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26 And God said, Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness; and let them have d******n over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. AGAIN, ARE YOU SUPPOSING THIS IS AN ADVERSARIAL GOD? THAT HIS IMAGE IS ONE THAT WOULD DEFILE-THROUGH D******N- HIS OWN CREATION? OR IS THAT JUST MAN JUSTIFYING HIS LACK OF RESPECT FOR THE CREATOR'S GIFT. IS THAT WHAT THE T***SLATION REALLY MEANS OR ARE WE INTERPRETING FOR OUR CONVENIENCE?
27 So God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them. "IMAGE" IS ANOTHER CONCEPT THAT WAS T***SLATED BY MAN- FOR MAN, NOT THE DEITY. DO YOPU SIMPLY THINK WE LOOK LIKE HIM? ACT LIKE HIM? IMAGE MAY MEAN A BIT MORE THAN THAT, IN FACT OUR ORIGINAL SIN, DUALISM, IS REPRESENTED THROUGH OUR T***SLATIONS OF THIS "DIVINE TEXT".
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have d******n over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
I can go with words like d******n and subdue. SUBDUE IS ANOTHER PROBLEM IN T***SLATION: FOR INSTANCE "DOMESTICATE", ANOTHER POSSIBILITY, REFERS TO A RELATIONSHIP NOT FAR, IN HUMAN TERMS, TO NOBLESSE OBLIGE- WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO ALL OTHER LIFE- NOT SIMPLY A RIGHT TO EXTERMINATE, EXPLOIT AND ENS***E. IT MAY BE A MORE DIFFICULT ROLE WHICH WE PREFER NOT TO HONOR.
You keep avoiding the adversary, the antagonist, the villain. It's not a good story without the evil doer. THE EVIL DOER MAY IN FACT BE THAT DUALITY THAT ALWAYS MUST FRAME OUR UNIVERSE INTO JUDGEMENTAL DEFINITIONS: GOOD/BAD, BLACK/WHITE, ETC. THAT UNIQUE WAY OF SEEING THE WORLD THROUGH HUMAN EYES IS PERHAPS WHY WE LOST PARADISE: WE ATE OF THE FRUIT OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL: THE DEVIL WAS BORN! IT HAS BEEN NOTED THAT JESUS WAS PURE- HE WALKED LIKE AN ANIMAL, WITH NO DOUBTS, NO SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS, IN A STATE OF SELFLESS UNITY , WITH HIS FATHER. THE ONLY CONFLICTS IN HIS LIFE THAT MATTERED TO HIM APPARENTLY WERE THE OCCASIONAL DOUBTS, THE WEARINESS THAT ARE SO HUMAN.
And isn't your questioning, even more,
"Didn't God create evil for wh**ever end?" If he, God, is all knowing, all powerful, and omnipresent he would have seen Satan's r*******n and man's fall. Why did he, God, do it?
But, no, original sin is lack of faith. God said, Satan said, and man doubted God. Man's actions were followed by the thought. He, man, listened without sin, believed the snake, doubt, and acted, ate of the tree. And d******n was t***sferred to Satan. Man's decision to follow Satan not God. THAT 'FAITH' WORD IS ANOTHER T***SLATED WORD THAT ALSO MAY BE LESS LITERAL AND MORE COMPLICATED TO UNDERSTAND: IF THE FRUIT OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL ACTUALLY DOES SPEAK TO THE DUALITY THAT MAKES MAN'S MIND BEHAVE THE WAY IT DOES (A GOOD SURVIVAL TOOL FOR THIS PINK, HAIRLESS CREATURE CERTAINLY), FAITH MAY REFER TO THE DIFFICULTY WE HAVE IN ACCEPTING, OF SEEING THE COSMOS AS THE DIVINELY UNIFIED EVENT THATY IT ACTUALLY IS. MANY OTHER RELIGIONS STRIVE FOR THAT ENLIGHTENED FAITH/UNDERSTANDING- AS THE SPIRITUAL LIFE IS THE WORK PUT BEFORE US ALL. EVEN SCIENCE'S ULTIMATE GOAL INVOLVES "UNIFIED THEORY".
