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RYME said:PJ_Soul said:brianlux said:PJfanwillneverleave1 said:brianlux said:PJfanwillneverleave1 said:^^^
Is that 144000 thing real? and if so, how do they know how many are currently up there residing so they can stop worshipping?
I would rather fend them off fully clothed while being able to score a deal rather than being naked in my own home doing so. It gives me good practice when that time comes.
Your Righteous acts make up the fine linen for the clothes you'll be wearing in heaven. So if you haven't done anything good in your life, you will be as naked as a jaybird. The more good works you do, the better your clothes will be when you get there. On a more serious note, Again the word rapture is not in the Bible that's more fake religion. Fly Away Doctrine will land you right into Satan's camp, so be careful out there.
Anyway, I you just explained why the Christian-made rapture movies always do the old empty clothes thing - they need to be naked so they can be fitted with their fine linen suits. Makes sense.
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RYME said:PJ_Soul said:brianlux said:PJfanwillneverleave1 said:brianlux said:PJfanwillneverleave1 said:^^^
Is that 144000 thing real? and if so, how do they know how many are currently up there residing so they can stop worshipping?
I would rather fend them off fully clothed while being able to score a deal rather than being naked in my own home doing so. It gives me good practice when that time comes.
Your documentation for that is Revelation 19:8.
And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and White: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
So you see, if you haven't done anything good in your life, you will be as naked as a jaybird. The more good works you do, the better your clothes will be when you get there. Again the word rapture is not in the Bible that's more fake religion. Fly Away Doctrine will land you right into Satan's camp, so be careful out there.
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Everybody knows that Jesus (not even close to the real name) wore the finest linens and wools, though never at the same time, that would be a sin.Monkey Driven, Call this Living?0
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brianlux said:RYME said:PJ_Soul said:brianlux said:PJfanwillneverleave1 said:brianlux said:PJfanwillneverleave1 said:^^^
Is that 144000 thing real? and if so, how do they know how many are currently up there residing so they can stop worshipping?
I would rather fend them off fully clothed while being able to score a deal rather than being naked in my own home doing so. It gives me good practice when that time comes.
Your documentation for that is Revelation 19:8.
And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and White: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
So you see, if you haven't done anything good in your life, you will be as naked as a jaybird. The more good works you do, the better your clothes will be when you get there. Again the word rapture is not in the Bible that's more fake religion. Fly Away Doctrine will land you right into Satan's camp, so be careful out there.
First you repent and ask for forgiveness (if you are guilty of something) that's what I do on a daily basis cuz I mess up every day somehow somewhere. (I have at times, been an asshole in my life. Most likely will again, never feel good about it. Repent and move on.) And he will forgive whatever it is right then and there or whatever's bothering you. And he doesn't even want to hear about it again that's what the whole beauty of the crucifixion and forgiveness thing was all about, so that we could pray to him ask for forgiveness, guidance, and strength learn from our mistakes and move on. He doesn't hold grudges.
And as far as the clothing/righteous acts goes, He says this
1Peter 4:8
And above all these things have fervent charity (good works) among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
Good deeds outweigh bad deeds is what it's saying.
I try to provide answers backed by scripture whereby it's not my opinion that I'm passing along. The thing about the naked jaybird is not in the bible, that was meant to inspire a laugh.Post edited by RYME on0 -
"and he doesn't even want to hear about it again". how can anyone know that?
and rape and murder are in another category? I thought all you had to do was ask for forgiveness, no matter what, and it's all good?Hugh Freaking Dillon is currently out of the office, returning sometime in the fall0 -
Because if you don't believe that he forgives you when you ask for it you are basically re crucifying him all over again.
He payed an awesome price for us, for one and all time.
Yes rape and murder are in a different category. If you rape and or murder someone you cannot obtain salvation in the flesh. You must go to heaven have your trial there.
With the person that you raped and murdered present, and God as the judge.
