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Originally posted by Greatest I am
He also forgets that hating the flesh is a Christian doctrine. Not a Gnostic one.
Gnostic Christians like myself like and respect our bodies as we see them as the temple of God.
We are after al, sons of God according to Jesus. Why would potential Gods hate themselves or their bodies?
Too foolish to bother trying to justify such thinking.
Regards
DL
Originally posted by vethumanbeing
Originally posted by Greatest I am
He also forgets that hating the flesh is a Christian doctrine. Not a Gnostic one.
Gnostic Christians like myself like and respect our bodies as we see them as the temple of God.
We are after al, sons of God according to Jesus. Why would potential Gods hate themselves or their bodies?
Too foolish to bother trying to justify such thinking.
Regards
DL
Odd someone told me I because I know myself as a Gnostic am not one; as in the realization would be a falsehood. Backwards thinking. Greatest I Am must realise that it hates being human is not anyones fault but itself in that it hates the fact its flesh and bone and not a gaseous commodody (Etherial). The arguement of Gnostisim vs WHAT no one has tryed to develop. Why do Catholic Priests not marry although expousing family values they will not have children, a wife a family--Anomoly
Originally posted by Greatest I am
Originally posted by vethumanbeing
Originally posted by Greatest I am
Originally posted by vethumanbeing
Originally posted by Greatest I am
Why did God do Satan’s bidding?
To get this right; "WHY DID SATAN DO GOD"S BIDDING?"
Why does God want Satan to spread evil all over the place?
Regards
DL
Because that is the entire point. TO EXPRESS ITSELF- I AM AND WAS ALLOWED TO DO SO.
Allowed?
Like a slave is allowed by a slave owner.
Regards
DL
Originally posted by Greatest I am
Originally posted by vethumanbeing
Originally posted by Greatest I am
He also forgets that hating the flesh is a Christian doctrine. Not a Gnostic one.
Gnostic Christians like myself like and respect our bodies as we see them as the temple of God.
We are after al, sons of God according to Jesus. Why would potential Gods hate themselves or their bodies?
Too foolish to bother trying to justify such thinking.
Regards
DL
Odd someone told me I because I know myself as a Gnostic am not one; as in the realization would be a falsehood. Backwards thinking. Greatest I Am must realise that it hates being human is not anyones fault but
itself in that it hates the fact its flesh and bone and not a gaseous commodody (Etherial). The arguement of Gnostisim vs WHAT no one has tryed to develop. Why do Catholic Priests not marry although expousing family values they will not have children, a wife a family--Anomoly
Not sure what you said here.
Originally posted by Greatest I am
Christians are always trying to absolve God of moral culpability in the fall by whipping out their favorite "free will!", or “ it’s all man’s fault”.
That is "God gave us free will and it was our free willed choices that caused our fall. Hence God is not blameworthy."
But this simply avoids God's culpability as the author of Human Nature. Free will is only the ability to choose. It is not an explanation why anyone would want to choose "A" or "B" (bad or good action). An explanation for why Eve would even have the nature of "being vulnerable to being easily swayed by a serpent" and "desiring to eat a forbidden fruit" must lie in the nature God gave Eve in the first place. Hence God is culpable for deliberately making humans with a nature-inclined-to-fall, and "free will" means nothing as a response to this problem.
If all sin by nature then, the sin nature is dominant. If not, we would have at least some who would not sin.
Having said the above for the God that I do not believe in, I am a Gnostic Christian naturalist, let me tell you that evil is all human generated. Evil is our responsibility.
Much has been written to explain what I see as a natural part of evolution.
Consider.
First, let us eliminate what some see as evil. Natural disasters. These are unthinking occurrences and are neither good nor evil. There is no intent to do evil even as victims are created.
Evil then is only human to human.
As evolving creatures, all we ever do, and ever can do, is compete or cooperate.
Cooperation we would see as good as there are no victims created. Competition would be seen as evil as it creates a victim. We all are either cooperating, doing good, or competing, doing evil at all times.
Without us doing some of both, we would likely go extinct.
This, to me, explains why there is evil in the world quite well.
Be you a believer in nature, evolution or God, we should all see that what Christians see as something to blame, evil, we should see that what we have, competition, deserves a huge thanks for being available to us.
There is no conflict between nature and God on this issue. This is how things are and should be. We all must do what some will think is evil as we compete and create losers to this competition.
Regards
DL
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Theistic evolution.
www.youtube.com.../c/6F8036F680C1DBEB
Originally posted by vethumanbeing
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Because that is the entire point. TO EXPRESS ITSELF- I AM AND WAS ALLOWED TO DO SO.
Originally posted by vethumanbeing
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Not sure what you said here.
Originally posted by Greatest I am
Originally posted by ConspiracyNutjob
Originally posted by Greatest I am
Originally posted by vethumanbeing
Originally posted by Greatest I am
Why did God do Satan’s bidding?
To get this right; "WHY DID SATAN DO GOD"S BIDDING?"
Why does God want Satan to spread evil all over the place?
Regards
DL
You fail to recognise that God is sovereign over all and has a complete understanding of the end before the beginning. Satan's efforts are futile.
www.flickr.com...@N03/8263743757/in/photostream
Thanks for ignoring my question.
When you have to bob and weave that quickly then you know you are full of it.
Regards
DL
Originally posted by ConspiracyNutjob
Originally posted by Greatest I am
Originally posted by ConspiracyNutjob
Originally posted by Greatest I am
Originally posted by vethumanbeing
Originally posted by Greatest I am
Why did God do Satan’s bidding?
To get this right; "WHY DID SATAN DO GOD"S BIDDING?"
Why does God want Satan to spread evil all over the place?
Regards
DL
You fail to recognise that God is sovereign over all and has a complete understanding of the end before the beginning. Satan's efforts are futile.
www.flickr.com...@N03/8263743757/in/photostream
Thanks for ignoring my question.
When you have to bob and weave that quickly then you know you are full of it.
Regards
DL
Rofl.
This would be no different than me asking you "Why is Big Bird the antichrist?"
The false assumption in the question makes the question itself invalid.
I have not ignored your question at all, the question itself is loaded with a false assumption and would lead us in a circular argument.
Originally posted by Greatest I am
Why did God do Satan’s bidding?
Originally posted by ConspiracyNutjob
Originally posted by Greatest I am
Originally posted by vethumanbeing
Originally posted by Greatest I am
Why did God do Satan’s bidding?
To get this right; "WHY DID SATAN DO GOD"S BIDDING?"
Why does God want Satan to spread evil all over the place?
Regards
DL
You fail to recognise that God is sovereign over all and has a complete understanding of the end before the beginning. Satan's efforts are futile.
Originally posted by NewAgeMan
reply to post by Greatest I am
He who demonizes God the creator of the heavens and the earth, if anyone, will not reach heaven.
Who will stand in judgement of God - you oh Greatest I am?