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Originally posted by seagull
reply to post by colbe
seagull,
I like your underlined. I disagree about sharing the faith...
Are we not to shout it from the rooftops what we hold most dear?
a quote from the Holy Father ~
"Anyone who has discovered Christ must lead others to Him.
A great joy cannot be kept to oneself. It has to be passed on."
World Youth Day, 2005
If by shouting it from the rooftops you mean a constant repetitive chorus of "our way is the only way to Truth", while denigrating all other beliefs, and/or behaviors, then no you shouldn't be shouting it from the rooftops. There are ways to share the word without being obnoxious... I leave it up to you, and others, to define obnoxious.
When one finds happiness, and fulfillment, in their lives, regardless of the reason, and no one is being hurt; who are we to judge? You, quite obviously, find a certain level of happiness in your religion. Others find it in other ways, some that perhaps others aren't comfortable with. That, dare I say it, isn't the problem of the one who has found their happiness. It lies with the one condemning.
Originally posted by Shadow Herder
The Vatican is the epitome of evil and hypocrisy. The richest country in the world that claims to be religious has more pagan or Egyptian symbols and obelisks then anywhere else in the world. There is hardly anything religious about the church and Catholicism is the fake religion meant to alienate everyone. In the end you give a finger to "GOD", the vatican smiles.
How can these vatican heathens lets people starve all over the world when they have enough money to feed everyone for decades. Thinks twice before you give your money to the catholic church. It is a corporation and they hate you.
edit on 29-9-2011 by Shadow Herder because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by colbe
Shadow,
Reading your comments, I think it is you who hate the Catholic Church. I pray you change, it's the true faith.[/.
If the Catholic Church is 'the fake religion' there is no revelation from Christ. Everything you know Christ comes from the Catholic Church. The Gospel of Thomas is not divinely inspired.
reply to post by sapien82
Im not trying to school you , just make your realise that in three posts you still couldnt grasp the idea , that you came from a shared common ancestor with the great apes and chimps !
With regards to you coming from a spirit , where is your evidence , other than a gospel book ? there is none what so ever , unless I havent been made aware of it ! So please why dont you school me and give me some evidence that you came from a spirit ?
ever since man walked the earth we have asked the question where we came from ? we have debated the existance of the soul for a very long time , and we still have no direct proof.
but please know this , your god doesnt have all the answers , the greek gods didnt , the roman gods didnt , the egyptian gods didnt , the mayan gods didnt , how many gods dont have the answers? but yours is supossed to have it all , yeh right!
Originally posted by seagull
reply to post by colbe
They were. As far as they went. I was not condemning Christianity. I don't condemn anything that brings happiness, however fleeting it may, or may not be; into peoples lives and souls.
So long as no one is hurt in the process, why should anything that does that be condemned, or considered a sin? Two people find happiness together as consenting adults, be they two men, two women, or man and woman, should be celebrated, not condemned. It can not, by any goodness I recognize, be a sin to love and be loved, can it?
The root of this is the question of whether or not happiness is a sin. I submit that happiness makes the world a better place for all of us. I see a happy couple strolling down the street together, I'm happy for them, I don't see a sin, or even the remote possibility of it being one.
I am not God, I can not see and know everything that is, everything that will be, nor am I particularly enamored of the idea of being so... So I can only look through my own eyes at things around me, and judge them for what they are in those eyes. I will not, I can not, condemn anything that brings happiness into lives and harms no one. Be it the love of two mortal souls who've found each other, or religion that comforts those same souls.
So... It comes down to this: Does happiness in what ever form constitute a sin? If your answer is yes, then we've reached an impasse that will be tough, if not impossible, to over come.
Originally posted by colbe
I am trying to think of some kind of sin that brings happiness, I can't think of one.
You're not seeing, accepting that sodomy is condemned by God.
Originally posted by colbe
reply to post by anoncoholic
"These sexual sins are calling on My punishment for HOMOSEXUAL ACTS AND FORNICATION.
and this is an example of the duality of meaning. Is it written to imply Jesus should be punished?"
How do you interpret this from Our Lord's words in the message Anon?
"My" is referring to God, Jesus is God, second person of the Blessed Trinity.
Originally posted by anoncoholic
Originally posted by colbe
reply to post by anoncoholic
"These sexual sins are calling on My punishment for HOMOSEXUAL ACTS AND FORNICATION.
and this is an example of the duality of meaning. Is it written to imply Jesus should be punished?"
How do you interpret this from Our Lord's words in the message Anon?
"My" is referring to God, Jesus is God, second person of the Blessed Trinity.
My God never uttered this blaspheme! These are not the words of God, in fact I rebuke you for putting them in front of everyone.
If you do not comprehend English then you should stay away from cunning devils who speak with forked tongues because you are too easily led astray..
Putting your Faith in what a man said over what God says is shaking hands with the devil, spreading the lies is dancing with it and you wait for your soul to end.
Explain how you can claim these words as coming from God when they were NOT in the Bible God gave us with His word.
you can't and had been led astray but what is worse, you now proceed to attempt to lead others astray.
... discernment of spirit dude... I am beginning to think you are Leary