This is well-documented in the book of Deuteronomy.Post edited by RYME on0 -
.... When you read back through all your posts RYME, do they really seem rational to you? I realize that might sound a little insulting, but I am genuinely curious. You come off as someone who believes they have all the answers, while everybody else - the vast majority of the world's population - don't believe a lot of the details you're going in to (or any of it). I'm not sure if you've told us yet why or how you think you're right and just about everybody else is wrong when it comes to a subject that actually bears no factual evidence whatsoever (I think only Atheists have the upper hand in that context, since the only fact there is when it comes to religion is that there is absolutely no evidence to prove any religion or God is true). I can't quite wrap my brain around how you believe everything you're saying without questioning if what you're saying is rational or justified.
I'm even more confused about how someone who seems to adhere so closely to the Bible doesn't appear to acknowledge all of the contradictions in it, or the fact that so much of what is in there obviously is not followed by the faithful... seems like those who believe in the Bible the way you do pick and choose what to believe in or do. Can you answer such questions, or do you just not question anything when it comes to your faith? I don't understand how anyone can possibly believe that "because the Bible says so" means anything at all, like that is somehow proof of something. That makes no sense.
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RYME said:Because if you don't believe that he forgives you when you ask for it you are basically re crucifying him all over again.
Yes rape and murder are in a different category. If you rape and or murder someone you cannot obtain salvation in the flesh. You must go to heaven have your trial there.
With the person that you raped and murdered present, and God as the judge.
This is well-documented in the book of Deuteronomy.
Say man and wife die in a car crash. Man has been having an affair with Mistress but wife didn't know that. Mistress dies the next day.
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Gern Blansten said:RYME said:Because if you don't believe that he forgives you when you ask for it you are basically re crucifying him all over again.
Yes rape and murder are in a different category. If you rape and or murder someone you cannot obtain salvation in the flesh. You must go to heaven have your trial there.
With the person that you raped and murdered present, and God as the judge.
This is well-documented in the book of Deuteronomy.
Say man and wife die in a car crash. Man has been having an affair with Mistress but wife didn't know that. Mistress dies the next day.
Who does the man hook up with in heaven?"I'll use the magic word - let's just shut the fuck up, please." EV, 04/13/080 -
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PJ_Soul said:.... When you read back through all your posts RYME, do they really seem rational to you? I realize that might sound a little insulting, but I am genuinely curious. You come off as someone who believes they have all the answers, while everybody else - the vast majority of the world's population - don't believe a lot of the details you're going in to (or any of it). I'm not sure if you've told us yet why or how you think you're right and just about everybody else is wrong when it comes to a subject that actually bears no factual evidence whatsoever (I think only Atheists have the upper hand in that context, since the only fact there is when it comes to religion is that there is absolutely no evidence to prove any religion or God is true). I can't quite wrap my brain around how you believe everything you're saying without questioning if what you're saying is rational or justified.
I'm even more confused about how someone who seems to adhere so closely to the Bible doesn't appear to acknowledge all of the contradictions in it, or the fact that so much of what is in there obviously is not followed by the faithful... seems like those who believe in the Bible the way you do pick and choose what to believe in or do. Can you answer such questions, or do you just not question anything when it comes to your faith? I don't understand how anyone can possibly believe that "because the Bible says so" means anything at all, like that is somehow proof of something. That makes no sense.
I'm not by any means the end all be all know it all. I still have ton to learn. The bible itself is pregnant or ongoing if you will. The more times through the more you pick up.
The answers I give are backed by scripture. I've stated earlier why I like the King James version.
My grandma got me started early in life.
She, a strong German lady who knew the bible frontwards and backwards. She didn't like what was being taught, or lack thereof at the local churches and Sunday schools. So she decided to conduct her own sunday class at her house every Sunday, for a few of my cousins & I. A lesson and then of course good food for lunch. And God bless her, She was tough as nails in a good way, wanted to make sure that we were disciplined. Made sure we understood what we were reading. Providing us with a Strong's exhaustive Concordance she would make sure that we knew what each word was talking about if it didn't make sense in English, she would have us go back and read the original Hebrew, Aramaic or Greek word so that we could understand what it was saying. She showed us how to spend 5 years and seriously study the whole bible at what I would consider a college-level although we were quite young, and that the best way was chapter by chapter and verse by verse. Leaving man's opinions out of it as much as possible.
