tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980286.post7511649417445953617..comments2024-03-28T00:58:29.445-04:00Comments on Ponderings on a Faith Journey: Faith without Fanticism -- America's CreedRobert Cornwallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04581876323110725024noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980286.post-70293354651293114472011-01-13T00:02:35.016-05:002011-01-13T00:02:35.016-05:00It's just about a relationship.
Yes He love...It's just about a relationship. <br /><br />Yes He loves the church but I don't think He does from a "religious" standpoint.. He doesn't say to the lukewarm "get away from me you evil doers, you signed up for the wrong denomination, affiliation or church." But He said, "Get away from me your evil doers, I never KNEW you."salthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09472744238840776499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980286.post-55562551201502951912011-01-01T20:28:32.874-05:002011-01-01T20:28:32.874-05:00Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily I...Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.<br /><br />John 3:3<br /><br />Jesus said, "Ye are of your father the devil and the lusts of your father ye will do." John 8:44Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980286.post-66708205211902157632011-01-01T20:01:58.864-05:002011-01-01T20:01:58.864-05:00Gary - He didn't elaborate as to what that nar...Gary - He didn't elaborate as to what that narrow path was. He sure didn't come out and say this path involved having the right opinion about him. <br /><br />Right before that passage he says God is more loving than any earthly parent who wants the best for their kids. (v9-12) Right after the passage he warns us to watch out for wolves in sheep's clothing. He says we'll "know them by their fruits". (v15-16)<br /><br />What if the spirit of the narrow path is found in the idea that the sabbath is made for folks, not folks for the sabbath? Sounds like good news for the poor to me.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18396901667077846319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980286.post-15746592894916744472011-01-01T19:15:00.979-05:002011-01-01T19:15:00.979-05:00But are the people in the US really more religious...But are the people in the US really more religious than those in other countries? Maybe not...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2278923/" rel="nofollow">Why do Americans claim to be more religious than they are?</a>Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10959958583152643760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980286.post-11065365980560921912011-01-01T18:33:08.468-05:002011-01-01T18:33:08.468-05:00Jesus said, "Enter ye in at the strait gate:...Jesus said, "Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and MANY there be which go in thereat: because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and FEW there be that find it."<br />Matthew 7:13,14Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980286.post-72502244962187349882011-01-01T15:52:39.792-05:002011-01-01T15:52:39.792-05:00Happy New Year, Bob and family. I've been goin...Happy New Year, Bob and family. I've been going 'round with a Facebook friend from my home town in Indiana about the meaning of belief and the checklist for salvation. Though I'm an atheist, I woke up this morning thinking about The Lord's Prayer and how absolutely simple yet all-encompassing it is. It was a response, I think, to a smug, tight-knit society of "True Believers" who had so complicated religion and "access to God" that the common person felt left out and overlooked. The fellow we call Jesus told those commoners that in their prayers they should acknowledge: that we're all brothers and sisters under one undiscriminating, all-loving parent; life on that parent's plane is well-worth emulating so we should actively work toward establishing a similar existence here; we should expect, in this life, to receive the necessities and; as human beings, subject ourselves to moral lapses, we owe it others to forgive their occasional bad behavior - nobody's perfect.<br /><br />Nothing in there about salvation or an afterlife, about Lucifer or about pitting one belief system against another. Not even reliant on a god actually existing. Just a gentle reminder that if we want our chldren and our children's children to live in a better world we have to work toward it.<br /><br />I'm not real familiar with the Pharisees and the Sadducees, but I have a feeling that if Jesus dropped in on us today, he'd have little trouble finding both among those who think of themselves as "True Believers."Jonkwilliamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04680346394168069047noreply@blogger.com