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Originally Posted by NotforSale
One of the first signs of a Religion; finger pointing...  |
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Originally Posted by Timmy
Well, since you asked, you do seem to have beliefs about God and the Bible that are awfully religion-like.  |
Ah, sure, I understand that. The best way I might describe how I view them as separate is a person who has gone to church their whole life, goes to confession, says the hail marys, and runs you over in the parking lot on the way out of church. No one can say that this person is not religious, but what do they really believe? If I were to ask them, they would surely make some religious noises, maybe quote me a Scripture verbatim; and then run me over in the parking lot...so, really, what is religion? To me, this person has been surrounded by God their whole life, but is farther away from Him now than at birth, prolly mostly because of his religion, or a better way to say that, as their religion, after all, was surely fine, might be that they became
religious. Image of "the ugly" in
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, crossing himself after killing someone...
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Originally Posted by Amanah
bbyrd, are your beliefs similar to Matthew Fox?
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Well, I've just recently read "Original Blessing," which resonated strongly with me, but haven't read the others; did you find them as edifying? I would shy away from the techno-thingy, but I see that God chooses, time and again, to use the rejected...so, I'll just say that my "here a little, there a little" def
includes some Fox.
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