Angel,
well written.
Man has had a longing for God since the beginning's of time.
To go against God and His plans of Salvation through His Son, Jesus Christ, is to go against all that we were created for.
Man is a religious animal
Just as Man is a social animal,
Just as Man is a political animal,
Indeed just as Man is a rational animal
So too is Man a religious animal
From the primitive cave painting to the Sistine Chapel,
Man has tried to connect with Divinity
Before the later revelations,
Before the visions and covenants that came later,
Before the tribal organization of religion,
From the very beginning
Man sought connection (religare, to bind fast) to the Spirit
Religion is in Mankind's DNA
Religion is in the nature of Man
To deny the religious impulse in Man
To decry the religious experience in Man
To defy the institution of religion
Is the Height of Folly
Is the Depths of Despair
Religion is the Signature of Man
Demons want to sit on God's throne and be thought of and worshiped as God Creator. So, they masquerade as the Almighty One, deceiving the masses and leaving a number of false God's and religions in their path.so man likes your god and thats why he invented every other religion?
My God is three persons in one godhead, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.hmm well i suppose your god could exist and that not doing what it wants could be going against what we weer made for
God is the sovereign ruler over all mankind. He is a righteous God and must punish sin. The judgment of mankind has been handed down to Jesus. He is also the believer's Savior. If you have faith in Christ, ask Him for the forgiveness of your sins, and repent, you will not suffer the unhealthy condition of hell. Hell is quite simply being without God and His love in the afterlife.but that seems like a good thing i dont think you should punish people forever because you dont like what they do especially if they are not hurting you
Who are we to question our Creator?and it dosent make sense that you would have to harm an innocent person or yourself to be able to say you can forgive other people
Our Creator knows what's best for us. He knows what we need, even when we don't. And He has our best interest at heart. God did not create us to be an evil spirit in the unhealthy condition known as hell. He created us to be with Him, the angels, family and friends in the blissful condition of heaven.if you have a mind of your own what you want matters more then what your Creator wanted you for but i guess that can be the same thing
They are all welcome. I'm eager to hear what they have to say. I'm hoping the OP will have a heuristic effect on them.
(For anyone interested in this unimportant contretemps, see posts #5 & #8)
Here's an analogy which may buffer your self-awareness, blarg.
The tone deaf person who denies the inherent musicality in the rest of mankind.
Get it now?
You know, "Hope springs eternal," Elvira. If even one of them recognizes the error of his ways, it will be worth having to endure all the noise.Why, Angel? Don't cha know...it's gonna be the same, old tired rhetoric we've heard before...they ruin every thread they enter...
"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music." - Friedrich NietzscheThe tone deaf person who denies the inherent musicality in the rest of mankind.
Let's see if I understand your post -- you disagree with the OP thesis. Yes?
Duly noted.
Maybe no one will notice that you have nothing on which to base your disagreement and that it flies in the face of everything we know about Mankind.
God bless you, pilgrim.
Let me see. Because blarg is devoid of religious sensibility, everyone is devoid of religious sensibility, and has been for fifty thousand years and more.
Wow.
If I didn't know what a humble fellow you are, blarg, I'd be drawn to a rather different surmise by your post.
Peace out, brother.
You know, "Hope springs eternal," Elvira. If even one of them recognizes the error of his ways, it will be worth having to endure all the noise.
Physician, heal thyself! Did you even read his posts?That's not even remotely what he stated.
Why be so dishonest?
What unsupported bare assertions" are you referring to, T? That Man is a social animal? That Man is a political animal? That Man is a religious animal?No, I merely observed that all you offered was unsupported bare assertions.
Maybe no one will notice that you've offered nothing credible to to demonstrate their validity.
Oh, wait. They already have and you're already just babbling the same nonsense.
Where did you get this awful idea that religion spreads in the ways you enumerate? You're listening to the wrong people, my friend. Just take a breath and consider for a moment. How are genocide and ethnic cleansing, for example, supposed to make converts? This makes no sense.Hardly. This is why all of the make [sic] dominator God religions have always had to be spread through violence, war, genocide, ethnic cleansing, and subjugation.
Demons want to sit on God's throne and be thought of and worshiped as God Creator. So, they masquerade as the Almighty One, deceiving the masses and leaving a number of false God's and religions in their path.
My God is three persons in one godhead, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
God is the sovereign ruler over all mankind. He is a righteous God and must punish sin. The judgment of mankind has been handed down to Jesus. He is also the believer's Savior. If you have faith in Christ, ask Him for the forgiveness of your sins, and repent, you will not suffer the unhealthy condition of hell. Hell is quite simply being without God and His love in the afterlife.
Who are we to question our Creator?
Our Creator knows what's best for us. He knows what we need, even when we don't. And He has our best interest at heart. God did not create us to be an evil spirit in the unhealthy condition known as hell. He created us to be with Him, the angels, family and friends in the blissful condition of heaven.
Physician, heal thyself! Did you even read his posts?
Where did you get this awful idea that religion spreads in the ways you enumerate? You're listening to the wrong people, my friend. Just take a breath and consider for a moment. How are genocide and ethnic cleansing, for example, supposed to make converts? This makes no sense.
I believe what I said was that the denial of the importance of religion to mankind is folly and despair, blarg.o so your just saying its a common trait and that its the mark of humanity because only humans do it ok then
why would you say its folly and despair not to believe in religions though?
I believe what I said was that the denial of the importance of religion to mankind is folly and despair, blarg.
Please check this and verify.
Have you ever experienced an existential crisis?o ok then
maker sense its had a big impact
so folly checks out not sure about despair
Physician, heal thyself! Did you even read his posts?
What unsupported bare assertions" are you referring to, T? That Man is a social animal? That Man is a political animal? That Man is a religious animal?
Open your eyes! Look around you! Read some history, some anthropology.
We get it. You don't agree with the facts. But that's not our problem.
Peace.
What an odd reply. Your unfamiliarity with the posts in question is patent. So again I say, Physician, heal thyself. Do you know what that expression means? Perhaps the problem lies there.What an odd question. Of course I read it. It's how I know you're being transparently dishonest about it.
What an odd reply. Your unfamiliarity with the posts in question is patent. So again I say, Physician, heal thyself. Do you know what that expression means? Perhaps the problem lies there.
What is "neither the 'height of folly' nor the 'depth of despair'"? Show your bona fides and provide a subject, yes?No, those aren't what I was referring to, as is clear to any honest adult.
Try learning to read a thread better. That, or simply knock off your intellectual dishonesty.
I already stated: "No, it's neither the 'height of folly' nor the 'depth of despair' nor the 'signature of man".
Quote his posts (if you know which ones you're talking about) and let's examine its semantics together in the open. That'll settle this non-issue.Not in the least. You dishonestly misrepresented what he posted.
No biggie, you do that all the time.
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