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To: hosepipe; betty boop
Service(sacrifice) to God, a Neigbor or Yourself is not freedom..
If you choose one of three, and deny the others its still service..
I must re-think freedom.. It might not be possible for a human to be FREE..

With the exception of those who are comatose or otherwise mentally/physically indisposed, it seems to me that people will serve some thing or some one. If not God then self or someone else or an objective, organization, etc.

But I don't think it is possible for any person to escape the "human condition." Even those in a coma will eventually die and have to deal with it.


1,277 posted on 07/06/2009 7:49:24 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: Alamo-Girl; betty boop

[ But I don’t think it is possible for any person to escape the “human condition.” Even those in a coma will eventually die and have to deal with it.]

What is being “human”?.. and what does a “human” become when “born again”?.. Are they the same? and “born again” is a metaphorical reference(of something)?..

Or is it possible humans are really spirits with a body as clothing?.. and literally no one(spirit) actually “dies”?.. And being born again is the knowledge you are not a physical body but a spirit?..

The Bible calling the human body “the worm”.. speaks to metamorphosis.. before that term was invented.. The human condition is not a given.. From worm to butterfly is a beautiful image for humans/spirits to consider.. At least for me..

http://www.learnthebible.org/their-worm-dieth-not.html


1,278 posted on 07/06/2009 11:24:35 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
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