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Originally posted by FlyersFan
Sometimes things are real no matter if we believe in them or not.
Originally posted by NewAgeMan
Here's another very interesting account
Ian McCormack was night diving off the island of Mauritius when he was stung multiple times by Box Jellyfish, which are among the most venomous creatures in the world. His testimony relates how he clung to life while getting to hospital, was declared clinically dead soon afterwards, and how during this time he had an encounter with Jesus, which radically changed the direction of his life. Link
Originally posted by adjensen
We don't burn witches anymore, thankfully, but not because the church has decided that witchcraft is okay.
Originally posted by NewAgeMan
reply to post by OneManArmy
If you read Jesus you would know his "voice", and you would have understanding.
Right now all you have is an opinion, which may be rooted in ignorance and a lack of understanding and knowledge. You think you know, but the real knowledge is in your blind spot of an unknown unknown, or what you don't even know you don't know, yet.
To find it and discover it for yourself would require an open mind however free from contempt prior to investigation.
Originally posted by OneManArmy
Originally posted by NewAgeMan
reply to post by OneManArmy
If you read Jesus you would know his "voice", and you would have understanding.
Right now all you have is an opinion, which may be rooted in ignorance and a lack of understanding and knowledge. You think you know, but the real knowledge is in your blind spot of an unknown unknown, or what you don't even know you don't know, yet.
To find it and discover it for yourself would require an open mind however free from contempt prior to investigation.
I was brought up a christian, I have read the bible, Old and New testaments and the apocrypha, my opinion is based on studying and understanding and basic common sense.
Real ignorance is thinking you have all the answers, and then trying to push that ignorance onto others.
The wisest man is the man that realises how little he actually knows.
The man who has most understanding of pain and suffering of others is someone that knows pain and suffering through personal experience.
"Judge not lest thee be judged" maybe you should be following those words, I mean it is YOUR religion.
Originally posted by Lone12
- forgive me OMA i adress your post -
it hurted me to read your testimony
....they taught you Wrong then
"common sense"..?
how could that, ever, stand against the approaching Holyness
making your soul nervous already when she feels it approaching
defying all your high-held 'logic' and ' reasoning'
...because it is like Nothing, you ever were able to imagine
dont Murder yourself
by applying ' your logic'
- it is a Trap
kind regards,
Originally posted by NewAgeMan
reply to post by OneManArmy
The character and the heart and soul of a person speak very clearly and loudly through their words, which are like a fount of action.
To have studied Jesus and then to hold him in contempt, well, it's incongruent.
Originally posted by adjensen
Originally posted by OneManArmy
Originally posted by adjensen
The church is reflective of God, God is not reflective of the church.
The church is reflective of society.
Which explains perfectly why the Roman Catholic church is so well in alignment with secular society, right?
The teachings of Christ, while unpopular today, are still reflected in the teachings of the church.
Originally posted by Darkblade71
reply to post by OneManArmy
reply to post by NewAgeMan
What does any of this have to do with NDE's and purgatory?
Ya'll should take the Jesus argument into another thread IMO.
Originally posted by Darkblade71
My personal thought is that time runs in a circle.
But that is just a crazy thought.
Originally posted by NewAgeMan
reply to post by schuyler
That's not true at all, not according to this guy's account.