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originally posted by: Krazysh0t
But at no times is anti-christ a singular entity. There are many, and even the bible says that there are many.
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
The anti-christ isn't a demi-god. The anti-christ, rather an anti-christ is just a description of someone who is against Christ. It could mean anything from someone who isn't Christian to someone who directly opposes christianity.
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: Logarock
Your bible disagrees with you. The idea that the anti-christ is some end of the world character comes from middle ages dogma that they made up to scare the peasants. They did this by saying that the beast in revelation and the antichrist are one in the same. In effect they took an adjective and made it into a proper noun and you believe it today so unquestioningly that you even disregard the very book that you worship that contradicts this claim. Kind of funny if you ask me.
originally posted by: Aural
Setting scripture aside for sake of easier explanation. The trinity in Christianity is soft-polytheism. Though they will never admit this.
from wikipedia
A central, main division in polytheism is between soft polytheism and hard polytheism.
"Hard" polytheism is the belief that gods are distinct, separate, real divine beings not psychological archetypes or personifications of natural forces. Hard polytheists reject the idea that "all gods are one god." "Hard" polytheists do not necessarily consider the gods of all cultures as being equally real, a theological position formally known as integrational polytheism or omnitheism.
This is contrasted with "Soft" polytheism, which holds that gods may be aspects of only one god, that the pantheons of other cultures are representative of one single pantheon, psychological archetypes or personifications of natural forces
Incorrectamundo, whoever you approve of you are one with, shall we go into specifics about Muhammad?
originally posted by: simo002
jesus is no god or son of god or what so ever , he is a prophet like moses or solomon or noah or mohamed ...... etc
he is not dead , but allah took him to heaven for now until the day comes for his return ... to continue the last and absolute religion "islam" and to abominate the "dajal" or the "antichrist" in last battle before Armageddon then the judgment day comes after that ... were every single one of us get Accountable for his sins and goods ....
after that heaven or hell depends on what you've done your in life anyway ....
a reply to: CharlieSpeirs
originally posted by: Logarock
a reply to: Tangerine
I don't have a problem with a sort of polytheism if it will help you learn anything. Heck you even have Michel and Gabriel stepping in there on occasion. But its not classic polytheism. Even Gabriel said to Daniel when he got down on the ground to worship "See that you do it no I am your brother". It really is fundamentally different than your pagan polytheism in a number of key way. Even the position of Christ now between man and the Father is a matter of position rather than a matter of a separate entity.
originally posted by: MarkJS
I'm not going to get into a long diatribe with you. To answer your question...
If you're sincere... Just Ask Jesus Himself, your question. Obviously if He is God, Jesus is more than capable to answer you.
Good Luck. God Bless...
Gospel of Thomas...
Jesus said, "When you see one who was not born of woman, fall on your faces and worship. That one is your Father."
originally posted by: glend
Gospel of Thomas...
Jesus said, "When you see one who was not born of woman, fall on your faces and worship. That one is your Father."
None of us question that Mary was his mother so Yeshua (Jesus) by his own definition was not the Father. It is also interesting that the two earliest Gospels, Mark and John did't mention a virgin birth, nor do any of the writings of Paul (Romans 1:3-4). Some believe that a mistranslated Greek translation from young woman to virgin crept into latter writings/amendments.
But rather than see this as a negative, I believe it empowers the true message of Christianity which tells we are all capable of following the footsteps of Yeshua (Jesus) into enlightenment if that's our ambition. Is that not the greatest message of all?
originally posted by: redoubt
a reply to: CharlieSpeirs
How Can Jesus Be God?
We are a species still in the nursery of existence. We have only just begun to understand who and what we are in a universe so vast that we still can't even measure it.
Are there aliens? maybe, maybe not...
Are there deities? maybe, maybe not...
It's still all so much a matter of faith that we have to look at it head-on to see it for what it is and then tear down to maintain our levels of inner security in our beliefs.
Science is good but it is still quite primitive. In a hundred years (should we get that far), people will look back and laugh at our science today just as we do that of 1914.
This all has to be taken into perspective to appreciate our spot here...
Was Jesus God? Good question.
I wasn't there and so... I am comfortable in seeing Him as an example of how human beings should live their lives... with forgiveness and compassion and open arms.
