Originally posted by SuperiorEd
reply to post by Americanist
And in later years they put people to death for any ol' reason including devil marks (i.e. moles on the skin). All you've provided is an excuse to commit murder and violate children In The Name of The Father.
If you're referring to 'born again' as reincarnation, I might by that story. But as far as vengeance is concerned, save it for Westboro Baptist. They do a better job of twisting things than the Roman Catholic Church.
You're fighting an uphill battle with me. If you want to get SeriousEd, we should turn our attention to the Nag Hammadi.
God makes it clear in the Bible that He is in control of the destiny of men to show his glory to them. The judgments of God are just. The judgments of man (even in the name of God) are mostly unjust. Our walk in the wilderness is an education. We have been here before and divine justice is clearly stated as being born into other lives, times and places. The entire Bible is written to us and not them. There is no them in the past or future. We are here in the 'now' of each created moment of time. LINK We can only reflect our past forward to our future. Temporal transition is an illusion of our education.
We are being show the way to live in the kingdom of God. If we learn the lessons and find a love for God, then we can take our exodus from this life into the promised land of God's kingdom. Deuteronomy is the guide for the soul of man from here to there. The entire Bible uses parable and allegory to point our minds by symbol to truth. The paradox that is hard to understand is this: Parable and allegory actually happened.
edit on 22-9-2011 by SuperiorEd because: (no reason given)
You were bound to make sense using your own words, so reference places in the Bible where parable and allegory speak the same truth. While you're at it... Find us a construct of 'here and now' as it pertains to the universal system in play. God might work in mysterious ways, but we're geared towards understanding. It should be simple. I invite you to narrow down the conversation.
If you read more carefully, this has dual-meaning too:
God surely wouldn't need that many lines to get the point across.


