just god's sock puppet in an utterly deterministic universe.
God presents a path. Men choose to walk it. Or not. It wouldn't be the first or last time someone who was close enough to the source to know better took a message and ran with it for their own ends.
Paul did not aim to spread Christ's message. He aimed to create a Church of Christ. That's not the same thing.
You don't get from Christ's words to Quakers being executed for heresy without Paul. And while as Quaker I have to acknowledge the POSSIBILITY that God acted through Paul, the incongruency between what Christ preached and what Paul built makes me doubt it.
You think god has the power to prevent men from being stupid or evil? That's... Calvinism. And I don't think anyone in THIS community is depressed enough to truly believe you're just god's sock puppet in an utterly deterministic universe.
God presents a path. Men choose to walk it. Or not. It wouldn't be the first or last time someone who was close enough to the source to know better took a message and ran with it for their own ends.
Paul did not aim to spread Christ's message. He aimed to create a Church of Christ. That's not the same thing.
You don't get from Christ's words to Quakers being executed for heresy without Paul.
You think god has the power to prevent men from being stupid or evil? That's... Calvinism. And I don't think anyone in THIS community is depressed enough to truly believe you're just god's sock puppet in an utterly deterministic universe.
God presents a path. Men choose to walk it. Or not. It wouldn't be the first or last time someone who was close enough to the source to know better took a message and ran with it for their own ends.
Paul did not aim to spread Christ's message. He aimed to create a Church of Christ. That's not the same thing.
You don't get from Christ's message to Quakers being executed for heresy without Paul.
You think god has the power to prevent men from being stupid or evil? That's... Calvinism. And I don't think anyone in THIS community is depressed enough to truly believe you're just god's sock puppet in an utterly deterministic universe.
God presents a path. Men choose to walk it. Or not. It wouldn't be the first or last time someone who was close enough to the source to know better took a message and ran with it for their own ends.
Paul did not aim to spread Christ's message. He aimed to create a Church of Christ. That's not the same thing.
To turn a 40k analogy, Paul is Lorgar.
You think god has the power to prevent men from being stupid or evil? That's... Calvinism. And I don't think anyone in THIS community is depressed enough to truly believe you're just god's sock puppet in an utterly deterministic universe.
God presents a path. Men choose to walk it. Or not. It wouldn't be the first or last time someone who was close enough to the source to know better took a message and ran with it for their own ends.
Paul did not aim to spread Christ's message. He aimed to create a Church of Christ. That's not the same thing.
You think god has the power to prevent men from being stupid or evil? That's... Calvinism.
God presents a path. Men choose to walk it. Or not. It wouldn't be the first or last time someone who was close enough to the source to know better took a message and ran with it for their own ends.
Paul did not aim to spread Christ's message. He aimed to create a Church of Christ. That's not the same thing.
You think god has the power to prevent men from being stupid or evil? That's... Calvinism.
God presents a path. Men choose to walk it. Or not. It wouldn't be the first or last time someone who was close enough to the source to know better took a message and ran with it for their own ends.
Paul did not aim to spread Christ's message. He aimed to create a Church of Christ. That's not the same thing.