Wednesday, January 14, 2009
What is Sin?
I first posted this quip on facebook's "Blogging for Jesus" discussion board but I felt that it was meaty enough to post on it's own. I then attempted to delete it. I was accused by one of the group of clogging up that post. I did not intend to "clog" up anyones topic. I did apreciate his responce though. I got the distinct impression that he like so many others believe that the chosen still sin.
This is not true.Rom 6:22 But now being made free from sin , and become servants to God ye have your fruit unto holiness and the end everlasting life . Hbr 9:26 For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
1Jn 3:4 Sin is a transgresision of the law. The messiah died on the cross to end the Mosaic law: The familiar litany of do's and dont's that Christianty is still imposing onto its followers. It was by grace that the transgressors were spared. Should we go on practicing the old covenant so that grace may increase? By no means! But if you continue in the old covenant you are cursed.Gal 3:10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse for it is written; Cursed [is] every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. Rom 5:13 For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
So okay maybe to some there is "still" sin. Then we must conclude that they are still trying to live up to the expectations of the old laws, and for that reason cursed. Unles you can keep ALL of them.
Yes, at one time we all were subject to vanity/sin but he subject the same in hope.( Rm 8:20) Now those under the new covenant no longer sin. Why? Because that law is written in our heart and mind and not on tables of stone.(Jer 31:31)And what is the greatest comandment?
Mar 12:28 And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? Mar 12:29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments [is], Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: Mar 12:30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this [is] the first commandment. Mar 12:31 And the second [is] like, [namely] this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
It is Christianities misunderstanding of the covenants that frustrates so many people seeking spiritual enlightenment. His yoke is easy and his burden is light. It's all about love. NOT some list of do's and dont's.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
One Nation Under God
In high school before every competitive game the home team would take a moment to pray. They would ask for strength, courage and for victory. On the other side of the gym the opposing team was praying for the exact same thing.
So began our egocentric propensity to dominate and or conquer other's under-deified justification.
God is never on "their" side. We can usually justify a loss by blaming someone on our team for a lack of faith or effort. God always loves us more than them, and we will always have a scapegoat to blame our shortcomings. Because if God is for us who can be against us?
Our enemies believe the exact same thing.
The Christians believe that they are right, Buddhists believe that they are right. You believe that you are right. I know that I am right. Everyone has the truth but each side has conflicting stories. Based on that premise we are all equal. Our country grants us the freedom to express such beliefs. Flawed as they may be.
"One Nation under God" means that we are privileged to live under a set of laws that grants us the freedom to grow and believe as an individual.
"One Nation under God" does NOT mean that a Christian deity rules over our nation and authorizes us to claim dominance over all those who oppose or believe contrary.
Those who fly the flag and claim to be American yet condemns anyone who does not believe exactly the way they do are NOT American. They are egocentric fools desiring to conquer and force conformity under deified justification.
I pledge my allegiance to a set of laws or principles that promise equality, liberty and the pursuit of happiness to all. I do NOT pledge my allegiance to any person just because they claim to be a spokesperson for that nation.
So if I am flying the flag at my house don't assume that I support Bush or that I am a Christian or that I am straight. I may be none of the above. ( I am none of the above)
I am an American. I support your right as an American citizen to believe as you wish. Even if what you believe is stupid
So began our egocentric propensity to dominate and or conquer other's under-deified justification.
God is never on "their" side. We can usually justify a loss by blaming someone on our team for a lack of faith or effort. God always loves us more than them, and we will always have a scapegoat to blame our shortcomings. Because if God is for us who can be against us?
Our enemies believe the exact same thing.
The Christians believe that they are right, Buddhists believe that they are right. You believe that you are right. I know that I am right. Everyone has the truth but each side has conflicting stories. Based on that premise we are all equal. Our country grants us the freedom to express such beliefs. Flawed as they may be.
"One Nation under God" means that we are privileged to live under a set of laws that grants us the freedom to grow and believe as an individual.
"One Nation under God" does NOT mean that a Christian deity rules over our nation and authorizes us to claim dominance over all those who oppose or believe contrary.
Those who fly the flag and claim to be American yet condemns anyone who does not believe exactly the way they do are NOT American. They are egocentric fools desiring to conquer and force conformity under deified justification.
I pledge my allegiance to a set of laws or principles that promise equality, liberty and the pursuit of happiness to all. I do NOT pledge my allegiance to any person just because they claim to be a spokesperson for that nation.
So if I am flying the flag at my house don't assume that I support Bush or that I am a Christian or that I am straight. I may be none of the above. ( I am none of the above)
I am an American. I support your right as an American citizen to believe as you wish. Even if what you believe is stupid
God, Gays, and Spiritual Retardation
God, Gays, and spiritual retardation
Religous theology aside for a moment. Most People strive for their own place in this world where they can have a sense of peace and happiness. With all the obstacles in our way to peace and happiness why would anyone willingly subject themselves to a theology (a body of OPINIONS concerning God or man's relationship with God) that makes them feel hopeless.
The general theological belief in 99.9% of all Christian dogmas is that gay men and women are faggots fit to be kindling in hell. No matter how much confection they sprinkle over their rhetoric of homosexual doom i.e. "Love the sinner. Hate the sin." It's all negative undermining to our sense of relavence in this world and hope in the next.
Let me tell you plainly. It is a spiritual lie. You are not going to hell just because your innate sexual affiliation is for the same sex.
