"1 thess 5:21
Question ALL Things and Hold on to what is Good!
This does not mean question only the questionable, it means question the foundational.. How is it do you think I can answer your questions if I first did not ask them myself?"
So i'm suppose to just take your version of things because you did all the asking for me? We are humans and so naturally will think at least somewhat differently on most subjects. Also what is the difference between the "questionable" and the "foundational"? Anything that can be imagined, like God, can be questioned (gasp!).
your version of "it our fault and not God's" sounds a lot like being a victim in an abusive relationship. I question the "morality" of living in guilt.
No i didn't study theology for 15 years since i had to put my learning pursuits to something more practical and real so that i could earn a living. However, it does not mean that i can't think for myself and see clearly that morality is something you choose everyday. We are human and that limitation is to be reckoned with. It is by far better than making up a fiction about sin, guilt, blood sacrifice, and punishment. It is also far better to learn from the past by not repeating the mistakes instead of going back to the same way of thinking that has caused suffering in this world.
Don't give me that "chapter and verse" song and dance. You know very well that the one thing that all christian teaching has in common is that we are damned to hell due to Eve's choice of knowledge over obedience and the only way out is to cow tow to Christ. From what i have seen the Christian "morality" starts and ends with that.
Question ALL Things and Hold on to what is Good!
This does not mean question only the questionable, it means question the foundational.. How is it do you think I can answer your questions if I first did not ask them myself?"
So i'm suppose to just take your version of things because you did all the asking for me? We are humans and so naturally will think at least somewhat differently on most subjects. Also what is the difference between the "questionable" and the "foundational"? Anything that can be imagined, like God, can be questioned (gasp!).
your version of "it our fault and not God's" sounds a lot like being a victim in an abusive relationship. I question the "morality" of living in guilt.
No i didn't study theology for 15 years since i had to put my learning pursuits to something more practical and real so that i could earn a living. However, it does not mean that i can't think for myself and see clearly that morality is something you choose everyday. We are human and that limitation is to be reckoned with. It is by far better than making up a fiction about sin, guilt, blood sacrifice, and punishment. It is also far better to learn from the past by not repeating the mistakes instead of going back to the same way of thinking that has caused suffering in this world.
Don't give me that "chapter and verse" song and dance. You know very well that the one thing that all christian teaching has in common is that we are damned to hell due to Eve's choice of knowledge over obedience and the only way out is to cow tow to Christ. From what i have seen the Christian "morality" starts and ends with that.
