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Originally posted by Matrix1111
Originally posted by moocowman
Do you think that you would believe him/ her, or consider him to be the devil trying to confuse you ?
I didn't think you were being serious. My thoughts on the matter of the purpose of Jesus, the Messiah? (I think that's the more relevant question.)
God wants to undo the mistakes of Adam and Eve. When God made Adam and Eve, he said "it is good." But after the Fall, they were no longer good.... So after purifying a lineage to the point that a sinless second Adam could be born, Jesus was born. Jesus was born in the masculine image of God. To be complete and whole, he needed to marry a purified feminine image of God, and produce a family. This didn't take place and so God spent the same amount of time as was spent raising up Judaism to raise up Christianity and the new Messiah, or third Adam. (Approximately 2,000 years.) The wife of the Messiah is of equal standing. Together they make a whole image of God.
How does homosexuality fit in with this pattern of families being the image of God, God's love and God's creation? It doesn't. Homosexuality is the result of the Fall. It is a deviation of God's ideal of love. It is not created in his image. Does God still love homosexuals? Yes. Just as much as hetrosexuals, but they are both out of sync with their true purpose of creation. They are both confused and function out of selfishness. That is the problem with all humankind. The purpose of the Messiah and his wife is to fix that problem.
[edit on 10/7/2008 by Matrix1111]
Originally posted by azureskys
What if Jesus returned with a new identity ?
I can not quote Bible scripture but I think that we are to treat everyone with the same Love that we give to Jesus.
I get this from a Biblical passage I remember reading. It went something like this......
If a stranger comes to your door and asks for food,drink or shelter,would you give it to him...or turn him away?
Might it be Jesus at your door? Would you recognize him? Does it matter
his color,race,creed,rich,poor,deformed or beautiful ?
Originally posted by moocowman
All I am asking is, if a gay man or woman demonstrates the same attributes as jesusgod of the bible to you, would you accept him/her/it or would you consider this to be the work of the satan god?
Please bear in mind should you reply "god would not do this that or the other" you would not only be insulting what little intelligence that I have but also putting yourelf in a position of knowing the mind of god, which is impossible when this mind has demonstrated according to the bible (it's source) to be changeable.
Originally posted by Simplynoone
Sounds like you two could be in charge of Project bluebeam .
Ok yall are wearing me out here ..I am taking a break from this thread ..
"But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ," (1 Cor. 11:3)
Originally posted by Avenginggecko
reply to post by smallpeeps
Okay, so maybe it's absurd, or maybe it would show that the human race has now "ascended" above reproduction? When Christ came the first time, he radically changed the way the Jews that followed him thought. Perhaps his next coming will radically change the way we think about our race and the goal of life as well.
"But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ," (1 Cor. 11:3)
Now here, doesn't it seem that the Bible pretty much lays down the law that males are dominant to females, and Christ is dominant to males, and God dominant to Christ?
And why exactly do you think people respect women less than previously? I'd say that if you compared the life of a woman 2000 years ago to the life of one today, in America at least the modern woman has a better life, respect, and equality than the earlier one. Sooo....maybe I just don't get the fact that we have lost respect for women? Of course, if you mean specifically just the women's genitals, doesn't that objectify the woman, propping up the part at the expense of the whole?
When Joshua moves to a small cabin on the edge of town, the local people are mystified by his presence. A quiet and simple man, Joshua appears to seek nothing for himself. He supports himself by working as a carpenter. He charges very little for his services, yet his craftsmanship is exquisite. The statue of Moses that he carves for the local synagogue prompts amazement as well as consternation.
What are the townsfolk to make of this enigmatic stranger? Some people report having seen him carry a huge cherry log on his shoulders effortlessly. Still others talk about the child in a poor part of town who was dreadfully ill but, after Joshua's visit, recovered completely.
Despite his benevolence and selfless work in the community, some remain suspicious. Finally, in an effort to address the community's doubts, the local religious leaders confront Joshua.
Originally posted by smallpeeps
Originally posted by Avenginggecko
Wouldn't an orgiastic Christ be more in line with "A Brave New World"? People who live on soma all day, having casual sexual encounters with one another?
And while there is nothing wrong with your strong and symbolic belief in the female genitals, it really is only a part of the whole. It's no more or less important than a uterus, testicles, vas deferens, ovaries, etc. The female vagina may be like a canal through which life is born, but if you have no ship to sail it through it really is pointless, isn't it?
Well, Paul's writings are a part of the Bible...You can't really pick and choose what you think is right and what isn't. Unless you believe that the Bible is more of a guideline and not law, in which case you can take creative freedome with it.
