tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13053053.post113114856005330851..comments2023-10-16T06:56:56.418-06:00Comments on Religion's Crime Against God: # 106: I UnderstandJChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01909940646703586254noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13053053.post-1132971375216556212005-11-25T19:16:00.000-07:002005-11-25T19:16:00.000-07:00A good friend of mine recently invited me to a Cat...A good friend of mine recently invited me to a Catholic Church. Having never attented a Catholic Church my curiosity was sparked so I obliged and went. The first person who spoke to everyone at the Church was the "Treasurer". He gave us a 20-25 minute speach as to why we should get our check books out and pay $1,500 now to hold us over for one year. This man was using some extremely skilled subliminal sales pitches. There had to of been atleast 1000 people in that service, I felt bad for all of them. Then The Priest began to speak and just barely went over a few highly spoken easy to handle points that the Bible offers. It was so shallow. Then in the end they were cleansed by the blood and body of Christ. Other than humoring themselves, I wondered what these people were getting from this experience. I couldn't believe what the peoples crudentials for attending a church were. They seemed so "sheep like". Al, I agree with what you are saying. Unfortunately, the majority of the people who attend church want to "feel good" and justify their daily lives. Peoples standards are so low as to what they learn about at there church that the leaders of the church give them no more than whats neccesary to keep the majority coming back. Keep on writing.. BC ; )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13053053.post-1132971346696700292005-11-25T19:15:00.000-07:002005-11-25T19:15:00.000-07:00A good friend of mine recently invited me to a Cat...A good friend of mine recently invited me to a Catholic Church. Having never attented a Catholic Church my curiosity was sparked so I obliged and went. The first person who spoke to everyone at the Church was the "Treasurer". He gave us a 20-25 minute speach as to why we should get our check books out and pay $1,500 now to hold us over for one year. This man was using some extremely skilled subliminal sales pitches. There had to of been atleast 1000 people in that service, I felt bad for all of them. Then The Priest began to speak and just barely went over a few highly spoken easy to handle points that the Bible offers. It was so shallow. Then in the end they were cleansed by the blood and body of Christ. Other than humoring themselves, I wondered what these people were getting from this experience. I couldn't believe what the peoples crudentials for attending a church were. They seemed so "sheep like". Al, I agree with what you are saying. Unfortunately, the majority of the people who attend church want to "feel good" and justify their daily lives. Peoples standards are so low as to what they learn about at there church that the leaders of the church give them no more than whats neccesary to keep the majority coming back. Keep on writing.. BC ; )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13053053.post-1132003269168705392005-11-14T14:21:00.000-07:002005-11-14T14:21:00.000-07:00Al,Thank You for your help.Al,<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Thank You for your help.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13053053.post-1131662783754054122005-11-10T15:46:00.000-07:002005-11-10T15:46:00.000-07:00Thank you for your excellent question. I will att...Thank you for your excellent question. I will attempt to answer your question as best as I can. The New Testament does mention that there is a Holy Spirt. Some religions put that Spirit as part of the trinity (The father, Son and Holy Spirit). Although one will not find it in the New Testament as I mentioned above; the closest the Bible comes is in 1st John 5:6-8. Let me quote you several more verses in the book of John 16:7-8 and just down a little further in John 16:13, “Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you. When he comes he will convict the world of guilt in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment. . . .” “But when the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.” Here is another verse: Acts 2:4, All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and were began to speak in tongues [languages] as the Spirit enabled them.”<BR/><BR/><BR/>To further complicate things, let me give you one more verse: Romans 8:9, “And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ,” I assume the Spirit of Christ is the same Holy Spirit. I am a simple person and like things simple. I have a passion to understand the Bible in as simple fashion as possible. I hope I answered your question. Just a little more. Although there is one God, He comes in the person of Jesus Christ, the Father and the Holy Spirit. Since the Holy Spirit is God that dwells in Christians, we are, in a sense, the recipients of God in the form of the Holy Spirit. This can be a confusing topic, I hope I made it a little clearer. I published a three part series several weeks ago entitled, ‘Your own Personal God.’ They are # 82-83-84. This may be of interest to you. By the way, if you have any more questions, please feel free to send them my way, regardless how stupid or simple they may sound. <BR/><BR/>Thanks again.<BR/>AlthinkerJChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01909940646703586254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13053053.post-1131288040202984202005-11-06T07:40:00.000-07:002005-11-06T07:40:00.000-07:00Dear Al, I was told recently that Jesus was the ar...Dear Al, I was told recently that Jesus was the archangel Michael and that you should not worship Jesus. Now from what I have read I can not see this. My understanding on this; Michael is a great prince who serves Israel. He has tremendous authority but,is only an archangel. But, his position is not one of higher rank than that of Satan.When contending with the devil over Moses body; Michael says Christ the lord rebuke you. Christ can command the Satan Matt.4:10 Christ created the Satan. God used Christ to create all things John 1:1-3 Including Michael. A creation can not be greater than its creater. <BR/><BR/>Worship Jesus; If One looks hard enough the bible reveals that there are currently TWO beings in the godhead? the Father and Jesus. Hebrew <BR/>word (Elohim) meaning family. So how do they get three? And why is this so hard to get?<BR/><BR/>I am new to this and I really what to understand it. Any help would be great.<BR/><BR/>Thank youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com