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Date Posted: 10:49:03 11/24/08 Mon
Author: Roger
Subject: Re: We need a religious nut! The Antichrist
In reply to: iteo 's message, "Re: We need a religious nut! The Antichrist" on 17:42:32 11/22/08 Sat

Well, I think you deserve a tempered response. So there!

The Catholic church can make the claim to be THE Christian church in many ways, just because it was the only game in town in the west for over a thousand years. Catholic theology defines Christianity. Not the blather about infallibility of the Pope, priests not allowed to marry, etc., but the questions of the Trinity, who is Jesus, etc., etc. were all hammered out by Catholic theologians in debate with each other and the Eastern branches of Christianity for centuries.

The serpent was, of course, a liar, and in the allegory we lost our close relationship with God, which is equivalent to death, and also lost our immortality. The allegory is really, to me, an allegory for the acquisition of frontal lobes.

Paul says, before any of the Gospels were written, "All have sinned, and fall short of the Glory of God(Romans 3:23)" and thereby defines our relationship to God.

Many Christians believe that as far as Satan rules, he rules here on Earth, so yeah, OK. I'm undecided on that one, but sin is abundant. (And no, I'm not just talking about lust, but all the other sins as well.)

Personally, I don't think we are near Armageddon yet. I still see a lot of good in the world. At present, there are fewer wars going on than there have been for quite a long time. The ones we have still make the news, however.

Good talking to you. So to speak.

>Roger, I must say that I appreciate your tempered
>response. I know what I am saying must sound
>pathetically delusional to all of you, so I admire
>your restraint. :-)
>
>I agree that the entertainment industry in controlled
>by the 'prince of the world', as are the banks, world
>governments, educational systems, the
>military-industrial complex and more - the prince of
>the world has been gaining more and more control for
>the past 2-3,000 years.
>
>And I definitely would argue against the idea that no
>one is good enough for salvation - that is a
>deliberately misleading notion taught by the church.
>We fell from God's grace when we gained the knowledge
>of the opposites - plain and simple.
>
>"You will not surely die," the serpent said to the
>woman. "For God knows that when you eat of it your
>eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing
>good and evil." �Gen 3:4-5
>
>Not due to a moral failing on our part, but due to the
>nature of God's creation - yin and yang. It could not
>have happened any other way.
>
>But God's system is in the process of reversing
>itself, and is doing so as we write. The poles are
>melting, polarity is shifting, the feminine energies
>will replace the patriarchal system that is now in
>charge.

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Replies:

Re: We need a religious nut! The Antichrist -- iteo, 12:31:31 11/24/08 Mon
- Re: We need a religious nut! The Antichrist -- Roger, 00:48:48 11/25/08 Tue