Re: Mind's Eye Re: Accountability

Hahahahha I find myself in the odd position of despising Christianity, the Christian church and dogma and blind adherence to a book full of strangeness and contradictions that has been written and rewritten by man to suit his nefarious aims, but liking most Christians whom I have interacted with.

I have read your reply and find the problem still persists.  

The problem?

Well because the Bible is an odd book that has been re-written and contains yada yada yada, it is always interpreted in slightly different ways by different people. Now I suppose you'll tell me that other interpretations are wrong, and that you in fact interpret it correctly?

And therein lies the crux of the problem, how am I to be sure on that?  After all it seems that spiritual truths are going to allude me as:

'A natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God; for 
they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because 
they are spiritually appraised' (1 Corinthians 2:14). 

Which is a shame as I have always existed as a spiritually natured man, unless of course I need convert to Christianity, then maybe a whole world of spiritual knowledge will open up to me, and I will be clear sighted?

Perhaps then you would be kind enough to further educate me on other problems I have concerning the Bible?

So I now understand that we are made in Gods spiritual form, not bodily and not any kind of moral form.  So do spirits have gender?  I ask because you say that, 'We were made in His spiritual image, of course! Since God is indeed a spirit'. Which kinda confuses me, as the bible also tells us that He made us in His image both male and female?

Also the context of the preceding passages make it seem that God created the forms of the Earth and it's flora and fauna, I mean the bodily forms not the spiritual, and then all of a sudden we are talking spiritual forms for humans?

On Friday, 7 December 2012 18:57:12 UTC, The Nice Mean Man wrote:

On Dec 6, 4:02 am, Lee Douglas <leerevdoug...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ahhh the old blood of Christ huh.
>
> This makes no sense to me at all.
>

Naturally....

"A natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God; for
they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because
they are spiritually appraised" (1 Corinthians 2:14).


>  When you consider that the bible tells
> us we are made in God's image, what do you think this means?
> The world is full of people who do not look the same, so are we talking
> abou God's physical image?  No that can't be right, can it?
> Perhaps them we are made in the image of a being who has morality, could
> that be it, we are moral creatures like our creator?
> Well this fits far better, to my mind anyway.
>

We were made in His spiritual image, of course! Since God is indeed a
spirit.



> Then as a moral creature, I would not require a blood sacrifce, nor indeed
> a death, for me to 'save' any of my children, I would just do it, out of
> love.
>

For the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you
upon the altar to make atonement for your souls: for it is the blood
that maketh atonement by reason of the life (Leviticus 17:10)

> Do you suggest then that we created humans have higher moral priciples than
> God?  No that can't be right either, can it?
>

It isn't right. Period. But don't fret too much.... you'll have all
eternity to figure it out. :)

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