Stereotyping & Religion

Jedd,

Are the postings of Rapunzel and Bearskin meant to illuminate some deeply held personal belief?

Both have a "God" reference, so I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt, but the lack of any sort of personal commentary on the texts also leaves>>>

CIAK and Pot,

I have to admit that I have always tried to take the Bible quite literally. I've long held the view that if God and the Word are true and if that word was given to us as a way of gaining understanding of God, His nature and life itself, t>>>

Pot Gregory wrote: [quote] 10. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

Hi Pot,

Wrong verse there. I was looking for John 1:14 not 10.>>>

There's literal and there's literal. I am extremely comfortable with the figurative, in fact I often fail to distinguish any serious deviation between the two other than what one might call hue. As I hold the spiritual realm to be a literal fourth di>>>

Some paralells; All religions basically say " Go forth and populate" This to create new, little Baptists, Catholics, Muslims, etc. None rely on conversions.

All have fighting and killing in there tenets. Did you ever listen to the words, or read them i>>>

OOOps , sorry bout that , it was getting sort of late, and I was pushing it , I guess my mind was sort of wavering some?

After getting away from the puter last night, some things came to me out of the things that I was trying to respond to. Reflection an>>>

Yes Mike , the literal part is true , and it all points to Christ , but this is just scratching on the surface. The meat is deeper and requires spiritual discernment to comprehend. imo ,more on this as it comes to me>>>

Chuck Says:

I 'll paste this so I don't have to keep going back and rereading ----- the Word. John 1:1 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." together with John 1:14 "The Word became flesh and made h>>>

egg says: "And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters." For me it just doesn't get any better than that. It just simply can not will not get any better than that.

egg, ther are some things , that , when they are comprehended as muc>>>

Mike, I posted Grimms originally, and reffered to there being another 209 tales to try and dissuade PG from posting quotes from the bible. Childish maybe, but how else to get my point accross? Posting said quotes could only have led to what we have now>>>

You gentlemen have no idea as to what this week has done for my Spiritual life. I have been a studier of the Word for many years, and have gained some knowledge about a variety of matters contained in the scriptures. Many things we have discussed this wee>>>

PG thanks for the support. egg ,And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters." AMEN The church for thousands of years well , at least, ever since Christ passed away from the earth and left his ministry in the hands of men, has been steriliz>>>

Jedd ses:

I posted Grimms originally, and reffered to there being another 209 tales to try and dissuade PG from posting quotes from the bible. Childish maybe, but how else to get my point accross? Posting said quotes could only have led to what>>>