Date:   5/15/2007 10:57:21 PM ( 18 y ago)
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"When you look in the mirror you are looking at the image of god".

"That's a nice fantasy, but look at the condition of this world.  If being Godly were that easy, the world would be in better shape. Maybe that's why it's in such bad shape,...because so many people all throughout history did believe something like that. You have to admit, that is very egotistical. Jesus never taught that there was anything Godly in just being human, He said that human nature is human folly (foolishness). "

Hmmm....  Do you read the bible?  The words of Jesus?  He never taught anything "Godly in just being human?"

Matthew 22:36-40 "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?" And he said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.  On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets."  

Jesus words can't be more clear.  Loving your neighbor is equal to loving god.  Loving god is no more important than loving your neighbor.  And of course you have to first love yourself.  If Jesus isn't saying that your neighbor and you are equal to god, then you aren't reading that scripture.  Your neighbor is Osama bin Laden, George Bush, everyone in Africa, including those with AIDS, it is homosexuals, it is heterosexuals, transgender, Pat Robertson, Hillary Clinton, and everyone else.  

The world is in bad shape?  Where have you been?  Do you ever read history?  Or live it?  We are better off than at any point in recorded history.  No other time was ever better.  We eliminated slavery in this country just 150 years ago.  We gave women the right to vote less than 100 years ago.  We finally eliminated overt Jim Crow about 40 years ago.  We eliminated Eastern European Communism 15 years ago.  We went through the worst depression in modern history about 70 years ago.  We killed between 50 and 70 million people in World War II, not to mention the holocaust in Europe and the torture and execution of many thousands of Allied servicemen and civilians in the war with the Japanese.  And you think that today is bad?  Have you been living in a cave?  Do you stay awake at night mulling "how awful" everything is?  I love what is happening in the world today.  I would rather live now than in any other time of human history.  These are fantastically exciting times and god is working wonders every minute of every day.

"If being Godly were that easy, the world would be in better shape. Maybe that's why it's in such bad shape,...because so many people all throughout history did believe something like that. You have to admit, that is very egotistical. Jesus never taught that there was anything Godly in just being human, He said that human nature is human folly (foolishness). Our natural limitations (Romans 6:19) are what keep us from always walking with God and Jesus tells us that we have to overcome our natural limitations by learning from His spirit. If natural man was fit for the kingdom without God's intervention, then The Father in heaven would not have had to send Jesus for us."

I think that I've already said the world isn't in bad shape.  When we begin believing what Jesus taught about loving our neighbor instead of killing them, we can accomplish even greater things.

Anyone can walk and talk with god and Jesus anytime they want, and many do.  There are no limitations or restrictions.  Again, he DID teach us that there was something godly in being a spirit in a body.

"When you look in the mirror, it is not the creator's image you see, it may be your choice to think it is, but that is YOUR god, not THE God."

I was created in the image of god and so were you.  If you don't believe it, then you don't believe either the god of Genesis or the words of Jesus.

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