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  1. raybo

    Gnostic discussion: "How Real is Reality?"

    Commandment First. On Faith in God. First of all, believe[1] that there is one God who created and finished all things, and made all things out of nothing. He alone is able to contain the whole, but Himself cannot be contained.[2] Have faith therefore in Him, and fear Him; and fearing Him...
  2. raybo

    Gnostic discussion: "How Real is Reality?"

    Commandment Second. On Avoiding Evil-Speaking, and on Giving Alms in Simplicity. He said to me, “Be simple and guileless, and you will be as the children who know not the wickedness that ruins the life of men. First, then, speak evil of no one, nor listen with pleasure to any one who speaks...
  3. raybo

    Gnostic discussion: "How Real is Reality?"

    Commandment Third. On Avoiding Falsehood, and on the Repentance of Hermas for His Dissimulation. Again he said to me, “Love the truth, and let nothing but truth proceed from your mouth,[1] that the spirit which God has placed in your flesh may be found truthful before all men; and the Lord, who...
  4. raybo

    Gnostic discussion: "How Real is Reality?"

    Ante-Nicene Fathers/Volume II/THE PASTOR OF HERMAS/Book Second./Commandment Fourth. On Putting One's Wife Away for Adultery. - Wikisource Chap. II. I asked him again, and said, “Since the Lord has vouchsafed to dwell always with me, bear with me while I utter a few words;[8] for I understand...
  5. raybo

    The sick concept of Eternal hell suffering.

    mickiel, A standard... who can measure... a measure so lofty those of us who have not known it fail to realize... by the shear lack in our imagination. What is this offering. Is all that "i am" as i am? A time for this and a time for that. A time for some to rise, a time for all things to be...
  6. raybo

    The sick concept of Eternal hell suffering.

    starlite, You are making a case for the premise of my response here. Even though mickiel will have none of it. The place of chastisement, whatever one wishes to call it, was designed by the Dark Lord in his acceptance of the way he has responded to the creation and the treatment of mankind. It...
  7. raybo

    The sick concept of Eternal hell suffering.

    More views to consider: Visitations by angels were widely reported among kabbalists. The mystic-legalist Joseph Caro wrote of his maggid, the genius of the Mishna, who visited him in the night and taught him Torah ha-Sod, the esoteric Torah. The main contribution of Chasidic thought to...
  8. raybo

    The sick concept of Eternal hell suffering.

    As in the Dead Sea scrolls, Belial is identified as being the Prince of Darkness[2], and as being the leader of the hosts of evil, and Michael the Archangel, captain of the heavenly hosts and the champion of the nation of Israel, is his enemy. A reflection in this belief can be found in the New...
  9. raybo

    The Bible on Sex

    Buttons, Sex is not dirty! Though making love on top of the bible opened or closed will no doubt alter the footnotes.
  10. raybo

    The sick concept of Eternal hell suffering.

    Mickiel, Here are other views: Jude 9-10 But even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses, did not himself dare to condemn him for slander but said, "The Lord rebuke you!" Yet these people speak abusively against whatever they do not understand...
  11. raybo

    The sick concept of Eternal hell suffering.

    mickieI, I see, you are unable or unwilling to consider my post. It is much as i expected. Much time is wasted on this stuff... one day you might consider more. Only... the post perhaps... would loose it's edge. ;) Yet, the path must still be traveled!
  12. raybo

    The Bible on Sex

    Beaudreaux, You too should consider reading this link: Acts of Paul and Thecla
  13. raybo

    My Story

    Kyle Knight, You are right to return to your church of birthrite, and it is only a beginning as you say. Remember, division is rooted in the perceiver. If you do not see any division, or if it is cast down or diminished... one becomes free to accept so much more in all of this. Let me add that...
  14. raybo

    The sick concept of Eternal hell suffering.

    mickiel, This above from your original post. Revealing things in the first attention, usually and most always... does not reveal the truth behind them. Quite a lengthy thread and i managed only to catch a few replies. Here's the truth! Hell was created by the Dark Lord we call Satan. He is...
  15. raybo

    The Bible on Sex

    Beaudreaux, Yes sorry, wrong paste!
  16. raybo

    The Bible on Sex

    Beaudreaux, Try a little humor! I could say that the spirit is the basis for this belief. Here's a riddle! The scripture is deemed a lesser knowledge. Yet, when seen the scripture becomes a greater knowledge. On topic: What do you see in this writing... Paul and Thecla Acts of Paul and Thecla
  17. raybo

    The Bible on Sex

    tumbleweed41, Haven't you wondered by what authority they have been left out of any biblical canon. I cautioned you that not everyone is willing to step outside the canon. This one was, when he (I) read every book that i could that was left out of the canon at the Council of Laodicea in 364...
  18. raybo

    The Bible on Sex

    Lets offer another take shall we! Angels born of the spirit have no means to bare little angels, in and by themselves or with another species born of the flesh. However, up till the time of Yeshua, there were spirits that occupied or possessed the "benign" spirits of souls who were born to the...
  19. raybo

    The Bible on Sex

    tumbleweed41, You and i can be assured that should angels begot... mankind would have perished very soon after. The term has implications. Yet the implication is clear. If you are raised holy and share with the divine you are a son/daughter. The insight is that one had to be unblemished and...
  20. raybo

    The Bible on Sex

    tumbleweed41, Then are you suggesting, or think or believe angels can begot offspring? Or begot offspring when coupled with man?
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