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originally posted by: Waterglass
a reply to: TzarChasm
Ever have a spell cast on you?
originally posted by: MiddleInsite
Why not live, and worry about what's next when your time comes. Fear of death is a means to control.
originally posted by: YouSir
a reply to: AcrobaticDreams
Ummm…being better is pretty easy…especially when the progs set such a low bar…
I mean really…who plays limbo when the bar is laying on the ground…
Why on earth do you think spirituality has anything to do with being better than anyone else…?
It’s not about being better than…it’s about maturing into a balanced perspective in which you realize that all are equal…and just as worthy as you are…
YouSir
What this is saying is, on that day of Judgement, you will not be able to say,"God, I didn't know" or "God, I didn't understand."
originally posted by: YouSir
a reply to: MiddleInsite
Ummm…do tell…
So you do believe in magic sky faeries after all…
It was only this morning when you were ridiculing such concepts…
I’m glad to see that the truth has set you free…
YouSir
originally posted by: FlyInTheOintment
a reply to: neoholographic
What this is saying is, on that day of Judgement, you will not be able to say,"God, I didn't know" or "God, I didn't understand."
What you need to remember is that the judgment comments are directed at people who willfully despise God despite knowing that He exists, people who are perpetrating evil on the Earth & don't care about the repercussions, perhaps deluding themselves that God doesn't exist.
You must never turn the 'angry, judgmental' interpretation of God against normal, decent people - those who have His laws inscribed on their hearts, knowing by their Godgiven conscience what is right & wrong. Just as in the Old Testament, all the judgment was directed against rulers, priests & rich merchants who knew exactly that what they were doing was wrong, oppressing the poor, the widow & the orphan, denying justice to the foreigner, etc. It was never aimed at ordinary people who are just trying to get by - those who led the people astray got the harshest punishments, in a supposedly Holy nation, set apart to be a city on a hill, a light to the world. Those who were in the know, who led the people astray - that's who God was angry with.
We have to get over this "On judgment day, you won't be able to defend yourself, God will condemn you to the outer darkness, etc". It's horrible, and inaccurate.
God through our spiritual minds is constantly known to us. So no matter what they do, that voice enters their mind. "You know that God exists." "You know that Jesus is the Son of God." "You know you are spirit."