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Originally Posted by SageTree
Hey mon,
Hope you didn't think I was defending anything  When I read that some time ago, it was just another thing that made me realize how that document, with the some good that is in it, has "lost alot in the translation"....to say the least.
I was a christian for the first 16 yrs of my life and when I reached that age I thought about too manythings, like is Ghandi going to hell? and alot of the thoughts expressed here....I could rationalize the Scripture " A day is a thousand years, and a thousand years is like a day". That made sense to me because I could grasp infinitie time, which is a concept I hold true. As I started my own theology as I grew older and found other religions to incorperate or relate to, I realized that I wasn't what the average person would have considered a "real" christian, in my church. Now that more time has passed I am able to revisit the bible and find things that I can apply to my life. However it is not viewed upon much differently than any other religions texts. I think the more "god" is explained the more it loses in mystery. I don't know what "god" IS, but I do believe it can't be anything that would want to hurt us intentionally. god is all ,I am part of all, a co creator. I don't get the whole firery god thing. |
The whole firery god thing was a fear tactic, just like the "heaven" thing, only with heaven it was a selfish/greed tactic, they talked about crowns filled with jewels, streets paved in gold, wtf?, but they will claim that the use of material wealth was just so man could understand, wtf?
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Originally Posted by SageTree
I really don't know what I hoped to say with, I guess I just wanted to let you alittle bit about me and why how I feel about things.
The biggest thing I've learned is the more you know about other religions, the more you know about your own. Most christian churchs I ever went to told me that the other were wrong and don't waste my time.....how much does the average jesus freak really know about the bible more often than not.
Shit people tell me I'm a good christian all the time.....little do they know
Peace man the biggest thing I hold true and makes me the saddest is, that religion should bring people together..not drive them apart.
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