Why no bible books between 450BC and 60AD?

[jem]

I do not think Eastern religion and Christianity are similar at all.


One seems to be saying man can raise himself to be like God or be God through his own work or understanding.

One says that God is a separate being and that he created us. Instead of us perfecting ourselves through our own power we must strive to love God and do Gods will so that he can come into our lives.

If you believe in the God of Abraham and the bible then you know that the whole point of the old testament is that he made his convenant with Abraham so that you may know him though his promises to Abrahams people. If you see he kept his promises to Abraham you should know he is the one true God.

So you have one true God or the exact opposite.

To me that is not very similar.

 

[Free Thinker]

Quote from rcanfiel:

I have a BS in biology & MS in Computer engineering. I spend major amounts of time staying current in most of the latest scientific research. I am quite confident my present amount of knowledge of science would bury yours.
I am no detester of science, but much of their pursuits are little more than faith.

A great example is cosmology. We now exist in 11-dimensional space, possibly involving strings/superstrings, which other scientists are now starting to ridicule, because it is elegant and yet conveniently unprovable.

I reassert my previous definition of skeptic. You appeal to science as if it a great bastion of truth, You seem to have little grasp about how fragmentary and incomplete the science paradigm remains. How much argued many of the

Science has done great things, but it remains in diapers in many fields. We are baffled in many areas of medicine, cancer cure rates are stubbornly high, we struggle to find alternative fuels, nutritional studies constantly contradict each other on many basics even like vitamin E, cosmology now consists of the unprovables, we struggle to understand the human mind or even gravity and an undending list of other areas. We make progress, but our knowledge is far less than you confidently espouse.

I have posted previously, and the skeptics do not impress me. Almost all replies are posts from other sources; usually quite predictable ones. They claim pride in skepticism, when all they do mostly is question or ridicule, rather than add to the general knowledge.

When it comes to the concept of God or infinite things, they cannot admit they have little ability to understand inifinite things; none of us has. But it doesn't stop the behavior (like 2 year olds) from saying, "NO!!!! It has become an instinct.

Again, I am unimpressed. And I again suspect the answers will remain at this level. So far, they remain on target...

But I will leave you to your smugness. Time draws much shorter than we all know.

A person bragging about his scientific education appealing to the supernatural. Where did you get your education? Bob Jones university?

"if conclusions contradict the word of God, the conclusions are wrong no matter how many scientific facts may appear to back them."biology textbook printed by conservative Christian publisher Bob Jones University Press

 

[man]

Quote from acronym:

Religion (re, ignorance, prejudice) is, and always has been the driving force of mass hysteria, the most dangerous phenomena known to man.
Disagree?

not really. people can and will abuse anything ... and be
it the most beautiful thing possible.

 

[man]

Quote from jem:

I do not think Eastern religion and Christianity are similar at all.

maybe you lack first hand experience with the eastern
way ...

 

[acronym]

Quote from rcanfiel:

I have a BS in biology & MS in Computer engineering. I spend major amounts of time staying current in most of the latest scientific research. I am quite confident my present amount of knowledge of science would bury yours.
I am no detester of science, but much of their pursuits are little more than faith.

Well thats lovely for you, but i have experienced, personally, events that prove multi dimensional timespace. Or is it linear timespace........confusing shit.

I dont even know the jargon, and i cant describe it per se.

You dont know, what you think you know, thats all i can say.

 

[nitro]

Quote from vhehn:

...Where did you get your education? Bob Jones university?...

Isn't that a steak house?

nitro

 

[jem]

Quote from man:

maybe you lack first hand experience with the eastern
way ...

That is a fair comment. I have only reviewed it. I have not really studied it.

Care to elaborate on the Godhead and how humans may find themselves in their highest state?

 

[I am...]

Quote from jem:

That is a fair comment. I have only reviewed it. I have not really studied it.

Care to elaborate on the Godhead and how humans may find themselves in their highest state?

Father >> Son

Spirit-Mind >> Spirit-Mind

Mind of Son wanders, seems to split, stops communicating.

Father >> Holy Spirit >> Son's wandering mind
>> Son

Father creates Holy Spirit to mediate communication between Father and Son's wandering mind, to bring it back into communion.

The mind imagines life opposite to life with/as God. His impression of himself becomes...

"God">>Time >> Space >> Form >> Man

...not to mention many other confusing ideas. All the ideas are to obscure the truth:

Father >> Son

In between is placed the imagined:

Father>>"God">>Time >> Space >> Form >> Man>>Son

This is irreconcilable. Truth and illusion do not mix. Renounce the illusions obstructing communication by making them meaningless. Find yourself back in your highest state:

Father >> Son

But as a result of this excursion, you will find a brother to welcome you home:

Father >> Son
>> Holy Spirit



This is the parable of the "prodigal Son" restated. In the meantime, the Son wandered East, West, North, and South. It was all a dream in which he nearly destroyed himself. His Brother helped him out of it. His Brother was created just as the mind was embarking on its useless journey. In this way, the Father saved the Son before time and space intervened. So the journey was useless and meaningless. But every loving thought along the way has been purified and saved for eternity.

Is this Eastern? Is this Western? It is the truth.

Jesus

 

[I am...]

Quote from rcanfiel:

And from scrutinizing your posts, a rather poor grasp of Scripture.

This is what the scribes and Pharisees said to me when they heard about my parable of the "prodigal Son". They could not find that anywhere in their Bibles!

Jesus

 

[I am...]

Quote from acronym:

Well thats lovely for you, but i have experienced, personally, events that prove multi dimensional timespace. Or is it linear timespace........confusing shit.

Tell us a story!

Jesus