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  1. Furchizedek

    Jesus' Second Coming

    And I would just like to say that I fail to understand what difference it makes to anyone if Jesus had or had not ascended at such and such a time, if Mary was or was not a virgin, and so on. Why argue about any of it? None of that has anything to do with anyone's salvation. Regardless of who...
  2. Furchizedek

    Jesus' Second Coming

    Just because you believe the bible version of events is true, does not make it true. God may ask you to believe things you don't understand, but He will never ask you to believe things that don't make sense. (IMO) From The Urantia Book: 189:4.12 As Mary sought to embrace his feet, Jesus said...
  3. Furchizedek

    His Eminence, The Pope.

    Saint Jerome (died A.D. 420): "As I follow no leader save Christ, so I communicate with none but your blessedness, that is, with the Chair of Peter. For this, I know, is the rock on which the Church is built. …This is the ark of Noah, and he who is not found in it shall perish when the flood...
  4. Furchizedek

    Jesus' Second Coming

    There's a fly in that ointment, though, and that's 10 verses earlier Jesus said: Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God. (John 20:17) I suggest...
  5. Furchizedek

    Jesus' Second Coming

    Yes, sure. I would say that "we" that I mentioned is the majority of serious Urantia Book readers and believers, those who know the history about the book. And if you want to read what is probably a pretty good job on the history, you can find it here: A History of The Urantia Papers Larry...
  6. Furchizedek

    Jesus' Second Coming

    Qualifier: Everything I write is my opinion and/or my beliefs. When he was here talking to us, 3 days is three of our days. When he's not here, when he's in Heaven or Paradise or wherever he stays, the time there is much slower. God probably lives in a deep gravity well, perhaps in an area...
  7. Furchizedek

    His Eminence, The Pope.

    And RCIA stands for "Roman Catholic Indoctrination for Adults" right? You shouldn't use abbreviations that are not common knowledge unless you explain them usually at the first usage. But you probably think that the universe revolves around the Catholic church and so everyone should know what...
  8. Furchizedek

    His Eminence, The Pope.

    No you're not, you're arguing with me, the messenger. You're trying to browbeat me with your Catholicism. I'm not having it. I have no lack of knowledge where the Catholic church is concerned. I've got my Catholic facts learned real good, to paraphrase a line from Bruce Springsteen. Devious...
  9. Furchizedek

    Jesus' Second Coming

    know. I agree. It is repugnant (IMO). But it's not my idea. No argument here. Probably not. That's probably just your Christian, doctrines of men, belief. The Jews don't agree with your Christian doctrines of the second coming, and it's THEIR book that you're getting the "prophecies" from...
  10. Furchizedek

    Jesus' Second Coming

    Well, it's wrong, IMO.
  11. Furchizedek

    Jesus' Second Coming

    Very good. Thank you. :grinning:
  12. Furchizedek

    Jesus' Second Coming

    Qualifier: Everything I say below is my opinion and/or my beliefs some of which I may have derived from The Urantia Book or other sources. 139:4.14 When in temporary exile on Patmos, John wrote the Book of Revelation, which you now have in greatly abridged and distorted form. This Book of...
  13. Furchizedek

    His Eminence, The Pope.

    Qualifier: Everything I say below is my opinion and/or my beliefs. Oh no! Not that! Sorry, but I disagree. And even if it was true, it would be a good thing. I think you don't understand the nature of Catholicism. No. You compare it. Knock yourself out. snippped (I don't care how many...
  14. Furchizedek

    "Why Did God Create Mankind if He Knew Man Would Sin?"

    Disclaimer: Everything I say is my opinion and/or my beliefs. I would like to suggest that anyone interested in the subject of Adam and Eve read these 4 papers in The Urantia Book, papers 74-77 (see below for details and links). They amount to 35 pages in the book, and they contain the true...
  15. Furchizedek

    Jesus' Second Coming

    WAIT! Wait! Don't you have to state that the above is just your opinion, your belief? You can't state it as you have, as if it's a fact, from what I now understand about the rules here. Will someone please explain to me who has to abide by this rule and who doesn't? Anyway, the above Christian...
  16. Furchizedek

    Jesus' Second Coming

    Alright, to be in compliance with the fine print, I will henceforth declare, unnecessarily, in my opinion, that everything I say here is my opinion or my belief. How anyone could take my BELIEFS as fact when they are in fact, beliefs, is beyond me. Isn't religion ALL about beliefs? Is there...
  17. Furchizedek

    Jesus' Second Coming

    I never said I was the one who commands Jesus. Are you a twister? Twisting what people say is a dumb, dishonest game. I said that (in my opinion, which goes without saying that it's my opinion, in my opinion) Jesus is not coming back any time soon. He's only been gone for 2 of his days. Perhaps...
  18. Furchizedek

    "Why Did God Create Mankind if He Knew Man Would Sin?"

    People have a right to make belief assertions. And you have a right to question them about their assertions. It's all good.
  19. Furchizedek

    Jesus' Second Coming

    The answer to that is that after Jesus ascended in spirit, the attending angels asked the higher-ups for permission to accelerate time in the local area around Jesus' dead body so that it would disappear in a flash instead of taking years or decades to decompose, and the energies released from...
  20. Furchizedek

    Jesus' Second Coming

    Would be, but he's not coming again in the flesh. Jesus is not the Spirit of Truth. No. Melchizedek works for Jesus, as does Gabriel the Archangel who appeared to Mary. Melchizedek came here 2000 years before Jesus on an emergency mission to keep alive the one God idea so that Jesus could...
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