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Vicomte13, quoting Jesus a lot
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Published: Sep 22, 2017
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Greatly disturbed by what was happening here, yet not wanting to leave so many people behind after having conversed with them over so many years, I tried to work it out myself in successive posts to the board. That only made things worse, so I walked away. Unable to figure it out for myself I turned to God. I asked him to tell me what to say. He answered me, saying: “Not yet. You still want to win.” So I waited. Yesterday, I started to get the answer. Here it is. (1) I TOLD YOU TO LISTEN TO JESUS. “You are my beloved son, in you I delight.” (Lk 3:22; Mk 1:11) “This is my son, the beloved, in whom I delight.” (Mt 3:17) “Lo, My Boy Whom I prefer! My Beloved, in whom my soul delights! I shall be placing my spirit on him, and he shall be reporting judging to the nations. He will not be brawling nor clamoring, nor will anyone be hearing his voice in the squares. A reed that is bruised He will not be fracturing, and flax that is smoldering he will not be extinguishing till he should ever be casting out judging for victory.” (Mt 12:20) And a voice came out of the cloud saying, "This is my son, the chosen; Listen to him." (Lk 8:35) And there came a cloud overshadowing them. And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is my son, the beloved. Hear him!” (Mk 9:7) While he is still speaking, lo! a luminous cloud overshadows them, and lo! a voice out of the cloud, saying, "This is my son, the beloved in whom I delight. Hear him!" (Mt 17:5) Ok, I’m listening. What does Jesus say? (2) FOLLOW JESUS. "What are you seeking?".. "Come and see." (Jn 1:38-39) "Follow me.” (Jn 1:43) "Follow me!" (Mk 2:14) "Follow me." (Lk 5:27) "Follow me!" (Mt 9:9) "Follow me!" (Lk (9:59) "Hither! After me, and I will make you become fishers of men!" (Mk 1:17) "Hither! After me, and I will be making you fishers of men!" (Mt 4:19) "Be following me, and leave the dead to entomb their own dead." (Mt 8:22) “…And hither! Follow me.” (Lk 18:22) “…And hither! Follow me, picking up the cross." (Mk 10:21) And hither! Follow Me." (Mt 19:21) "Verily, I am saying to you, that you who follow me, in the renascence whenever the son of mankind should be seated on the throne of his glory, you also shall sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.” (Mt 19:28)" "Let not your heart be disturbed. Believe in God, and believe in me. (Jn 14:1) "I am the Way and the Truth and the Life. No one is coming to the Father except through me. (Jn 14:6) “The spirit of the Lord is on me, on account of which he anoints me to bring the good news to the poor. He has commissioned me to heal the crushed heart, to herald to captives a pardon and to the blind the receiving of sight: to dispatch the oppressed with a pardon. (Lk 4:18) “Hither to me, all who are toiling and laden, and I will give you rest. Lift My yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble in heart, and you shall be finding rest in your souls, for my yoke is kindly and my load is light." (Mt 11:28-30) “It is written in the prophets: ‘And they shall all be taught of God.’ Everyone, then, who hears from the Father and is learning truth, is coming to me.” (Jn 6:45) "My teaching is not mine, but His who sends me. If anyone should be wanting to be doing His will, he will know concerning the teaching, whether it is of God or I am speaking from myself. He who is speaking from himself is seeking his own glory, yet he who is seeking the glory of Him who sends him, this one is true, and injustice is not in him.” (Jn 7:16-18) "If anyone should be serving me, let him be following me, and where I am, there my servant also shall be. And if anyone should be serving me, the Father shall be honoring him. (Jn 12:26) "He who is believing in me is not believing in me, but in him who sends me.” (Jn 12:44) "I am the light of the world. He who is following me should under no circumstances be walking in darkness, but will be having the light of life." (Jn 8:1) To Pontius Pilate: "You are saying that I am a king. For this also have I been born, and for this have I come into the world, that I should be testifying to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth us hearing my voice." (Jn 18:37) “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Origin and the Consummation.” (Rv 22:13) Ok, Lord. You could not possibly have made that any clearer. You’ve really beaten that one in – I am to follow Jesus. He is the first and the last, the Alpha and the Omega, and nobody comes to the Father except through him. Got it. But what does following Jesus MEAN? (3) KEEP JESUS' COMMANDMENTS! "It is written, 'Not on bread alone shall man be living, but on every declaration going out through the mouth of God.'" (Mt 4:4) "It is written that, 'Not on bread alone shall man be living, but on every declaration of God.'" (Lk 4:4) "If anyone is wanting to come after me, let him renounce himself and pick up his cross and follow me. (Mt 16:24) "If anyone is wanting to come after me, let him renounce himself and pick up his cross and follow me. (Mk 8:34) "If anyone is wanting to come after me, let him disown himself and pick up his cross daily and follow me. (Lk 9:23) "Now why are you calling me 'Lord, Lord,' and not doing what I say? Everyone coming to me and hearing my words and doing them - I shall be intimating to you whom he is like. He is like a man building a house, who digs and deepens, and places the foundation on a rock. Now, at an inundation occurring, the river bursts through to that house, and it is not strong enough to shake it, because it is ideally built. Now he who hears, and does not, is like a man building a house on the earth without a foundation, to which the river bursts through, and straightway it collapses; and the crash of that house came to be great." (Lk 6:46-49) “Not everyone saying to me ‘Lord! Lord!’ will be entering into the kingdom of the heavens, but he who is doing the will of My Father Who is in the heavens. Many will be declaring to me in that day, 'Lord! Lord! Was it not in your name that we prophesy, and in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many powerful deeds?’ And then shall I be avowing to them that I never knew you! Depart from me, workers of lawlessness! (Mt 7:21) "Everyone, then, who is hearing these sayings of mine and is doing them shall be likened to a prudent man who builds his house on the rock. And the rain descended, and the rivers came, and the winds blow and they lunge at that house, and it does not fall, for it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who is hearing these sayings of mine and not doing them shall be likened to a stupid man who builds his house on sand. And the rain descended, and the rivers came, and the winds blow and they dash against that house, and it falls: and the fall of it was great." (Mt 7:24-27) “And he who is not taking his cross and following after me is not worthy of me.” (Mt 10:38) “The spirit is that which is vivifying. The flesh is not benefiting anything. The declarations which I have spoken to you are spirit and are life. But there are some of you who are not believing." (Mt10:63-64) "If ever you should be remaining in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will be-making-you-free" (Jn 8:31-32) "And if ever anyone should be hearing my declarations and not be maintaining them, I am not judging him, for I came not that I should be judging the world, but that I should be saving the world. He who is repudiating me and not getting my declarations, has that which is judging him; the word which 1 speak, that will be judging him in the last day.” (Jn 12:47-48) “You are shouting to me ‘Teacher!' and 'Lord!', and you are saying ideally, for I am. If, then, I, the Lord and the Teacher, wash your feet, you also ought to be washing one another's feet. 15 For an example have I given you, that, according as I do to you, you also may be doing. Verily, verily, I am saying to you, A slave is not greater than his lord, neither is an apostle greater than he who sends him. If you are aware of these things, happy are you if you should be doing them!” (Jn 13:13-17) He who has My commandments and is keeping them, he it is who is loving Me. Now he. who is loving Me will be loved by My Father, and I shall be loving him and shall be disclosing Myself to him.'' “If anyone should be loving me, he will be keeping my word, and my Father will be loving him, and we shall be coming to him and making an abode with him. …He who is not loving me, is not keeping my words. And the word which you are hearing is not mine, but the Father's who sends me.” (Jn 14:21, 23- 34) "I am the true grapevine, and My Father is the farmer. Every branch in me bringing forth no fruit, He is taking it away, and every one bringing forth fruit. He is cleansing it, that it may be bringing forth more fruit….Remain in me, I also am in you. According as the branch cannot be bringing forth fruit from itself, it should not be remaining in the grapevine, thus neither you, if you should not be remaining in me. I am the grapevine. You are the branches. He who is remaining in me, and I in him, this one is bringing forth much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. If anyone should not be remaining in me, he was cast out as a branch, and it withered. And they are gathering them, and into the fire are they casting them, and they are being burned. If ever you should be rernaining.in me and my declarations should be remaining in you, whatever you should be wanting, request, and it will be occurring to you. In this is my Father glorified, that you rnay be brlnglng forth much fruit, and you shall become my disciples. According as the Father loves me, I also love you. Remain in My love. If ever you should be keeping my commandments, you will be remaining in my love, according as I have kept the commandments of my Father and am remaining in His love.” (Jn 15:1-2, 4-10) “You are my friends if you should be doing whatever I am directing you.” (Jn 15:14) Ok. Got it. To follow Jesus MEANS doing what he said, keeping his commandments, understanding that what HE said came from YOU, and are the commandments by which we are to live. You know my predicament here. What commandments of Jesus apply? What do you want me to do? Tell me what to say! (4) THIS. "But to you, who are hearing, am I saying: Love your enemies. Be doing ideally to those who are hating you. Bless those who are cursing you. Pray concerning those who are traducing you. To him who is beating you on the cheek, be tendering the other also. And you should not be preventing him who is taking away your cloak from taking your tunic also. (Lk 6:27-29) “Moreover, be loving your enemies, and be doing good, and be lending, expecting nothing from them, and your wages will be vast in the heavens, and you will be sons of the most high, for He is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked. (Lk 6:35) "Become, then, merciful, according as your Father also is merciful.” (Lk 6:36) "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall be shown mercy.” (Mt 5:7) “And be not judging, and under no circumstances may you be judged; and be not convicting, and under no circumstances may you be convicted; be releasing, and you shall be released; be giving, and it shall be given to you: a measure ideal, squeezed down and shaken together. And running over, shall they be giving into your bosom. For the same measure with which you are measuring will be measured to you again.” (Lk 6:37-38) “Do not judge, lest you may be judged, for with what judgment you are judging, shall you be judged, and with what measure you are measuring, shall it be measured to you. (Mt 7:1-2) “And according as you are wanting that men may be doing to you, you also be doing to them” (Lk 6:31) “All, then, whatever you should be wanting that men should be doing to you, thus you, also, be doing to them, for this is the law and the prophets.” (Mt 5:12) "The blind cannot