Pastor Frank wrote:
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> "monkfish" <monkfish@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> > rogue wrote:
> >> On May 14, 10:12 pm, monkfish <monkfish@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >>> rogue wrote:
> >>> > On May 10, 12:32 pm, "Carl" <sai...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >>> >> The title of P.G. Mathew's sermon makes the topic quite clear
> >>> >> concerning Jesus' second coming sometime in the future and how
> >>> >> glorious it shall be.
> >>>
> >>> > JERRY
> >>> > Unfortunately, Carl, the text of the bible, and particularly Jesus
> >>> > himself, was quite clear that this event was supposed to happen
during
> >>> > the lifetimes of the disciples. I point you especially to Matthew
> >>> > chapter 24.
> >>>
> >>> How do you know that the event didn't happen to anyone?
> >>
> >> JERRY
> >> Are you a preterist? Do you believe that Jesus returned in 70 AD
with
> >> his angels and rewarded all men according to their works?
> >
> > My position is simply that we don't know much about God
> > and all our understanding of God needs to be flexible
> > and should change according to the development of
> > science and any other knowledge.
> >
> How much of God do we need to know............
............if gods effect the minds of millions and has them
doing things that they would otherwise hesitate to do, it is
patently obvious we need to know a lot more about them.
Yes, years ago they treated them as 'wise men above the
clouds', when that became too ridiculous for most people to
swallow they were modified into 'faiths' and in your case
into a weak 'love' god.
What is quite obvious, none of them exist, all being the
work of frightened humans.
when "God is love"? [1 John 2: 4,
> 16] Me thinks, the more you know about love, the less you actually love.
> And I don't think science will be of any help in this matter.
>
> Pastor Frank
>
> CHRIST'S COMMANDMENTS ALL EXHORT US TO LOVE
> Jesus in Jn:13:34: A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love
one
> another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
> Jesus in Jn:13:35: By this shall all men know that ye are my
disciples,
> if ye have love one to another.
> Jesus in Jn:15:12-13: This is my commandment: That ye love one
another,
> as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay
down
> his life for his friends.
>
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