It becomes very fasinating over time when someone can show you cross referencing in the bible. When parts of Genesis mirror The Book of Revelation. When something in Matthew is documented clearly in the Book of Psalms. Best example is When Jesus was hanging on the cross.
Matthew
27:46
46, And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice saying "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? "That is to say "My God, My God,why hast thou forsaken me?"
Many at the scene, (I witnesses) thought that He was questioning and doubting God Himself while hanging there. No,,,,,,,,,,,This is where it gets fasinating.
While hanging on the cross, Jesus is actually quoting Daniel who was doubting God, from the 22nd Psalm. It was Daniel who was saying my God my God why have you forsaken me? And by quoting this on the cross He's going back a thousand years. Daniel was doubtful with what God was asking of him to do. The Book of Psalms was written 1000 years before the crucifixion and yet during the crucifixion it went exactly as it was stated almost minute for a minute in Psalms 22. This my friends is where you get your faith. Its like reading tomorrow's newspaper today. If He says something is going to happen, it will happen.
I've been through the Bible it numerous times now, & honestly I don't see where all the contradictions are that you claim that there are. If you can show me the contradictions, I'd love to see it, be sure to include the subject.
Anyway,
It's not about me.Post edited by RYME on0 -
If this were a thread about literature, Bible quotes would make all the sense in the world to me and I would be fascinated by that (I have read the Bible myself and have an English Lit degree, so Bible study in the academic sense is a valuable task IMO), but I'm afraid that Bible quotes used as an actual explanation of what is real or truth to a Christian is equivalent to quoting The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe or The Wizard of Oz to explain the migratory patterns and territoriality of lions. Or maybe like quoting a book that David Koresh or someone wrote, only obviously the Bible is better than anything Koresh could have done, lol.
Anyway, the biggest contradiction I see is the Old Testament vs the New Testament. They have two very different messages, and most of the contradictions stem from how they clash with one another. There seems to be confusion between rich and poor/wealth and poverty, love and vengeance, forgiveness and punishment, and the rights and position of men vs the rights and position of women. Then there is the interpretation of the Bible. I find that the majority of Christians have decided to make some of it literal, and some of it metaphorical. To me, that translates to picking and choosing the meaning of its contents arbitrarily in an effort to basically explain away the impossible while accepting what they can get away with saying is possible. And then there is the doozy. The Ten Commandments: "Thou Shalt Not Kill".... Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.... I don't even know how many times the Bible contradicts those 4 words, but it's a LOT. "Thou shalt not steal." ... and then it goes on about how God favours plundering and spoiling Egyptians and stealing goats. I could go on, but you get the gist. Of course many, many more contradictions come up when you compare the Bible to organized dogma.
And then there are more nit picky inconsistencies, although those really don't matter to me. I.e., there are different descriptions of how Judas died and shit like that. Those are petty things that I don't care about. I don't see such things as relevant, since the Bible had many authors, so I assume they just messed up some stuff. Probably didn't collaborate closely enough on the details.
Look, at the end of the day, I find it hard to swallow that anyone could really think the Bible is free from contradiction when so many totally different and contradictory beliefs and practices and sects and denominations have been spawned from the same text.
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PJ_Soul said:If this were a thread about literature, Bible quotes would make all the sense in the world to me and I would be fascinated by that (I have read the Bible myself and have an English Lit degree, so Bible study in the academic sense is a valuable task IMO), but I'm afraid that Bible quotes used as an actual explanation of what is real or truth to a Christian is equivalent to quoting The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe or The Wizard of Oz to explain the migratory patterns and territoriality of lions. Or maybe like quoting a book that David Koresh or someone wrote, only obviously the Bible is better than anything Koresh could have done, lol.
