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

To: 2MAR$ who wrote (17885)	6/15/2004 11:45:10 AM
From: exdaytrader76	Respond to of 28931

I suppose this means to you , once again the age old & terribly sad enheritance of Christian indoctrination , that only through "Jesus Christ" is this exciting transformation to come Yes and no. It's all in the definitions of the terms. "Through Jesus Christ" means many different things to many different people. The Shawnee native American tribe was monotheist and believed in what is almost a verbatim copy of the golden rule. This originated long before the white men brought Jesus. So are the Shawnee all rotting in hell right now? Not that I have the ability to know for sure, but I doubt it. Can someone live "through Jesus Christ" without being a Christian? These are hard questions, and I can't pretend to know the precise answers. Rather, the Kingdom of the Father is spread out upon the earth and men do not see it. Matter is almost all empty space. String theory says there are multiple dimensions, most of which appear "curled up" to us. We can only see a minority of the dimensions. Our perception of this physical world is a very small piece of the overall picture, imho. But no-other since time began has ever seen the "Father", or the "Kingdom" , as Jesus had ? Yes and no. imo every prophet has "seen" God to some extent. Jesus just got a better look. I forgot that your god is a jealous God. He's not "mine" exclusively, but he does say that he is a jealous god. Jesus said that the greatest commandment was to love God. So all others can't play in the sandbox with you. You raise an excellent point. I think they can though. Paul said not to be "yoked" by non-believers, but he also said not to leave one's spouse because they are not a believer. So whatever "yoked" means to Paul, he regards the marital bond as falling outside the definition of "yoked." (Maybe Paul was a bachelor). Anyway, whatever "yoked" means, it is a strong term, that imo does not include the associations of everyday life. And I have to let you into the sandbox if I am doing unto others.