Stereotyping & Religion

You gentlemen have no idea as to what this week has done for my Spiritual life. I have been a studier of the Word for many years, and have gained some knowledge about a variety of matters contained in the scriptures. Many things we have discussed this wee>>>

PG thanks for the support. egg ,And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters." AMEN The church for thousands of years well , at least, ever since Christ passed away from the earth and left his ministry in the hands of men, has been steriliz>>>

egg says: "And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters." For me it just doesn't get any better than that. It just simply can not will not get any better than that.

egg, ther are some things , that , when they are comprehended as muc>>>

Chuck Says:

I 'll paste this so I don't have to keep going back and rereading ----- the Word. John 1:1 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." together with John 1:14 "The Word became flesh and made h>>>

Yes Mike , the literal part is true , and it all points to Christ , but this is just scratching on the surface. The meat is deeper and requires spiritual discernment to comprehend. imo ,more on this as it comes to me>>>

OOOps , sorry bout that , it was getting sort of late, and I was pushing it , I guess my mind was sort of wavering some?

After getting away from the puter last night, some things came to me out of the things that I was trying to respond to. Reflection an>>>

Some paralells; All religions basically say " Go forth and populate" This to create new, little Baptists, Catholics, Muslims, etc. None rely on conversions.

All have fighting and killing in there tenets. Did you ever listen to the words, or read them i>>>

There's literal and there's literal. I am extremely comfortable with the figurative, in fact I often fail to distinguish any serious deviation between the two other than what one might call hue. As I hold the spiritual realm to be a literal fourth di>>>

Pot Gregory wrote: [quote] 10. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

Hi Pot,

Wrong verse there. I was looking for John 1:14 not 10.>>>

CIAK and Pot,

I have to admit that I have always tried to take the Bible quite literally. I've long held the view that if God and the Word are true and if that word was given to us as a way of gaining understanding of God, His nature and life itself, t>>>

Jedd,

Are the postings of Rapunzel and Bearskin meant to illuminate some deeply held personal belief?

Both have a "God" reference, so I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt, but the lack of any sort of personal commentary on the texts also leaves>>>

I 'll paste this so I don't have to keep going back and rereading ----- the Word. John 1:1 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." together with John 1:14 "The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us>>>

One thing to keep in mind when considering what the word is saying , always look at it in the spiritual sense. Even tho there is much that can be taken spiritually and physically.

1. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and t>>>