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How so?

he came at the right time for wat he wanted to do and he did it sucessfully so he must have come at the right time

Timing is everything. Everything builds on what has gone before. And this is true whether you believe religion to be manmade or godmade.

Noggin

But is time Godmade or manmade? Cool Yule to ya.

>'he came at the right time for wat he wanted to do and he did it sucessfully so he must have come at the right time' - You have to buy into the whole Christian myth to believe that one! The Christian church developed over a period of about 300 years, during which time it changed from a Jewish sect into the official Roman religion. See Constantine @ http://www.britannia.com/history/bb324.html

In 395 AD, Augustine became bishop of Hippo and wrote his Christian Doctrine. See Augustine: Life and Works, Elements of Christianity @ http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jod/augustine.html

>'like i sed before i can't argue for the existance of God I know He exist because i've felt Him working in me, through me.' - Why do you think that this is any different from other religions or from my belief or Math's Druidic beliefs?

My eldest son gave me a statue of a Chinese God called Shou-hsing. He is the god of old age and long life.



Alji the Magus

All God's come at the right time and the right place.
(even little one's wrapped in paper )
Each person lives in the right time and the perfect place.
Every act of cause and effect is perfect for every individual as it leads them along the path to where we all end up.
Truth never changes, because for something to be true it cannnot change, or else it was never true in the first place.
Time exists in the physical. The physical was created.
Time does not exist outside the physical, where we all end up eventually.
"I expect you don't know what I'm talking about, but don't worry, .....someday you will."

Tikibobber, the fact is that you cannot prove the non-existence of God any more than I can prove God's existence!

>>Luvkitty69, I hate you.<<
I presume you don't hate her, but if you do, it's not a good advertisement for non-belief! Merry Christmas and a Joyeux Noel, my friend!

I think I know what Luvkitty69 meant - I remember someone talking about that years back, about the Pax Romana meaning that the locality was the closest it got to cosmopolitan status, and enabling the nearest the 1st century could get to mass communication.

Hi, in reply to your post...please refer back to post3253.

I am informed by the researcher that there indeed was a distinction between Catholics and Christians....when refering to the Trinity...

"This is primarily a Catholic belief. Many Christians believe that God is the Father only - none other."...

I understand Jesus is son of God but when viewed in a wider context especially Christian criticism of no idol worship I think it comes across as contracdictory...for every man is also a child of God...its okay I understand but reality is only one God. Except so many religion...so many perspectives...so many believes...but not found one that explains everything without contradicting itself.

Seeker of TRUTH, read the thread @ http://www.beliefnet.com/boards/message_list.asp?boardID=35332&discussionID=207255

The majority of Christians believe in the Trinity. The Anglican Church uses the same creed as the Roman Catholic church. The Eastern Orthodox Church uses an earlier version of the creed. The difference between them; when reciting the Creed, Orthodox Christians say that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father, while Catholics say the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son.



Alji the Magus

I didnt actually say that being a Christian was the only way to know God although I believe it is
I said I know God exists cause I can feel Him at work in my life
As far as I know this debate is about the existance of God and not about which religion is the best/only/true religion
God, religion and christianity are all very different things

The person formerly known as Hasslefree !
Hangon a minute.
If the Prince of Wales (sorry first example springs to mind, which is a bit worrying really) is also Prince Charles, and the Duke of Cornwall amongst various titles, does this mean he is more then one person or thing? Or does a 'title' merely inform the listener of various aspects of him?
I've never really understood this is in some people, the assumption that a title, such as Father, Son and Holy Ghost means God is three entities.

I heard this on a CD I got as a present, sampled from Six Feet Under, the show that is my coincidental nemisis

"Why do people have to die?"
"To make life important."

"I didnt actually say that being a Christian was the only way to know God although I believe it is"

So you just did say it

I'm sorry that someone used the 'hate' word to you, perhaps they were experiencing low blood sugar or facing a present free Christmas.

Since I believe hate comes from fear, something you said or represented must have made the writer fearful.

I'm certain that being a Christian is the only way to know a Christian aspect of the God who created us all, and cares equally for all of us big and small.

meh, people who say that they hate people they dont know dont count as anything important

I dont just know God by being a Christian, I have a relationship with God by being a Christian and thats what makes Christianty different to other religions If you look close most religions say more or less the same thing but the difference is what you can get out of it

>'I have a relationship with God by being a Christian and thats what makes Christianty different to other religions'- What other religions have you been involved in?
Most religions claim to have a relationship with a God or gods. Christianity is not different.

Hass, you can use your old name on the new account. Hass, the trinity is not as simple as three diferent names for one God. Read my link above.

Alji the Magus

I was watching a programme on Sci-Trek last night. It was called Mind Readers and was about autism.
<QUOTE>
Documentary looking at autism and the controversial theory linking the disorder with the male mind. The programme questions whether an understanding of the condition can shed light on why men and women`s minds work so differently.

They tested autistic children to see if they could tell from photographs if people were happy, sad, frightened etc.

It has been shown that an area of the brain called the amygdala, (which means “almond-shaped”), controls our aggression and emotions and it is this which is dissfuncional. See http://www.autism.org/limbic.html
The amygdala is situated in what might be the region of the third eye of eastern mysticism but bellow and behind the frontal lobes.


Alji the Magus

'Most religions claim to have a relationship with a God or gods'

the word claim is what makes christianity different

Hi Alji. The programme or you seem to omit the hypothalamus. Very significant in emotional responses. Autism significantly includes social communication problems. That seem more like what you mention than 'agression' deficits.

Great idea having third eye in middle of head. Come on Alji! You can only stretch a point so far.

You mean Christianity doesn't claim it!?

I've seen this argument before, and it won't wash.

What's objectively different about the claims of other religions?

Are you saying that believers in other religions are lying? (All the hundreds of millions of them?) Or are you saying that they are mistaken? But if they are mistaken (if mistakes are possible) how do you know that you are not mistaken? How does the basic process by which YOU come to know God differ from the basic process by which THEY come to know God.

Where are the publicly demonstrable facts by which such a judgement could be made?

Noggin