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its interesting who is doing the angry accusations and who isnt.
You call me a "lunatic" for interpreting what the Bible states pretty clearly. Where, exactly, in the Bible does Jesus say, "there are many ways to Heaven"? Where does Paul say "Good works are good enough, you dont need Jesus"? You react as if millions of Christians just make this up out of thin air to be "intolerant" and "hateful".
And what if it is all true? What is mans sin has seperated him from God but that in one act it was all forgiven? And all that was asked was belief in ************? Just laying aside all the ego, all the pride, and just accepting Christs gift of His blood on the Cross as payment for all of our sin. All of it washed away.
What if it was true? Who is asking for more? God, who now forgives everything? Or Man, whose pride and ego is so determined to not even consider this, but feels it necessary to call those that believe "lunatics"?
I'll boldly say it again and again, ************ is Lord.
And how have I harmed you?
Did those words condemn you to Hell? People on this website say all kinds of things to each other and about other people. But me saying Jesus is Lord stirs up a passionate fury like nothing else.
Why? Its because evil knows the power of God. And in a culture where evil is accepted as the norm, the light of God will stir up rage.
Ive traveled a lot and I have posted a lot all over this country. And its interesting to me how on every other site in every other part of this country there is free thinking , cordial, and interesting discussion that takes place between believers and non-believers. And I dont know the percentage of participants of Patsfan.com who actually live in New England, but I do know that this is only place Ive talked of ************ that it has generated such across the board hostility, rage, and downright hatred.
That just serves to confirm the need to keep talking of ************ here.
And the barbs and the insults only fire me up more, because it means im hitting on something here. I ,again, force not a thing on anyone. And its certainly not fringe "lunatic" thinking. The Bible has stood every test. And God reigns supreme.
************ died on the Cross for all of our sins and rose again three days later. He is the Son of God. And He who believes on Him shall have everlasting life.
That is what the Bible says.
If you disagree you are free to do so.
The anger and the insults are more a reflection of the one hurling them than they are about me, Christianity, or ************.
OK, I want to help. Here is where your literal interpretation of the Bible has you off-track: It is not belief in Jesus "the man" or even Jesus "the son of God" that promises salvation, it is ADHERENCE TO the spiritual principles of life he espoused and lived by example. You are so hung up on the literal mechanics of religion that the spiritual significance it contains is lost to you. Hence a person can be steadfastly religious and spiritually bereft, as you personally demonstrate.
These principles espoused by Jesus are universal to most of the world's great religions and are no less relevant in terms of spiritual evolution and God-realization because of whatever guise or form the messenger takes. Jesus is a conduit to spiritual communion with God, not the end-source you suggest the Bible says. Jesus is the "finger," pointing "the way." Take your gaze off the finger and look to where it's pointing! Then, you just might "get" what being a man of God is truly all about.
Until then, you'll be just another religionist automaton parroting what someone else convinced him to blindly accept as the truth.