So many claim to be the ONLY way to god.
It seems that the first test of righteousness is open-mindedness.
What if Jesus said, “Gods only people are the people of Israel” he would have had scriptures to back him up.
What made Jesus kind of righteous was that the experience of Divinity was available to ALL people.
Shame on you guys.
2007-07-10 05:28:49 · 8 answers · asked by ♥Gnostic♥ 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
What's amazing also is how often followers of Christ(supposedly) have taken arms up against each other, notably in Ireland and the violence between Mormons and their persecutors here in the USA.
Nazi soldiers in World War Two wore belt buckles that said:"Gott mit unst" or "God is with us" I guess if enough people say it, God must have said it, right?
Wasn't it Jesus who said "judge not that ye may be judged"?
2007-07-10 07:07:39 · answer #1 · answered by Divadarya: trans n' proud 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey Sis, why don't we start putting some Gnostic questions on here? Lets talk about our understanding instead of theirs, which is smeared all over this site. Enlighten some folks, find more peers, TAKE OVER THE SITE! Perhaps a christian or two might not feel guilty if they have a peek and whammo, the truth just might wake them up!. Got game?
2007-07-10 10:20:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Then show your righteousness by being open-minded to the possibility that there is only one way to God.
"There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; that very word which I spoke will condemn him at the last day." (John 12:48).
"Jesus answered, 'I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me'". (John 14:6).
Rahab was not Jewish, neither was Ruth, yet the bible clearly shows that both were women of faith.
First, it was not the "experience of Divinity" that was available to all, but salvation and even then salvation is dependent on belief in Jesus (John 3:16, 18).
2007-07-10 06:14:44 · answer #3 · answered by Deof Movestofca 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I LIKE Moondown's answer. Why NOT just post OUR interpretations of our Religion on here. Give THEM a taste of thier own medicine.
Oh yeah, DUH!!!! We have no SET list of pat answers. That's because we have NO set of universal Dogma. (something for which I am VERY grateful to Goddes for) However if we post our OWN interpretation of our personal relationship with Goddess and God, THEY might begin to see, learn, and understand that THEIR way is NOT the ONLY way to worship and have a relationship with Deity.
Like the poster a few answers above posted, telling you to be open to the idea that HIS way is the ONLY way. Somehow that seems to be a circular argument. Why aren't THEY willing to be open to the idea that OUR way just MIGHT be the ONLY way as well? It boils down to being ONLY a matter of FAITH. They have theirs and we have ours. The atheists have theirs. The Muslims have theirs. And so forth.They (the fundamentalists) have the inability to SEE how ALL ways can be perfectly right. For the followers of Jesus the Bible is their source of Faith but, they have to be able to understand that not ALL Faiths USE the Bible as their "source". Others have their OWN writings or other things that serve as their source of Faith. It ALL boils down to being willing to simply accept others for their differences. Being different isn't wrong, only different.
Brightest Blessings,
Raji the Green Witch
2007-07-10 13:25:42 · answer #4 · answered by Raji the Green Witch 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It reminds me of a scene I saw in a film set in WWI. All sides praying to the same God for their victory; all with equal failth.
I grew up in Lutheranisim. blind faith in baptisim, communion, the diety of the trinity, the Aposles Creed as the only way. It works for many, but what are they missing of the true God of thousands of faces by worshiping only three?
Luther gave me one out, the abillity to communicate directly with God without supervision. His great gift to religion. Through that I was able to find my path as a Wiccan/Gnostic and perhaps a Unitarian. Just because of Emmerson and Thoreau's great descriptions of God in Nature and Man. I digress.
It is refreshing to find somone with such similar views as Gnostic.
2007-07-11 16:49:34 · answer #5 · answered by scorn66713 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love it, a bunch of different groups reading the same book, believing in the same god and not being able to agree.
It just shows the idiocy of religion
2007-07-10 05:38:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm with you Gnostic. And then they send you messages and try to prove you wrong. Why can't we all just get along?
2007-07-10 06:18:20 · answer #7 · answered by spark8118 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
self righteous expression
2007-07-10 07:08:45 · answer #8 · answered by my ki 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