Philip, 1. I did not say all you had to do was accknoledge Christ/ God exist...the devil does not accept Christ. He tried to get Christ to worship him (the devil).....? and war broke out in heaven thing....ummm 2. No where in scripture did everyone in the chruch understand everything the same or equally...NEVER! Maybe that is why let not many of you be teachers..and some things hard to understand and "first principles"/ milk v solid food..........ummmm the logical end of your approach prevents everyone from salvation....Even all Good Roman Chatholics do not know and understand everything about "the faith" which according to Roman Chatholosism includes all Chruch traditions and doctrines.........................if you dont know it or understand it all then how can you calim to accept and belive all %100 ???? Saying i accept the church's authority is like saying there is one God....... unless you obey do you realy accept or just accknoledging it's existance...? ----- Original Message ---- From: philip madsen <pma15027@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:32:10 PM Subject: [geocentrism] Re: Every duty had its own own bugle call ...JESUS CHRIST....nor do you have to know every true thing about Christ to have the truth...i personly dont know the truth of the color of cloths he wore...???? But not only must you believe in Christ, (the Devil does that) but in ALL that he taught. 9 commandments is not enough you know. There can be no such thing as a "saved 99% Christian." Trillions miss out on that 1% BY DEBATING divorce, birth control, sex, cloning, euthanasia, abortion, et al. It sems the Bible is a massive failure as well, because it divides....and your answer what ever it is Allen can do nothing but confirm this division.. 34 Do not think that I came to send peace upon earth: I came not to send peace, but the sword. 35 For I came to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. 36 And a man's enemies shall be they of his own household. Philip. ----- Original Message ----- From: Allen Daves To: geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 5:32 AM Subject: [geocentrism] Re: Every duty had its own own bugle call Your objection does not negate or address the fact that 1.truth whatever it is is intrinsic to itself not me or you. 2. If you philip say that you accept Christ then you must accept his words...He is the way and the truth and if you seek him you will find him......not budda! You are confusing every thing that is true in the universe with the truth that brings salvation...you dont have to know every thing in the universe or oevery truth in the universe to obtain salvation from the one you seek it form...JESUS CHRIST....nor do you have to know every true thing about Christ to have the truth...i personly dont know the truth of the color of cloths he wore...???? ----- Original Message ---- From: philip madsen <pma15027@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:49:34 AM Subject: [geocentrism] Re: Every duty had its own own bugle call But Allen, that is not an answer.. If it is you who have found the TRUTH through seeking, then no one else here has. If I have it, then still no one else has found it. Maybe nobody has it. Don't you see how meaningless and useless the promise is? Its about as valuable as the one which promises you can tell that mountain to move, and it will move.. Has that ever been done ever? There is no way, save a bolt of lightening and a pillar of flame from Heaven, to confirm what you found... Oh yes there are plenty of excuses that may fool you into believing it, but everybody has a great number of conficting proofs of that sort. Talking about pillars of flame, how about a real audio voice in your head. Back at the Tokyo exhibition, many decades ago, it was demonstrated where two soundless ultrasonic waves one modulated with audio, were beamed directly into the position your head was, and you in that position heard the voice of God, and no-one else heard a thing.. Old hat, but quickly confiscated, never to be seen again, except we now have a spate of Islamic suicide bombers, and drugged out school kids obediently shooting up and killing people because they heard God telling them what to do... And they really did hear him... Oh what a joyful experience to be confirmed in this way, for the unenlightened anyway.. You see, Neville would know it was not God, because his God does not kill like that..But thats just a nice feeling wish. He cannot be absolutely sure. "Vengeance is mine" sayeth the Lord.. You would not kill, saying it is the voice of the Devil not God. But I would say someone has some electronic equipment nearby... Philip. ----- Original Message ----- From: Allen Daves To: geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:25 AM Subject: [geocentrism] Re: Every duty had its own own bugle call Why bull?..again context is everything...Did Christ come to preach islam or hindu or somthing else?..Chriat is not saying what ever you find will be ok with God as long as you seek!?......He is saying that if you look for him/ truth the words of life and truth you will find them........ the importaince of not taking a few words or Christ external of all of his words and developing a Gospel out of it.....It would be just as erroneous to take the instructions of employer out of context when he states..." well if you dont feel good just go home".......If you dont put that statement into its context I could attempt to use that for any and every case when and where i did not feel good....come guys use the same approach to Christ as you would any other real person......There is the imediate context and there is also the "big piture" context...............I bet none of you have any problems making the distinctions or "figuring it out" at work or anywhere else for that matter.....? ..That is the point....."seek and you will find."................not find what you want then "call it good" coz you "seeked it"....!?. ----- Original Message ---- From: philip madsen <pma15027@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 6:04:04 PM Subject: [geocentrism] Re: Every duty had its own own bugle call In my defence, however, I would argue that this is what 'Jesus' stresses by seemingly repeating his admonition to seek: "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened." (1st canonical gospel 7:7,8, NIV.) Neville With regret, even Catholics believe this, but to me its all bull.. If a child of Islam seeks and believes, he finds Islam, a Hindu, hinduism, an Angilcan the church of England, and a Catholic the Roman Church and so on.. The evidence everywhere says that this does not work...diversity in contradiction cannot be right.. unity in diversity is a contradiction. For elsewhere Jesus says, "I chose you. " not you chose me...and elsewhere many are called, but FEW are chosen. and again, if you accept Paul, "as he chose us in Him before the foundation of the world.." Seek and ye shall find.. Neville, Jack, and Phil and Dave etc all feel they have found the truth, yet only ONE, or NONE, can have it. And going on the averages against the trillions of created souls, NONE is the most likely among our little group and the entire world today. 14 How narrow is the gate, and strait is the way that leadeth to life: and few there are that find it! What a dismal and unhappy creation. What a promise? Its like saying you might win the lottery.. Worse.. the averages of chance for the whole human race in all of time are far worse. Yet not liking it cannot change it. Not Neville. Not I. Its a stupid scientist who says He does not exist. Its the height of stupidity and arrogant pride to claim such perfection in a matter where you do not find out you are wrong till its too late.. I'm not so perfect. I'll take some insurance thankyou .. I'll buy a ticket.... and try to pay my premiums every year. Philip. for some relief I have a question for the astronomers next.... No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. 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