Re: I'm sorry I offended yousamfuApril 25 2005, 20:26:28 UTC
I am sorry that I offended you in my letter to your sister.
You didn't offend me per-say, you just made a fool of yourself (in my opinion).
However, I do believe that every min of every day we are in a spiritual battle. I believe that Satan uses past hurts to get you to focus on yourself instead of God, which is a sin.
If that's the case, every moment of your life you aren't kneeling (and probably some moments that you are) is a sin. Be realistic, and stop this pathetic self-loathing. Focusing on yourself is not a sin. Show me which of the ten commandments says it is and I'll return to church. (warning: gross generalization ahead) Christians like to make everything a sin, when its pretty freaking clearly laid out in their most holy of holy books what sins are. In the new testament, it's almost all Jesus followers (dude's with agendas) that are warning of specific sins. Jesus himself is pretty clear that if you believe in him as your lord and savior you'll be on a train to H-town.
I know what hurt is, I know what confusion is, I know what questioning if God has a plan for is all about. But I also now know that when I stopped focusing on myself, on my pain and my questions, but instead gave it all over to God, His peace which transcends all human understanding overflowed in me.
I already mentioned this. If you feel you can lie to yourself and that helps you...fine! I wish that I could live in such ignorance, honestly I do. I've always believed that "Ignorance is bliss" in the immortal words of Joe Pantoliano as Cypher. There's no arguing that believing in a massively powerful being that can take all your cares away is comforting.
Satan can use anything you feel to get you to forsake God - He's the ultimate deceiver. So by praying for removal of any sort of deceiving spirits, I simply am praying for protection.
Why doesn't God protect you to bigin with?
You may not believe any of this - you don't need to. It's real whether or not you say it is.
There's no evidence whatsoever that its real. You're simply believing what others have told you, without thinking about it for yourself. You're not even rationalizing it. You're just repeating the mantra of this mystical battle that's occuring.
This needs to stoparizonigirlApril 25 2005, 20:41:40 UTC
Sam - It seems that you have a serious grudge against the church, but even so, that does not give you the authority to attack what I believe. I never initiated this with you, but was talking to your sister. So let's discontinue this conversation. Thank you.
Re: This needs to stopsamfuApril 25 2005, 21:19:42 UTC
My grudge is against people who don't think for themselves and try and spread their ignorance on others, not against the church. You don't know about my history with "the church" (whatever that means), and you don't even know what my religious beliefs are.
Start thinking critically and stop making a bad name for Christians.
You didn't offend me per-say, you just made a fool of yourself (in my opinion).
However, I do believe that every min of every day we are in a spiritual battle. I believe that Satan uses past hurts to get you to focus on yourself instead of God, which is a sin.
If that's the case, every moment of your life you aren't kneeling (and probably some moments that you are) is a sin. Be realistic, and stop this pathetic self-loathing. Focusing on yourself is not a sin. Show me which of the ten commandments says it is and I'll return to church. (warning: gross generalization ahead) Christians like to make everything a sin, when its pretty freaking clearly laid out in their most holy of holy books what sins are. In the new testament, it's almost all Jesus followers (dude's with agendas) that are warning of specific sins. Jesus himself is pretty clear that if you believe in him as your lord and savior you'll be on a train to H-town.
I know what hurt is, I know what confusion is, I know what questioning if God has a plan for is all about. But I also now know that when I stopped focusing on myself, on my pain and my questions, but instead gave it all over to God, His peace which transcends all human understanding overflowed in me.
I already mentioned this. If you feel you can lie to yourself and that helps you...fine! I wish that I could live in such ignorance, honestly I do. I've always believed that "Ignorance is bliss" in the immortal words of Joe Pantoliano as Cypher. There's no arguing that believing in a massively powerful being that can take all your cares away is comforting.
Satan can use anything you feel to get you to forsake God - He's the ultimate deceiver. So by praying for removal of any sort of deceiving spirits, I simply am praying for protection.
Why doesn't God protect you to bigin with?
You may not believe any of this - you don't need to. It's real whether or not you say it is.
There's no evidence whatsoever that its real. You're simply believing what others have told you, without thinking about it for yourself. You're not even rationalizing it. You're just repeating the mantra of this mystical battle that's occuring.
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Start thinking critically and stop making a bad name for Christians.
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