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Originally posted by EarthCitizen23
reply to post by babloyi
Acharya S Would hopefully be amused by an assertion she is a Muslim,, I doubt it. She most likely would verbally take every thing you have said and take it apart piece by piece and while politely creating you a new rectum show you the error of your thinking and leave you so bewildered that you might just learn to think first before saying something you know nothing about.....
Too funny Acharya S as Muslim.... what a Riot.
Originally posted by babloyi
I missed these two posts of yours from earlier, but it doesn't really make any difference, because your links quite wilfully admit to conflating Mithra with Mitra and Mithras for "ease of reading". While Mithra and Mitra were both derived from the same source, and Mithras derived from Mithra, and while they all share many characteristics, they are not the same entities.
Once again, Mithra certainly was not born of any "virgin anahita". And heck, while we're at it, he certainly wasn't the son of Ahura Mazda. Read the Avestas once in a while instead of relying on 3rd hand accounts that have been distorted to prove a point.
Originally posted by NOTurTypical
Well yeah, obviously,.. I'm always the first one to admit it!
Yeah, the context of that was according to the will of God. It wasn't that God is some kind of magic vending machine and if you use the correct end to the prayer He'll give you whatever your heart desires.
There's a term for that philosophy, it's called "witchcraft". Doing certain acts, incantations, rituals and special words to force the hand of God or some other spirit being into your favor to do your bidding. And like I said, if that is a "false dichotomy", then you can take that up with the man who made the claim to begin with, Jesus.
That's only a 'false dichotomy" if Jesus isn't God.
Originally posted by babloyi
reply to post by Annee
Bible? Who said anything about the Bible? You really need to get over your obsession with going against Christianity. It is clouding your judgement.
I was talking about the Avestas.
MYTH: a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, especially one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature. dictionary.reference.com...
Acts 7:55 But he, being filled with the Set-apart Spirit, looked steadily into the heaven and saw the esteem of Alahym, and יהושוע standing at the right hand of Alahym,
7:56 and he said, “Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Aḏam standing at the right hand of Alahym!”
7:57 And crying out with a loud voice, they stopped their ears, and rushed upon him with one mind,
7:58 and threw him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Sha’ul.
7:59 And they were stoning Stephanos as he was calling and saying, “Master יהושוע, receive my spirit.”
7:60 And kneeling down he cried out with a loud voice, “Master, do not hold this sin against them.” And having said this, he fell asleep.
Originally posted by Seektruthalways1
reply to post by Annee
Yes, this is why I talk about Christianity. I understand it the best, and I have beat my head against the wall long enough to understand them and myself. But it seems when someone is told they are wrong, either they get all uptight, or run away. I on the other hand for a very long time just took what was thrown at me, and didn't fight back
Well I grew up, and I don't take garbage thrown at me anymore. I was brainwashed as a child till I was 26 or so to never think outside the set beliefs of Christianity or our home. If you did, you were ridiculed, mocked, and put fear into. So I did just that, left our family cause it was hurting more than it was helping my growth, and left the Christian system altogether.
And to say it was the best decision I have ever made. I feel no more stranglehold on my neck to think, and I now have a strict belief I am adhering to, according to Scripture, revelation, and the Spirit leading me. Its only a matter of time until I get hate messages, threats or even killed. It happend to the apostles, and prophets of old, and the Messiah. Its also gonna happen to me.
The message that the Apostles spoke, was so threatening to the Pharisees and the priests and the rest that they were stoned, jailed, threatened and the sort. What happened to Paul? Or Stephan/Stephanos who was stoned for his message? If your message of truth isn't angering people to the point of killing you, then it probably isnt the right one.
Stephanos was killed for what he said. He spoke the truth, and the heavens opened and saw the Son standing on the right hand of Alahym. He was preaching the truth, and he was killed for it. The risk I am willing to take, like everyone else should do for Yahuwah.
Originally posted by babloyi
reply to post by Annee
What has the fact that it is a myth got to do with anything? It is a myth with a primary source that is easily available.
Seeing that all the bible books are written after the supposed death of Jesus and some many years later I don't think you can say they are accurate.
So answers to prayers are in accordance with God's will? Remind me what the point of praying is then if everything is done according to the will of God. What's the point of converting someone if it goes against God's will? You see where I'm going with this.
Special pleading; we all know Jesus never claimed to be God.
This behaviour is the same as "those silly christians" you love mocking who prefer to never go beyond the words of their priest and don't even know what is in the Bible.
Originally posted by babloyi
reply to post by NOTurTypical
No offense taken, NuT. I was specifically talking about those people who WERE like what I said (or at least the atheist perception of them). You cannot deny that there are many who call themselves "Christian" simply because they were born like that, and haven't ever gone beyond the occasional church visit, and rarely open their bible.