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So, wait, wait. God tells us to love our brother, but we are not to love things of the world? Aren't people things of the world?

garbage...

another attempt to combine the worldly humanism with true worship, resulting in chaos

we are commanded to not love the world or the things of the world

this kind of stuff is nauseating to God, little question in my mind


really.

jesus was a VIRGIN, how do these goofs expect to get into heaven after having sex ?

Seems like they took a genuine need the church has, and took it a bit out of line . . .

So, wait, wait. God tells us to love our brother, but we are not to love things of the world? Aren't people things of the world?

The FLESH is a thing of this world.

So is the spoken word, so is understanding, so is emotion.

Whoah, the 'prince of the power of the air?'

Religion is nothing but the explanation of the lack of science. . . . take that as you will.

We are borne of the earth, when we die our spirit returns to the earth, to be brought back into the 'living' when she chooses.

depends on who is speaking it

in the grand scheme, all the world truly is a stage: God sets the stage, creates the characters, and knows the 'end from the beginning'....God creates the warfare, the conflict, the test

and Jesus said, "you are either for Me or against Me"...so you are either part of the world system opposed to Christ and His rule, which is in turn ruled by the prince of the power of the air, or you are part of the eternal Kingdom which will be here after long after the present system is eliminated

and so the apostle John writes:

I John 2

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.

this is the BIG PICTURE

so few grasp it....they live for this short life and it's little fleeting pleasures, they are focused only on what they can perceive

after all, that's human "science"....and science is the god of many....science (human perception) trumps God in the minds of fools

I do have one question....all the things you mention that are "of this world"--please tell us, who created those things?

I do have one question....all the things you mention that are "of this world"--please tell us, who created those things?

Satan.

god created satan and satan created evil which contaminated gods perfect creation.

so to restore his creation to perfection god created earth to sort out all the evil that satan stained heaven with.

Satan.

god created satan and satan created evil which contaminated gods perfect creation.

so to restore his creation to perfection god created earth to sort out all the evil that satan stained heaven with.

you left out the part where God created the evil itself. God created Satan, knowing ful well what he would do. God then created man, also knowing full well what man would do. God is the creator of the universe and everything in it--so to think that someone other than God came up with the evils of this universe just does not add up.

Obviously, when I reach Hell, I'll be part of a nuclear fire, warming the Heavens. I'll work my way up to satan's left hand man to become a plumber.

Satan.

god created satan and satan created evil which contaminated gods perfect creation.

so to restore his creation to perfection god created earth to sort out all the evil that satan stained heaven with.


Thats like saying that by flipping off a light you are "Creating Darkness"

Evil is a lack of God.

Christ passed away.