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Originally posted by NOTurTypical
Originally posted by MagnumOpus
Caution Advised---following this thread marries Jesus to the anti-Christ and the Babylon Trinity. imho
Only Sinners proceed.
*Caution Explained*
The above member in many other threads sings praises to Masonic Luciferianism.
Originally posted by jmdewey60
reply to post by NOTurTypical
That's like the Mormons or Jehovah's Witnesses, we aren't that team. lol
Do you have a habit of addressing yourself in the second person?
How else should I refer to the body of Christ? Suggestions?
"Lucifer, the Light-bearer! Strange and mysterious name to give to the Spirit of Darkness! Lucifer, the Son of the Morning! Is it he who bears the Light, and with its splendors intolerable, blinds feeble, sensual, or selfish souls? Doubt it not!"
"The day has come when Fellow Craftsman must know and apply their knowledge. The lost key to their grade is the mastery of emotion , which places the energy of the universe at their disposal. Man can only expect to be entrusted with great power by proving his ability to use it constructively and selflessly. When the Mason learns that the key to the warrior on the block is the proper application of the dynamo of living power, he has learned the mystery of his Craft. The seething energies of Lucifer are in his hands, and before he may step onward and upward, he must prove his ability to properly apply energy. He must follow in the footsteps of his forefather, Tubal-Cain, who with the mighty strength of the war god hammered his sword into a plowshare."
Originally posted by jmdewey60
reply to post by NOTurTypical
How else should I refer to the body of Christ? Suggestions?
Who made you the official spokesman for Christ?
I have, and unlike you, I don't just automatically take all of it at face value. We have none of the original documents and I have brought this up in two other threads that you were in and you have yet to produce any sort of proof for your claim.
Read some quotes.
Originally posted by jmdewey60
reply to post by cloudyday
Eusebius was what you could call a "suck-up" to people in position of power and did what was right and profitable to himself.
Here is a good description of the problems created by the ideas of Arius. This was written by Eusebius of Nicomedia to Emperor Constantine.
Do you actually understand what he is saying in the quote?
What he is saying is that if Jesus was actually a literal "son" then that would mean that he was begotten. And if Jesus (or rather the pre-incarnate Jesus, who Eusebius is calling The Son) was begotten, then that means that God, the Father, had changed. Meaning that God was not a father, then God was a father. This would mean that God was capable of change, something that according to their definition of God, was not allowable.
The insanity of it is that they therefore make the son and the father equal so that one always existed along with the other (contradicting the very terms, father and son), while obviously the one was fully capable of change, coming to earth as a baby, born of a woman.
Arguing by use of actual logic back then could, and frequently did, result in being burnt at the stake or some other form of execution. Proper argumentation back then was to quote someone who had previously been given the seal of approval by some later authority. This is the same principle which got Galileo in hot water with the church, later on.edit on 25-4-2012 by jmdewey60 because: (no reason given)
That is correct.
Originally posted by NOTurTypical
No, you're maintaining that God sacrificed Himself to Himself.
Yes, sacrificial atonement, just as they sacrificed animals before Jesus came.
Originally posted by NOTurTypical
Instead of saying the Father sent the Son to atone for the sins of His children.
Ah, so if Jesus's blood wasn't spilled on the cross, we could still be forgiven because he was born here? I've had it wrong all these years, because the sacrifice was actually him being born here, not his blood being shed at the cross.
Originally posted by NOTurTypical
The sacrifice was not his death, but His birth.
Yes, sacrificial atonement
I have, and unlike you, I don't just automatically take all of it at face value.
What?
Originally posted by NOTurTypical
No, our faith is in penalsubstitutionary atonement.
There are several different versions of the theory of Jesus' crucifixion, where the one he mentioned is only one of them. It happens to be the one his cult has chosen to go with, so he has deluded himself into believing that all "real" Christians (who he believes is the prophet for) also believe in it.
No, our faith is in penalsubstitutionary atonement.
OK, then describe what it was that you read.
Your choice. I myself consider it relevant to read what the people who were there have to say about what happened there.
Ah, so if Jesus's blood wasn't spilled on the cross, we could still be forgiven because he was born here? I've had it wrong all these years, because the sacrifice was actually him being born here, not his blood being shed at the cross
The only God sanctioned sacrifice in jewish history was the passover sacrifice . . .
Originally posted by NOTurTypical
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