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Recent content by nnmartin

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    Can true love exist apart from God?

    sounds like the UU group - they are open to anyone, even atheists. To me it sounds more like a 'be a good person' club.
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    Jesus never mentions pre-marital sex . so why the ban?

    Don't worry , I've not been made to think that. I'm more in line with the Buddhist philosophy of avoiding obsession. Jesus says to avoid lust - I take this as meaning sexual obsession. so sleeping with multiple partners regularly would lead to this as you would always be wanting more -...
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    Philosophy + Spirituality = Religion?

    Your idea of God and mine really is very similar. The main difference of course being that for me he/she is impersonal and also that Jesus exists in the metaphysical realm - the overall spiritual philosophy, is however very alike. As for a cut and paste job I shall take that as a compliment...
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    Jesus never mentions pre-marital sex . so why the ban?

    All the argument about the pre-marital issues seems to rest on one's interpretation of a sentence or two from somewhere in the Bible. Obviously this is how it was meant to be - ie: it is up to your own moral conscience as to whether or not a certain thing constitutes immorality. If God made man...
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    Philosophy + Spirituality = Religion?

    The purpose of Jesus' death and sacrifice was in order to bring him into the collective group consciousness of Christians - it is not necessary to think of Jesus in the physical sense , we do this only because that is how we handle everyday reality. Jesus exists in the metaphysical spiritual...
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    Philosophy + Spirituality = Religion?

    It's not a question of avoiding the ugliness of Hell but rather the fact that there is no separate Heaven and Hell, just The Source. Hell is a man-made concept concerning the fear of death - the fact that we , as ourselves, are no more after death. But this is not the case. When we go back to...
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    The afterlife, Jesus and The Source

    That is a good point, maybe that is the case. Perhaps being forced to go to church 4 times a week when I was at school has conditioned me to to search for another way just for the sake of it. It's interesting to find out that some of what I thought to be odd New Age views are in fact very...
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    Philosophy + Spirituality = Religion?

    so can you call what I am saying a religion - ie: a blending of two to make one?
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    Leviticus 20:13

    It is an absurd belief to think all homosexuals should be killed via an inference from one Biblical passage that has been contradicted many times over. Why not just kill all single mothers, Jews, Muslims , Pagans, alcoholics, communists, and the unemployed as well. I am sure you could find a...
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    Leviticus 20:13

    Well it's a good job Jesus and the NT came along so that all this archaic Mosaic law can be done away with.
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    Philosophy + Spirituality = Religion?

    To sum up , I believe in the philosophy of Christ and the spiritual concept of a Divine Central Source with Jesus/God effectively being the number two in command. One passes through to the Source after death along with all the dead plants and animals to be regenerated. Obviously this leaves no...
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    Leviticus 20:13

    surely this is contrary to the Commandment - 'thou shalt not kill' ? also, if God created all men why would he make homosexuals if he wanted them killed? (and why for that matter serial killers, rapists , murderers etc...)
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    Who is The Devil, an evil god or what?

    So how much power does Satan have? for instance, some people blame the evil in the world on the Devil - really I just see this as the evil inherent in Man. All evil acts , including the holocaust are man made events. So does Hell exist? - in my viewpoint no.
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    Who is The Devil, an evil god or what?

    I've never been too clear on this one. Is Satan a god of some sort and if so where did he come from?
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    The afterlife, Jesus and The Source

    No-one really knows what happens after you die but I believe that we all return to the The Source of Creation. This is the ultimate life force that has the power to create and regenerate life. This would be similar to the Christian view of God. The point where I differ from traditional...