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To: imardmd1

I feel like responding anyway.

1) I am not a sinner because I reject J-sus.

2) Any sins I commit are my fault and are not due to the “Fall of Man”.

3) G-d is the only one who can save. No one else.

4) The Christian translation of the Hebrew Scriptures is incorrect and they have nothing to do with a pagan man-god.

I’m guessing you are saved because you are a Christian,and I’m doomed because I refuse to worship J-sus,a pagan man-god who may not have even existed?

Yeah,Christianity IS based on fear. It’s all about being damned to hell if you aren’t Christian,and instilling the fear of hell in others.

The Jews are not the children of Satan. That’s more anti-Semitic garbage. It just happens to be in your part of the bible.


69 posted on 01/30/2012 8:26:43 PM PST by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (Future Meteorologist.)
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To: POWERSBOOTHEFAN
I feel like responding anyway.

OK. I don;t have much time

1) I am not a sinner because I reject J-sus.

You are, even without rejecting Jesus, just like me and every one else born under the curse. The only question is: Are you a sinner because you sin, or do you sin because you are a sinner?

"He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not." (Is. 53:3)(prophecy of the Messiah who has been here once as the obedient suffering servant of The God, and Who is scheduled to return to this world as The Absolute King and Ruler of Heaven and Earth.)(The law of double reference in prophecy)

2) Any sins I commit are my fault and are not due to the “Fall of Man”.

See the above conundrum

3) G-d is the only one who can save. No one else.

Yep. He does all the saving and I do all my sinning. But He makes the rules about who He saves and how He does the saving. The purpose of the Bible is to teach His Plan of Redemption. You seem to have thrown away the most important part of the plan.

4) The Christian translation of the Hebrew Scriptures is incorrect and they have nothing to do with a pagan man-god.

Wrong. Eminent Jewish scholars have a high regard for the scholarly work of the KJV's translation of the Masoretic text into English, including the Deuterocanonical books. They see it as the preferred literal equivalency with majestic flow and style. Most particularly it distinguishes correct gender and number in translation of syntax

I’m guessing you are saved because you are a Christian,and I’m doomed because I refuse to worship J-sus,a pagan man-god who may not have even existed?

So, what do you want me to say? Whatever you think now, when He returns you WILL fall to your knees and you WILL confess that He is King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

Yeah,Christianity IS based on fear. It’s all about being damned to hell if you aren’t Christian,and instilling the fear of hell in others.

"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction." (Prov. 1:7) Fear is good. The fear of the Lord is dreading to displease or disobey Him. That is a wise thing to consider, and all mature Jewish and People of The Way share that regard in our love for The LORD. I'm not afraid of Hades or the Lake of Fire because I am giving that trip a miss. What I fear is that someone else may not recognize the precarious situation the are in in rejecting The God's plan of redemption. I never want to fail in my assigned task of giving them enough data to make a choice.

"Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men;..." (2 Cor. 5:11) My brother's keeper, loving my neighbor in spite of how he reacts.

The Jews are not the children of Satan. That’s more anti-Semitic garbage. It just happens to be in your part of the bible.

Whether Jewish or Gentile, all humans only have two options: One can be a bondslave of Christ, or one can be a bondslave of Satan. There is no in-between. Babies are born in Satan's kingdom, and are predetermined to start out as slaves to the god of this world. They start out trying to get their parents to serve them. Some really get this to work. A wise parent will not submit, but will do their job of training the child, in getting its antisocial and manipulating tendencies under control from the get-go. Wish I'd had better early training in obedience and awareness of others.

The Theme of the Bible, from the first page to the last, is The God's Progressive Revelation of the Coming of The Messiach, The Glorious King, and His Kingdom of Righteousness and Peace. It's like having a real treasure map. The X-marks-the-spot is in the part describing the Covenant of The God which is now in effect. You seem to have thrown away the half of the map that shows where the treasure is.

Great questions! love to hit a slow pitch outta the park!

77 posted on 01/31/2012 1:41:48 AM PST by imardmd1 (Ps. 107:2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom He hath redeemed from the hand of the Enemy ...)
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