I think every step is a beginning. And if there's an end, it's probably so distant that for the time being, it's none of our business.
So it goes.
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I think every step is a beginning. And if there's an end, it's probably so distant that for the time being, it's none of our business.
So it goes.
Those people are usually pretty easy to spot: they aren't actually going anywhere. Usually they're just sitting on the side of the road in the rubbish, thinking they've reached their destination, and throwing cans at anybody who tries to point out to them that the mountain they think they're sitting on is actually a rubbish pile.
Maybe so, but people who talk with enough confidence get followers.
I suppose that is the aggravating part. I'd like for people to understand that just because a person talks with confidence doesn't mean they actually have anything to back up that confidence.
I don't know maybe some think a pile of rubbish is better then no pile at all.
"I've got a pile of rubbish, what have you got?...
". . .Nothing, so don't expect me to believe you know what the hell you are talking about."
Unless, of course, those supposed utterances of that supposed god are all made up in an attempt to lead people astray and down a completely false path. In which case they don't find the one religion that has truth, but guaranteed falsehood.
Point is, you simply don't know that what you believe is the one and only "truth". In fact, you don't know there even is a one and only "truth" that anyone has a grasp on yet. The best any of us can do is to follow the path that suits each of us the best and fulfills us in our spiritual lives. To presume that the same path should suit all people is just absurd. Odd as this may sound, I've often compared religion to a pair of jeans. The same pair is not going to fit everyone. What may look just fine on you may fit me horrendously. It may be baggy and hang off my butt and bunch in places that make it uncomfortable. Likewise, a pair that looks great on me might split you where the sun don't shine and be highwater to boot. Now, as great as you think yours are, why on earth would I want to wear them when yours are so bad on me and mine are perfectly suited to me? Now apply this to religion.
Jesus didnt come here and start a religion so a mortal can say--only if it fits my way of reasoning.
Jesus came and taught and showed the one single road that leads to entrance into Gods kingdom.
Those in Noahs day reasoned like your post.
Its simple to find the religion Jesus started--apply Jesus,s teachings to it and see if they actually teach what he did.
Not having lived in Noah's day, I wouldn't know -- do you have a verse you could share that suggests this?Those in Noahs day reasoned like your post.
Those in Noahs day reasoned like your post.
It's also something that's been mis-represented, mis-quoted, and mis-understood by a lot of modern "esoteric" wanna-bes.
That's the junk food I was talking about. Didn't say there wasn't an actual road beneath it, just that a wise person will always watch where they're putting their foot.
Again: you're talking about the road, I'm talking about the rubbish alongside the road (I think someone who was capable of telling the difference between the rubbish and the road would have gotten that).
Irenaeus didn't get out much.
What fun would it be if we actually knew where we were going?
I could only answer this question if i knew where God is.Do all roads lead to God?
He didn't come here to start a new religion at all. People of later times started a new religion in his name. Not the same thing.
And how do you know this? There's nothing in the Bible to indicate how the people of Noah's time "reasoned". What's it say about what you believe if you have to make things up in order to validate it?
A better way is to sweep away all the debris that some of his supposed followers have buried it under and look at what's left.
This is a recipe for disaster. The more one thinks about not sinning, the more one thinks about sinning. It is like thinking "I won't eat that cholcolate." The more you think about the chocolate, even negatively, the more likely it is that you will eat it.
If Jesus didnt come here to start a new religion, then why did the pharisees call his new religion a sect( cult)?
The people of Noahs day reasoned falsely because they were mislead. Serving false gods who in reality is satan posing as the false gods, he poses as every one of them to mislead.
By the time one went through every religion that claims to be christian to sweep away the debris, it would take more than a lifetime--
If Jesus didnt come here to start a new religion, then why did the pharisees call his new religion a sect( cult)?
Serving false gods who in reality is satan posing as the false gods, he poses as every one of them to mislead.
Well, we can see the mountaintop or the bend in the road. Meaning arises in the journey towards our goals with elation upon reaching them. After reaching the apex or going around the turn, we can gain a new perspective and direction to pursue with a new goal in mind and meaning to create. If the journey had a definitive ending then we would cease to create purpose upon reaching it. Sure, it would feel fantastic for a while, but eventually the euphoria would be drowned out by the sense of meaninglessness. Even the Buddha had to eventually stand up and pursue a new goal.
The only ones who are authoritative in this field is the traditional scholars and not the modern esoteric wanna-bes. I only trust traditional scholars.
Yes, there is a lot that has been misrepresented all over the internet and it only leads to fear and not the righteous path of God.
That quote was from a follower of Valentinian tradition. The only knowledge we had about the Gnostics was from Irenaeus Heresies.
Jesus didnt come here and start a religion so a mortal can say--only if it fits my way of reasoning. Jesus came and taught and showed the one single road that leads to entrance into Gods kingdom.
Those in Noahs day reasoned like your post.
Its simple to find the religion Jesus started--apply Jesus,s teachings to it and see if they actually teach what he did.
Wow! Satan is GOOD! I mean, he acts so well he mislead God when he said "no other GODS before me."
Let no one say the biblical god is omniscient.