"I'm so glad we have a Savior who loves us just as we are, but loves us too much to leave us that way."
Joanne Weaver
I just read this and thought it was worth sharing. What are your thoughts?
2007-10-08 02:44:06 · 10 answers · asked by christian_me 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
When I think of how I was when Jesus pulled me out of a pit and I think of where I am now, I am filled with gratitude that He doesn't give up on hard cases.
2007-10-08 02:53:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
It's a great quote! and I know Joanne Weaver I went to high school with her-met up with her 5 years ago when she was speaking and was so excited about her books-------got her to sign my copy of Having a Mary heart in a Martha world.
2007-10-08 09:50:48 · answer #2 · answered by sisterzeal 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The story of a resurrected "savior" is neither unique nor original to christianity. The Jesus character in the christian myth was based on characters from older myths.
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Did a historical Jesus exist?
http://www.nobeliefs.com/exist.htm
[Excerpt]
ALL CLAIMS OF JESUS DERIVE FROM HEARSAY ACCOUNTS
No one has the slightest physical evidence to support a historical Jesus; no artifacts, dwelling, works of carpentry, or self-written manuscripts. All claims about Jesus derive from writings of other people. There occurs no contemporary Roman record that shows Pontius Pilate executing a man named Jesus. Devastating to historians, there occurs not a single contemporary writing that mentions Jesus. All documents about Jesus got written well after the life of the alleged Jesus from either: unknown authors, people who had never met an earthly Jesus, or from fraudulent, mythical or allegorical writings. Although one can argue that many of these writings come from fraud or interpolations, I will use the information and dates to show that even if these sources did not come from interpolations, they could still not serve as reliable evidence for a historical Jesus, simply because all sources derive from hearsay accounts.
Hearsay means information derived from other people rather than on a witness' own knowledge.
Courts of law do not generally allow hearsay as testimony, and nor does honest modern scholarship. Hearsay provides no proof or good evidence, and therefore, we should dismiss it.
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The Myth of the Historical Jesus
http://mama.indstate.edu/users/nizrael/jesusrefutation.html
Pagan origins of Jesus:
http://www.medmalexperts.com/POCM/index.html
http://geocities.com/christprise/
http://mama.indstate.edu/users/nizrael/jesusrefutation.html
http://www.rationalresponders.com/a_silence_that_screams_no_contemporary_historical_accounts_for_jesus
http://www.truthbeknown.com/origins.htm
http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/pcc/pcc09.htm
http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_jcpa3.htm
http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/richard_carrier/resurrection/lecture.html
http://www.geocities.com/paulntobin/virgin.html
http://www.harrington-sites.com/motif.htm
http://altreligion.about.com/library/weekly/aa052902a.htm
2007-10-08 09:58:14 · answer #3 · answered by YY4Me 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Hmmm i'm only like eleven. i dont really understand the "but loves us too much to leave us that way." part.
2007-10-08 09:48:45 · answer #4 · answered by . 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Amen!
2007-10-08 09:47:45 · answer #5 · answered by Red neck 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Good!
Love is not the same thing as tolerance ;0)
God wants us to love, not tolerate!
2007-10-08 09:48:36 · answer #6 · answered by Nickel-for-your-thoughts 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Amen! I haven't heard that quote before, but isn't it great!
2007-10-08 10:50:36 · answer #7 · answered by kaz716 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nice quote. He loves us even though we are sinners, but He wants us to perfect ourselves, and He wants us all to be saved.
2007-10-08 09:53:57 · answer #8 · answered by the phantom 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Very good,He surely will change you if you let him.
2007-10-08 09:53:41 · answer #9 · answered by preacher 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
he wants the to become atheist. that would be true love.
2007-10-08 09:47:35 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