Kilgore Trout
Misanthropic Humanist
As a Christian, what is the single most important thing you should do, in relation to your religion?
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angellous_evangellous
Guest
Love the Lord my God with all my heart, soul, and strenth by loving my neighbor as myself.
A lofty ideal to be sure.
Just_me_Mike
Well-Known Member
The hardest part of that is defining what it means to love yourself.
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angellous_evangellous
Guest
I believe that to love is to provide. Meditate on that.
Just_me_Mike
Well-Known Member
Love.... Provide.... Charity.... God.... Love.... Provide.... Charity.... Infinity
Yes that seems to be what the bible teaches
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angellous_evangellous
Guest
Dammit Jim, I'm a bible scholar not a biologist.
I would have to say this: most likely only in science fantasy.
Morse
To Extinguish
"Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world."
Consider the fact that we are composed of 61.4% Oxygen (43 Kg out of a 70 Kg body), and it won't seem so strange. If we are mainly composed of an element that we associate a gaseous form, it really doesn't seem so far fetched to have life forms based on other elements.
EDIT: Or something else entirely.
What do you think after that tiny tidbit? Same Answer?
Consider the fact that we are composed of 61.4% Oxygen (43 Kg out of a 70 Kg body), and it won't seem so strange. If we are mainly composed of an element that we associate a gaseous form, it really doesn't seem so far fetched to have life forms based on other elements.
EDIT: Or something else entirely.
What do you think after that tiny tidbit? Same Answer?
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angellous_evangellous
Guest
This doesn't have anything to do with Christianity.
I personally don't think that it's possible, and I think that you're misapplying what little you know about biology and I have not the compassion to correct you.
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angellous_evangellous
Guest
Nope, God doesn't have a wife... Not in my understanding of Christianity.
The divine feminine, however, is expressed in Mary and Sophia (divine wisdom). But it should not be thought of as husband and wife, but the unity of male and female in a cosmological theology.
Jesus probably did have a wife... perhaps Mary Magdelene?
Rogue Cardinal
Devil's Advocate
Dear angellous,
Why do you think god allows some men to sin and not suffer the punishment decreed by God (Solomon, David) and yet some men get immediately killed by God for a particular sin (Onan)?
Why do you think god allows some men to sin and not suffer the punishment decreed by God (Solomon, David) and yet some men get immediately killed by God for a particular sin (Onan)?
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angellous_evangellous
Guest
I don't know... but I will say that God allows more than just favorites like Solomon and David to sin and not die immediately -- and sometimes sin greatly.
I think that theology should start with this question, that is, the question of human suffering. My thoughts on this topic are expressed in my thread:
http://www.religiousforums.com/forum/religious-debates/34657-process-theology-cross.html
Rogue Cardinal
Devil's Advocate
The odd thing is that we could argue that the sins of Solomon and David far exceeded the sin of Onan. SO it is unclear why GOd would cut some lives short and allow others to continue to live in sin and even hold them in high esteem.
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angellous_evangellous
Guest
That's between them and God.
Erebus
Well-Known Member
Hi Angellous!
One thing I've always wondered (and heard different views about it) is, from a Christian point of view, do animals have souls? If they do, what happens to them after death? Are they judged like humans are? Do all animals have souls (including ants, plankton etc). If they don't have souls, do they face oblivion after death or does something else happen?
One thing I've always wondered (and heard different views about it) is, from a Christian point of view, do animals have souls? If they do, what happens to them after death? Are they judged like humans are? Do all animals have souls (including ants, plankton etc). If they don't have souls, do they face oblivion after death or does something else happen?
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angellous_evangellous
Guest
I don't know.
Christianity is a human centered religion. We do retain a reverence for animals in the tradition of St. Francis, and I think that God loves animals and they will be in God's new creation. Cosmologically, it is human sin that messed everything up, and that includes the animal world, and God will renew all these things through Christ in the last day.
Erebus
Well-Known Member
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angellous_evangellous
Guest
My pleasure