Anyway, the biggest contradiction I see is the Old Testament vs the New Testament. They have two very different messages, and most of the contradictions stem from how they clash with one another. There seems to be confusion between rich and poor/wealth and poverty, love and vengeance, forgiveness and punishment, and the rights and position of men vs the rights and position of women. Then there is the interpretation of the Bible. I find that the majority of Christians have decided to make some of it literal, and some of it metaphorical. To me, that translates to picking and choosing the meaning of its contents arbitrarily in an effort to basically explain away the impossible while accepting what they can get away with saying is possible. And then there is the doozy. The Ten Commandments: "Thou Shalt Not Kill".... Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.... I don't even know how many times the Bible contradicts those 4 words, but it's a LOT. "Thou shalt not steal." ... and then it goes on about how God favours plundering and spoiling Egyptians and stealing goats. I could go on, but you get the gist. Of course many, many more contradictions come up when you compare the Bible to organized dogma.
And then there are more nit picky inconsistencies, although those really don't matter to me. I.e., there are different descriptions of how Judas died and shit like that. Those are petty things that I don't care about. I don't see such things as relevant, since the Bible had many authors, so I assume they just messed up some stuff. Probably didn't collaborate closely enough on the details.
Look, at the end of the day, I find it hard to swallow that anyone could really think the Bible is free from contradiction when so many totally different and contradictory beliefs and practices and sects and denominations have been spawned from the same text.
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PJ_Soul said:If this were a thread about literature, Bible quotes would make all the sense in the world to me and I would be fascinated by that (I have read the Bible myself and have an English Lit degree, so Bible study in the academic sense is a valuable task IMO), but I'm afraid that Bible quotes used as an actual explanation of what is real or truth to a Christian is equivalent to quoting The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe or The Wizard of Oz to explain the migratory patterns and territoriality of lions. Or maybe like quoting a book that David Koresh or someone wrote, only obviously the Bible is better than anything Koresh could have done, lol.
Anyway, the biggest contradiction I see is the Old Testament vs the New Testament. They have two very different messages, and most of the contradictions stem from how they clash with one another. There seems to be confusion between rich and poor/wealth and poverty, love and vengeance, forgiveness and punishment, and the rights and position of men vs the rights and position of women. Then there is the interpretation of the Bible. I find that the majority of Christians have decided to make some of it literal, and some of it metaphorical. To me, that translates to picking and choosing the meaning of its contents arbitrarily in an effort to basically explain away the impossible while accepting what they can get away with saying is possible. And then there is the doozy. The Ten Commandments: "Thou Shalt Not Kill".... Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.... I don't even know how many times the Bible contradicts those 4 words, but it's a LOT. "Thou shalt not steal." ... and then it goes on about how God favours plundering and spoiling Egyptians and stealing goats. I could go on, but you get the gist. Of course many, many more contradictions come up when you compare the Bible to organized dogma.
And then there are more nit picky inconsistencies, although those really don't matter to me. I.e., there are different descriptions of how Judas died and shit like that. Those are petty things that I don't care about. I don't see such things as relevant, since the Bible had many authors, so I assume they just messed up some stuff. Probably didn't collaborate closely enough on the details.
Look, at the end of the day, I find it hard to swallow that anyone could really think the Bible is free from contradiction when so many totally different and contradictory beliefs and practices and sects and denominations have been spawned from the same text.
And I'm sorry, believers, if I'm sounding crass again. It's just that I got sucked into all this 40 plus years ago after hearing the same rote formatted responses proffered verbatim and then later, taking a more critical approach to the whole thing, saw that it just doesn't add up. I know your faith is sincere but what makes least sense is the idea that the Bible is God's word. For all we know, PJSoul's words are God's words and She is trying to tell you something.
So maybe let's take the good lesson from the Good Book and leave the tall tales in the mythology section where they truly belong. Whales don't eat people. People don't survive a blast furnace. And the Dinosaurs didn't go extinct when they saw the ark floating off and said, "Oh crap! That was today?"
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An English Lit degree qualifies a person to have studied myths?
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RYME said:PJ_Soul said:.... When you read back through all your posts RYME, do they really seem rational to you? I realize that might sound a little insulting, but I am genuinely curious. You come off as someone who believes they have all the answers, while everybody else - the vast majority of the world's population - don't believe a lot of the details you're going in to (or any of it). I'm not sure if you've told us yet why or how you think you're right and just about everybody else is wrong when it comes to a subject that actually bears no factual evidence whatsoever (I think only Atheists have the upper hand in that context, since the only fact there is when it comes to religion is that there is absolutely no evidence to prove any religion or God is true). I can't quite wrap my brain around how you believe everything you're saying without questioning if what you're saying is rational or justified.
