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

To: Solon who wrote (7153)	3/23/2001 9:41:01 PM
From: 2MAR$	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28931

You must remember Solon that the Lord speaks from the mouths of asses and donkeys .... Does this mean that animals have souls and are prophets too ? I wonder what the two donkeys of Biblical literacy here would have to say...Hmmmm ;-) from King James Numbers 22 21 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab. 22 And God's anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him. 23 And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way. 24 But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side. 25 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and he smote her again. 26 And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left. 27 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff. 28 And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times? 29 And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee. 30 And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? and he said, Nay. 31 Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face. 32 And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me: 33 And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive. 34 And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again. 35 And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak. ******** ...you see , you can-----> talk to the animals ! hehe ... but sometimes the ones with two feet can't quite connect the dots. The ass sensed & saw the prescence of God clearly , while the man was busy raving away . Kind of reminds me of what I see on this thread at times <g> ;-)

To: Solon who wrote (7153)	3/23/2001 9:59:07 PM
From: Chris land	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 28931

<<<<<The "we" refers to myself in conjunction with millions of other people--whether scholars or otherwise.>>>> Sort of like a vise to give your words more credibility...yeah? Even threw scholars in there too. I mean if that doesn't make you look more intellectual what will! <<<What do you think of that tricky Jesus? Even His disciples acknowledge how sneaky he was.>>>> Had you been sitting in the crowd listening to his sermon on the mount I can just see you getting up, walking away, patting yourself on the head as you would a faithful dog and saying, "that tricky person sure didn't get the best of me". <<<<This is not the only time Matthew demonstrates his belief that God's message of salvation was not to be wasted on Gentiles.>>>> The Great Commission reads out of the book of Matthew: That's right M A T T H E W...... Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen. You completely missed what was going on, solon! The great commission couldn't take place until the mission of Jesus was fulfilled.