When I was a fundamentalist Christian
When I was a fundamentalist Christian it was the devil I couldn't get
out of my mind. Thirty years later, when I finally gave up
Christianity, it's that Jesus character I can't get out of my mind.
Jesus was supposed to save me from evil. Now, who will save me from
Jesus?
If you want to believe in the devil then evil will be real to you.
If you want to believe in a savior then Jesus will be real to you.
Therefore, I have concluded that it's all in your mind.
In the end, when the books are closed and you shut your mouth and sit
quietly in a chair and quit defending what you believe or what you
don't believe you have reality and generally, Christians can't do
that. They're too intent on defending their position, quoting the
bible, praying for your lost soul, casting out the devil and other
mental gyrations to let reality get in their way.
jw
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Relevant Pages
- Re: THE JESUS OF HISTORY MEETS HIS DECSIPES AFTER THE CRUCIFICTION
... If Jesus really did get married and have kids, it would lead to all sorts of questions in my mind, e.g. why on earth did no-one in the early church mention it. ... However, since no-one from that time, either Christian or, to my knowledge, non-Christian mentions such an idea, it is just a non-starter as far as I can tell. ... And, I would say that, instead of the angles about Jesus' marriage and children, the novel beautifully describes the methodology of church in its worst cruelty. ...
(uk.religion.islam) - Re: Adultery and Sin
... I think there are some skills involved in being a Christian, even if you believe it's a matter of opening your mind to let Jesus in then Jesus will do everything, the process of opening your mind is still something *you* need to and which presumably some people manage better than others. ... Certainly Gareth's implied claim that he never seemed to reach that inner peace seems to imply there was something going on in his mind that was different from what goes on in the minds of Christians who do feel they can reach that point. ...
(uk.religion.christian) - Re: Aids to Casting Out Demons
... It's impossible if you are living the "Great Commission" that Jesus ... only hold Satan can have on a Christian I believe is in the mind, ... we are instructed to have the mind of Christ. ... fasting often like Jesus and Paul said we should, ...
(soc.religion.christian) - RTRRT
... the devil and the twin minds. ... True love seems to inspire the poet of the past5 as materialism gains ... devil, one mind, one ring; it definitively sounds like one man, one leader, ... and Academic Zodiac proper. ...
(rec.arts.books.marketplace) - Devils Psychology
... the devil and the twin minds. ... True love seems to inspire the poet of the past5 as materialism gains ... devil, one mind, one ring; it definitively sounds like one man, one leader, ... and Academic Zodiac proper. ...
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