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NoNukes
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Message 318 of 451 (776535)
01-15-2016 9:09 AM
Reply to: Message 315 by John 10:10
01-15-2016 12:00 AM


Re: Is Christianity the one and only true religion?
Yes, this is the essence of the Gospel of Christ, that God was in Christ reconciling the sins of the world to Himself thru the incarnation, death on a cross for our sins, and the resurrection to now sit at the right hand of God the Father.
Yes, most people can accept that God was in Christ, and most Christians agree that Christians died for our sins. But your original proposition seemed to be that Christ was Yahweh. What you say above is not the same thing. Are you backing off? What does John 3:16 say is the essence of what Jesus did?
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Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846)
History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. Martin Luther King
If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions? Scott Adams

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NoNukes
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Message 323 of 451 (779603)
03-06-2016 11:24 AM
Reply to: Message 321 by Phat
03-06-2016 2:21 AM


Re: The Hills Are Alive
Phat writes:
So what does Jesus is alive mean?
It means that the strength and the character of our leader--being stronger than anything we ourselves can emulate--saves us from failure. Jesus is alive because we allow Him to be alive in us. (if nothing else) Do you see where I am coming from?
I am confused here. You don't believe in the bodily resurrection of Jesus or in his ascending to heaven? In the divinity of Jesus? Isn't Jesus alive in the same sense that you are?
I understand that people's beliefs differ, but isn't what I recited the mainstream Christian belief? If you hold that belief would you deny it here?
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Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846)
History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. Martin Luther King
If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions? Scott Adams

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NoNukes
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Message 328 of 451 (779632)
03-06-2016 3:36 PM
Reply to: Message 324 by jar
03-06-2016 11:37 AM


Re: The Hills Are Alive
While that might be a mainstream position it really never made much sense to me. Jesus alive and pre-death makes sense but Jesus resurrected and yet alive gets fuzzy and Jesus alive post ascension just gets totally weird.
I understand. And I would not have asked you the same question I asked Phat.

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846)
History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. Martin Luther King
If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions? Scott Adams

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NoNukes
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Message 374 of 451 (780280)
03-13-2016 3:12 PM
Reply to: Message 372 by petrophysics1
03-13-2016 1:26 PM


Re: Jesus is not God
The reason Jesus did not write a book..........is because he understood it would be read by people like you.
Jesus ministry lasted four years or so, and he died when he was 33-34. Do we really need an explanation of why he did not write a book?
I applaud you for actually responding to a post for a change, but surely this line of argument is pretty far off base

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846)
History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. Martin Luther King
If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions? Scott Adams

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NoNukes
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Message 381 of 451 (780441)
03-15-2016 11:46 AM
Reply to: Message 376 by petrophysics1
03-13-2016 9:08 PM


Re: Jesus is not God
It appears to me both Jesus and Buddha figured this out. What is it about the universe we live in that they know about that you do not.
Petro, this must be about the most content free argument ever. The only reason we know anything at all about Jesus is because somebody wrote something down.
When you have it figured out you should be able to cure the sick and walk on water, until then you don't know shit.
Can you cure the sick or walk on water?

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846)
History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. Martin Luther King
If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions? Scott Adams

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NoNukes
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Message 382 of 451 (780442)
03-15-2016 11:47 AM
Reply to: Message 379 by jar
03-14-2016 10:00 PM


Re: Jesus is not God
t took me from 1968 to 1987 to remember being born, the next year to remember my last death ( Rennes France 1943), a few years after that to remember leaving God. It's worth the trip.
Yikes...

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846)
History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. Martin Luther King
If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions? Scott Adams

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