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But still Religious or not, beleiver on not, you should see this |
but.. um.. this one part "they live as if they will never die, and when they die its as though they have never lived" ...describes Christians just as much as anyone else, if not more... funny |
B-b-but.....God wouldn't ask, "what questions do you have for me?" He would already know. And if God is outside of time and can see past, present, and future, nothing about humanity can surprise Him. And I don't think He would say, "all [people] can do is let themselves be loved"....the message from the Bible and the writings of the saints is that "all you can do is love." That's what the famous prayer of St. Francis of Assisi is all about: you know, "Grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console, to be understood as to understand, to be loved as to love, etc." And it doesn't make any sense to present a dichotomy between making someone love you and letting yourself be loved. Loved by whom? Obviously not the guy you're demanding love from. Anyway. It was still a nice site. |
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in my world jesus took satan's hand and was helped off the cross. |
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Pretty much a waste of an interview. I would've asked God what It thought about landmines, famine, and deforestation. That would be more interesting. |
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Dave, maybe you should become a Gnostic. They believe that the god who created this world is evil and blind. |
Just not as omnipotent or omnipresent as we would be lead to beleive. I think maybe there was a Creator, but that the original creator does not have anything to do with what happens on this earth. |
I believe that God works in this world through people, and people have wills of their own, and sometimes they act in such a way that God shines through them, and sometimes they don't. Your heart is the lantern and God is the flame, and you're responsible for keeping your panes clean. |
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You should email Matt Groening with that. |
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i am angry that they are taking away my 10 p.m. airing of That 70's Show and replacing it with The Simpsons. |
and you wonder why i'm not catholic. cruel evil, i tell you. so much for the grace of god. |
Really, we have the choice between futurama and the Simpons. |
I had a CCD teacher in the second grade who told us to treat our bodies as temples, "don't go exploring," she said. |
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no way. it's all about Kitty. she steals the show every single episode. it's the only laugh track sitcom to ever make me laugh aloud. |
spider, i don't know what i'd be. whatever i choose would be wrong. of that, i'm certain. some days i think it doesn't make any difference. other days i'm sure it makes all the difference. |
Of course, being the Pope and all, he thinks it's easiest to follow Christ if you're Catholic, but it's not necessary for salvation. |
Go ahead and make my day |
i do know that my dad is not catholic, and i was taught that he would have his place in hell. so, i am not catholic. |
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183 Faith is necessary for salvation. The Lord himself affirms: "He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned" (Mk 16:16). |
28The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings palaces. OLD TESTAMENT ¶ THE PROVERBES. CHAP. XXX. |
Kazoo, is there something in particular you're worried about? You can see how many ways there are for you to go astray. :) Once, when I was 12 or so, I looked at the list of seven deadly sins and thought that the only one I was guilty of was wrath. Now, I've got problems with all of them. The one that gives me the biggest problem is sloth. |
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I don't believe you. I thought that "deadly" meant that participating in said sin, would have to SERIOUSLY compromise your physical/psychological/spiritual well-being. I don't think they mean things like the occasional overindulgence of cookies is guttony, or even a constant fretting about body image is vanity...so long as these things don't inhibit your ability to work and pray and do all the things you are supposed to do, or unless they take over one's entire personality. Am I wrong? |
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uh. handjob? |
so nobody worry. You'll move up that reincarnation cycle yet. |
Proverbs 6:16-19 6:16 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: 6:17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 6:18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, 6:19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. |
The LUST TEST |
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...hands that shed innocent blood..." They'd better be careful over in Iraq. Ah! I forgot! God's on our side. |
Innocent blood has flown from there for twenty five years. |
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No. You know better then that. And I, for one, have problems beleiving the reports that originate from Baghdad. Most of the "innocent, civilian casualties" are caused by Iraq itself, shooting and hanging their own civilians, and planting bombs under bridges so that they could run their "approved journalists" around to film the dead civilians. Not to mention the fact that most of the iraqi army is now clothed in street clothes, so how do we know that the "civilian casualties" really are innocent civilians? That is the coupe of this reqimes propaganda war. I told you, he cannot win militarily and he knows that. The next thing to do is get people in the States whipped up by civilian casulty counts |
A sin is still a sin, regardless of volume. But, by all means, rationalize so you can feel better. See only what feels good to you. But you will never see reality until you stop doing that. "And I, for one, have problems beleiving the reports that originate from Baghdad." I have problems believing any war reporting. |
Please refrain from suggesting that I in some way overlook or rationize any deaths. Nothing could be further from the truth |
Nate, the Pope wrote in "Crossing the Threshold of Hope" -- << The Catholic Church rejects nothing that is true and holy in these [Buddhist, Hindu, etc] religions. The Church has a high regard for their conduct and way of life, for those precepts and doctrines which, although differing on many points from that which the Church believes and propounds, often reflect a ray of that truth which enlightens all men. However, the Church proclaims, and is bound to proclaim that Christ is 'the way and the truth and the life' [Jn 14:6], in whom men must find the fullness of religious life and in whom God has reconciled everything to Himself" (Nostra Aetate 2).>> But somewhere I am certain I read that he said that it's possible that someone could be following Christ and not knowing it (such as someone who was never introduced to Christianity), and it's not for us to say that God has not offered them salvation. I can't find that source now, but I'm pretty certain I'm not making it up....I'll look into it more when I have the chance. Kazoo, the 7 deadly sins aren't actually sins in themselves...they're weaknesses that can lead to sin. I was exaggerating....I don't actually commit sins involving acedia, or sloth -- if I did, I wouldn't care a bit about God or my soul or anything like that, and I do, very much. I'm just rather lazy when it comes to making sacrifices or doing anything spiritually difficult. |
i wont make any comment on this one. |
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It should have been titled, "Interview with a Buddhist monk." It wasn't an interview with god. How do I know? He didn't say, "Oh, and one last thing... George Bush is the shit and I told him to take down Saddam." |