It's true that all wars are fought for love. But whether or not that war is fought for the love of a woman, or a love for gold, god, or glory, is pretty debatable. In fact it seems like most wars fought over women were the ancient ones (Troy comes to mind) where women were bought, sold, and traded like cattle and the wars came about do to a man's hurt pride and not his love.
But I believe the lack of equality in other countries is due to economic/educational issues more than anything else.
Originally posted by Matrix1111
Originally posted by moocowman
I didn't think you were being serious. My thoughts on the matter of the purpose of Jesus, the Messiah? (I think that's the more relevant question.)
God wants to undo the mistakes of Adam and Eve. When God made Adam and Eve, he said "it is good." But after the Fall, they were no longer good.... So after purifying a lineage to the point that a sinless second Adam could be born, Jesus was born. Jesus was born in the masculine image of God. To be complete and whole, he needed to marry a purified feminine image of God, and produce a family. This didn't take place and so God spent the same amount of time as was spent raising up Judaism to raise up Christianity and the new Messiah, or third Adam. (Approximately 2,000 years.) The wife of the Messiah is of equal standing. Together they make a whole image of God.
How does homosexuality fit in with this pattern of families being the image of God, God's love and God's creation? It doesn't. Homosexuality is the result of the Fall. It is a deviation of God's ideal of love. It is not created in his image. Does God still love homosexuals? Yes. Just as much as hetrosexuals, but they are both out of sync with their true purpose of creation. They are both confused and function out of selfishness. That is the problem with all humankind. The purpose of the Messiah and his wife is to fix that problem.
[edit on 10/7/2008 by Matrix1111]
Thanks for that non answer, I didn't ask you your opinion of the purpose of jesus, and no it's not more relevent.
The post topic was what if jesus returned with a new identity, an example of which is a woman or gay.
You were not asked (by me at least) anything at all about the messiah and his wife.
I asked you would you accept the jesusgod if he returned as a woman or a gay or would you reject him/her and consider him/her to be satan trying to deceive you ?
It's common knowledge that the jesus god is not immutable, unless of course you disagree with this. You have not stated that you disagree so one can assume it's not too difficult for you to answer the question if indeed you are able to.
If you are unable to answer for whatever reason, a simple "I don't know or I'm incapable of coming to a logical conclusion " would be answer enough.
I'm not out to try and get anyone over a barrel here dude, I'm just curious how a possible homophobic would react to his idol appearing to him in a new guise, possibly gay or female.
Originally posted by Matrix1111
reply to post by moocowman
Sorry. God didn't create Adam and Steve. That was the point of my comments, which you didn't understand. The priniciples governing the universe, cannot be changed. To alter them (change his mind) would mean God is imperfect. What God created is perfect. It's humankind that is imperfect. So from our imperfect state of mind, everything seems confusing. But it is not God who is confusing (changing his mind). It is imperfect humankind who is confused.
Psalm 92:6
The senseless man does not know, fools do not understand.
No, history completley invalidates your point because the homo priests have spent the last 2000 years removing actual depictions of female genitals from holy places.
I can completely deny Paul, as a Christian. I see no reason to believe him in most cases. The church which promoted him, has embraced a hatred of the female power, and so I believe Paul was not a advocate of truth. I do not believe in his conversion, nor do I accept him as an agent of truth.
Not by people who understand the mind. So anybody who has read Freud, who suggested that Akhenaten and Moses were contemporaries and at least knew each other, would probably not agree with you.
Beliefs are fun things. I believe right now some little girl is getting her clitoris carved out, in some third world, in the name of the Abrahamic god. In fact, I know it's true because the numbers say so. Some sadistic comedians might call it "circumcision" but it is entirely different. The removal of the foreskin from a male child was an Egyptian ritual before Hebrews were even a solidified group, as Freud points out quite clearly.
If Jesus came back, this would be one of the primary things he'd stop, somehow. Jesus will clarify the origin of circumcision and its horrific misapplication to girl children. He'll straighten a lot of people out regarding their genitals and what God actually cares about, which is death and murder.
Originally posted by Avenginggecko
If you have some valid sources that there is a homosexual priest conspiracy to crush the female gender, could you provide some sources? Please make sure they clearly connect homosexual priests to a conspiracy to destroy the sanctity of the female body. Not trying to be rude, just want to understand better is all. Thanks
Paul was also the advocate against homosexuality in the New Testament.
Well, I agree with some of that Actually, a bit of research yields that most of the Judeo-Christian tradition and lore stems from practices picked up in Egypt as the early Jewish people migrated throughout the Upper Kingdom