Miguel maybe you can start your own religion ;)
Bertina
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On Thu, 10 Sep 1998, Miguel Angel Ordorica wrote:
> I find Carolyn Merchant's words much more powerful than those of Jesus,
> yet I don't thinks she's a god..
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> On Thu, 10 Sep 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> > Hi!
> >
> > Will mentioned getting to the crux of the matter - Here is what I think the
> > crux of the matter is:
> >
> > Some people think we created god(s) and some people think that God created us!
> >
> > I think that we were definitely created by a higher power and that we just
> > create religions to help explain that - but we did not create that power - and
> > we did not sprout from nothingness - no matter what! So who was Jesus - just
> > a prophet? Why were his words so powerful - why is it so hard to believe that
> > that was GOD? If he was then why the worship of false Gods? I am not
> > following the belief in mythological Gods as adequate here? Somebody explain
> > how the believers in Jesus stole from previous religions - or was it that
> > previous religions had some of the truth spiritually but not the whole truth -
> > Jesus was supposed to bring it together - present the whole truth - eliminate
> > misunderstanding of false Gods?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Angela
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