"...they were expecting their Father to do it for them... any time now." - Lon
It is my understanding that JC said this would happen within ...well....a couple of thousand years ago. On Apr 29, 5:58 am, e_space <[email protected]> wrote: > should we hold our breath in anticipation? ;-^) > > On Apr 29, 8:49 am, Lonlaz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I grew up as a Jehovah's Witness, which made an attempt to return in > > it's own way to the way the early Christians practiced. And I think > > some ways it succeeded. > > > Christianity's roots are not in being an authoritarian religion. It > > was for groups of people meeting in fellowship in opposition to the > > majority. The religion has ideas of martyrdom and expectations of > > persecution built into it. They weren't expecting to institute a new > > world order, they were expecting their Father to do it for them... any > > time now.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
