"skyeyes" <skyeyes@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On Nov 6, 3:46 am, les_on_usenet <delete-unr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
>>
>> Suggested entry to Christospeak Dictionary:
>> "The Word of God" = magic like 'Abracadabra', anybody who reads the
>> pu****ted 'word of God' (claimed to be that bundled book of ancient
>> Israelite myths and Fables known as the Bible) will be instantly
>> transformed into a believer.
>
The word "God" has a well defined meaning, and it means whatever or
whoever is central to your life in a positive way. If what is central is
negative, i.e. a drug addiction, or alcohol which makes you steal and lie,
then it's called a devil. It's title, not a proper name.
> Well, not instantly, but you're close. They actually believe that the
> biblical quotes will act on our brains somehow. If I remember
> correctly, the phrase they use is "sowing the seed." They believe
> that if we hear the bible enough, that one day we'll wake up and be
> "convicted" (shades of Chunkers!) of "the truth of god's word."
>
>> Of course before this magic works you have to, "Open your heart
>> to god" which is Christospeak for "you need to pretend to believe
>> and if you pretend to believe hard enough you will believe"
>
> Like our lil buddy rocky pointed out upthread, they want you to
> suspend the working of your rational mind and allow emotion to take
> over. Very insidious.
> And yes, if you have to pretend to believe, well, that means you
> *want* to believe but that naughty old brain of yours just won't shut
> off. However, if you keep pretending to believe, eventually your
> brain will erode and you *will* believe. I've heard this called "fake
> it 'til you make it."
>
You miss the point. Jesus knew, that people do what they feel like,
and
that their quality of actions is a direct result of how they feel about
something. Therefore, the logical way to change people's behaviour for the
better is change how they feel about things, ..and Jesus does that very
well, and more.
Ask Him into your life and let Him handle your case. You will feel
yourself relax in trust of Him.
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