re: Would you support government or Christian’s in the United States?

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Coincidentally, it does.

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If beliefs originate from a common source on purpose, I'm not so sure that counts as coincidence.

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YEEEEEEEUP

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Nah

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I was merely mocking

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Like I said...now you're getting it.

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I do a lot of things for the glory of God, since that is the purpose I was created for. You are not doing what you were created to do.

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You eat bacon and ice cream for the glory of your god? Maybe you're onto something...

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We will, however by the time you see it, it'll be too late for you. Repent.

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K. We'll see.

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Again, you don't understand what the terms mean.

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Authority doesn't mean objective.

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No, my moral standard is based on what God has said it should be.

Objective.

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Your moral standard is based on your interpretation of what others have told you is your god's moral standard.

Subjective.

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No, we have objective morality that comes from the source of all that is morally good. God's character is the standard for objective morality.

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We have subjective morality, and nothing more.

You don't know your god's character. You know what others have told you it is.

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Yes, I do.

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No, you don't.

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I have the truth.

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You have your version.

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If beliefs originate from a common source on purpose, I'm not so sure that counts as coincidence.

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Coincidentally, it does.

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Nah

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YEEEEEEEUP

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Whenever you have been shown to be wrong about something

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If you ever change your mind and act like a person who wants to have a serious discussion, I might oblige

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We know the truth. Your beliefs are wackadoodle and are indefensible. You aren’t fooling anyone.

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No one who asserts that they know The Truth is interested in discussion. You're here to proselytize. I won't participate in such nonsense. I'll mock you and make you chase your tail, and you'll deserve every bit of it.

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I'm happy to make you chase your tail from time to time, as well, since you don't take these things seriously. You have an irrational worldview and you act as an arbiter for truth and a gatekeeper for serious discussion. It's a shame you are so blind. You demand everything from those you engage with while offering nothing yourself. Such a shame.

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but in this scenario if the US government began arresting and imprisoned or even killing Christians would you stand up again the government by any means necessary and support Christians or would you say meh, whatever not my business. Or net want to draw attention to your own Christian beliefs by getting involved?

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I’d support any group that the government began rounding up and persecuting provide they weren’t nefarious or pose a threat to our citizenry.

As a fairly devout non-believer who believes in individual liberty I feel a natural albeit somewhat uneasy affinity to Christianity. Despite the mindless claims of religion as "objective truth" the Enlightenment remains a significant influence for the better in modern Christianity.

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You don't. That's the thing. You DON'T take the Word of God seriously. If you did, you'd follow what Christ handed down to the Apostles AND you'd follow the Septuagint.

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When I say that I take the Bible seriously, why do you respond that I don't because I don't follow what you claim Jesus handed down outside of the Bible? How is that a refutation of my statement?

Also, when you say if I took the word of God seriously that I would follow the Septuagint, does this mean you are finally going to answer my question that I've been asking you over and over again to no avail so far? Does the RCC accept the entire Septuagint as the inspired, authoritative word of God?

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So, no. You have allowed John Calvin and Mr. Craig to delude you. You do not take the Word of God seriously.

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I find that interesting coming from you, since I'm the one who holds the Scriptures as the highest and only infallible authority for all Christians (sola scriptura) while you don't, but make them co-equal (and in practice, inferior) to other standards.

I read the Bible every day and seek to be conformed to what it teaches.

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Your particular sect has fewer than 10,000 adherents in the entire USA.

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Absolutely irrelevant, and you know this. The core elements of what I believe are held to by hundreds of thousands of members across multiple denominations in America and even more across the world. Even so, truth is not determined by counting noses. If it were, Islam would be the "correct" religion. I've said this to you specifically multiple times, so I'd suggest you stop using that argument as some sort of "gotcha", as it isn't as strong as you think it is, and rather it betrays an ignorance in you of what constitutes truth.

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You believe that the Catholic Pope is the Anti Christ.

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I actually believe he is an antichrist. He assumes the titles and roles of Jesus Christ, Himself, and teaches a false gospel.

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You believe that Roman Catholics are NOT Christians.

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I didn't say that all Roman Catholics are not Christians. I said that Roman Catholicism teaches a false gospel. Those who believe the false gospel are not Christians according to the Scriptures, themselves, just like Mormons are not Christians because of the false gospel they proclaim.

I truly believe there are many professing Roman Catholics who are saved.

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You believe that the Earth and the Universe are roughly 6,000 years old.

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This has been the understanding of the Church for a long, long time. The only reason why you reject this now is because you hold other authorities up over the Scriptures. And even if you merely disagreed, you have to accept that the Scriptures allow for a young-earth view to be held by Christians. Many Catholics still believe in YEC today. Are you going to say that your fellow Catholics are deluded, deceived, and absurd for this historical and Biblical position?

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Nobody should take anything you say seriously, because you are a walking-talking absurdity.

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I don't care what others think about me personally. I'm not here to push the Church of FooManChoo. I'm here to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ and to apply a Biblical worldview to current events to show both the absurdity of non-Christian worldviews as well as the preferential (necessary, really) adherence to a Biblical worldview.

From how you write about me, it seems you are harboring hatred towards me in your heart. I suggest you repent of that if that's the case, since hating your neighbor is in direct contradiction to the command of Christ.

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If you had the truth on your side, you could certainly be a gatekeeper for it and police everyone else who doesn't conform to the truth

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Right, and that's what you're trying to do.

You have your version of truth, and you think you have some authority to be a gatekeeper and police everyone else who doesn't conform to your version of truth.

You'd have been a happier person if you were born somewhere like Afghanistan.