guide the blind. Will not both be falling into a pit?” (Lk 6:39) “Now why are you observing the mote in your brother's eye, yet the beam in your own eye you are not considering? Or how can you be saying to your brother, 'Brother, let me extract the mote in your eye,' observing not, yourself, the beam in your eye? Hypocrite! Extract first the beam out of your eye, and then you will be keen-sighted to be extracting the mote in your brother’s eye.” (Lk 6:41-42) 45 "The good man out of the good treasure of his heart is bringing forth that which is good, and the wicked man out of the wicked treasure of his heart is bringing forth that which is wicked, for out of the superabundance of the heart his mouth is speaking.” (Lk 6:45) "You hear that it was declared to the ancients, 'You shall not murder.' Yet whoever should be murdering shall be liable to the judging. Yet I am saying to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be liable to the judging. Yet whoever may be saying to his brother, 'Raka!' shall be liable to the Sanhedrin. Yet whoever may be saying, 'Stupid!' shall be liable to the Gehenna of fire. If, then, you should be offering your approach present on the altar, and there you should be reminded that your brother has anything against you, leave your approach present there, in front of the altar, and go away. First be placated toward your brother, and then, coming, be offering your approach present.” (Mt 5:21-14) “Thus, then, you be praying: 'Our Father, who art in the heavens, hallowed be Thy name…And remit to us our debts, as we also remit those of our debtors.” (Mt 6:9,12) “For if you should be forgiving men their offenses, your heavenly Father also will be forgiving you. Yet if you should not be forgiving men their offenses, neither will your Father be forgiving your offenses.” (Mt 6:14-15) "Simon, I have something to say to you." ..."Two debtors paying usury were owing a certain creditor. The one owed five hundred denarii, yet the other fifty. Now, they having nothing to pay, he deals graciously with both. Which of them, then, will be loving him more?" Simon replied, "I suppose the one who had the bigger debt forgiven." Jesus said, "Correctly do you decide." Then he turned toward the woman and said to Simon, "Are you observing this woman? I entered into your house; water for my feet you do not give, yet she rains tears on my feet and with her hair she wipes them off. A kiss to me you do not give, yet she, from the time I entered, did not intermit fondly kissing my feet; with oil my head you do not rub, yet she with attar rubs my feet; on behalf of which, I am saying to you, pardoned are her many sins, for she loves much. Now to whom there is scant pardoning, there is scant loving." (Lk 7: 40-47) "You hear that it was declared, 'An eye for an eye,' and 'A tooth for a tooth.' Yet I am saying to you not to withstand a wicked person, but anyone who slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also. And he who wants to sue you and obtain your tunic, leave him your cloak also. And anyone who conscripts you one mile, go with him two. To him who requests you, give; and from him who wants to borrow from you, you may not tum.” (Mt 38-42) "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God” (Mt 5:9) "Beware what you are hearing! With what measure you are measuring, it will be measured to you, and it will be added to you. For he who has, it shall be given to him; and he who has not, even what he has shall be taken away from him." (Mk 4: 24-25) “Now why are you observing the mote that is in your brother's eye, yet the beam in your eye you are not considering? Or how will you be declaring to your brother, 'Brother, let me extract the mote out of your eye, and lo! the beam is in your eye? Hypocrite! Extract first the beam out of your eye, and then you will be keen-sighted to be extracting the mote out of your brother's eye.” (Mt 5:3-5) “You hear that it was declared, 'You shall be loving your associate' and you shall be hating your enemy. Yet 1 am saying to you. Love your enemies, and pray for those who are persecuting you, so that you may become sons of your Father who is in the heavens, for He causes His sun to rise on the wicked and the good, and makes it rain on the just and the unjust. For if ever you should love those who are loving you, what wages have you? Are not the tribute collectors also doing the same? And if ever you should greet your brothers only, what are you doing that is excessive? Are not those of the nations also doing the same? You, then, shall be perfect as your, heavenly Father is perfect. (Mt 5:43-48) "Either make the tree ideal and its fruit ideal, or make the tree rotten and its fruit rotten, for by its fruit the tree is known.” (Mt 12:33) Perfect, Lord? Be perfect? (5) YES. Then, approaching, Peter said to Him, "Lord, how many times shall my brother he sinning against me and I shall be pardoning him? Till seven times?"[Jesus replied]... "I am not saying to you 'Till seven times,' but 'Till seventy times and seven. Therefore likened was the kingdom of the heavens to a man, a king, who wants to settle accounts with his slaves. Now, at his beginning to settle, one debtor was brought to him who owed ten thousand talents. Now, at his not having wherewith to pay, the lord orders him to be disposed of, and his wife and children and all, whatever he has, and payment to be made. Falling down, then, that slave worshiped him, saying, Lord, be patient with me, and I will pay you all! Now, having compassion, the lord of that slave dismisses him, and remits his loan. Yet, coming out, that slave found one of his fellow slaves, who owed him a hundred denarii, and, holding him, he choked him, saying, 'Pay, if you are owing anything!" Falling down, then, his fellow slave entreated him, saying, 'Be patient with me, and I will pay you all!' Yet he would not, but, coming away, he casts him into jail, till he may pay what he is owing. Then his fellow slaves, perceiving what is occurring, were tremendously sorry and coming, they elucidate to their lord all that is occurring. Then his lord, calling him to him, is saying to him, 'Wicked slave! That entire debt I remit to you, since you entreat me. Was it not binding on you also to be merciful to your fellow slave, as I also am merciful to you?' And, being indignant, his lord gives him up to the tormentors till he mav pay all he is owing him. Thus shall My heavenly Father also be doing to you, if each one should not be pardoning his brother, from your hearts.” (Mt 18:21-35) "Whenever you may be praying, be saying, 'Our Father, Who art in the heavens, hallowed be Thy name! Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, on earth also…And pardon us our sins, for we ourselves also are pardoning everyone who is owing us."(Mt 11:2,4) "Blessed indeed, then, are those who are hearing the word of God and maintaining it!" (Mt 11:28 “For everyone exalting himself shall be humbled, and humbling himself shall be exalted." (Lk 14:1) “Take heed to yourselves. Yet if your brother should be sinning, rebuke him, and if he should ever indeed repent, forgive him. And if he should ever be sinning against you seven times a day, and if he should ever be turning about seven times a day to you, saying '1 am repenting,' you shall be forgiving him." (Lk 17:3) “And whenever you may be standing praying, be forgiving, if you have anything against anyone, that your Father also, Who is in the heavens, may be forgiving you your offenses. Now if you are not forgiving, neither will your Father Who is in the heavens be forgiving your offenses." (Mk 11:26) "A new commandment am I giving you, that you be loving one another; according as I love you, that you also be loving one another. By this all shall be knowing that you are my disciples, if you should be having love for one another." (Jn 13:34-35) "This is my commandment, that you be loving one another, according as I love you.” (Jn 15:12) “In these things I am directing you, that you may be loving one another.” (Jn 15:17) “These things have I spoken to you that in me you may have peace…” (Jn 16:33) “Peace to you!” (Jn 20:19) “Now this He is saying Who is holding the seven stars in his right hand. Who is walking in the midst of the seven golden lampstands: ‘I am aware of your acts, and your toil, and your endurance, and that you cannot bear evil men, and you try those saying that they thernselves are apostles, and they are not, and you found them false; and you have endurance, and you bear because of my name, and are not wearied. But I have against you that you leave your first love. Remember, then, whence you have fallen, repent, and do the former acts. Yet if not, I am coming to you, and shall be moving your lampstand out of its place, if ever you should not be repenting.” (Rv 2:5) "Lo! I am coming swiftly, and my wage is with me, to pay each one as his work is. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Origin and the Consummation. Blessed are those who are rinsing their robes, that it will be their license to the log of life, and they may be entering the portals into the city.” (Rv 22:14) I have seen the City, from below and afar. It is beautiful. I want to see it again. Given all of the above, what I can I do but apologize – to all of those here to whom I have shown smugness and arrogance and condescension – to paraclete and Liberator, and byeltsin; and to those to whom I have played the game of “eye-for-an-eye” – Mr White and others I do not remember by name, but I know there have been many, perhaps all. And then to A K A Stone, my brother in Christ. Will they know we are Christians by our love? Or will they know we are Christians by the way we tear each others’ throats out? We must not do that anymore. It is not right. In truth, having just been utterly spanked by God, I cannot recall what it was we were fighting about. I do know that we should not resume where we left off. At least I can’t. Peace to all of you. Have a good weekend.
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I think it is.
Considering the murderous hypocrisies and grotesque ignorance of the church of Rome throughout its entire history, I really shouldn't be surprised that you believe such foul lies. God not only CAN create the universe and all things in it, from the Milky Way to the mountains, men, molluscs and malaria. He did so. He kills us all, yes. And yet, he can still be considered the God and of love and compassion towards all mankind, absolutely. Because death is not the end of anything. If it were, then God would be much harder than he really is. Flesh is grass, and it dies hard. But the spirit in the dying flesh doesn't die with it. We die, hard, but then we wake up. It's that second chapter that makes God loving and compassionate. Remember: He made his own only begotten son go through the arrest, beatings, trial and crucifixion. God knows what he's putting us through. And yes, in the end, in the FINAL analysis, that's a loving and compassionate God. When you're in the toils of cancer or a heart attack or dying in earthquake rubble, God's mercy seems far away. But then you close your eyes for good...and open them again on the other side, and you are like a woman who, having given birth, forgets the pain of childbirth and is overjoyed at the child. Well, if you've lived the sort of life God asked of you. Truth is, what happens on the other side is that you are measured by the measure you used to measure others, and judged by the judgments by which you judged. I'd say your judgment is pretty bad, all things considered, and that it will go better for you in the long haul if you stop judging harshly that which you don't understand, just because you're politically frustrated. I say this for your own good. As to the sins of the Catholic Church - they are as scarlet, no doubt. Tell me what denomination you belong to, and we shall judge it and you by the yardstick by which you have judged us.
Because you are boiling with rage and frustration, and lashing out any way you can. It is better to shrug your shoulders and let be that which you do not understand.
