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Originally posted by Quazga
If there isn't already a conspiracy to overthrow Christianity, I support anyone who starts it!
Any belief system that pulls you away from accepting life as it is and aspired to making you believe it *should* be this way or that way is causing nothing but mental stress.
And since the entirety of the relgious right are not only Christians, but feel they *should* make the government conform to what *ought* to be, I support any overthrow in progress...
Where do I send my money?
[edit on 16-1-2008 by Quazga]
Originally posted by Anatomic Bomb
Originally posted by pavlovsdog
Would Jesus want ATM's in churches?
Is this serious? Are there really ATM's in churches? Because if there are then the agenda is right there for all to see and there's no way it can be denied.
This is disgusting.
Romans 8:11 Therefore, the carnal mind breaks one's existence with God and becomes death. According to what Paul says, "The carnal mind is death." In contrast, "The spiritual mind is life and peace." To put it another way, no matter how much serious effort and devotion one puts in, when one is under the control of the flesh, it means that it is impossible in every way to have a life with a relationship with God or the peace and tranquility which only such a life can bring.
Romans 8:12 "As long as the Spirit of God is dwelling within you, you are not in the flesh but under the control of the Spirit. The person who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to Christ. If Christ is in you, even though the body is dead through sin 'the spirit' turns to life through righteousness. If the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead dwells within you, the one who raised Jesus from the dead will make your bodies, though they should be dead, alive by that Spirit who dwells in you,"
God might be dwelling or might not be dwelling, just, if he does dwell [in you]..." Here the phrase should be translated much better as "since the Spirit of God does dwell in you." Do we know when the Spirit of God is dwelling? Can you feel [his indwelling]? You don't dare say you've seen Him, do you? Paul is not talking here of a foundation in sense experience. He turns their attention on the truth that they are just to become persons who belong to Christ because the Spirit of God is none other than the Spirit of Christ and the person who does not have the Spirit of Christ could never belong to Christ. This is the same thing Paul said in another letter, "I want to say to you here. No one who speaks in the Spirit of God says 'Let Jesus be abandoned by God' and no one can say 'Jesus is Lord' unless by the Holy Spirit," (First Corinthians 12:3).
15. Certainly just as Paul had stated, sin dwells in our flesh as long as we are humans living in this world. (7:17-20) However, sin does not dwell alone now. The Spirit of God is dwelling in [us]. And since the Spirit of God dwells in us we are under the control of the Spirit and not the flesh. Consequently, even though the battle goes on, there's no need to live as if we were fighting alone.
16. Furthermore, please take note of several other ways he has put the truth of the Spirit of God's indwelling. It means several different apsects regarding the giving of the Holy Spirit. First, Paul says, "Since Christ is in you."
Originally posted by AncientVoid
Why are you bring that stuff into this forum? You don't see me bringing stuff from a relioious website and start saying "look at this!". There's already enough of it on ATS.
Originally posted by Jadette
The only thing I'm tired of, is people posting posts about a conspiracy and having it go offtopic.
In particular it seems, the ones about religion. They always end up being nothing but posts preaching/defending/explaining about religion and opposing posts mocking/criticizing it.
But in the end, it's not about a conspiracy, but some long discussion about religion. We're not here to discuss religion in general. Almost every thread in this forum starts out this way, and devolves into a religious discussion or debate.
Originally posted by fooffstarr
Religions feel threatened, that their very existence is at stake so they are beginning to get more and more aggressive towards their opponents, including non-religious people.
so they are beginning to get more and more aggressive
Originally posted by Conspiriology
"scorn Religion and the Faithfull into realizing bad behavior as primitive" - Richard Dawkins.
Originally posted by madnessinmysoul
i would like to just say something...
if there is a god as the christians have described... he deserves nothing more than to be deposed by a rebellion.
but that's just my two cents (in euros now)
Originally posted by melatonin
Originally posted by Conspiriology
"scorn Religion and the Faithfull into realizing bad behavior as primitive" - Richard Dawkins.
Heh, con, where did you get that from?
Sounds nothing like the words of an oxbridge academic.