you cant tell me what is right or wrong as they have no mind of there own and only refer to the bible etc
2007-05-31 13:06:46 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
oh I can TELL you right and wrong, I just can't MAKE you believe it. a compass only points you in the right direction; it doesn't make you go there.
2007-05-31 13:10:15 · answer #1 · answered by Hey, Ray 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's very normal to feel the way you do. I don't blame you at all. I remember feeling that way too. A lot of people feel the same way you do.
When I decided to search for truth- it made sense to me that I must be willing to drop all my pre-set ways of thinking; all my assumptions and presuppositions, in order to hear what GOD thinks.
I had been brain-washed by religious parents, then again by school, then again by life. All that had to go so as to give the Truth a chance.
What I did NOT let go of was a thinking brain. A brain to compare, sift, and analyze- checking for consistency and logic. God's logic can be ABOVE ours but it cannot be contrary to logic in general. Truth is consistent- it cannot have contradictions.
So I cleared the mental table. I listened. I weighed, compared, contrasted, eliminated what was weak, kept what was strong. I tossed out what contradicted; I held fast what stayed harmonious to the rest. I spent YEARS doing this.
If a doctor trains for years to diagnose your body- do you object to his enlightened expertise? In the same way, I have done years of private study, and also graduated from 2 separate Bible Colleges.
Is it wrong to imagine that I'm enlightened enough to help others? As far as having a mind of my own- I had that before- and discovered I was messing up my life badly with it. I needed to find the truth. I needed to clear my own predjudices out of the way. I have examined and studied for more than twenty years. I'm happy to say that now I have far more of God's thoughts in my head than of my own.
What a fabulous difference it's made. It's saved my life and my mariage, my jobs and everything that is of importance to me.
I recommend getting enlightened they way you say- even though I don't believe I've ever THUMPED a Holy Bible. Where does that even come from? ;)
2007-05-31 20:27:20 · answer #2 · answered by baronbago 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought the enlightened ones were the Illuminated Masons, and I thought they were enlightened into the Deep dark Secrets of Evil/the Devil. Have you never heard about how they enslave souls.About there mind control, and there witchcraft. Every sort of evil that is doomed for destruction!
2007-05-31 20:27:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible, especially the New Testament, is a fabrication of the Roman Emperors to pacify a rebellious Judea, who subsequently edited the Old Testament ex post facto to prophesize about the Roman invented Jesus myth.
"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction" - Blaise Pascal
2007-05-31 20:12:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
The Bible tells them so.
2007-05-31 20:13:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
And what book do YOU refer to ?
2007-05-31 20:10:35 · answer #6 · answered by kenny p 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The bible says we are right.
2007-05-31 20:10:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
they believe that are enlightened because that are narrow minded fool,s who think that there way is the only way and the right way
2007-05-31 20:15:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Well, Jesus saying he is the truth and the "light" I believe is where it came from.
2007-05-31 20:10:58 · answer #9 · answered by Sweetgal 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Utter delusion.
2007-05-31 20:09:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