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  1. sandy whitelinger

    Why is Christ's sacrifice needed?

    It's very simple, God's wrath needs to be appeased.
  2. sandy whitelinger

    Biggest Problem of Christianity (Vicarious Redemption)

    Good luck with all that. The world around me is radically different.
  3. sandy whitelinger

    Biggest Problem of Christianity (Vicarious Redemption)

    There was a man who bought a fine steed. All his neighbors came to congratulate him on his great fortune. He said that sometime that which seems like good fortune can be bad fortune. That night the horse broke free and ran away. All the neighbors came to commiserate on his bad fortune. He said...
  4. sandy whitelinger

    Biggest Problem of Christianity (Vicarious Redemption)

    It's this kind of syrupy babble that leaves me all fuzzy headed when I read it. What exactly does all this mean? Explain it please. In plain English. I'm fuzzy headed.
  5. sandy whitelinger

    Biggest Problem of Christianity (Vicarious Redemption)

    Well then. I fail to see love without justice. Love isn't just all ice cream and syrup.
  6. sandy whitelinger

    Biggest Problem of Christianity (Vicarious Redemption)

    It would really seem to be simply a higher ordering of our energy. We moved from a lower form, elements, to a more complex ordered form, man. Why would moving past this form into a more ordered energy state not be the next step. Nothing too metaphysical about this.
  7. sandy whitelinger

    Biggest Problem of Christianity (Vicarious Redemption)

    You're confused. This little fantasy of yours as to how man should be differs diametrically from how we are. Even without God, man has made his own laws. Outside of religion, orderly society must have order. Order is law. How else would you know which side of the street to drive on?
  8. sandy whitelinger

    Biggest Problem of Christianity (Vicarious Redemption)

    The Law came because of the disobedience of man.
  9. sandy whitelinger

    Biggest Problem of Christianity (Vicarious Redemption)

    This is your view, not the view of God. Sin is the violation of law. Where there is no law there is no sin.
  10. sandy whitelinger

    Biggest Problem of Christianity (Vicarious Redemption)

    Man clearly needs laws. God must be just in His handling of the law. Love comes through grace. His greatest attribute is that He is a just God or He would not be a proper judge of man nor would He be righteous. God is not to be seen through a narrow lens.
  11. sandy whitelinger

    Biggest Problem of Christianity (Vicarious Redemption)

    Oh, He could break them but then He would not be righteous. If He were not righteous He would not be fit to judge man.
  12. sandy whitelinger

    Biggest Problem of Christianity (Vicarious Redemption)

    I'm unaware of any laws governing angels that are mentioned in the Bible.
  13. sandy whitelinger

    Biggest Problem of Christianity (Vicarious Redemption)

    By His justice.
  14. sandy whitelinger

    Biggest Problem of Christianity (Vicarious Redemption)

    God set up a system of laws. Law breaking must be punished or God would not be a just God.
  15. sandy whitelinger

    Clinton's impeachment

    Hooah.
  16. sandy whitelinger

    What Do Enlightened People Know that Others Don't?

    I do not think more learning is a prerequisite for enlightenment. It tends to be an unqualified acceptance of what I already know and all that is in my surroundings more than anything else for me. No denying or presupposing of anything.
  17. sandy whitelinger

    Which came first: the sinner or the sin?

    The same with David in I Samuel 21:6 when he ate the priests bread because that's all there was.
  18. sandy whitelinger

    What Do Enlightened People Know that Others Don't?

    Enlightenment is fleeting at times. Subverting the dualism that constitutes our senses requires perserverence.
  19. sandy whitelinger

    What Do Enlightened People Know that Others Don't?

    Actually the rock probably is more enlightened than us. I presume it has no pretensions about being or doing anything else but being a rock. Maybe an example from last week will give a situation you can relate to. Start with 16" of snow. I was also spending 12 hours a day for 7 days setting up...
  20. sandy whitelinger

    "Not to share one’s wealth with the poor is to steal from them"?

    Wow. They must have been Democrats.
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