Meriweather
Not all who wander are lost
- Oct 21, 2014
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An impressive sermon but it doesnāt explain the existence of evil or the supposed origins of Satan. In fact so impressive a sermon I find it very difficult to identify the deity you describe with the God portrayed by centuries of Christian theology. It also goes nowhere near the nature of the Crucifixion and how any deity, less than omnipotent or not, could engineer such an event. Mysterious ways? Very mysterious.
1. Not intended as a homily but a sharing of personal experiences.
2. Satan is said to have been one of the most powerful angels who chose ruling over serving.
3. My study of centuries of Catholic and Jewish theology (plus personal experience) show that this is exactly how God is portrayed. Twenty-first century man with the help of modern English and their own "personal" interpretations of post Protestant Reformations are possibly the foundation of your brand of Christianity.
4. Since you are of the mind that the Crucifixion was "engineered" I doubt you know anything but the Protestant Reformation view of the Crucifixion
My reaction to assertions such as "Suffering, while keeping faith in God's love, builds strength in body, mind, and soul, and also builds a stronger faith/knowledge of God's love ā is no less than one of repulsion. This glib and contradictory sophistry, so often dished up by Christians, strikes me as bordering on the obscene.
As I pointed out above, it is not glib, it is not sophistry--but hard learned (even hard fought) lessons of life. It is certainly not contradictory. You have an extremely odd view of "obscene" if anyone who does not fall in line with your views, but lives their own experiences and presents their own findings is seen as "obscene."