You do talk very much as we know the ancient gnostics did, full of secret mystic knowledge. They also emphasized particularly these doctrines of a god of evil and a god of good. I find it quite familiar, having read Elaine Pagel's seminal study The Gnostic Gospels when it came out decades back and so your rhetoric is very familiar. It was in most respects the most common doctrinal belief with them. They also believed that they alone were the "true Christians" and that ordinary orthodox Christianity was only meant for the ignorant masses. You line up with this entire gnostic arrogance from beginning to end. Now you want to impress us by name-dropping about your sweet little bible study with "the Monsignor". I'm sure that all sounds very good to those who don't know much about the record of the Roman Catholic church's fine clergymen in Connecticut. Why don't we discuss exactly who has been leading the Roman churches in your locale so we can decide exactly how much weight to assign to being in a bible study with a Monsignor in your fair state? NBC: Priest Who Ran Meth Ring Sentenced to 5 Years, 2015 Around 75 people were in court on Thursday to support Monsignor Kevin Wallin, 63, dubbed "Monsignor Meth" in some media reports, and the judge called it an "unprecedented" turnout for a drug trafficking sentencing. Wallin, who has already served 28 months in jail, was sentenced to five years and five months in prison. With time served, Wallin will be in prison for three more years, followed by five years of supervised release. "My shame remains intense. ... 'I'm sorry' does not convey the remorse I feel," Wallin said on Thursday. "The day I was arrested was a very good day." In March, Monsignor Kevin Wallin's public defender filed a sentencing request for leniency in federal court in Hartford, citing Wallin's three decades of charitable service as well as more than 80 letters of support, including one from the late New York Cardinal Edward Egan. "I cannot ignore your decision to infect your community with methamphetamine," Judge Alfred Covello said. In addition to the dozens of supporters, 90 letters supporting wallin were also submitted. Wallin pleaded guilty in 2013 to a methamphetamine conspiracy charge and agreed to a potential prison sentence of 10 to 11 years, but was asking for a sentence of no more than four years in prison, followed by a year of home confinement, 500 hours of community service and drug treatment. "The record evidence demonstrates that Kevin Wallin is an extraordinary man whose remarkable character and acts have touched thousands of people," Wallin's public defender, Kelly Barrett, wrote in the sentencing request in March. "Kevin tragically became a methamphetamine addict. He fell from grace and did criminal wrong, but has confessed his crimes and has been working hard to atone for them." Barrett wrote that Wallin's numerous accomplishments include serving as pastor of St. Peter's Parish in Danbury and the Cathedral Parish in Bridgeport, volunteering with a variety of community groups, helping found an AIDS ministry program, leading an inner city charity group, serving on the Danbury Cultural Commission and serving on the board of directors of Sacred Heart University. Egan, who died in March, was bishop of the Diocese of Bridgeport from 1988 to 2000 and praised Wallin in a letter to the court. "He was outstanding in the fulfillment of his assignments and in his concern for people in need," Egan wrote. "Father Wallin was held in highest regard as a dedicated clergyman and an outstanding citizen as well." Federal prosecutors said Wallin committed serious crimes and most people convicted of conspiring to sell meth are sentenced to at least 10 years in prison. Federal investigators said Wallin had associates in California send him methamphetamine beginning in late 2008 or early 2009. By 2011, Wallin's partners were sending him one to three pounds of meth a month and Wallin was running the drug operation out of his apartment in Waterbury, investigators said. Wallin also bought the "Land of Oz & Dorothy's Place" adult video and sex toy shop in North Haven and apparently intended to launder drug proceeds that totaled in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, federal agents said in court documents. Wallin's two accomplices in California — Chad McCluskey of San Clemente and Kristen Laschober of Laguna Niguel — were both sentenced last year to five years in prison. Two men who helped Wallin sell drugs in Connecticut also were convicted. Kenneth Devries, of Waterbury, was sentenced to more than two years in prison and Michael Nelson of Manchester awaits sentencing. Brian Wallace, a spokesman for the Diocese of Bridgeport, previously said Wallin is still a priest, but remains suspended from public ministry. "We're asking for prayers for him, understanding and recognizing that many people ... suffer from addiction and they lose control of their lives," Wallace said. "It's time for him to try to rebuild his life." So your "Monsignor" isn't also a pervert meth dealer and porn peddler/money launderer like this guy? Did you or any others in your church write those letters pleading for leniency for this "Monsignor Meth" when he was sentenced? Did you or others in your church turn up to support him in court? And, BTW, admirable work for the church of Rome in Connecticut to dump Monsignor Meth once he was exposed and thereby force the public to pay for his public defender too despite the very deep pockets of the laity in Connecticut. Lest anyone think this Monsignor Meth is just some outlier, some isolated incident in Connecticut and that I am just being mean or something, let's look a little further to find out more about the outstanding works performed by the Roman Catholic clergy of the fine state of Connecticut. Trement, Sheldon, Robinson & Mahoney: Connecticut Priests Involved In Sexual Abuse I see that there are six "Monsignors" among the 48 (known) kiddie-diddling clergy so far revealed publicly in the two dioceses of Connecticut. Your own "Monsignor" isn't one of these six in the list, is he? And you should count the Monsignors for yourself since I might have miscounted, being so ignorant and all. That's some outstanding clergy your church recruited to diddle the kiddies of Connecticut. I guess that since you have only a daughter, you figure she'll be safe from the priest and "the Monsignor". That's probably true enough. At any rate, you can tell me patronizingly to "shrug your shoulders and let be that which you do not understand" but let me tell you this, you arrogant deluded sonofabitch, I do understand what your clergy is and what they have done in your state. They fuck children. And you give them money. Mostly so you can enjoy sipping tea with "The Monsignor" and chatting learnedly about just how evil God is on Sunday afternoons. Maybe you should worry less about how evil God is and a lot more about how evil the goddamned priests and "Monsignors" are in your own churches in Connecticut. And your personal moral responsibility in supporting the kind of church that has institutionalized its perverted sexual assaults on children and other vulnerable persons. Now I will shrug my shoulders.
We were told if we want to follow Him we need to pick up our cross. The death of the flesh, IMO, should have a huge ! mark. Our King wore a crown of thorns while He sojourned on this rock called Earth. In His ministry He told His disciples they would drink from the same cup He took. So He never promised us a 'rose garden' here on the spinning rock. I think your post above alludes to this. Why does a rose bush have such a beautiful flower and thorns?
No the eating did not create evil. However, the pride leading to the disobedience was the very evil of the fall of mankind.
Peter was not a pope. Quit lying about him. They can't both be right what an idiotic statement.
God doesn't kill anyone idiot. It is a wage that sleep give ourselves. Ever talking and never listening and full of shit.
Your lying about some special revelation from God to people who follow him worse than Israel ever did. Hogwash.
Your entire post here is a load of Catholic lies that Satan is proud of.
Well, there you have it. I did what God said: I turned the other cheek. I came back in, and answered directly and mildly and truthfully, and was met with this. Not much of a conversation, really. Certainly nothing is good is served by continuing it. I'm signing off this thread. Not the site, but I've had my quota of getting spit at for today.
Quit whining and crying. Turn the other cheek is referring to physical violence. Like if I punched you in the face. Not correcting you on scripture. You are the one adding to what is taught in the Bible not me. So don't get all bitchy because I don't go along with your doctrinal belief that the Bible is full of errors and the Catholic church can add to scripture and be believed. But we are supposed to ignore some of the book of Paul. No thanks ill stick to what the Bible actually says. You cant make forbidding of marrinng scriptural no ,matter what some mystical catholics say. That you never even explain, but want us to take on faith because you said so.
Frankly you are losing the argument. I say that because you don't use scripture usually. Sometimes you do use scripture but mostly you don't in these discussions. I'm not saying you are not saved, that isn't for me to decide. I'm saying you ignore scripture and add to it. Why is the Catholic church superior to what Jesus taught?
Care to chime in if God created evil?
I will take that dance. Yes, of course, as GOD created ALL things. Otherwise, you have a duality of GODS: GOOD vs. EVIL. But the creator just doesn't give a damn, so your question really is laughable.
Don't you worship plants and bugs?
Thought I pinged you here:
Where on Earth, did you find that silly question? Are you thinking of Animism or Hinduism or Buddhism? But how do you attribute these various philosophies to me?
I scanned through it earlier on my phone. I missed the best part. I believe you are correct. How do you think you can reach people like Vic?
You said you were a druid or some such thing. What level are you and how many hit points do you have?
I did? Please ensure your speculative BS is backed by evidence and not some alcoholic binge. As the chit-chat site "leader of the leadless" please cite the factually based content that you claim.
As LF's leading Druid spokesperson, can you offer any insight as to whether your fellow-Druids consider God to be an evil god? [Just trying to keep things on topic here.]
...to those He loves and wants to test and forge into stronger metal. A cursory review of Job shows this. God found favor and no fault in Job but still allowed Satan to put his hand on Job for suffering. We are now back to Isaiah 55:8-9. Mind-blowing answers...that are true. Anecdotal story: Person A is cruising through life as everything falls into place -- handsome, healthy, wealthy, seemingly so lucky -- basically nothing "bad" ever happens to him; NO challenge. Almost "paradise-like." In Person A's case, "God"?? Jesus? Who needs either? Who even needs to think of, consider, pray to, ponder, or investigate his calling from Him? Don't need 'em, right? With life so perfect here, Person A was assuming a lucky or "perfect" Afterlife as well. OOOOPS. Forgotten Judgment Day. And consideration of his role beyond his own selfish existence. Person B was once Person A. UNTIL calamity happened. Due to changed circumstances, good looks, health, wealth, and life-streak of good luck suddenly became one long string of bad "luck." Mired in physical and mental misery. Person B suddenly pondered God's role in his life out of desperation. He considered cursing God and Jesus...but instead chose to praise Him for the blessings he'd had (that were rarely if ever acknowledged.) Person B was forced to scrutinize his own life's lot and role, and make a decision...to honor, understand, and grow closer to God. Like Job. (Except Job ALWAYS acknowledged the hand and blessings of God.) Who was actually more "blessed"? Person A or B overall?
[Just trying to keep things on topic here.] Lol... Interesting question to Buck...
If the Game ain't Over (and you don't realize it), and you haven't taken the time or effort to reach out to the Creator, how then can you determine the degree of concern and love by the Creator? Is it possible your attentions and presumptions are merely diversions and illusions? That the anti-Creator has played and deceived you? (Just sayin')
One of the good things God made was creatures who had the freedom to choose good. In order to have a real choice, God had to allow there to be something besides good to choose. So, God allowed these free angels and humans to choose good or reject good (evil). When a bad relationship exists between two good things we call that evil, but it does not become a “thing” that required God to create it. Perhaps a further illustration will help. If a person is asked, “Does cold exist?” the answer would likely be “yes.” However, this is incorrect. Cold does not exist. Cold is the absence of heat. Similarly, darkness does not exist; it is the absence of light. Evil is the absence of good, or better, evil is the absence of God. God did not have to create evil, but rather only allow for the absence of good. I believe these simple but provocative analogies logically addresses and solves the "mystery" or question, "DID GOD CREATE EVIL?": Cold = Absence of Heat. Evil = Absence of Good/God" Moreover -- the point is also made -- IF our Creator denied Man (and Angels) the option of Free Will or Choice, then what would have God created instead? PROGRAMMED ROBOTS. Stepford Humans. Who and how were we created instead? AND, for what purpose?: Beings who are able to weigh, challenge, logic, discernment, purpose, risk, and choice of our own free will. WITHOUT COERCION.
Good points. But given the existence of prophecy that is fulfilled, it is clear God has foreknowledge of the choices we will make of our own free will. So we do have all the free will in the world. But so does God. And His free will enfolds all of the free will choices we ever can or will make. So His plan for the fulfillment of His plan of creation and the salvation of His children will unfold as He desires regardless of the choices we make. We can, therefore, opt in or stay opted out which is our exercise of free will. Either way, God's will be done. I only say this to point out that our free will does not make God a beggar at our feet nor are our choices powerful enough to frustrate any design of God's. He is, as scripture says, always willing that all men will come to Him. But if we don't, God's plan will proceed completely unchanged and unchanging. And only He knows the final outcome down to the end of Eternity. And all of our choices are already known and factored in to God's plan. Any time we speak of our free will in spiritual matters, we have to grasp that no choice we make affects God's free will and His plan for His creation. A lot of people don't like this, that God is omniscient to the end of time. That is because they think that God Himself is subject to the mere constraints of the space-time construct of His own creation. This is a silly idea but fairly common.
WITHOUT DIRECT PHYSICAL COERCION, but living under direct implicit threat of being sent to hell for absence of worship.
Cold = Absence of Heat. Evil = Absence of Good/God" Where on Earth did you find your equalities that you cited above? Cold is NOT the absence of Heat. So, Liberator, your analogy FAILS.
Indeed.
Free will in bondage to sin and death. Or Free will as serving a Holy God. I think Luther had a screed on this. :)
There's never an absence of worship. We either worship the uncreated Creator God, or something else. That something else tends to be ourselves.
What's this WE shit? Don't include me in your stupidity.
ROTFL! These nut-balls have all the definitions. I particularly critiqued @Liberator's little nut-ball "equations" as he expressed equality or to use his words "analogies" in an earlier post. This is just too phuny!
Some will bear Death's mortal mark better than others. The truly YUGE mark will be permanent, after vacating our BioShell. Forever. For those who reject our gentle proddings to consider God's Word, I would again remind them that THERE IS STILL TIME to humble themselves and reconsider what is a very sobering reality. God has already demonstrated His Love and Mercy AND Grace in sending a Savior, God-in-the-Flesh to die in OUR place so WE will be clean enough, pure enough BY PROXY IN JESUS CHRIST to enter His Kingdom forever. God our Creator will not accept self-pity, resentment, nor ignorance as an excuse on Judgment Day. Nor especially man's judgment OF HIM. Why does a rose bush have such a beautiful flower and thorns? A lot like some women ;-) God has also created senses of humor and irony.
However, the pride leading to the disobedience was the very evil of the fall of mankind. Pride and especially disobedience... ...that whisper of Satan prodding Eve to become "as God" -- stealing from Him forbidden knowledge AND power IN GOD'S VERY PRESENCE. During these Last Days we are witnessing a great revival of Occultist activities from people (many are so-called "Elites") who are also attempting to usurp the Almighty's power here on earth (while immersing themselves in full-blown rejection of the Almighty as they worship the Beast.)
Yes. But "foreknowledge" and the table-setting in His Kingdom for isn't quite the same as restricting man's own decisions, our own free will. He is, as scripture says, always willing that all men will come to Him. But if we don't, God's plan will proceed completely unchanged and unchanging. And only He knows the final outcome down to the end of Eternity. And all of our choices are already known and factored in to God's plan. (In Tom Snyder's voice: "I'll go along with that, sir.") A lot of people don't like this, that God is omniscient to the end of time. That is because they think that God Himself is subject to the mere constraints of the space-time construct of His own creation. This is a silly idea but fairly common. Excellent point. It's frustrating to me that some people believe God is in ANY way shape or form constrained by ANY space-time construct. As though He actually *needed* sufficient time to build...A UNIVERSE; Or, couldn't quite guide the hand of man or inspire man to write His Word, Scripture -- AND MAINTAINED IT EXACTLY AS HE WISHED. More on Skeptics: "Oh come on now -- if man wished to taint and corrupt the Bible over all these centuries, NOTHING could stop him." God: *ahem*
"Absence of worship" OR..."Disobedience" of His laws? And NOT being perfect? Are there not civil penalties in this physical world for disobeying man's law? It may either be the the penalty of law that deters one, OR respect of it. Serious question: Have you ever sinned? (And I am assuming you know the definition of "sin"...) Q2: Would you drink a gallon of pure distilled H2O with just a single drop of toxic solvent mixed in? The Kingdom of God is reserved ONLY for the pure. The sin-less. NO man in history has been sin-less by himself. Save for one.
When you're shivering at the North Pole in nothing a banana hammock (sorry for the visual, everyone), uh yeah. IT IS. "ABSENCE OF HEAT." cold" is: the lower relative measurable temperature compared to a higher measurable temperature. This means "cold" can be ANYWHERE on the temperature spectrum from absolute zero K degrees to infinity -1 K degrees. You know what else is relative?? EVERYTHING. (If that's the game one wants to play. Including "Good" and "Evil".)
Excellent observation.
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#124. To: Tooconservative (#122)
So God can create a world full of Evil along with a few bits of Good and still be considered a god of love and compassion toward mankind?
#125. To: Tooconservative (#123)
I think it is.
#126. To: Vicomte13, A K A Stone, Liberator, redleghunter, buckeroo (#125)
Because you are boiling with rage and frustration, and lashing out any way you can. It is better to shrug your shoulders and let be that which you do not understand.
A suspended Connecticut Roman Catholic priest who authorities say dealt pounds of methamphetamine and bought a sex shop intending to launder his drug money will spend another three years in prison after being sentenced on Thursday.
#127. To: Vicomte13 (#117)
The process of passing from life into death is not pleasant, and God puts all of us through it.
#128. To: Vicomte13 (#119)
Eating the fruit did not CREATE the evil, nor cause it to suddenly spring into existence. It was already part of existence. Men were just unaware of it.
#129. To: Vicomte13 (#120)
#130. To: Vicomte13 (#117)
#131. To: Vicomte13 (#120)
#132. To: Vicomte13 (#120)
#133. To: A K A Stone (#132)
Your entire post here is a load of Catholic lies that Satan is proud of.
#134. To: Vicomte13 (#133)
#135. To: Vicomte13 (#133)
Certainly nothing is good is served by continuing it.
#136. To: redleghunter, justified (#135)
#137. To: A K A Stone (#136)
Care to chime in if God created evil?
#138. To: buckeroo (#137)
#139. To: A K A Stone (#136)
#140. To: A K A Stone (#138)
Don't you worship plants and bugs?
#141. To: redleghunter (#139)
#142. To: buckeroo (#140)
#143. To: A K A Stone (#142)
You said you were a druid or some such thing.
#144. To: buckeroo, A K A Stone (#143)
#145. To: redleghunter, Vicomte13, TooConservative, A K A Stone, Buckeroo (#114)
["So 'natural wages of sin'? To me, that implies that bad things just 'happen' because of sin. I see God saying (many times) that he imposes disease, calamity and suffering upon those who defy him"...]
#146. To: Tooconservative, buckeroo (#144)
As LF's leading Druid spokesperson, can you offer any insight as to whether your fellow-Druids consider God to be an evil god?
#147. To: buckeroo (#137)
...You have a duality of GODS: GOOD vs. EVIL. But the creator just doesn't give a damn...
#148. To: redleghunter, A K A Stone, Vicomte13, TooConservative, buckeroo, RLK (#109)
(FROM RED'S LINK):
#149. To: Liberator (#148)
Moreover -- the point is also made -- IF our Creator denied Man (and Angels) the option of Free Will or Choice, then what would have God created instead? PROGRAMMED ROBOTS. Stepford Humans.
#150. To: Liberator (#148)
Beings who are able to weigh, challenge, logic, discernment, purpose, risk, and choice of our own free will. WITHOUT COERCION.
#151. To: Liberator (#148)
I believe these simple but provocative analogies logically addresses and solves the "mystery" or question, "DID GOD CREATE EVIL?":
"cold" is: the lower relative measurable temperature compared to a higher measurable temperature. This means "cold" can be ANYWHERE on the temperature spectrum from absolute zero K degrees to infinity -1 K degrees.
#152. To: Liberator (#145)
Who was actually more "blessed"? Person A or B overall?
#153. To: Tooconservative (#149)
Any time we speak of our free will in spiritual matters, we have to grasp that no choice we make affects God's free will and His plan for His creation.
#154. To: rlk (#150)
WITHOUT DIRECT PHYSICAL COERCION, but living under direct implicit threat of being sent to hell for absence of worship.
#155. To: redleghunter (#154)
There's never an absence of worship. We either worship the uncreated Creator God, or something else.
#156. To: rlk, redleghunter, Liberator (#155)
What's this WE shit? Don't include me in your stupidity.
#157. To: redleghunter, Vicomte13 (#127)
The death of the flesh, IMO, should have a huge ! mark.
#158. To: redleghunter, Vicomte13 (#128)
No the eating did not create evil.
#159. To: Tooconservative, redleghunter (#149)
...We do have all the free will in the world. But so does God. And His free will enfolds all of the free will choices we ever can or will make. So His plan for the fulfillment of His plan of creation and the salvation of His children will unfold as He desires regardless of the choices we make.
#160. To: rlk (#150)
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WITHOUT DIRECT PHYSICAL COERCION, but living under direct implicit threat of being sent to hell for absence of worship.
#161. To: buckeroo (#151)
(Edited)
Cold is NOT the absence of Heat.
#162. To: redleghunter, rlk (#154)
There's never an absence of worship. We either worship the uncreated Creator God, or something else. That something else tends to be ourselves.
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