I've seen the isis, horis, mary, jesus, statue of ischar, and mystery Babylon documentaries too.
Isn't karma just another way to say "reap what you sow?" It sounds so intellectual. Karma. It's kind of mystical. Wasn't Hercules a copy of Samson or vice versa? Oh the time line. Which came first, the chicken or the egg? (The chicken was created) KARMA IS AGAIN MIST***SLATED TO THE WEST AS CAUSE AND EFFECT. IT SPEAKS MORE TO WHERE YOU ARE IN YOUR LIFE'S WORK, ENLIGHTENMENT, WHEN YOU PASS. THEIR LIMBO, PERHAPS, IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY- TO REWORK THE CHALLENGES UN-SURMOUNTED IN THE PREVIOUS LIFE. YOUR INABILITY TO FIND THE MEANING OF FAITH?
So with creation first, flood second and Abraham third I'm going with the worship of the God of the Bible being the oldest and truest religion. CERTAINLY NOT THE OLDEST BUT RATHER YET ANOTHER FORMAT THROUGH WHICH WE MAY FINALLY "GET IT"- A PERENNIAL CONCERN OF HUMAN BEINGS EACH AND EVERY GENERATION.
The God of the old and new testament loves mankind. That's why he prepared a plan of salvation. All men have been and are able to approach God. THAT'S WHY HE ERADICATED ENTIRE POPULATIONS IN HIS FRUSTRATION WITH OUR TENDENCY TO MUCKING IT ALL UP? IN A LOVING WAY, OF COURSE... THE GOD PORTRAYED THROUGH THE OLD TESTAMENT WAS NOT PARTICULARLY PORTRAYED AS A LOVING GOD AT ALL!
Now, the difference. Christianity, faith in the Lord Jesus, is God's path for man to him.
All other "faiths" are man's attempts to come to God through works. All other faiths. "WORKS" ARE WALKING THE WALK OF PROFESSED FAITH- KIND OF IMPORTANT: IF YOUR HEART IS PURE AND YOUR FAITH CERTAIN YOU ARE WALKING ALWAYS IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF JESUS. IF YOU THINK ONE CAN HAVE FAITH AND RESPECT IN THE WORD OF THE LORD WHILE CONTINUOUSLY ACTING LIKE A BULLY, THUG OR SPOILED CHILD, EVEN AS YOU PROFESS YOUR FAITH, I SUGGEST THAT IS LAZY SELF-DECEPTION.
Christianity is God reaching out to man. Anything else is man building a bridge to God. The span is too great. Our Lord Jesus Christ is the only way across the gap.
Jesus said, "Take my yoke upon you for it is light and easy to bear."
You are correct. You cannot be a little bit Christian, believer, follower. He, God, has placed an "earnest" in each believer. God alone appraised man's worth and paid the price for all the sins of the world in blood.
For the wages of sin is death but the gift from God is eternal life. While we were yet sinners Christ died.
Confess with your mouth Jesus is LORD, and believe in your heart God raised him, Jesus, from the dead and you will be saved. CONFESSING THE SAME SIN REPEATEDLY REEKS OF COMPLACENCY- IT'S HARD FOR ME TO BELIEVE THAT REDEMPTION THROUGH A FORGIVING GOD IS GRANTED TO THOSE WHO REPEATEDLY SIN AND REPENT. THINK SERIAL RAPIST OF SMOKER TRYING VAINLY TO QUIT: YOU DIDN'T QUIT IF YOU DIDN'T QUIT.
He has protected you until this moment of decision.
So I hope you can see through these ramblings man is at war with God. God offers peace on his terms.
Behold and tidings of great joy. On earth peace to men of goodwill.
Not fairy tales or allegories. The revelation of God to man of himself.
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