Why do our religious leaders directly or indirectly promote anti-gay doctrine?
Because of a chronological retardation concerning divine expectations of worship. Christianity has a scriptural basis for their teaching but their understanding is anachronistic.
At one time 'God' chose a physical nationality to be his people. The Hebrews/Jews. Anyone not a Hebrew was a gentile and NOT one of the chosen.
The Hebrews were also given a way of worship. A list of do's and don'ts. From "Don't eat shell fish." to "Don't have any type of unmarried sex that is not for procreation."
The list was only for the chosen (Hebrew) people of that time. It was NEVER for us gentiles then or now. Any transgression from that list was considered sin. Whether the Hebrew ate a shrimp or copulated with his fellow man. All punishable by death. Yet if the Hebrew kept the ENTIRE list without a single divergence from the 600+ laws, it would be their righteousness.
None of them proved to be righteous. Not a single one. {Rm 3:10}
For that reason a new covenant was foretold in the book of Jeremiah the 31st chapter. NOT a physical list of ordinances for a specific nationality but a spiritual covenant written in our heart.
The old covenant ended when the messiah died on the cross. {Col 2:14} His purpose to fulfill/end the old covenant. No longer an outdated list of do's and don'ts. It is a spiritual covenant where the law now is to love. {Mt 22:36-40} Not to judge. {Mt 7:1-2} Under this new covenant there is no sin. {Rm 8:1} Under the new covenant their is no longer a physical delination between males and females. {Gal 3:28}
Anyone who spews their meager understanding claiming that it is a sin for man to lie with man is spiritually retarded. Unless the parties involved are Hebrew/Jewish and are living in a tent in the wilderness of Sinai. Those who are still under the carnal law are the ones that are cursed. {Gal 3:10}
I don't like to do broad spectrum slams but at least I can verify mine. I am not a Christian. I am not spiritually retarded.
Dictionary definition out of the American Heritage Dictionary:
CRETIN 1. One afflicted with cretinism. 2. An idiot- deformed idiot< CHRISTIAN
I don't blindly believe anything anyone says about God or my soul unless I research it first. {IThes 5:21, IITim2:5} Faith is substance and evidence not some blind concept that we swallow just because some idiot claims it's so. {Heb 11:1}
Christians beware the time of bowing to a list of religous expectation is over. You call us homosexuals sinners and I'll happily prove that you are a retard.
Religous theology aside for a moment. Most People strive for their own place in this world where they can have a sense of peace and happiness. With all the obstacles in our way to peace and happiness why would anyone willingly subject themselves to a theology (a body of OPINIONS concerning God or man's relationship with God) that makes them feel hopeless.
The general theological belief in 99.9% of all Christian dogmas is that gay men and women are faggots fit to be kindling in hell. No matter how much confection they sprinkle over their rhetoric of homosexual doom i.e. "Love the sinner. Hate the sin." It's all negative undermining to our sense of relavence in this world and hope in the next.
Let me tell you plainly. It is a spiritual lie. You are not going to hell just because your innate sexual affiliation is for the same sex.
Why do our religious leaders directly or indirectly promote anti-gay doctrine?
Because of a chronological retardation concerning divine expectations of worship. Christianity has a scriptural basis for their teaching but their understanding is anachronistic.
At one time 'God' chose a physical nationality to be his people. The Hebrews/Jews. Anyone not a Hebrew was a gentile and NOT one of the chosen.
The Hebrews were also given a way of worship. A list of do's and don'ts. From "Don't eat shell fish." to "Don't have any type of unmarried sex that is not for procreation."
The list was only for the chosen (Hebrew) people of that time. It was NEVER for us gentiles then or now. Any transgression from that list was considered sin. Whether the Hebrew ate a shrimp or copulated with his fellow man. All punishable by death. Yet if the Hebrew kept the ENTIRE list without a single divergence from the 600+ laws, it would be their righteousness.
None of them proved to be righteous. Not a single one. {Rm 3:10}
For that reason a new covenant was foretold in the book of Jeremiah the 31st chapter. NOT a physical list of ordinances for a specific nationality but a spiritual covenant written in our heart.
The old covenant ended when the messiah died on the cross. {Col 2:14} His purpose to fulfill/end the old covenant. No longer an outdated list of do's and don'ts. It is a spiritual covenant where the law now is to love. {Mt 22:36-40} Not to judge. {Mt 7:1-2} Under this new covenant there is no sin. {Rm 8:1} Under the new covenant their is no longer a physical delination between males and females. {Gal 3:28}
Anyone who spews their meager understanding claiming that it is a sin for man to lie with man is spiritually retarded. Unless the parties involved are Hebrew/Jewish and are living in a tent in the wilderness of Sinai. Those who are still under the carnal law are the ones that are cursed. {Gal 3:10}
I don't like to do broad spectrum slams but at least I can verify mine. I am not a Christian. I am not spiritually retarded.
Dictionary definition out of the American Heritage Dictionary:
CRETIN 1. One afflicted with cretinism. 2. An idiot- deformed idiot< CHRISTIAN
I don't blindly believe anything anyone says about God or my soul unless I research it first. {IThes 5:21, IITim2:5} Faith is substance and evidence not some blind concept that we swallow just because some idiot claims it's so. {Heb 11:1}
Christians beware the time of bowing to a list of religous expectation is over. You call us homosexuals sinners and I'll happily prove that you are a retard.
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