Your post really only makes sense if you treat our time on earth as utter dross before the total end goal of creation, which is heaven. That's one of the obvious (and damaging) end results of damnation-based thinking, to my mind.
Might not be post-mortem. Maybe there will be reincarnation. I kind of like that idea (I also am enjoying imagining you twitch/squirm/roll your eyes as you read that ).
In any case, the reason I preach and live the Gospel is because I think it enhances the value of human existence. If you think the Gospel's only virtue is that it contains all things necessary for salvation, well, that's sad. And surprising, to be honest. I don't think that's what you believe, though.
Might not be post-mortem. Maybe there will be reincarnation. I kind of like that idea (I also am enjoying imagining you twitch/squirm/roll your eyes as you read that ).
In any case, the reason I preach and live the Gospel is because I think it enhances the value of human existence. If you think the Gospel's only virtue is that it contains all things necessary for salvation, well, that's sad. And surprising, to be honest. I don't think that's what you believe, though.
"We feel safe when we read what we recognise, what does not challenge our way of thinking.... a steady acceptance of pre-arranged patterns leads to the inability to question what we are told."
~Camilla
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~Camilla
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Ted Haggard Would Be Bisexual If He Was a Hot 21-Year-Old
27/01/2011 05:01:12 PM
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Not sure what the point of this post was *NM*
27/01/2011 06:50:59 PM
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It was something that made me laugh?
27/01/2011 06:53:09 PM
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yeah you were only insulting people's religion, no reason to get worked up. *NM*
27/01/2011 09:24:55 PM
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Er, pretty sure just laughing at what one guy said, plus a pun on the word "hard"
27/01/2011 09:40:29 PM
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I am an athiest so I don't care
27/01/2011 10:10:26 PM
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Or he'd still be closeted because of twisted, hateful strains of Christianity. *NM*
27/01/2011 06:56:04 PM
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If your religion states homosexuality is wrong, then it is a position of principle...
27/01/2011 06:59:04 PM
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Wow, you really don't understand what it is to be human
27/01/2011 08:51:17 PM
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I'm sure you'll agree that a religious debate is not really called for here...
27/01/2011 09:10:38 PM
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Homosexuality =/= homosexual sex.
27/01/2011 09:16:50 PM
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Err...no.
27/01/2011 09:23:54 PM
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Re: Err...no.
27/01/2011 09:42:00 PM
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You seem to want to argue about what is allowed and what is not allowed...
27/01/2011 10:08:10 PM
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Nah, I know better than to argue with you. I just thought your phrasing was rather silly.
27/01/2011 10:14:50 PM
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I completely and utterly disagree
27/01/2011 10:39:10 PM
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The carnal nature of the flesh just happens to be the way we're all innately broken.
27/01/2011 11:30:09 PM
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Replace "Christian Faith" with "hardcore Calvinism" and I'll go away.
28/01/2011 12:35:36 AM
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Is it possible to have faith, but not agree with your church's stance on subjects?. *NM*
27/01/2011 09:15:14 PM
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Of course. Faith is a broad concept. But...
27/01/2011 09:20:54 PM
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I was thinking along the lines of Christans who are gay or or believe in gay rights.
27/01/2011 09:29:50 PM
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Well, at least you're not disputing the nature of my claim.
27/01/2011 10:23:24 PM
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I thought acceptance meant rejecting anything with which you're uncomfortable?
27/01/2011 11:39:48 PM
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Don't even know what that means.
28/01/2011 12:31:23 AM
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Actually, that first line is my problem with Universalism
28/01/2011 01:54:00 AM
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"Carnal flesh" is redundant, you know.
28/01/2011 04:27:30 AM
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Point of emphasis.
28/01/2011 05:52:28 AM
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Agreed. *NM*
28/01/2011 06:33:55 AM
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Then I'm confused, either about what you believe or how you reconcile it with my second paragraph.
28/01/2011 10:54:13 PM
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At the risk of simplifying: All roads don't lead to Cleveland, nor do they lead to God.
01/02/2011 03:47:57 PM
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...I can't believe of the three posts, this is the only one with replies
27/01/2011 09:48:14 PM
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It is nothing new, there are always people "who protest too much"
27/01/2011 10:26:49 PM
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This guy needs serious mental help, in my humble laymans opinion.
27/01/2011 11:42:00 PM
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