No. That's why we keep searching for answers. I don't pretend to know all the answers. I do have a believe in a Supreme Being that I don't completely understand. I also know the vast majority of human kind have some believe in such a Being. Arthur C. Clarke once wrote a story entitled the "The Nine Billion Names of God" with the premise that once all the 9 billion names are discovered the universe will end. Maybe, maybe not.
For the record I am a believer in the Nicene Creed
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Devotion to the truth is the hallmark of morality; there is no greater, nobler, more heroic form of devotion than the act of a man who assumes the responsibility of thinking.”
― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
hird is the story, found in Revelations where Jesus claims to be the first and final letter of the Greek alphabet. In my opinion all three are fiction.
Jesus never said it. It is fiction.
I was responding to your comment.
I believe Christians need to relook at their Bible and rid it of the clearly tall tales.
Call your state legislators and insist they approve the Article V convention of States to propose amendments.
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FindersKeepers (05-13-2022)
Call your state legislators and insist they approve the Article V convention of States to propose amendments.
I pledge allegiance to the Constitution as written and understood by this nation's founders, and to the Republic it created, an indivisible union of sovereign States, with liberty and justice for all.
That's what Thomas Jefferson did with the New Testament. He rewrote it--you can find it online--it's called the Jefferson Bible. He removed all of the hocus-pocus and superstitionism, but he kept the rest of the stories because they offer moral lessons.
At the end, Jesus' body is put in a cave, they roll a stone to block the entrance, and that's it. No resurrection. No ascension.
""A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul" ~George Bernard Shaw
I have no objections to the resurrection story. I do not believe it but do not object to it. I do object to the Noah flood story as it stands without any corroborating evidence. Further it is based on a far earlier mesopotamian flood story, one that is more realistic. I also object to Joshua's battle story as it is impossible. Further, I object to claiming Jesus told John things long after Jesus was dead.
Call your state legislators and insist they approve the Article V convention of States to propose amendments.
I pledge allegiance to the Constitution as written and understood by this nation's founders, and to the Republic it created, an indivisible union of sovereign States, with liberty and justice for all.
Just AnotherPerson (10-01-2022)
Whoever criticizes capitalism, while approving immigration, whose working class is its first victim, had better shut up. Whoever criticizes immigration, while remaining silent about capitalism, should do the same.
~Alain de Benoist
Whoever criticizes capitalism, while approving immigration, whose working class is its first victim, had better shut up. Whoever criticizes immigration, while remaining silent about capitalism, should do the same.
~Alain de Benoist
Call your state legislators and insist they approve the Article V convention of States to propose amendments.
I pledge allegiance to the Constitution as written and understood by this nation's founders, and to the Republic it created, an indivisible union of sovereign States, with liberty and justice for all.
Call your state legislators and insist they approve the Article V convention of States to propose amendments.
I pledge allegiance to the Constitution as written and understood by this nation's founders, and to the Republic it created, an indivisible union of sovereign States, with liberty and justice for all.