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Religions > Bible |
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"Bear" |
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15 Apr 2005 04:19:17 PM |
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What is the modern value... |
What is the modern value of books of sacrificial rituals and tariffs meant
to serve a greedy priesthood, now thankfully defunct, but whose talents for
self-aggrandizement have been passed on to Christian bishops, preachers and
theologians? What is the value of ancient apocalypses, written by people who
were so oppressed and badly treated that they looked forward to the world
ending. Some modern Christians read them and believe them as God’s Word even
though they are the least oppressed people alive. They want to oppress the
rest of us. What is the modern value of a long, faulty and tendentious
history of the Jewish monarchy meant to show up the people as disobedient to
God so as to force them to be obedient to the king?
A character called king David is still believed by millions if not billions
to have been the founder of the biblical kingdoms, but there are few
historians today who think so. The evidence is that Omri was, a man hardly
mentioned in the bible. What value are lists of ancient laws now utterly
outdated but still believed to be the laws of God by many Christians even
though they contrive simultaneously to believe that their younger God has
abrogated them? What is the point of believing that God has given us in
perpetuity primitive and wrong myths of origin? Finally who but vacantly
uncritical people can accept the contradictory accounts of the foundational
miracles of Christianity in the second part of God’s holy Word? (God's
Truth; Dr M D Magee)
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Bear
And I know it’s my own damn fault.
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: What is the modern value... |
15 Apr 2005 05:12:18 PM |
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Prayer Of A Religious:
Lord Jesus Christ, grant me the grace of perseverance in my vocation
that I have made. Help me to remain poor, chaste and obedient as you,
that I may continue to serve you in humility and love.
Grant me the grace to remain faithful to the teachings of your Church,
that I may be your witness to all the people you call me to serve.
Give me the courage to rise above all pettiness and the honesty to know
myself -- that I may know you better and do your will.
Take me, Lord, and teach me patience in trials, resignation in
weariness and joy in my work. Show me the wisdom of humility, the
delight of union with you and the joy of being taken up in the labor of
God.
Mary, Mother of the Church, pray for me. Amen.
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| User: "Thore \Tocis\ Schmechtig" |
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| Title: Re: What is the modern value... |
16 Apr 2005 01:07:40 AM |
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wrote:
Prayer Of A Religious:
Translation:
"I don't know *****, so I'll just pray and hope he doesn't notice"
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Regards
Thore "Tocis" Schmechtig
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