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To: Talisker
You deny my faith in Christ and then tell me not to put words in others mouths in order to avoid my point?

You are a believer and yet deny the authenticity and reliability of the Holy Scripture, amongst other things? That doesn't make any sense.

As for me, I consider Christ as the only way to reach God, and Jesus as a genuine full incarnation of Christ.

Christ only means "anointed." Christ is entirely God, not an "incarnation" of a New-Agey Christ, as that sounds like what you are saying. There is no such thing as a "full incarnation of anointed." This concept does not exist in the scripture.

After all, can any less be expected for those who differ from your beliefs in even the slightest bit?

Everybody always says that. Mormons say it and yet they are polytheists who believe they will become gods of their own planet, deny the existence of hell, and instead replace it with an "outer darkness" which may only be temporary, and 2 lower heavens where most everyone goes to regardless of what they believed, and this, despite what the scripture teaches:

Joh_3:18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

'Very little" from the Christian viewpoint would be, for example, the difference between the infant baptism of the Presbyterians and the baptism of the Baptists, which neither believe saves or damns anyone, as it is a question of mere practice and has strong arguments on both sides.

"Very little" from the New-Agey or cultist viewpoint is usually like the difference between planet Earth and the Mormon planet Kolob where "god," who is a man of flesh and blood who was once a good Mormon on another planet, lives and reigns.

It's easy to say it's very little when you're living in a strange and irrational world, but not for those of us who are normal.

19 posted on 08/01/2014 12:04:43 AM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans
It's easy to say it's very little when you're living in a strange and irrational world, but not for those of us who are normal.

I told you I would fail your criteria. I didn't think it would be two-tiered, though. That's pretty slick, defining your particular beliefs as "normal." That way you get to include psychological deviancy into your evaluation of religious purity.

And your dismissal of Christ as the Savior, by devaluing the meaning of anointed into a splash of oil - breathtaking.

Wow, and to think I actually believed in the mercy and love and forgiveness of Christ, and thought I was living a spiritual life by studying Jesus's teachings, when all I was doing was becoming abnormal. Let's see, what to do, continue to pray to Jesus for guidance, or throw away a lifetime of spiritual experience, in favor of the details of your personal approval and judgment of normalcy? I mean, shall I keep going down the dark and sinful path to hell by following my prayers to a Christ that you've clearly proven doesn't even exist?

My God, to think I've been praying to a smear of oil all these years, it's downright embarrassing. And all those experiences of mercy and love and guidance were just... fantasies!

Matthew 7:5

21 posted on 08/01/2014 12:55:48 AM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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