Damn double post. 2 for 2 :(
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Damn double post. 2 for 2 :(
Edit: I thought this was in the lounge, and i posted a rude comment. Sorry guys :thumbsup:
turning the other cheek is the hardest thing to do in my opinion. kinda hard to forgive someone that just fucked you over, the normal reaction is to get revenge. ever since i started toking tho i feel way more chill and relaxed, and i find it easier to forgive others.
JunkYard,
"My guide is the Bible. My teacher is Jesus, and no, I'm not a Christian...Just a fan of the man."
You preach your opinion, not sound gospel. And you know what is said about opinions? They're not worth a hill of beans!!! Why would there be any more truth to your opinions over the opinions of an atheist?
The word of God is THE WORD OF GOD. Calling the word of God the word of man is like calling Jesus a liar. You're a false teacher. You can't say that Jesus is your teacher and then contradict yourself by saying that some of the bible is BS. You obviously don't believe that Jesus is THE WORD OF GOD.
Please tell me about the BS in the bible?
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We don't live under the law anymore. The law pointed us to Christ. Christ fulfilled the law and took it away from us. We are no longer under the yoke. The law convicted all of sin. The law was to show that righteousness would not come by good works, but rather by faith in God.
A quick lesson on what was brought up about adultery. Jesus was teaching that to enter the kingdom of God, our righteousness would have to exceed that of the law. Meaning that if a man actually kept the entire law (which no man did, except for Jesus cause he is God himself), it would still not make us right. Jesus is well aware of the lust in your heart. He was pointing out how sinful we are, but somehow all I hear from people these days is how great they are. The thoughts of our heart are evil continually. Anyone who claims to be righteous is a plain out liar. You can easily see this in a child. You don't have to teach a child to do "bad". This comes natural. You have to teach a child to do good.
According to the scriptures, there's nothing more evil than to reject and deny our LORD. We will all be judged according to his rigteousness. Our words will either justify us or condemn us. The choice is all yours. I thank God for opening up my heart to trust in him. :pimp:
First, I'm not a teacher; Jesus was a teacher. There's too much in life to grab hold of and enjoy then to go around preaching all the time, man. You gotta learn to live a little, and enjoy what you've been given, cause what you have can be taken in less time than it took me to write this. Think about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pass That Shit
Jesus taught Love, pure and simple, and that is what I hold on too. I'm certainly NOT a saint, PTS, nor do I want to be. God made me a flawful man and that is what I'll always be. I embrace my flaws just as much as I embrace the good in me. I can learn from just about anything, which is the entire point of sin, imo. Sin is an archers term for "missing the mark".
I've heard some say that "Jesus as God is Love" but I don't know that Jesus was God anymore than you or me. You can worship the man if you want to, you can worship a book if you want to, but I'll stick with the creator, what he created and the Spirit of Love he has for what he made. This would include you PTS...and me and everyone else in this world, no matter what religion they cling to.
These are my views, and it's fine that you disagree. Your judgement of me will come back on you, though.
Call it karma...
Yup, Jesus taught us about karma, too! It's just a natural order of how things happen, man. (The law of harvest, bro) I'm gonna plant some good stuff, myself...like Love, life, nonjudgement of others, tolerance, and peace...
Feel free to keep your nose stuck in that book of yours, but I don't think I need it anymore. I'd much rather honor 'God' by enjoying my life, sticking with Love, and appreciating what he [the creator] gave me, man.
Don't be hatin on me yet, PTS...I've been quite tolerant of your views, but YOU have resorted to name calling. I can't say I appreciate it too awful much either.
Still Love ya, though...
It's just as much your opinion that the bible is the 'word of god'; if you wish for others to respect your opinion, you might consider showing respect for theirs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pass That Shit
All I've seen of JunkYard's posts have been positive, promoting respect and love for others. Just because his opinions don't conform to yours doesn't mean he's a liar or that his opinions are worthless. Show a little courtesy.
I don't think judas went to hell for his betrayal, and I don't think he was punished by anyone for it either. He punished himself when he commited suicide. I believe suicide by a sane person takes that person to hell but I also think for someone to be able to commit suicide, they have to be crazy. I don't know about you guys, but I can't commit suicide :p . In my opinion, judas is in hell for hanging himself. This is the way I see it; Life is a gift from GOD no matter how bad you think it is. Killing yourself is like saying, I don't want your gift, shove it up your a$$. * Bang,* you blow your brains out. God is then not happy with your gesture, but it was your chance and you picked hell by offing yourself. I know everything on heavenly thing is goods gift (His only sons' life) but your life is more important. God is Love and Love is life. Just like marriage is suppose to be male and female fall in love, get married, make love (have sex) = baby (life). But us humans are different then any other creation of god. He gave us a choice and that is what life is about, Choices. THe choice that we as humans make is what makes the world seem Evil. Because we humans do evil things. Evil doesn't come from good whcih means god is not running the world. But he knows and sees what is happening in it. If you have a bible, in 1 John 5:19 - it reads " We know that we are children of God, and that the world is under the control of the evil one" Evil one meaning the devil. The evil thoughts come from the devil trying to manipulate our minds so that we may turn away from GOD and commits sins. But remember, the sins that we commit are our choices after knowing what is right (GOD) and wrong (Devil). You choose...Quote:
Originally Posted by psychocat
I love all you guys/gals :D, no matter what. Just don't hurt me...
Did someone just take up fo me? afghooey, much appreciated. :)
PTS is right, though. Opinions are like ........, but they 'are' worth something, even the intolerant, and closed minded ones. I think something can be learned from anything...from a 3 year old who seems to knows very little to the 90 year old wise man with an enormous amount of life experience. I think we all a have a little bit of the 'big guy' in us wether we acknowledge it or not, and at every age.
Love,
:smokin:
I have to agree with you on this one, name calling is kinda playground.Quote:
Originally Posted by afghooey
I for one believe that the Bible which was written by the prophets (men) and translated into English by men is not always right.
The phrase "Lost in translation" comes to mind , as I speak a couple of languages I do understand the difficulty in translating certain sayings and phrases from English to Dutch or visa versa and they are both Germanic languages .
Imagine what could have been misinterpreted when translating DEAD languages and you have a minefield full of uncertainties and it is very possible that whole passages could be filled with errors.
JY,
"You preach your opinion, not sound gospel. And you know what is said about opinions? They're not worth a hill of beans!!! Why would there be any more truth to your opinions over the opinions of an atheist?
The word of God is THE WORD OF GOD. Calling the word of God the word of man is like calling Jesus a liar. You're a false teacher. You can't say that Jesus is your teacher and then contradict yourself by saying that some of the bible is BS. You obviously don't believe that Jesus is THE WORD OF GOD.
Please tell me about the BS in the bible?"
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Did I call you any names? Was I disrespectful? I understand that truth hurts. I stick by what I say. If you say that some of the bible is BS, then according to his word, you're calling Jesus a liar. I know that he's not a liar. I could care less personally about what you believe in, but I judge according to the Spirit. If you don't like my judgments, which come from the word of God, then I'm sure you don't like God either. Keep in mind, that's it's his word that you have a problem with, not me. Why is ok for you to say that the bible is BS but I can't say that what you're preaching is BS?
Please tell me about the BS in the bible?