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Politics : Should God be replaced? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Greg or e who wrote (856)	9/15/2000 2:20:33 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28931

"Of course I have noticed that as I get older, my narrow waist and my broad mind seem to be changing places so who knows? " That is so sad, if true.

To: Greg or e who wrote (856)	9/15/2000 9:41:25 AM
From: Solon	Respond to of 28931

This God was existent everywhere and he was always available or accessible for he was universal and omnipresent and dwelled within you as well as without you. I taught the divinity of the inner or real self." This is exactly what the Catholic Church states. From the Catholic Encyclopedia: "...God is really present everywhere in creation not merely per virtuten et operationem, but per essentiam. In other words God Himself, or the Divine nature, is in immediate contact with, or immanent in, every creature -- conserving it in being and enabling it to act..." Again--1 Corinthians: 6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? 6:20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's The basic difference between his teaching and catholicism is that catholicism believes God to be transcendent and outside of the Universe--a personality...as well as immanent, and everywhere within it. There are innumerable Christian belief systems. His appears to incorporate some of the Unity Church beliefs. Why does this mean to you that he did not love God as much as you do. God as Love is a fundamental precept of the Unity Church as well as many others. By the inner or real self he means God as indwelling spirit. Once again, you are using your particular interpretation of God, and His word, to criticise and judge those you believe to be inferior Christians, and unworthy people. Please. You are not talking about wicked Solon here; you are talking about a Minister of God. The fact that he came to his senses is not cause for you to misrepresent the importance of his relationship to God. The last I heard, the Constitution guarantees freedom of religion. Do you think there might be a reason for that?? If I decided to become an American and took the oath of allegiance but then proceeded to work with foreign agents in a plot to overthrow the government I would rightly be charged with treason. If I further declared that I never really believed the words of the oath anyway then not only would my loyalty, but also my integrity could be legitimately questioned. Sorry, you have strayed into another dimension. This doggerel has nothing whatsoever to inform of the article or our discussion.

To: Greg or e who wrote (856)	9/15/2000 12:23:25 PM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28931

Greg, I assume the following paragraph was a metaphor for our relationship and covenant with God: If I decided to become an American and took the oath of allegiance but then proceeded to work with foreign agents in a plot to overthrow the government I would rightly be charged with treason. If I further declared that I never really believed the words of the oath anyway then not only would my loyalty, but also my integrity could be legitimately questioned. If I was born free-will, and reason and that reason is in the image of God, then when did I "decide"? Where is my contract with the Deity? I've never taken an oath to Him - He never asked me, nor did he give me the choice to accept or reject such a declaration based upon my reason and judgement. When I hear "Man didn't write the Bible, God Did". Well God, as far as I know, doesn't make printing presses, do translations, or run churches. There are many different versions of the Bible. All written by people. You are asking me to accept the works of man as the legitimate proxy to God's own word. I reject that. It's just not in my Godly nature to do that. I will have to discuss this one day with Him. But in the mean time, I will continue to use my gifts as I see them to form a rational and moral model of the universe. To quote a good friend: "I'd have an easier time being a Christian if it wasn't for credibility of those whom He chooses to share his word."