On 23 Dez., 05:34, "Aaron Eel (Ehrin)" <[email protected]> wrote:
And He forgives you of all of your
> transgressions... most of them forgotten... and He breathes a new life
> into you and washes the stains from your heart, and from that moment
> on you are a new creature. Sinless, unblemished and whole. Bought and
> paid for BY HIM. From the OUTSIDE in. Not from the inside out.
> If you understand this, then you are the people I want to hear from.
> All of you others are as lost as Amelia Earhart. And quite frankly,
> just as damned.
Aaron, you haven't yet replied to the offer of dialogue I made to you
on December 23rd., but perhaps you still will, although from your
latest post you seem to consider me to be as lost and damned as Amelia
Earhart. In this context, I feel I must remark that I have always
found the propensity of many so-called born-again Christians to
routinely consign all those who are not of their opinion to damnation
(whatever that entails) to be presumptious, insulting and, indeed, in
contradiction to the words of the one they regard as their "saviour"
who admonished them to judge not lest they be judged.
It is, of course, a fine thing to be forgiven - particularly if one is
forgiven by those one may have hurt or offended. However, I do not
feel to be in need of any kind of forgiveness from God, since - if he
does exist - I cannot seen how I have offended him. Indeed, for many,
the most compelling need they have is for self-forgiveness and self-
acceptance, a power which we all contain within ourselves and one
which is an important way-station in our growth as mature humans.
The idea of an all-loving God, who creates all human beings in love,
then damns them all to eternal hell because they are
imperfect/"sinners" only to offer a select few "redemption" on the
basis of being "born-again" through faith (itself a gift selectively
solely granted by the same God) in his crucified incarnate son is one
which I find profoundly flawed, disturbing and negative. As a species
we can do much better. Some of this involves us taking responsibility
for our own lives, the messes we cause and the wonders we produce.
Francis
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