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Dionys's comments:

on Faith in the Northwest

" Why would anyone who cares about all of humanity wish to believe that certain people's "souls" will suffer for eternity? It seems antithetical to the teachings of Jesus. "

It is. Which is why not all Christians take this path.

posted 4 years, 10 months ago
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God isn't "our father." God is our father, our mother, our sister, our brother. God in the original Hebrew is a verb ( "I Am" ) and is without gender. My soul weeps for you that you feel the need to usurp God's judgement for yourself.

As for 'rebirth' (or ressurection), your theological assertion that Christ is the only one raised from the dead is inaccurate.

If you want to show God through you, then you should be a shining example like Christ and embrace the marginalized, poor, those outside of society rather than attacking them. Nature and trees can save you in this life. In the after life, what constitutes being 'saved' is a personal matter.

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"Grownups put aside their imaginary childhood friends and face and deal with reality straight on. "

Your reality isn't everyone else's reality. That you can't find evidence for God doesn't mean God doesn't exist any more than the fact that you can't independantly find proof of 'quarks' means that quarks don't exist.

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Being an 'Ambassador' shouldn't mean forcing your religious tradion upon someone else without their opening the door. Christ offered the best example of how to spread 'the word' -- by example. In living the *Example* of Christ we do our best work in spreading the beauty and understanding of his words. It is not through pushing doctrine and modern interpretation of ancient scripture that we do God's work.

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"I despise the religious---all of them. I will go so far as to say that I also dislike spiritual people in general. To be religious is absurdly pompous and arrogant. It is to say, I have the answers to life's big questions---which people have been searching for, for thousands of years, and little me here knows the answers. I am sick of religious tolerance, particularly when it is used to justify bigotry. "

It seems that you're the one saying that you have the answer to life's big questions if you're denying people the right to follow their heart and spirit. You're welcome to 'despise' whomever you want, but it seems like hatred and ignorance is what guides your life. I'm sorry for that pain.

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To give background, I'm a graduate theology student in PDX with a faith background of Zen Buddhism and Catholicism. I was somewhat shocked and disappointed at the last caller's assertion that people who worship (and I'm talking here from a Christian perspective) outside of Church or outside of an organized community, what she called "Cultural Christians, are somehow less in touch with Christ or God. Although I do believe community to be the lynchpin of society in general and religious tradition in particular, the Bible makes no such requirements of doctrine upon people. It seems overly judgemental and divisive to opine in such a manner and I hope that Christians who assert themselves as Christians could follow the example of Christ and the guidance of the scriptures regarding what makes someone a 'Christian.'

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