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Exactly.
No, I am not.
Dear Cassandra,
Thank you very much for your serious and important questions.
Much appreciated.
I do not suppose what you are supposed to say.
You are responsible for yourself, and for your own Salvation.
I am not here to tell you what to think, nor what to do.
You are free to say whatever you like, and so am I.
" If this was a true deal, God would've had it written about it in the Bible."
Christianity did not end with the Old Testament,
and neither it ended with the New Testament.
Christ's ascension to Heaven was not the end of Christianity either. Quite to the contrary. Christ's ascension was just the beginning of Christianity, and Christianity will be unfolding and growing, being guided by the Holy Spirit, until the Second Coming of Christ, and beyond it, in Heaven for eternity.
Most importantly, Cassandra, in the Gospel of John, Jesus speaks to his disciples of his continuing presence following his crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension:
" I will not leave you orphaned; I am coming to you. In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me; because I live, you will also live. I have said these things to you while I am still with you. But the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and also remind you of all that I have said to you."
" I sure don't know why Father Main's input is important here."
Well, nobody here knows everything.
For me, and for tens of thousands of Christians around the world, who compose the body of the World Community for Christian Meditation, Father Main's input is much more important than your humble input here.
" And the New York Times Bestseller? Is that supposed to be a definitive thing?"
In principle, no New York Times bestseller could possibly ever be a definitive thing, in any sense of the word. And no sane Christian would ever replace the Holy Bible even with the all-time Number One bestseller from the New York Times Bestseller List, of course.
This bestseller, however, was written by Father Richard Rohr, a Catholic priest and a Franciscan monk, for Christians. I do realize that just because one million Christians happened to agree with Father Richard Rohr, it does not logically follow that they all must be correct.
And neither it logically follows that they all must have been deceived by the Devil.
If you prefer to prudently and safely limit yourself just to the Holy Bible, nobody will blame you, of course. Just keep in mind, please, that your valid self-imposed limits don't need to necessarily be the limits of the entire Truth.
Cassandra, I want you to know how much I do appreciate your noble intent to prevent others from going to Hell. You are not alone, because in addition to you, there is also God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and God's Angels, who all keep their watchful eyes on all of us, sinners. AMEN, sister.
And would that also include Master Gordon
My work is all based on something Paul the Apostle once said; He preached Christ and Him crucified. It remains the way in which I first challenge my own religious beliefs in order to see clearly enough to notice my brothers.
You see, my dear brother Gordon, you are not the only Christian
I agree with you, dear brother, that Christians don't need circles, but we still need some squares here and there, don't we? Would you agree with me, dear brother?
I am absolutely certain of it that NOT all the Catholics subscribe to what this poster (me!) is espousing, and this is the reason why I wrote the following post which all the Catholics and Christians should read before they democratically vote to burn me at the stake: https://www.christianityboard.com/threads/christian-meditation-and-interfaith-dialog.60309/page-4#post-1740343
Do all the Catholics subscribe to what the Protestants are espousing?
When we deal with religious views its a spiritual matter that holds us captive. My goal is not to change you; its enough for you to want to change when in the presence of Jesus. But I must say that those that strive to know God even as they are known by Him; are motivated to throw off their old life, rather than "put on" unnecessary religious baggage. The way to freedom is in Christ and at the Cross. I've said enough my friend; many blessings.You see, my dear brother Gordon, you are not the only Christian
who has ever challenged his own religious beliefs.
Because nobody gave you a formal permission
to challenge your own religious beliefs, then you
don't need to take it up on yourself to deny others
the opportunity to challenge their own religious beliefs.
In principle, the nature of Interfaith Dialog allows us
the opportunity to challenge our own religious beliefs,
and therein lies the important value of it for World Peace.
Granted, not all Christians feel the pressing need
to challenge their religious beliefs, and that is very well and fine.
However, unfortunately, many of these same Christians
somehow do feel the pressing need to prevent others
from doing so, and that is simply very wrong, because this is
precisely the kind of mentality that the Vatican authorities
had in their narrow dogmatic minds when forbidding
Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de Galilei from using
his much improved telescope and endorsing Copernican
heliocentrism that according to the infallible opinion
of Holy Catholic Inquisition in 1615 was officially proclaimed
to be foolish, absurd, and heretical since it contradicted biblical creationism.
After several such heretics had been publicly burned
at the stake, the Vatican authorities no longer insist
that the Earth must be flat.
Moreover, presently, the Vatican operates more than one telescope itself.
And speaking of improving the telescopes,
the latest and the greatest telescope,
the James Webb Space Telescope, has started
transmitting new and more accurate data to world scientists,
and these data have seriously contradicted the validity
of some well-established fundamental scientific assumptions.
So, yes, I do agree with the Holy Catholic Inquisition
that improving the telescopes is a bad idea.
It is more than obvious that you would prefer me not to say anything that you don't approve of, my dear brother LAMB, so you organized the good old Catholic witch-hunt:
Huh?
Huh?
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The O. P.
Merry Christmas to my Catholic brothers:
