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Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. John 3:3 It's not Christians that are saying this, it is in the Bible, and if you believe that the Bible is God's Holy Word, then you accept this by faith. For whatever reason the world has fanaticized people who are "born again", it simply means, born once in the flesh, born again in the Spirit. |
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And THIS thinking is exactly the problem with radical orthodoxy whether it be Islam or Christian or any other religion. It may be someone's believe that THEIR God is the only God and that THEIR bible is the only one translated by God...but it is arrogant and intolerant. People may believe what they wish but to trample on others faith and deem it false is not in the spirit of love thy neighbor. As I said earlier, if everyone just lived by the Golden Rule, it would work out pretty darn well. |
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Who is trampling on others faith? I see a lot of people trampling on the Jewish and Christians faith. GOD is love and Christians will not fight back but will defend the WORD with what is true. Jesus is the WORD made flesh. It is a hard statement for people who are only flesh and blood. Jesus said to eat of his body and to drink of his blood. What did he mean by this? |
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Some years ago I found in my local library a fascinating book entitled "Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism" authored by an Episcopal Bishop, John Shelby Spong. John Shelby Spong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In the book he delves into how and by whom the bible was assembled from various writings of almost exclusively Jewish authors over several centuries. He explains how these authors utilized midrash to develop stories illustrating the points they wished to make. Midrash - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I found the book quite enlightening about the history of the bible although I do not agree with some of Spong's far out social ideas which he expounds at times. BTW, I find "The New Oxford Annotated Bible" to be a great resource. http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/Produ...spx?pid=835676 |
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Are you familiar with the Inquisition or perhaps the Crusades? |
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