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The Gospel

Genesius said:
But all humans are imperfect, so God's demands are impossible to meet. Pretty lousy excuse for a God if he sets demands no one can ever acheive.
Oh, but think about what you just said. This is a good example of revealing our need for what Jesus did on the cross. He was the only one that never sinned so His sacrifice was holy and acceptable to God. He died in our place.
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kurious_kathy said:
Oh, but think about what you just said. This is a good example of revealing our need for what Jesus did on the cross. He was the only one that never sinned so His sacrifice was holy and acceptable to God. He died in our place.
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To recap: your imaginary friend killed himself to forgive us for the imperfections he created.
 
bluess said:
...Can't .... resist .... must .... respond....

SOOOOO, if you're god hadn't decided to have you converted by (pick one, as you have stated all three of these as being THE manner in which you found the Lord and have not yet, despite repeated requests, picked one..)

1. An almost fatal car accident
2. A crank addiction
3. Being beaten to a pulp by some guy you were boinking when separated from ChristianDude, your husband

through no fault of your own, as you were created flawed and sinful by your loving god, you would be cast into Hell to burn eternally.

And you have stated repeatedly that NOTHING man does can result in their being saved, the act of salvation only comes from god.

If our unrighteousness reveals God's righteousness to show us our need for salvation and redeption it's all worth it. The things in my past are painful, but they are the past. I have repented of many sins it's true.

God promises to remove our sins which I myself am extremely greatful.
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delphi_ote said:
To recap: your imaginary friend killed himself to forgive us for the imperfections he created.
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The truth can set you free delphi. Jesus is the truth.

This same artcile in John Blanchard's says man has been called religious animals. The Encyclopedia of religion and ethics lists hundreds of ways which men have tried to satisfy their religious longings and feelings. They have worshipped the sun, moon, and stars; earth, fire and water; idols of wood, stone and metal; fish, birds and animals. They have worshipped countless gods and spirits which have been the products of their own perverted imagination. Others have attempted to worship the true God through vast variety of sacrifices, ceremonies, sacraments and services. But religion, however sincere, can never solve man's sin problem.

Jesus is not an imaginary friend. He is the way, the truth, and the life!
 
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UrsulaV said:
Oh, come now, there's nobody in the public eye, maybe, but that's hardly the same as "no one around." There's probably a fair number of people quietly demonstrating true loving kindness that, lacking video cameras following them around, we don't know about. After all, nowhere in practical true loving kindness is included "and telling everybody about it."
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Granted, there are more than a few. But the point is, they are not leaders of a religion, and the people who follow that religion.

IMO, if a majority of so-called followers of the various religions actually practiced the tenets of their religion, the world of humans would be a very different place.

Another way of saying this is that most practitioners of religions play it safe, and totally ignore those aspects of doctrine that threaten their day-to-day existence.

Dig into most if not all religions and you'll find revolutionary thought -- ideas that today would be branded "communist" and worse. Particularly in many Western nations, where neoconservatives have twisted scripture to reflect their own jaundiced views. They couldn't be further from Christ if they tried.

The same goes for Islam and any religion you care to name. People bend it to please themselves. In this way, they are absolutely irreligious. They are just politicians, and worse.

M.
 
bluess said:
I need more kitten pictures. Delphi, buddy, I'm counting on you.
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Mistress, what am I? Chopped liver?
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kurious_kathy said:
The truth can set you free delphi. Jesus is the truth.
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Free from what?
kurious_kathy said:
The Encyclopedia of religion and ethics lists hundreds of ways which men have tried to satisfy their religious longings and feelings. They have worshipped the sun, moon, and stars; earth, fire and water; idols of wood, stone and metal; fish, birds and animals. They have worshipped countless gods and spirits which have been the products of their own perverted imagination. Others have attempted to worship the true God through vast variety of sacrifices, ceremonies, sacraments and services.
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And yours is just another in those hundreds of ways. You're just as convinced your bogeyman is real as any of those other people.
kurious_kathy said:
Jesus is not an imaginary friend. He is the way, the truth, and the life!
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We humor children that talk this way. I don't know why we humor adults. Grow up.
 
kurious_kathy said:
Genesius said:
But all humans are imperfect, so God's demands are impossible to meet. Pretty lousy excuse for a God if he sets demands no one can ever acheive.
Oh, but think about what you just said. This is a good example of revealing our need for what Jesus did on the cross. He was the only one that never sinned so His sacrifice was holy and acceptable to God. He died in our place.
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Jesus never sinned? I don't know about that. Last time I checked, anger is listed as one of the Seven Deadly Sins. See Jesus' Holy Temper Tantrum with the moneychangers in the Temple, or his cursing a poor defenseless fig tree for daring to not bear fruit out of season.
 
bluess said:
Well, since you haven't been at the temple lately, I assumed you're were nuked liver.

Nice pic!

From Delphi


Ah, no! The mighty Delphi has been brought low by the rule of man.. or Linda .. or the JRef ... aw, to hell with it.
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I've been busy running an underground hotlinking parlor.

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delphi_ote said:
Free from what?

We humor children that talk this way. I don't know why we humor adults. Grow up.
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Delphi, man cannot live by bread alone. What is your interpretation of this scripture?
1 Cor. 1:18-21....
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written:
"I will destroy the wisdom of the wise;
the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate."
Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.
 
bluess said:
Ah, no! The mighty Delphi has been brought low by the rule of man.. or Linda .. or the JRef ... aw, to hell with it.
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My favorite hobby was wrenched from my hands by the cold, uncaring authority of the moderators.

It's true! :)
 
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