Your call is your own.
originally posted by: Hombre
a reply to: CharlieSpeirs
The major trouble in understanding god is that god is one. there are no two sides, no dualism and no separation.
In God everything is one. So Holy Spirit is one with god, Jesus Christus is one in god and all Angels are one in god.
The Second Major problem for time based thinking (which we use atm) is, God is timeless, eternal.
He has no time, He sees all time as now, or better say he knows all what is happening in now. He has no laws but his own.
Imagine god as energy, but dont make this as belief.
A Energy which knows everything.
He Has created his son, i think because god didnt wanted to be alone, well at least thats what he has been told me once.
For better understanding of god's one'nes with everything, imagine an ocean(as if it is god). When god creates then it is like when you take 1 droplet out of the ocean, it is still god, but smaller and it has its own name, but has the same power which god has. And when you put the dropplet of water back into the ocean, it still exist there but as part of god.
The only trouble is that there is no live existing outisde god.
now, from my understanding, (im reading acim) the jesus which has dictated in year 1965~1972:
God Created his son, and gave him everything so that he can create like god created. This brings great joy to both of them.
Well once in eternity, there was a tiny little mad idea, that son of god has forgotten to laugh. Beeing forgetfull, this idea became serious to son of god, and once he got asleep, and idea has turned against the son of god.
i can only guess that this was the beginning of the physical world, because the son of god asked himself what he is,
and tried to imagine himself, which has made an image of son of god. the power which has been given to him
(of god) made the physical manifestation of the now called ego of son of god.
This ego wants to survive, keeping the power only by the belief from the sleeping son of god.
and the ego has splitted himself in this trial to survive.
well something like this has started this world,but the best part is, that in the eternity this has never happened.
Jesus, which you know from the bible, is only a figure, an idol and has nothing to do with the real jesus.
The ego has told you what to belive. But the Ego was Created without love, (god creates only with love and only what is crated with it exists)
This ego has splitted the mind of son of god in (how many ppl are on earth atm ?) pieces.
There is a way of undoing the ego. And jesus was the first one who has done the practices of undoing in the right way.
Because god knows no death, only life, jesus was manifested as pure love to reinterpret this law again.
As son of god has created ego, god gave an answer to this. He gave us the Holy Spirit. Holy spirit is a voice of god which speaks for god.
Now the time trouble again:
god, holy spirit and even jesus, they exists in now. we who live in time and still have this ego we live in the past.
if you want to see the past, look. Try to say "now", and then hear it. Now do it again. you will see, there is a time
difference between thinking and saying it and even hearing it. So what we see is actually the past, and the future is
made by thinking.
The time trouble, for few ppl is mainly seeing is beliving. but this is not how god creates. Its your ego which wants you to belive that the past is real. Every story which you know from jesus you should put away.
Because everything you have learned of the past , is, if you look carefully, actually from school, books, movies, and tales.
Really, look at it, everything we know of the past is learned.
There is a song which describes this perfectly : supertramp - logical song lyrics
Judgement is one function of the ego, which keeps the past real in the future. Gods calls you for forgiveness so he can make you happy by undoing the effect of the past in the present. But you are judging, because you learned it.
Everything outside you is learning you what to do, but you are not outside, you are inside, and the world you see
is only an illusion, images which shall show you what you are.
The only real way to allow god to change everything is by forgiveness.
How can jesus be god ? well the answer to this is only by your belief.Remember, a part of you is still a part of the god. and your belief can create god's.
In reality, jesus is the same son of god as our souls, and should not be made a god, because you would create without love and because you dont really know jesus.
The real Jesus can help you, but you need to unlearn everything you know about him. especialy the part of crucification which in reality never happened (the time trouble).
He is still here arround and helping the son of god to be released from his nightmares and restoring the kindgom of heaven to his brothers (our souls, which are one anyway).
If you keep an open mind, and call for him, he will help you too.
originally posted by: randyvs
a reply to: windword
Sounds like the Holy Spirit has some ego issues!
Windword why do you persist? When all you ever look for are the
flaws not in God, but really what only add up to, what someone is
trying to convey about God. There will never be any purpose to
what you've convinced yourself you're trying to prove. You seek
no revelation so your only purpose has to be to mock something
you claim you don't believe in. But the Holy Spirit has issues?
Just an observation.