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I am just wondering, for everyone who is a non-Christian, where do you get your morals from and why.
God Bless
From Heart. When we hurt others, we hurt ourselves because we are not living from Heart. When we Love others and are compassionate and help those in need, we are living through Heart.I am just wondering, for everyone who is a non-Christian, where do you get your morals from and why.
God Bless
From Heart. When we hurt others, we hurt ourselves because we are not living from Heart. When we Love others and are compassionate and help those in need, we are living through Heart.
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Good post.From Heart. When we hurt others, we hurt ourselves because we are not living from Heart.
When we Love others and are compassionate and help those in need, we are living through Heart.
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I'd answer by saying the "Heart of God", which is the deepest essence of every Human Soul.Good post.
What of the heart is Yahweh searching for in Jereimah 17?
Romans 1:18-23English Standard Version (ESV)
God's Wrath on Unrighteousness
But you are not saying that God doesn't bring wrath upon mankind at times, correct?I give gratitude in the blessings received being completely freed from any images or beliefs of a wrathful God.
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Romans 1:18-23English Standard Version (ESV)
God's Wrath on Unrighteousness
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. 19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. 20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world,[a] in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. 21 For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools, 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.
I have to wonder who precisely Paul is speaking of.
I don't think that it is atheists as such. It seems to be a slam against some other culture or religion, possibly pagan Rome. Note how specific 23 is: "for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things."
I'm guessing that his direct audience understood the subtext, and knew exactly who was targeted.
eudaimonia,
Mark
Because I know and experience my Beloved with in the soul essence of life itself, if God were to be wrathful, it is to Himself that He would be wrathful towards. I don't see that happening.But you are not saying that God doesn't bring wrath upon mankind at times, correct?
Very interesting and thanks.Because I know and experience my Beloved with in the soul essence of life itself, if God were to be wrathful, it is to Himself that He would be wrathful towards. I don't see that happening.
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If you need religion to be good person then you're still a bad person by nature.
"We remember not to consider mens evil intention but to look upon the image of God in them, which cancels and effaces their transgressions, and with its beauty and dignity allures us to love and embrace them." -- John Calvin, Institutes.That's not an observation that will rankle fundamentalist/evangelical/calvinist Christians, though: after all, they *do* believe that every single human is scum, and it is only God's Grace that transforms them into something marginally better.
Which causes me to wonder whether people who conceive of themselves and others in such a horrid fashion aren't actually horrible persons who've just found a niche where they can be somewhat less terrible by virtue of their beliefs.
People who think that their sins are terrible aren't the horrible persons of the world. The horrible ones are the sociopaths, who have never once had a pained conscience.
Yup, pretty much what I said: "Whatever's good about people is God's work, everything else is evil and rotten." The subtext is right there. And this is John Calvin, a radical who'd kill a guy who held a different theological stance for fear of letting his "disease" spread."We remember not to consider men’s evil intention but to look upon the image of God in them, which cancels and effaces their transgressions, and with its beauty and dignity allures us to love and embrace them." -- John Calvin, Institutes.
That's the thing about fundamentalism: it is virtually indistinguishable from parody.Do you ever have anything to say about Christianity that isn't a caricature? No time for nuance when there's an axe to grind.
Ah, but this isn't about feeling bad about one's own errors and shortcomings. Everybody does that (except for sociopaths, who suffer from a personality disorder).People who think that their sins are terrible aren't the horrible persons of the world. The horrible ones are the sociopaths, who have never once had a pained conscience.
The point here isn't "blasphemy was a criminal offence in Christian Europe". The matter at hand is your belief that conservative protestants think that everyone is scum. If these two points were connected, Christians would try to commit genocide against all human beings, including themselves.And this is John Calvin, a radical who'd kill a guy who held a different theological stance for fear of letting his "disease" spread.
And that's the gist of Christian orthodoxy. Whatever is opposed to God is evil by definition.Yup, pretty much what I said: "Whatever's good about people is God's work, everything else is evil and rotten."
Well, perhaps their plain humanity is just stronger than their theological conviction, and they simply are more decent than the beliefs they espouse.The point here isn't "blasphemy was a criminal offence in Christian Europe". The matter at hand is your belief that conservative protestants think that everyone is scum. If these two points were connected, Christians would try to commit genocide against all human beings, including themselves.
Taken to its logical and extreme conclusion, this DOES mean that everyone who's not a Christian is either a Satanist (by worshipping idols and demons) or just despicable scum (by NOT worshipping the One True God). Historically, this attitude certainly has informed some of the more questionable acts perpetrated by fanatical Christians, including forced conversions, the systematic destruction of indigenous cultures, enslavement, and genocide.And that's the gist of Christian orthodoxy. Whatever is opposed to God is evil by definition.
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