quote:Cool m8, just wanted to make sure I wasn't causing a wailing and a gnashing of teeth!
Originally posted by Raymund Phule:
PSyB, dont worry, I may get angry but you gotta try pretty hard to really offend me. However, I dont think that God would allow the Word that guides His people to be corrupted. It just doesnt add up to me.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
Pele
Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir
"Oooh look! A pub!" -exclaimed after recovering from a stupid fall
"And for the decadence of art, nothing beats a roaring fire." -TMK
"Here kitty kitty...." - Schroedinger.
Pele
Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir
"Oooh look! A pub!" -exclaimed after recovering from a stupid fall
"And for the decadence of art, nothing beats a roaring fire." -TMK
quote:That's a good point.
Originally posted by Raphael96:
To truly understand the full content of these things, you have to dig deeper than just taking what is found in the scriptures and interpreting it based on the ideas and feelings of modern day life.
Luke 18:25
Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."
In old Jersusalem the smallest gate into the city was called the Eye of the Needle. Caravans wishing to enter the city through this gate could do so. The camels would have to be unloaded because the gateway was low as well as narrow, then they could pass through single file, then the bales of goods could be reloaded onto camelback for the journey to the market, merchants dwelling or whatever.
"You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it."
--MAJOR KORGO KORGAR,
"Last of The Lancers"
AFC 32
Educate your self in the Hazards of Fire Breathing STAY SAFE!
quote:Which is one of the huge reasons that people do not want it to come out. There is a feeling in many of the church leaders that it will confuse the masses and create havoc with the faithful, something with which I disagree.
Originally posted by frostypaw:
The Dead Sea Scrolls have been mentioned - the link to Thomas's Gospel should be interesting to those people, that's from those... and it shatters an awful lot of the 'pomp and circumstance' of the church, removing any need for the actual church itself and giving far more focus to one of itsgotstab's favourite things - that the spirit is in you and around you everywhere and it will teach you - not in buildings of wood and stone and at the hands of other men
Pele
Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir
"Oooh look! A pub!" -exclaimed after recovering from a stupid fall
"And for the decadence of art, nothing beats a roaring fire." -TMK
Some Jarhead last night: "this dumb a$$ thinks hes fireproof"
quote:. Ooooo, we don't like that bit, so lets toss it out. OR, this "thou shalt not kill or was it thou shalt not murder" confusion. Clearly, what was meant was "not to take the life of another human being".
however read the first few lines of Revilation and you will see a darn good reason to not believe in them.
If we as members of the human race practice meditation, we can transcend our fear, despair, and forgetfulness. Meditation is not an escape. It is the courage to look at reality with mindfulness and concentration. Thich Nhat Hanh
quote:In my opinion there is no female deity.
Originally posted by Stone:
Exploring Christianity
The question I would like to ask of knowledgeable biblical scholars is WHY is there no female deity in these Christian religions? And I don't mean Mary, who is obviously a saint, but not a deity ??? Was the female deity written out of the bible? Because for me, this is a missing link in this whole religious thingy.
"You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it."
--MAJOR KORGO KORGAR,
"Last of The Lancers"
AFC 32
Educate your self in the Hazards of Fire Breathing STAY SAFE!
quote:why not? I think there is more to it than differences in genitalia.
OWD suggests "Deity is not something that can possess gender."
quote:Perhaps i8beefy2, the original translation is fudged from the second Chapter onwards.
i8beefy2 said "Also interesting is that "God" is not used until the second chapter or something like that. The original Hebrew actually uses "In the beginning the gods..." and "gods" is used up until the next section, so it appears that the original translation is fudged right from the first five words."
quote:
From the doco - It Ain't Necessarily So "Although there clearly was a smaller kingdom of Israel at a later date, there seems to be decisive evidence that the Israelites worshipped a goddess, a consort of their main deity, right up until their destruction in 722 BC."
If we as members of the human race practice meditation, we can transcend our fear, despair, and forgetfulness. Meditation is not an escape. It is the courage to look at reality with mindfulness and concentration. Thich Nhat Hanh
If we as members of the human race practice meditation, we can transcend our fear, despair, and forgetfulness. Meditation is not an escape. It is the courage to look at reality with mindfulness and concentration. Thich Nhat Hanh
Pele
Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir
"Oooh look! A pub!" -exclaimed after recovering from a stupid fall
"And for the decadence of art, nothing beats a roaring fire." -TMK
Pele
Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir
"Oooh look! A pub!" -exclaimed after recovering from a stupid fall
"And for the decadence of art, nothing beats a roaring fire." -TMK
It's all good
i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey
Rougie: but that's what I'm doing here
Arnwyn: what letting me adjust myself in your room?..don't you dare quote that on HoP...