Posted on 07/25/2021 5:16:12 PM PDT by xzins
And what is MTD exactly? Ms. Barna answers: “The moralistic perspective is we’re here to be good people and to try to do good…The therapeutic aspect is everything is supposed to be geared to making me feel good about myself, ultimately to make me happy. Deism is the idea that God created the world but has no direct involvement in it. Basically, according to MTD, there is a distant God who just wants everyone to be nice, and the purpose of life is to be happy. American ‘Christians’ who have adopted this philosophy have… elevate[d] personal definitions of right and wrong above any objective standard of Truth — like the Bible.”
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Coming to realize that it is all fake...all a lie...
I read the Bible everyday. A lot of it doesn’t make any sense, especially the Old Testament. Much of Judges is awful. The prettying up of the Bible hasn’t done us any favors. But I highly recommend people learn and use the 23rd Psalm.
Are you referring to the NT?
More proof that people aren’t dealing with the God of the Bible...just the god of their own imaginings, as Paul said they would in Romans 1.
They have not “prettied it up”, its all still there unless obviously removed or changed.
Most often they just ignore the parts they dont like.
Stop calling yourself a Christian if you don’t believe in Christ (from the link).
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No, even Satan believes in Christ.
You ONLY become a Christian when you accept Christ as your savior and are born again.
Nothing new. This “religion” is just another lie by Satan that you can “be good” and work your way into heaven.
FALSANI: What do you believe?
OBAMA: I am a Christian.
So, I have a deep faith. So I draw from the Christian faith.
On the other hand, I was born in Hawaii where obviously there are a lot of Eastern influences.
I lived in Indonesia, the largest Muslim country in the world, between the ages of six and 10.
My father was from Kenya, and although he was probably most accurately labeled an agnostic, his father was Muslim.
And I’d say, probably, intellectually I’ve drawn as much from Judaism as any other faith.
(A patron stops and says, “Congratulations,” shakes his hand. “Thank you very much. I appreciate that. Thank you.”)
So, I’m rooted in the Christian tradition. I believe that there are many paths to the same place, and that is a belief that there is a higher power, a belief that we are connected as a people. That there are values that transcend race or culture, that move us forward, and there’s an obligation for all of us individually as well as collectively to take responsibility to make those values lived.
And so, part of my project in life was probably to spend the first 40 years of my life figuring out what I did believe - I’m 42 now - and it’s not that I had it all completely worked out, but I’m spending a lot of time now trying to apply what I believe and trying to live up to those values.
FALSANI: Have you always been a Christian?
OBAMA: I was raised more by my mother and my mother was Christian.
FALSANI: Do you pray often?
OBAMA: Uh, yeah, I guess I do.
Its’ not formal, me getting on my knees. I think I have an ongoing conversation with God. I think throughout the day, I’m constantly asking myself questions about what I’m doing, why am I doing it.
Deep theological stuff going on here by people who obviously can’t find their butts with both hands.
Please list the things that don’t make sense to you.
FALSANI: Who’s Jesus to you?
(He laughs nervously)
OBAMA: Right.
Jesus is an historical figure for me, and he’s also a bridge between God and man, in the Christian faith, and one that I think is powerful precisely because he serves as that means of us reaching something higher.
And he’s also a wonderful teacher. I think it’s important for all of us, of whatever faith, to have teachers in the flesh and also teachers in history.
Check with the members of the Church of England on how this has worked out for them: Then, now and their short future.
OBAMA: This is something that I’m sure I’d have serious debates with my fellow Christians about. I think that the difficult thing about any religion, including Christianity, is that at some level there is a call to evangelize and prostelytize. There’s the belief, certainly in some quarters, that people haven’t embraced Jesus Christ as their personal savior that they’re going to hell.
FALSANI: You don’t believe that?
OBAMA: I find it hard to believe that my God would consign four-fifths of the world to hell.
FALSANI: Do you believe in sin?
OBAMA: Yes.
FALSANI: What is sin?
OBAMA: Being out of alignment with my values.
Some of the founding fathers were deists or friendly with deism.
FALSANI: Do you pray often?
OBAMA: Uh, yeah, I guess I do.
Its’ not formal, me getting on my knees. I think I have an ongoing conversation with God. I think throughout the day, I’m constantly asking myself questions about what I’m doing, why am I doing it.
Remember his “halo” pictures?
In “Fault Lines: The Social Justice Movement and Evangelicalism’s Looming Catastrophe”, Voddie Baucham Jr. suggests modern America has an 11th Commandment: “Be Nice” - and we then reject the first 10!
I think he’s right.
Be nice - even if it means pretending men can get pregnant. Be nice, even if it means ignoring the misery caused by sin. Be nice - as you get to define it - and you can forgive yourself any number of sins!
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