I'm even more confused about how someone who seems to adhere so closely to the Bible doesn't appear to acknowledge all of the contradictions in it, or the fact that so much of what is in there obviously is not followed by the faithful... seems like those who believe in the Bible the way you do pick and choose what to believe in or do. Can you answer such questions, or do you just not question anything when it comes to your faith? I don't understand how anyone can possibly believe that "because the Bible says so" means anything at all, like that is somehow proof of something. That makes no sense.
I'm not by any means the end all be all know it all. I still have ton to learn. The bible itself is pregnant or ongoing if you will. The more times through the more you pick up.
The answers I give are backed by scripture. I've stated earlier why I like the King James version.
My grandma got me started early in life.
She, a strong German lady who knew the bible frontwards and backwards. She didn't like what was being taught, or lack thereof at the local churches and Sunday schools. So she decided to conduct her own sunday class at her house every Sunday, for a few of my cousins & I. A lesson and then of course good food for lunch. And God bless her, She was tough as nails in a good way, wanted to make sure that we were disciplined. Made sure we understood what we were reading. Providing us with a Strong's exhaustive Concordance she would make sure that we knew what each word was talking about if it didn't make sense in English, she would have us go back and read the original Hebrew, Aramaic or Greek word so that we could understand what it was saying. She showed us how to spend 5 years and seriously study the whole bible at what I would consider a college-level although we were quite young, and that the best way was chapter by chapter and verse by verse. Leaving man's opinions out of it as much as possible.
It becomes very fasinating over time when someone can show you cross referencing in the bible. When parts of Genesis mirror The Book of Revelation. When something in Matthew is documented clearly in the Book of Psalms. Best example is When Jesus was hanging on the cross.
Matthew
27:46
46, And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice saying "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? "That is to say "My God, My God,why hast thou forsaken me?"
Many at the scene, (I witnesses) thought that He was questioning and doubting God Himself while hanging there. No,,,,,,,,,,,This is where it gets fasinating.
While hanging on the cross, Jesus is actually quoting Daniel who was doubting God, from the 22nd Psalm. It was Daniel who was saying my God my God why have you forsaken me? And by quoting this on the cross He's going back a thousand years. Daniel was doubtful with what God was asking of him to do. The Book of Psalms was written 1000 years before the crucifixion and yet during the crucifixion it went exactly as it was stated almost minute for a minute in Psalms 22. This my friends is where you get your faith. Its like reading tomorrow's newspaper today. If He says something is going to happen, it will happen.
I've been through the Bible it numerous times now, & honestly I don't see where all the contradictions are that you claim that there are. If you can show me the contradictions, I'd love to see it, be sure to include the subject.
Anyway,
It's not about me.
If your grandma hadn't got you started at such a young age, do you think that you would have found your own way to believe? I mean, do you think you had a choice when you were younger whether to embrace what you were being taught or to question it, or have you always believed? As I've mentioned earlier in this thread, my Mum is very religious, although it wasn't forced on us. When we were younger we went to church and Sunday school because she did, but from very early on it just felt like people telling stories to me. Like a book group who only ever read one novel.“Do not postpone happiness”
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brianlux said:
And the Dinosaurs didn't go extinct when they saw the ark floating off and said, "Oh crap! That was today?"“Do not postpone happiness”
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Posted a similar thought some pages back, but isn't this about the concept of god? Not books, not tenets, not religions, not self-righteousness from any view, and holy (ha) shit, not about taking others down.
How goddamned (again, ha) difficult is it to believe or not as you do and not shit on others?
Maybe I'm naive in that my being preached to over time has been rare, and the times it has occurred, been respected, reflected upon, and mostly rejected. From either side. Many sides.
Anyway, blowing (pot smoke) in the wind once again.
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goldrush said:brianlux said:
And the Dinosaurs didn't go extinct when they saw the ark floating off and said, "Oh crap! That was today?"
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