To: Darrin Vernier who wrote (22330 ) 11/22/1998 3:51:00 AM From: Alan Markoff Read Replies (1) | Respond to
Darrin;God is imperfect. Only our perception of him becomes flawed, and this may be corrected. Since you consider yourself reborn, did you have to have sex with yourself or Jesus to be reborn? Of course not. Your rebirth is a virgin birth, and so is that of the Christos. Every body is a temple of the Lord. We are all vessels containing the spirit of God. No Christ dies for sin, he dies for life. Everyone is tempted by lack of light, the name is immaterial. It is only a temporary belief in darkness, a lack of God. Jesus was tempted by something within himself, as all are, until they choose to dismiss it. Giving it a name like Satan only perpetuates a belief in 'not' God, which is the very thing that the story book Satan was accused of. See boogie man. The only one who truly can tempt us is ourselves. No one else has any power over us. If we do not have power over ourselves not even God can save us. Yes, most definitely. Every time I sin I run out immediately and sacrifice small children and animals. KIDDING, OF COURSE. Alan, I simply don't see how my making a temporary error in believing in a lack of light and God, which may be corrected, should be linked by necessity to the murder of another individual. I'm sorry to disagree, but I always saw the idea of blood sacrifice to be a Satanist belief , a belief in lack of light and God. The easiest way to deal with sin is to see it for what it is, a sign that growth is needed, and that there is a lesson to be learned. That's all there it to it. No need to carry guilt the rest of your life, die of a heart attack, or for someone to be slain. It is simply called 'learning'. You know how to do that, been doing it all your life. Forgive yourself, accept, learn. That's all there is to it. If a spirit resides in your temple, it is no different than how we learned as a child not to touch a hot stove, or to swing a stick at our little brother's face. That easy, and no need for death.
