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Originally posted by amatrine
Interesting. I have often wondered this myself.
For some reason it does not seem rite to pray to Jesus but to God himself.
It has been a war inside me trying to figure what is correct.
Jesus never claimed to be the son of God. He just said I am what you say I am.
The bible says we are all sons of God.
Originally posted by shortywarn
at first reading the title ,,, i figured you were talking about ron paul
i was wrong
but yes ron paul is many of ours--- political saviour
Just for clarification, there is only one people (generalized to mean group) that have been declared (by G.d... if you subscribe to the G.d of Israel that is) as the sons of G.d. Most don't like to hear this, but it is the truth. If one is going to base a religion off of another's text, wouldn't it be wise to understand that text through the eyes of the ppl it was given to?
Originally posted by Wertdagf
Because the bible said so? and those who sat in their temples and got fat and rich said so?
some popular tard can sit on a throne and say that god is whispering in his ear to slaughter countless millions... and they all fall in line, becasue of their ignorance.
this is why history repeats itself becasue people are not listening to causality/GOD, but those rich jerks who only want more gold and fame.
Originally posted by Wertdagf
So what is this knowldge you came upon.... i can easiliy explain mine... why cant you explain yours... stop hiding behind a book. Your running from one pit to another and i would like to prevent your next fall.
Originally posted by Wertdagf
But these same people that you are saying paul mislead belived just like you do... blindly saying that what they asked of their god was met and so they believe... with no logic with no reason... just a hole that they sit in and stare at the wall not explaining what they know or saw that convinced them.
They were mislead just as you now are, because they cant explain this truth which means that it isnt a truth at all.
Originally posted by Wertdagf
Would that then mean that your unwillingness to explain your personal private truth is because it is vailid to be throw out.
I would let you see my whole life through my eyes if i could.. my every thought and experiance.. You could ask me anything and i would tell you hte truth... i am not ashamed of my mitsakes or the pain that i have caused others because it is a light unto the path i am on.
Did you pray for your son to be healed of an illness? did you pray for a zit to be removed and it was gone the next day? what is it that is so private that you can not admit it to me.
Originally posted by Wertdagf We now have preachers that say "i prayed and i was healed" or "i prayed for this person and they were healed" and if you werent healed then god didnt find it to be in his will......
isnt that a wall to understanding and knowledge. EVERY religion is guilty of this. Their rituals that contain no logic, only superstition.
its this hiding and this lack of aplication of logic and causality to these events that makes them more and more powerfull.
Edit: if paul were here i would say the same things... he would go through the ringer just like this.
[edit on 3-1-2009 by Wertdagf]
Originally posted by Wertdagf
what is the point of this thread.
39. Jesus said,
"The Pharisees and the Scribes
have taken The Keys of Knowledge
and Hidden Them.
They themselves have Not entered,
nor have they allowed to enter
those who wish to.
You, however,
be as wise as serpents
and as innocent as doves."
56. Jesus said,
"Whoever has come
to understand the world
has found
only a corpse,
and whoever
has found
a corpse
is superior
to the world."
Originally posted by justamomma
If one is going to base a religion off of another's text,
wouldn't it be wise to understand that text through the eyes of the ppl it was given to?
Originally posted by asmeone2
What also could have happened is he was essentially the televangelist of the day, and grabbed onto Jesus's message and dissemenated a watered-down version that was quite sellable, at the expense of the true message