Biblical mixed bag
MARILYN Warbis (letter 30th August) offers us a mixed bag of Biblical comments.
Her critical statement that Jesus "did not uphold everything we read in the Bible" was not supported by any examples and why does she think that the Bible being written between approximately 1500BC and 100AD poses a problem?
Even Professor Richard Dawkins admits that Jesus existed as an historical person (he now calls himself an agnostic; not an atheist). Marilyn's biggest fallacy however is over the words "happy" and "happiness" which she claims Jesus taught; and she herself advocates.
What Jesus did teach about was the foolish man who said "...Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry."
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But God said to him "You fool, this very night your life will be demanded from you" (Luke 12:19-20).
Jesus taught us to be Holy here on Earth so that we can have true happiness in Heaven; the modern world wants happiness now and holiness after we die.
What Jesus does offer us on Earth is real peace, hope and joy; which is far better than any temporary happiness that the world can offer.
Marilyn's final comment completes this "mixed bag" of Biblical comments when she says "It is the spirit of life which matters, not any concrete letter of the law".
I agree totally! The Apostle Paul, writing about the letter of the Old Testament Law and the Holy Spirit, says "For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life" (2 Corinthians 3:6).
GARETH JONES
Horrabridge
Comments
by CharlieDodd
Wednesday, September 05 2012, 8:27PM
“Bwith said- 'HACK THE PLANET!!!"
Snake Plisskin did that in 'Escape from L.A' mate, great stuff..:)
He keyed the number 666 (natch) into a remote to make satellites knock out the world's power supply and plunge it into darkness.
"He did it! He shut down the earth" said one of his delighted fans..:)”
by Bwiththeollox
Wednesday, September 05 2012, 1:35PM
“DARWIN.
Sarah Conor
Monty Python
Now these Mofo's are the Lords and they are the way in which we shall all follow.
HACK THE PLANET!!!”
by CharlieDodd
Tuesday, September 04 2012, 9:32PM
“Incidentally what's happened to Distressful the atheist debater?
The word around the net is that Bob Wickerman decked him, and his trainer had to throw in the towel and carry him out of the ring?
Hey Darth Vader,waddya say about Bob?
"The Force is strong in that one"”
by blogtodi
Tuesday, September 04 2012, 7:43PM
“Oh CharlieBob, there you go again. Spouting nonsense... Get help now, you know it makes sense.”
by CharlieDodd
Tuesday, September 04 2012, 11:34AM
“Blog said-'Save from what, exactly?'..
Your thirst for spiritual knowledge is commendable mate and i'm glad to answer your questions..;)
Basically, when the body dies, the soul automatically flies through the 'Jesus Stargate' IF you've locked onto him when you were alive just like he said-
"Small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it."(Matt 7:13)
But if you die and aren't locked onto him, your soul flies off into nowhere-
"Ungodly men,wandering stars for whom the blackness of darkness is reserved forever" (Jude 1:4-19)
And how do we lock onto him?- Easy, you've just got to like him -
"You're my friends if you follow me. I don't call you servants, but I call you friends"- (John 15:15)”
by blogtodi
Tuesday, September 04 2012, 8:16AM
“Save from what, exactly? I, and many millions of others, don't require saving. We need a win on the lottery maybe but not saving. (Who can save in this economic climate anyway?)”
by CharlieDodd
Monday, September 03 2012, 10:10PM
“..Blog said-'For those that want to believe in a God, fine. They need a crutch'..
Nobody invented Jesus, he was solid flesh and blood and said "Be my pals and i'll give you a mansion each after you die".
So who in their right mind would refuse that offer? He was a nice guy so who wouldn't want to be his mate anyway?
He once asked his chums "Would you desert me?" to which they answered "You gotta be kidding us boy! You're our Main Man! Who the hell else is there to save us?" (John 6:67)”
by blogtodi
Monday, September 03 2012, 6:20PM
“For those that want to believe in a God, fine. They need a crutch. They need hope of something beyond this life. It says a lot about their lives that they hope and pray the next one's better.”
by CharlieDodd
Monday, September 03 2012, 10:16AM
“Dawkins fronted an atheist campaign a few years ago that raised over £150,000 to splash adverts on fleets of buses reading-"There's probably no god, now stop worrying and enjoy your life" (google 'atheist buses') but it backfired on them because people said- 'What a complete waste of cash...atheists admit they're worried..and they say there's "probably" no god which means they're not even sure'..;)”
by Vinnie_Gar
Monday, September 03 2012, 9:02AM
“Richard Dawkin has always maintained that there is no evidence to support religion.
Don't try to use "he now calls himself an agnostic; not an atheist" as some implied acceptance of all this tosh.”