calebprime
Penultimate Amazing
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Once again, I'm doing the nasty thing of editing other people's posts--but it's only because I'm a little compulsive...
Also, it helps me think about what you're saying, DJJ.
Also, it helps me think about what you're saying, DJJ.
as edited, somewhat hastily, by calebprime
I ally myself with those that have love and have Jesus. While "having love" is not well-defined, both these qualities ("having love" and "having Jesus") are pretty easy to discern. The people who love in this way can come from any nationality, race, creed, or background. Their "heart" choices is what makes them Christians--or should I say true Christians.
All church systems are false, because people in groups no longer think as individuals ought to. Individuals ought to follow Jesus and make individual choices. Only when Jesus gathers us will we be joined together as one.
I'm therefore a true Christian. I'm a little surprised.
Don't you think you could learn from the scholarship of other Christians such as Raymond E Brown, or Crossan, or Gary Wills, or James Carrol?
Are they true Christians? Would they agree with you, and vice versa?
So let's focus on the Marriage Feast and the love and sex that will be there.
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Read Revelation and the two harvests. ...
Now we're getting somewhere
No.
or rather, I might after I finish Lewin's GMAT, The Falling Man, by Delillo, Outrage, by Bugliosi, American Ground, Remembrance of Things Past, A Capote Reader, various books by Edward Abbey, The Once and Future King, What ARE People FOR? by Wendell Berry and about 50 other books...
DJJ, I suggest you type something a little more substantial about Revelations, or the Marriage Feast, or whatever. Just put it out there. Mention the parts where you have uncertainties. Make each step of your argument explicit.
example:
assertion 1: The Bible is the unchanging word of God, with no mistakes in translation. Or the mistakes in translation are trivial.
assertion 2: The books contained in the Bible are the only ones that are important; the other books not included in the canon are heresy or worse.
assertion 3: The Book of Revelations contains passages which are explicitly intended to be prophecies.
assertion 4: These prophecies have been shown to be accurate in other cases.
actually, I'm doing a sloppy job, here. you get the idea, though.
Will you be there?
also, will dogs and cats and parrots be in heaven? If so, what do they eat?
Do their digestive systems work the same way?
If there is no bacteria in heaven, will there be cheese? I like cheese.
I'm serious about these questions.