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Originally posted by njl51
reply to post by adjensen
I am ignorant but it does say :
Matthew 24:
verse 29: Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened and moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.
versE 30: And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth
mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
It would appear that tribulation might be occuring while men and women are doing their usual earthly tasks etc..
but I am not sure. Just be careful...
I have heard that even some high up church officials do not really believe
everything in the bible..not sure so don't quote me..I like the King James version..the newer ones SOME say
are missing exact wording of the King James version.
Originally posted by curious7
No I won't accept or pray to Jesus to "save" me because Jesus is made up of several different mythical people from various different civilisations and pre-Christian religions (such as Paganism along with others) all combined into one to help spread the stories in your holy book.
All I can say is that you give your religion a bad name and trust me, other Christians who have seen your posts against me in this thread have stated to me how you are the exact kind of Christian that even they despise.
People make that so hard and it really isn't!! Being a Christian is not about religion or being religious. It's about having a relationship with God pure and simple!
So I am curious and must ask. If I find solace in Gods tree and choose to talk to it, or the wild life in my yard, or the mountain I may be standing on, am I not having a relationship with God, if my heart feels sincere in that manner? If my heart knows this is right for me, isn't that what important to God? I don't understand why it must have a label and directions to follow. Afterall, God gave me the tune of my drum,I think it would be insulting to say the least to not follow it. Actually, I feel fortunate that I recognize the beat of my drum for many go through life trying to dance to other peoples drum beat. Sad really.....
Originally posted by adjensen
Originally posted by curious7
No I won't accept or pray to Jesus to "save" me because Jesus is made up of several different mythical people from various different civilisations and pre-Christian religions (such as Paganism along with others) all combined into one to help spread the stories in your holy book.
Oh, you've seen Zeitgeist?
Though a seemingly common theory by many non-believers, there is little evidence of such similarities, and the sources used by Zeitgeist are so laughingly invalid that even skeptics and atheists feel the need to debunk them.
Originally posted by curious7
Originally posted by adjensen
Originally posted by curious7
No I won't accept or pray to Jesus to "save" me because Jesus is made up of several different mythical people from various different civilisations and pre-Christian religions (such as Paganism along with others) all combined into one to help spread the stories in your holy book.
Oh, you've seen Zeitgeist?
Though a seemingly common theory by many non-believers, there is little evidence of such similarities, and the sources used by Zeitgeist are so laughingly invalid that even skeptics and atheists feel the need to debunk them.
Never heard of Zeitgeist, sorry.
History Channel show on "Who is the real Jesus?" and the like that pointed out similarities between Bible stories of Jesus and previous myths from early civilisations though I did watch and research, coming to the same conclusions.
Originally posted by curious7
It then showed a fast forward a few hundred years later when the Bible was first written and released to spread the word of this new religion called Christianity which had a variety of similarities to the pre-Christ Greek stories not only in the Old Testament but more specifically, in the Jesus tale.
As I said, I find all religion to be dangerous and corrupt (as you can see from the post of my Christian friend above who attacked me and others for not believing what he believes out of nowehere seemingly) because the general message is the same regardless:
"Love everybody in equal measure and respect all as you wish to be respected"