RE: The Bible and slavery
July 17, 2011 at 10:28 pm
(This post was last modified: July 17, 2011 at 10:35 pm by Nick_A.)
FaithNoMore, you speak of Christians doing this or that but have you ever met a Christian? My gut feeling is that you have only associated with representatives of various expressions of Christendom or man made Christianity.
A Christian is one who follows the precepts of Christ. A Pre-Christian is one who is attracted to Christianity but unable to be one. A non-Christian simply doesn't care.
Would you say an MD is someone declaring themselves a doctor? No, we would agree that an MD is able to be one. A pre-doctor or student of medicine is not able to be one yet, and a non doctor doesn't care. It is the same idea.
You said:
I'm not entirely sure what you think I asked you for Nick.....even after reading your interpretation (and it is your interpretation) of that verse..I still fail to see how obeying your earthly master (apparently, to you, the material world) would be the thing to do? We shouldn't fight the shadows in the cave, even though these shadows are the manifest reality of the spiritual bonds holding us?
Christianity is about consciously learning the world and our relationship to it with the help of the spirit. Prestige is acquired by battling the world. A person is a slave to the world through their emotions. Emotional freedom leads to freedom from inner slavery. But it is so much more fun to bask in negative emotions so inner slavery continues as it is.
A Christian is one who follows the precepts of Christ. A Pre-Christian is one who is attracted to Christianity but unable to be one. A non-Christian simply doesn't care.
Would you say an MD is someone declaring themselves a doctor? No, we would agree that an MD is able to be one. A pre-doctor or student of medicine is not able to be one yet, and a non doctor doesn't care. It is the same idea.
(July 17, 2011 at 10:07 pm)Rhythm Wrote: I'm left wondering if you feel that you've somehow answered any of my questions..........
You said:
I'm not entirely sure what you think I asked you for Nick.....even after reading your interpretation (and it is your interpretation) of that verse..I still fail to see how obeying your earthly master (apparently, to you, the material world) would be the thing to do? We shouldn't fight the shadows in the cave, even though these shadows are the manifest reality of the spiritual bonds holding us?
Christianity is about consciously learning the world and our relationship to it with the help of the spirit. Prestige is acquired by battling the world. A person is a slave to the world through their emotions. Emotional freedom leads to freedom from inner slavery. But it is so much more fun to bask in negative emotions so inner slavery continues as it is.
