[quote='whateverist' pid='267342' dateline='1333481796']
[quote]I remembered thinking God was the realization of what is most worthy. So my desire was to be good company for Him. Like you, I didn't feel compelled to account for every biblical detail. [/quote]Which biblical details did you not account for? Do you want to go back over them? i would be happy to help fill in the blanks!!
[quote]I think I thought the bible and the people in church and everyone else for that matter, were simply misunderstanding it all. [/quote]That's was a big mistake on your part because in truth not even the pope understands enough to be considered righteous before God. So someone like you or i doesn't even have a chance on our own. all we can do is be faithful to what we have been given to understand, and have mercy on those who do not have the same understanding as you do. we do this by answering questions and providing clarity when asked or challenged.
[quote]From what I could tell, no one was any better position to know that was superior to my own. Since my self appointed mission for God was to become worthy company for Him, it was essential that I judge everything for myself.[/quote]Again a giant misnomer. "No one is worthy no not one." We are told by Jesus Himself that John the baptist was the most righteous man born to woman, and even he openly admitted that he was not even worthy to untie Jesus' sandals. Given that pedigree and then being faced with the reality of what the "Best born of woman" could be, how can any of us hope to be worthy of God?
[quote] So I don't really harbor any resentment toward religion. It was like like part of the egg that fed me in becoming me.[/quote]My first 20 or so years i was an Atheist and I think as you do." I do not resent my ex-brethren, i see them as being part of the egg that feed me in becoming me too!!"
[quote]Like the chick and the egg, we incorporate and then cast religion aside. There just isn't any reason to yell through the egg shells "everyone out now". They'll be out when they're ready.[/quote]
YES!! I couldn't agree more! Unless a brother asks for help removing his shell then i see absolutely no need to disturb his personal progress.
[quote]I remembered thinking God was the realization of what is most worthy. So my desire was to be good company for Him. Like you, I didn't feel compelled to account for every biblical detail. [/quote]Which biblical details did you not account for? Do you want to go back over them? i would be happy to help fill in the blanks!!
[quote]I think I thought the bible and the people in church and everyone else for that matter, were simply misunderstanding it all. [/quote]That's was a big mistake on your part because in truth not even the pope understands enough to be considered righteous before God. So someone like you or i doesn't even have a chance on our own. all we can do is be faithful to what we have been given to understand, and have mercy on those who do not have the same understanding as you do. we do this by answering questions and providing clarity when asked or challenged.
[quote]From what I could tell, no one was any better position to know that was superior to my own. Since my self appointed mission for God was to become worthy company for Him, it was essential that I judge everything for myself.[/quote]Again a giant misnomer. "No one is worthy no not one." We are told by Jesus Himself that John the baptist was the most righteous man born to woman, and even he openly admitted that he was not even worthy to untie Jesus' sandals. Given that pedigree and then being faced with the reality of what the "Best born of woman" could be, how can any of us hope to be worthy of God?
[quote] So I don't really harbor any resentment toward religion. It was like like part of the egg that fed me in becoming me.[/quote]My first 20 or so years i was an Atheist and I think as you do." I do not resent my ex-brethren, i see them as being part of the egg that feed me in becoming me too!!"
[quote]Like the chick and the egg, we incorporate and then cast religion aside. There just isn't any reason to yell through the egg shells "everyone out now". They'll be out when they're ready.[/quote]
YES!! I couldn't agree more! Unless a brother asks for help removing his shell then i see absolutely no need to disturb his personal progress.
