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11-07-2007, 10:32 PM
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It doesn't matter how they were originally told. The ethnic inflection can be about a literal person/time/event. The underlying elementary idea is what people see in the lives of people like JC. The metaphors (even if they speak to something that originally was considered literal) speak to the nature of the prophet.
The virgin birth is not about a literal birth.. It's about the divine nature of his teachings. It's about a spiritual birth different from the rest of humanity. It's about a psychological transformation.
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12-06-2007, 09:38 PM
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I'm a Christian. 
__________________ John 1:1, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."
John 3:16, "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."
John 14:6, "Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." | |
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02-18-2008, 12:34 PM
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|  Dear og
[quote]It's about the divine nature of his teachings.[quote]
What Jesus teachings were that nature ?  | |
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03-18-2008, 11:53 PM
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Hi! I'm new here, but I am a Christian. | |
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10-07-2008, 05:15 PM
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Hey, I'm new here and I'm a Christian. Good to meet you all. | |
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10-07-2008, 07:20 PM
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doesn't look like we're attracting that many christians ... at least from the dates they've posted their declarations and they haven't stayed around if they are ..... yes I know we have BB, composter and abel but I'm talking about the others ..... just Moe, Curley and Larry ... the 3 apostles ....
sorry BB, couldn't resist the temptation .... been a long day and I'm trying to get some humor back into my life ... you guys just happen to be my "whipping boys" 
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"Ubi dubium ibi libertas."
"We are all lone souls. It pays to know humility, lest the delusion of control, of mastery, overwhelms. And indeed, we seem a species prone to that delusion, again and ever again ....." | |
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10-08-2008, 12:44 AM
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|  Get the Whole Roll In There...
Don't forget Dani'El; not a Christian, but a fundie nonetheless! And a very verbal one at that!
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10-08-2008, 12:53 AM
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|  From Croatia? Spent a Little Time There...
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Originally Posted by Donatus  Hi! I'm new here, but I am a Christian. | Catholic? Just guessing, based on Croatia being your home. Where at? I spent about six months in Slavonski Brod back in '98. I took a class in Serbo-Croatian, but it's been so long I can't say that I remember much... Oh, and welcome aboard. Hope you have fun here! 
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SSG Michael B. Jackson
"Punish the guilty and keep the innocent nervous!"
Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done and why. Then do it.
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