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

I was merely rejecting your phrase "the full incarnation of Christ." There is no such thing. Christ is not the incarnation of Christ. It's just silly. He is "Immanuel," God with us. Please do not distort what I say.

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,

This is an interesting use of language and I can kind of guess what kind of doctrines you hold, and they are entirely heterodox. Do you deny the deity of Christ?

When I talk of "normal" people, I mean rational people. A rational person does not condemn Christianity for being, essentially, based on a "edited" and unreliable text, with no proof, and then, apparently, reveal they have a new-agey or some other strange view they describe as "Christian" (by what standard?) that (from their own perspective should be) is equally without proof.

It is a contradiction, and if there are contradictions in the belief system you hold, it is simply invalid.

You do not fail my criteria. You fail your own, and you fail the scriptures'.

23 posted on 08/01/2014 6:37:23 AM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans
You do not fail my criteria. You fail your own, and you fail the scriptures'.

I don't mind that you disagree with my faith. But your refusal to even own your own judgments makes uyou a moral coward. Criteria do not float in the ether - they are created and defended by someone, are subject to examination, and applied within limits. What you are calling correct Christianity, and supposedly practicing, is nothing other than the need to somehow damn my soul, to crawl into my head with your twisted words and invalidate my relationship with Christ by making your own imagined presumptions about me. That's not religion - that's hate. and it's irrational hate under the guise of logic and proof, pursued by fear and insecurity and the desire to do serious damage. Where most people want to win and argument, you want to judge my very soul.

I don't know how to break this to you, but you need help, and I suggest you get it before you influence someone who believe your pronouncements and you do real harm. I don't think your a poor Christian - I think you are mentally and emotionally ill. Christ is not a weapon to hurt people with, but by pursuing that aim, especially while claiming love, you have seriously damaged yourself. Again, get help - you are no teacher, and you do not represent the Good News.

24 posted on 08/01/2014 8:05:15 AM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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