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To: Giordano Bruno who wrote (22752)	3/13/2012 4:03:27 AM
From: Greg or e	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

Hey Gio "What is your opinion of God's statement here Greg or e? Genesis 1:26 - Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness... Why do Christians worship only one God when, according to this spokesman, there are clearly others?" This verse has been interpreted in a few different ways by Christians and Jews. Both Christians and Jews believe that there is only one God because that's what the Scriptures say over and over again. However there is clearly some sort of plurality evident in this verse. Christians have come to believe that the one true, uncreated and self existent God, exists eternally as three distinct persons who share one essence. This is the doctrine of the Trinity and the basics of the doctrine were believed by Christians long before it was codified by any council. First: there is a recognition the bible is clear that there is only one God. Deut 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. 5 Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. 6 These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. 7 Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 8 Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 9 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates. Isaiah 46:8-9 “Remember this, keep it in mind, take it to heart, you rebels. Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me. Mark 12:28 One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?” 29 “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.[e] 30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’[f] 31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[g] There is no commandment greater than these.” 32 “Well said, teacher,” the man replied. “You are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but him. 33 To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.” Second: There are three different people in the bible that are identified as God. The Father is God: Obviously The Son is God: Philippians 2:5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; 7 rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death— even death on a cross! 9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. The Spirit is God: Acts 5:3 But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart *to lie to the Holy Spirit* and to keep back some of the price of the land? 4 While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not under your control? Why is it that you have conceived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God.” 1 Cor 6:19 "Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?

To: Giordano Bruno who wrote (22752)	3/13/2012 9:22:56 AM
From: Greg or e	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

Hey Gio "What is your opinion of God's statement here Greg or e? Genesis 1:26 - Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness... Why do Christians worship only one God when, according to this spokesman, there are clearly others?" This verse has been interpreted in a few different ways by Christians and Jews. Both Christians and Jews believe that there is only one God because that's what the Scriptures say over and over again. However there is clearly some sort of plurality evident in this verse. Christians have come to believe that the one true, uncreated and self existent God, exists eternally as three distinct persons who share one essence. This is the doctrine of the Trinity and the basics of the doctrine were believed by Christians long before it was codified by any council. First: there is a recognition the bible is clear that there is only one God. Deut 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. 5 Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. 6 These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. 7 Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 8 Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 9 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates. Isaiah 46:8-9 “Remember this, keep it in mind, take it to heart, you rebels. Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me. Mark 12:28 One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?” 29 “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.[e] 30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’[f] 31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[g] There is no commandment greater than these.” 32 “Well said, teacher,” the man replied. “You are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but him. 33 To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.” Second: There are three different people in the bible that are identified as God. The Father is God: Obviously The Son is God: Philippians 2:5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; 7 rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death— even death on a cross! 9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. The Spirit is God: Acts 5:3 But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart *to lie to the Holy Spirit* and to keep back some of the price of the land? 4 While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not under your control? Why is it that you have conceived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God.” 1 Cor 6:19 "Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?

To: Giordano Bruno who wrote (22752)	3/13/2012 1:49:10 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

"Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live" (LOL!!) And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend..."." Exodus 33:11 This was when Jesus and the Holy Spirit took over God’s face. He could then chat with Moses because three beards covered his whole face! But when Jesus goes down into Gods tummy, God cannot talk face to face anymore. Now, Moses had forgotten what God’s face looked like (even though he had JUST spoken face to face with him and apparently survived it as well!), so as a really neat alternative God offered Moses his ass! There is some indication that Moses was not exactly keen on this particular viewpoint, as Yahweh had to wedge Moses in the rocks to prevent him (presumably) from either running away or covering his eyes! "And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live. And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock: and it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a cleft of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by: and I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts; but my face shall not be seen." Exodus 33:20-23) So there you have it! They talked FACE to FACE--because Moses will die if he talks face to face (as God later admits). But Moses doesn't die so God says, "Hey! Wanna see my ass?! That oughtta REALLY kill ya!" And then LOT went and lived in a cave because his wife was a pile of iodized salt and then Jesus (the man part) was born either with god's sperm or with no sperm at all. And those are all well known facts, too...