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vonmarschall:
You all are great.  I appreciate your openness.  All points are valid.  And yes I do agree.  How did Christianity last so long?  The fact that Christ was the son of God could certainly be the reason why it has lasted so long.

What do people think about the whole Holy Grail thing being Mary Magdelin?  I know the Da Vinci Code is a fictional book, but it is based on a lot of historical texts.  I think the fictional  characters do represent the results of the research by the author.

Chris

orion77:
Chris, there are many upon many books wrote that can sway one from searching Gods own word.  This is what I would rather rely on.  There was a time where I would read many of these kinds of books, but seemed to only bring confusion.

The promoters spend lots of money to get their books into the limelight, to hook us into spending our hard earned money to buy their books.  Nowadays it is being focused on religion...like I said, to me religion is a four letter word, so I stay away from those things and let the carnally minded fight it out amongst themselves.

God bless,

Gary

vonmarschall:
I do notice latey that there is a ton of movies/shows on religions. Especially Christianity.  There are two categories.  #1 tries to debunk Christ and the Bible.  #2 Focuses on Hell and Damnation if you are not saved.

It is almost as if the two agendas are at war.  Fighting for power.  The bottom line is they are both wrong in my opinion.  Very few understand at all.  I mean I LOVE the movie Constantine, and I love the whole battle between good and evil theme in movies, but to me this is fantasy.  (The Hell Part)  I don't believe God would torture us in that way at all.

So we have two situations here.

1.  Those trying to steer us away from Christ.
2.  Those trying to keep us true to Christ through fear.

It is so bad that we have resorted to this effort.  If you bring people to Christ out of fear, you are giving power to Satan's agenda.  You don't teach submission and a true willingness to be more like Christ.  These converts fear a fictional angry God that says "do this or burn."

Grrrrr it is frustrating.

I seek God because I want to know God.  I want to submit although I still have selfish agendas.  I try my best, and I want to improve.  Not out of fear, but out of a true desire to love and respect God.

Chris

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