> gMoney wrote: > What do you mean by this? What work are they excusing people from? Science? > Don't follow you here. >
Well, the apostle Thomas, of "Doubting Thomas" fame, spent his life seeking "The Truth" and thereby revealing "The Light" eventually dying in India. This concept truth seeking (gnosticism) was dismissed out of hand by especially John. Many Biblical scholars agree that the Gospel of John was intentionally canonized with Matthew, Mark, and Luke because it firmly disagreed with Thomas. John said the "The Light" could only be attained through the worship of Jesus and God. So, from the original apostles, you've got 2 broad paths: Gnosticism or religion. Religion is the easy path: read the Bible, do what the church tells you, and if there are any conflicts "have faith" and believe what we tell you. The Truth is much more difficult: study the Bible as literature, world religions, science, physics, for your entire life. What do you discover? What is The Truth? That's a lot of work. It's much easier to just say, "well, who know .... have faith." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:214376 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
