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Originally posted by Frater210
reply to post by OptimusSubprime
Does this "evil impostor God" have a name? I don't remember hearing about him in church
Yeah, it's Yaldabaoth...
en.wikipedia.org...
edit on 6-7-2011 by Frater210 because: Ia!
Originally posted by Tib50
reply to post by LightAssassin
It seems to me that you are a luciferian, if I am not mistaken, because you speak only of "Light" and "Creation", blame all evil on humans, and ignore the idea of Lucifer/Satan as the instigator of evil in humans. Also, your name "LightAssassin" seems luciferian to me. Is that correct?
Originally posted by AllIsOne
reply to post by Tib50
I agree with you on the double-nature of the Christian bible. When I studied Buddhism I came across the term "teaching by expedient means". Sometimes the teacher cannot reveal all his knowledge at once, for the masses are not ready for it. The first historical Buddha taught for 40 years that women were not equal to men only to later reverse his teachings. He was obviously morally wrong, but historically correct ... The concept of equality of the sexes was so foreign at the time, that the Buddha would have lost all of his credibility at the very begining of his long journey. Therefore he needed to pace himself and introduce the more advanced concepts towards the end of his lifetime.
Try to read the bible in that context, and some things will make more sense. We desperately need an update to our current version of the bible ...
And there lies the crux of my argument: An admitted atheist has taken it upon himself to correct my "doctrinal errors" concerning a God he doesn't believe in. Submitting oneself to religious indoctrination or ecclesiastical enightenment at the hands of an atheist would be somewhat like going down to the local mission boarding house to get investment/financial advice from one of the residents.
Hah, and that makes sense to you?
Originally posted by burningbelief
THATS why Yahweh came in the physical form to die as a flesh and blood man so that we may be unburdened by faith (just belief).
Simple, all you learned men should know this.
No, and no, and no.
THATS why Yahweh came in the physical form to die as a flesh and blood man so that we may be unburdened by faith (just belief).
Simple, all you learned men should know this.
Originally posted by LightAssassin
Originally posted by Tib50
reply to post by LightAssassin
It seems to me that you are a luciferian, if I am not mistaken, because you speak only of "Light" and "Creation", blame all evil on humans, and ignore the idea of Lucifer/Satan as the instigator of evil in humans. Also, your name "LightAssassin" seems luciferian to me. Is that correct?
I dont know why I initially called myself this, because upon reflection it seemed to imply something somewhat evil. Then I discovered Lucifer/Satan refers to himself as the The Prince Of Light. Then it made complete sense.
I do not state that Satan does not exist at all, he opens the door....it is our choice to walk through it.edit on 6-7-2011 by LightAssassin because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by bogomil
Originally posted by LightAssassin
Originally posted by Tib50
reply to post by LightAssassin
It seems to me that you are a luciferian, if I am not mistaken, because you speak only of "Light" and "Creation", blame all evil on humans, and ignore the idea of Lucifer/Satan as the instigator of evil in humans. Also, your name "LightAssassin" seems luciferian to me. Is that correct?
I dont know why I initially called myself this, because upon reflection it seemed to imply something somewhat evil. Then I discovered Lucifer/Satan refers to himself as the The Prince Of Light. Then it made complete sense.
I do not state that Satan does not exist at all, he opens the door....it is our choice to walk through it.edit on 6-7-2011 by LightAssassin because: (no reason given)
Just for the record. It's next to impossible, that satan and Lucifer are the same individual (at least according to bible texts).
Such things are hard to figure out. I have heard stories in church such as a man gets falsely accused and ends up in prison and much later, when some of his fellow inmates turned to Christ, one would say, "You know, there were times when we felt like jumping you but were afraid because of that dude who was with you." and the man would answer, "What dude?"
Still, it protects me. Its the only thing ive had through my life to rely on, the only thing that has never turned on me.
And, so to all christians, i say one thing:
F*ck you
"Impostor" in what way? Where did you learn this?
Jesus (of the New Testament) fully condones Mosaic law, and the prophecies posed in the Old Testament.
Matthew 5:17
"Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil."
Jesus fully approved of the law of the Old Testament.
Originally posted by DARKCYDE_CROWLEY
I have always believed the 2 Gods thing.
There's just too many contradictions between old and new testaments.
Originally posted by brendenbaine
I only turned my back on christianity about a year ago upon looking back to see that the neither your bastard god, nor his damned son were ever there for me a single time i needed them.