| Subject: Re: Your thoughts on the end of the world? |
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morpheus
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Date Posted: 15:23:35 01/04/05 Tue
In reply to:
CJ
's message, "Re: Your thoughts on the end of the world?" on 13:35:05 01/03/05 Mon
>>
>>>Yes I am open minded wendy I never said my way was
>the
>>>one true way I don't mind that people go out and
>>>practice a different religion if you really were
>>>paying attention to anything I've said here it's that
>>>my problem begins when other religions attempt to
>>>convert others or preach to them of course anyone
>with
>>>their own mind can make it up themselves but I don't
>>>want to hear about catholic or baptist or protestant
>>>or even jewish views of the afterlife unless I seek
>it
>>>out. It's kinda like walking into Best buy to look
>at
>>>computers and you just kinda wanna be alone about
>it.
>>>So you tell the salesman thank you just looking, but
>>>then a second and thrid salesman approach and do the
>>>same. It's aggravating. So no that's the difference
>>>between pagans and Christians no one way is the true
>>>path we are open to everything just now one God or
>one
>>>male figure running things.
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>>CJ I'm wondering if your problem with Christianity is
>>that God came to earth as a male, Jesus. I wonder this
>>as you don't seem to find it difficult to accept a
>>goddess. The Bible has mention of female prophets, so
>>the Bible is not against women, hence God is not
>>against women. However, I believe that God does have
>>all the characteristics of men and women because some
>>of the Hebrew names for God have feminine meanings to
>>them. I believe that when a man and woman marry, they
>>come together as having God's characteristics in their
>>union. In other words, they both have different
>>strengths to bring to their marriage, making a very
>>strong bond. I think that we refer to God as male, as
>>the male gender is generally seen as the stronger of
>>the two.
>
>yes one one of the problems is that the church makes
>god a man whether they intended this or it was the way
>it was translated by king James' biggetry who knows.
>I also have a male God in my religion but in
>christianty the woman has always taken the lesser
>role. The male and female are equal in paganism. Even
>until recently the church degraded mary magdelen as a
>whore and hooker when in fact it has come to light
>that she was one of the orginal disciples.
>
>See this is also where I get confused with you
>christians was jesus God or was he the son of God?
>can someone clear that up because the catholic church
>taught me he was the son of and would always skirt
>around the trinity subject.
He was the son of god and the voice of god. Some christian subreligions see him as god himself, but he is the son of god.
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