Whoa, Xtaltha, you are in for a big surprise!!!!
2006-08-04 07:19:01
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answered by Ms. G. 5
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Yes, I am assured what will happen when I pass into spirit. I very much doubt however that you are anywhere near as sure.
After all, you are a biblio-idolator, which though you have been taught is does, has absolutely nothing to do with early Christianity.
The Bible is mythic, mainstream Christianity has known that for hundreds of years. Mythic and indefensible as anything else but mythic. The Bible is, while a very nice book that is the basis (in one form or another) the basis of the three great monotheistic faiths of the West -- actually a book of myths, and some of them are pretty horrid myths while others are just plain silly.
The earth is not flat, it does not have corners, and it is not established on pillars. Beetles do not have four legs, they have six. Rabbits do not chew their cuds, they have none. Ai and Jericho were both abandoned when the Israelites came to them and Jericho NEVER was walled. Oddly, though a million Jews (more or less) marched around the wilderness for 40 years and ALL died there, we cannot find a single skeleton from the march, even though we have found the remains of tribes of 200 non-semites in the same area. Pi really DOES work, and a perfectly round pool cannot be made that uses a pi of 3.0 rather than 3.14 -- it would leak through a gap in the side.
The god of the old testament, almost certainly either a rendition of one of the great Annunaki of the Sumerians or of Ra of the Egyptians, is a monster who cannot possibly deserve worship, even if real. He accepts human sacrifice, demands genocides, and wipes the faces of his priests with dung. He is, in very real terms, anthropomorphic, having a palace on top of the firmament (the dome covering the earth) where he keeps snow and hail "against the time of troubles" (war???) [If you want to read up on this type of thing, there is a fair list on the site I maintain. Go to www.rebuff.org and read the three pages under bible on the left hand menu.]
The short version of what I am saying is -- its myth. Fairy stories, like Grimm's and like Santa Claus. Furthermore, Christianity, despite what you have been told, was not HISTORICALLY based on the Bible as you know it. The canon was not established universally in anything resembling a form you would recognize until the Council of Carthage, hundreds of years after Christ. The early church had 40 gospels, but no one church had more than one book or maybe a very few. Often a gospel, or a letter -- or sometimes nothing at all. Different bishops wrote different canons, just as they had different theologies (gnostic/anti-gnostic for example). The Council of Nice (Nicea) established the creed by vote, and many things (trinity) won by only one or two votes after substantial violence among the participants. Divine inspiration? For goodness sake be real.
Regards,
Reynolds Jones
Schenectady, NY
http://www.rebuff.org
believeinyou24@yahoo.com
2006-08-04 14:49:11
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answered by Anonymous
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There is an alternative way to get to heaven that is not often discussed due to a need by the religious to suppress it. Here it is.
If one performs 17,470 good deeds in their lifetime (based upon actuarial figures) they will be guaranteed a place in heaven. If one passes on at an early age then the number of good deeds done is prorated based upon their age when they die. Good deeds are anything that helps another person, animal, plant, etc., without personal gain from the helper. A kind word to an elderly person who may not have a lot of human contact is a good deed. Assisting someone in the smallest of ways. Prayers are also good deeds as long as one does not pray out of rote and understands why assistance from a higher power is needed. Most important is ones encounter with children. If a sad child does not have enough money to purchase a soda at a convenience store then we must add to what he has so that he can get what he needs and most surely deserves. Hand an old coat to a homeless person on a cold night or offer to pay for hot coffee and croissant at a donut shop. Endless, as we can see. So, although the number of good deeds required is imposing, you can see how they can add up in a single day and night.
Not all human beings are able to "ask" to be saved. Some have only the option to "do good." The Creator realized this and opened this way for independent thinkers to get to heaven. Would we have expected anything else from a "good God?" I think not.
2006-08-04 14:38:32
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answered by ALWAYS GOTTA KNOW 5
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How can you ever know for sure? Isn't that loaded with hubris? I thought Christians are not supposed to judge? I guess the question is, do you know where you're going? I think you should be concerned because you're not acting like a good christian by hating on people. I think you're a bad christian for judging other people. I think you're a bad christian for being so sure you're saved and other people are in need of being saved.
Nobody knows where we're going but God. I doubt you are She, Mrs. Paige. So, please, let God do God's job. He has enough on his plate without having you disseminate such unchristian and self-loving behavior.
2006-08-04 15:11:38
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answered by Dan 2
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Been there....done that.....bought the T-shirt.
Jesus, God, Allah....they ALL love me for the great person I am, and ONLY for that reason will I go to heaven when I pass from this world as a gay man who loved many.
Of course, with your dirty mind you're thinking of gay sex when I say I have loved many, aren't you?
Wrong.....perveted woman!
I have loved MANY, but I have been in a monogomous relationship for 16 years.
Now....I know it's your job to place your nose into my bedroom, but please don't. It's not becoming of a good Christian woman.
You're only here in the gay section because you have a dirty mind.
You are a scared little dirty-minded woman who has nothing better to do than concentrate on gay sex.
I think you need to have another conversation with God.
2006-08-04 18:00:41
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answered by Anonymous
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I can be a dyke and still go to heaven. I belive in god, I acknowledge that jesus died on the cross for me, and I know that I will sit above all you who think you have the right to judge me. God only has that right. I am a good christian, and sure I have sinned, but you and all the other so-called 'christians' are blasphemous, thinking that you have the right to question my afterlife. God only knows, and God will save those who are true to themselves and those who accept others with the love that jesus preached for all... You are a blasphemous ignorant little whore! AND I AM A DYKE GOING TO HEAVEN! So shove it up your prude little hiney... I am sick of y'all preach'n!
2006-08-04 14:40:01
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answered by kityjane2 3
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Sorry I'm just not selfish... If Jesus is constantly dying for all your sins (passing judgment), when does he get a brake! Really now take responsibility for your self please. I know where I will go when I die, so I'll see you later.. In the mean time XOXOX. Try to look beyond yourself and your own selfish views. Learn about life not just what falls in your little box.
2006-08-04 14:29:07
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answered by mylife 4
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I plan on going to heaven, with all the b itches and p ussy I can handle.
Why even bother bother posting **** like that? We've all heard it. And obviously the gay community doesn't care, because if we did, then we wouldn't have the standing in society that we have now. It may still be rough but thats the wonderful thing about fags and dykes, when we know what we want, we get it. And when people like you beat us up, kill us, or take away our rights, we'll be laughing when your *** is in hell.
2006-08-04 14:31:59
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answered by My Optinion Counts 2
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No. But did u know its a sin 2 judge people? Is u life perfect? Sometimes things happen 2 people in life that makes them the way they r. An tha rest well watch this documentry called
" Middle Sex " an that should explain tha rest. But dont judge cause our FATHER GOD is tha only judge we need. Not a person who bleeds like u an I do. Think'a bout it.....
2006-08-07 03:34:01
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answered by sophatup 2
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Thousands of years ago i was an Egyptian Goddess. Now i dont remember anything and sometimes i forget how to go home from work. the one you call Jehovah wanted me dead because I came back to bring Justice where it belongs, Pagans and Gays should be able to have the power to overthrow christian theocrats, and I want to be there when it happens.
2006-08-04 20:44:15
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answered by Anonymous
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But what if Jesus was just some guy? I don't have convincing proof that Christianity is THE religion. I'm not saying I don't believe in god, I'm just saying that I don't have enough evidence to believe Christians are correct.
2006-08-04 14:09:38
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answered by collegedebt 3
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