So having a different interpretation is horrific, but incalcuable numbers of people slaughtered for no reason other than not being Christians in the Crusades and the Inquisition aren't? I doubt I'm the only one who realises how idiotic that statement is?
What has God "done to her"? And by the by, who does "her" refer to?
Teaching and learning does not lead one astray. If anything, it is an acknowledgement that one wishes to understand more. Rejecting such is, at best, a rejection of understanding and at worst a rejection of God.
The problem is not that you can "get away with" sin, it's rather that you don't recognize that an action you take *is* sin because you believe it is acceptable given the information provided. A Muslim man is approached by an extremist group and told that if he dies a martyr to Islam by commiting suicide on a bus, he will go to Paradise. Now, Christians are quick to condemn that action--As they should. It's not an acceptable way to be. However, they do not practice what they preach, as they similarly are willing to do what an objective observer would call "evil" to accomplish their objectives.
Their objectives, naturally are a command believed to have been given by Jesus--To 'spread the gospel'. The order to convert people to this new religion called Christianity is the reason Christians have historically despised members of other faiths.
Oh, so if I went and murdered 50 people with pure intentions, that's OK? I don't deserve to be punished?
I don't see something that doesn't exist. What do we need "a way for" or from? Sin? We had that long before Jesus came around.
Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Three persons in one God. If you were going to say they're different names for God (contrast Adonai or Elohim in Judaism, names for different ways God has behaved in relation to Israel), then that would be fine. To claim however that they are each seperate and distinct entities is to claim that there are three gods.
Most ancient pagan religions believed in the concept of a godhead, that the gods collaboratively composed a larger, absolute reality called the godhead. They were each distinct entities, but the godhead was the unity of them all. The trinity in Christianity is the modern concept of a godhead. It is not a legitimately monotheistic concept as it was introduced in an attempt to make monotheism acceptable to pagans. However, in doing so it subverted monotheism, as it resulted in people praying to the three entities seperately, thus preventing a legitimately monotheistic trinity from being accepted.
christlovedeaf said:
THAT, I SAY IT ALL AROUND, YOU LACK BOTH UNDERSTANDING OF SCRIPTURES AND STRONG MORAL CODE. HE MOLDING AND CONTINUE TO MOLD ME INTO HIS LIKENESS.[/QUPTE]
You can say it all you want, it doesn't make you correct. You've made other incorrect claims too, such as that evolution is incorrect or that Jesus fulfilled the Messianic prophecies. You have no credibility because you haven't entered into legitimate study of the subject. You seem to want to be correct, but you're not willing to accept when you're ignorant or try to learn more. It's a curious behaviour, but unfortunate and problematic.
Then you're killing a part of yourself and a part of your connection to God. Asceticism is one of the worst possible practices for you. Over-stimulation is also wrong, but denying yourself the fruits of your labours and the needs of your body is equally ridiculous.
Your body was not created to lead you to sin.
See, this is what I see, I KNOW EVERYTHING MORE THAN YOU attitude. Claiming christians saying that. And you have no idea what it mean put to death of sinful desires and thinking it mean killing part of me or condemning self, it does not mean that way at all. If you don't agree about our flesh isn't a sin, then you can't know of who God is. Flesh is not mean skin body, flesh is part of desires and there will be no flesh be a part in Heaven. And also, we talked about crusades and you discussed it again and apparrently you ignore the whole fact about crusade and take the blame on christians by ignoring the particular groups of crusade. Did you know Anabaptist, Martin Luther and others were burn in stake, drowned and etc by not follow Catholicism? What is the point for not defend ourselves? That's all I see your hurtful comment and negative ideas and pride and arrogance attitudes. Like I said, no, we do not go on sinning, I know many are doing that, that is carnal christians, but spiritual christians doesn't. Inspite of your lacking of understanding and using silly POV about the donkey, and Isaiah mentioned, and many other scriptures and we also discussed about rebuilding the temple and His reigning. But you constantly repeating it what we already discuss it and looki like you ignored our beliefs and pointing about these subjects. It has been fulfilled, and the plan as reigning is coming. The way I see, you have no clue the idea of sacrifice and the plan of God. We do worship, El Shaddai, Adonnai (these two songs, I love), Jehovah-Rapha, The Rock, The Living Water and Bread, Ressurrection and The Life,,, His Name in nameless, that is what the Lord say, " I AM". Why He named Himself I AM? Bec He's The God of lotsa names. Created us in His Image does not mean body form, it means His characters. This is the reason why I see the way you look the idea about put to death things that is not of God daily, and other spiritual things and etc, that is the reason why I see, you think you know what the Gospel is about and the way you see christian believe different what I believe. But about Trinity part, you couldn't get a glimpse the idea how that works and sorry, that I say that you are resisting the fact of what Isaiah pointing at, and also Psalmists, and others wrote and point who is Messiah and lack of an idea the point of the cross and the purpose of the resurrection and preparing a place for us and also upcoming reigning. You think when Messiah comes, its all about reigning, no, it doesn't, not itself. You have no idea the purpose of the Messiah.
