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    mono, I know that it isn't made up, which is why it IS such a life and death matter. In fact it's even more important than that, it's a matter of how I'll spend eternity.

    I first heard of sin through the church, and through the Bible, of course. I then left the church for many years, because I didn't wish to be under their thumb, and I didn't want a relationship with a God who seemed more interested in my discomfort than in my wellbeing.

    Years later, I was dragged back kicking and screaming. By this point, I had built up quite a catalog of regrets. When I was honest with myself, it was apparent that I was incapable of being *truly* good. Looking around, I realized I was not alone.

    So ultimately, it was not the Bible or the church that convinced me of my sin and its severity, but the Holy Spirit. It was a matter of revelation, rather than teaching.

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    • eternity = mythologyMal
    • one does not have to believe whole cloth in the Bible to believe that some of what you say has a metaphorical truth
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    • or some sort of metaphysical underpinning
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    • isn't the bible the product of many centuries of editing and cleaning up?
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    • Human dogma really is amazing in its obtuseness and pomp.Scotch_Roman
    • I should know, I used to think I could avoid God.Scotch_Roman
    • No Rand, the first manuscripts were produced during or shortly after the events...Scotch_Roman
    • And were carefully catalogued and preserved through the centuries. We know this because we still have most of the originals or second-generation copies.Scotch_Roman
    • the originals or second-generation copies.Scotch_Roman
    • I for one would not trust those parchments, scrolls, whatever. incomplete? who knows? lost chapters? weird translations?
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    • never mind all the heresies current before and after the Church controlled the message.
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    • How can heresy even be a life and death issue? The written word is open to interpretation.
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    • and some cunts use the sword.
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