Anyways, welcome to yet another torture session rant of mine. Today I will be rambling on and on and on again and again about theology, and more specific MY theological interpretations. I will be talking about a variety of topics, and will update occasionally. 1. Kosher Law: Kosher law was made by God to help the Israelites grow strong. The reason for this is that foods commonly banned in Kosher law are actually unhealthy and require specific cooking ...
So beginneth another rant. Now, there's a hotbed of relgious debate on pen (though I use pencil) and paper gaming and whatnot. Here's my opinion on the matter. Is it clearly fiction? My opinion is that though many Pen and Paper games tend to stray towards the dark arts and the occult, and thus should be avoided, as long as it is clearly distinguishable from real life there is no problem. Yes, I have seen/heard the propaganda that Dungeons...
Welcome to the second rant on my theology. I'm gonna go straight to the good stuff. This one's a tad shorter. 6. Heaven: I believe that Heaven is both a place and state of mind, and that as finite beings we are not meant to know much about Heaven or Hell. 7. Walking away from Salvation: I believe that it is possible to lose one's salvation by turning from God, but He will forgive us if we turn back to Him. &n...
God gave his only son that all who believed in Him might be saved, for God did not send his only son into the world to condemn it, but to save it, that all may have salvation. (Paraphrased John 3:16-17) Salvation is God's free gift to all who accept Jesus Christ, but only those who accept Him and His Son are allowed into Heaven. It's not hard, people. God gave us Jesus, who lived a perfect and blameless life to be the blood sacrifice that washed away all ...
I believe that death is a step into the perfect unknown. I also believe that death is not something to be taken into one's own hands. Death is simply a stepping block between Earth and the Final Destination (Heaven for the followers of Jesus Christ, and Hell for every one else, and some who profess falsely to believe in Jesus Christ). I believe that death is something ordained by God to happen at a specific time and date in a specific manner. Therefore I do not fear death, nor...
Now, I'm not such terribly great a scholar, when it comes to Catholicism, but I'm gonna try to lay out some differences. Catholicism has more rituals, Protestantism has virtually none. Catholicism has a central leader, Protestantism has, again, virtually none (though large groups may adopt specific leaders). Catholicism took longer to adopt the native languages of the people, Protestantism was bred in these languages. Here are some similarities. Both are true-blood, b...
Now, everyone should know, before reading this, that I am against two things with a vengeance. Abortion, and embryonic stem cell research are major evils in today's society. Embryonic stem cell research and abortion are similar, yet different. Abortion involves chopping up a baby at some point in its developmental state. Embryonic stem cell research involves removing parts of a baby at some part of its development (before it even forms). Either kill the b...
Welcome to yet another politically charged rant. This time, I will be describing my views on cloning. I'm not gonna write it in a paragraph, I'm gonna list, to make it easier for all you. Cloning is best used specifically in God's mandated stewardship (rescuing endangered species). Cloning is not to be used on sentient life, that gets to the point of playing God. Cloning is not to be used to cross-breed life. Remember the Mino...
Welcome to yet another political rant. People like 'em more than my other ones. Or maybe they get featured more. Dunno. I'm gonna touch a hot topic of religion and homosexuality. Yeah. Most people can click the red X or whatever at the top right or left of their browser now. You probably won't like what I have to say. I believe that homosexuality is wrong. God designed sex for totally different purposes than pure pleasure. Homosexuality i...
I've heard the "It's against my religion" excuse so many times. It's not a good reason. I'm gonna put a Christian slant on it, but this is probably universally true. If the reason you don't like something is because "it's against my religion", you need to reevaluate your life. Sure there are things that your religion may prevent you from doing, but, to tell you the truth, you should find them objectionable, or wrong, rather than just "against my religion". You should follow the rules, but if you...
Many people have asked why bad things happen. They ask what they did to deserve it, and they may become bitter or angry at God, the world, life, or other people. And, to tell you the truth, they're justified. But, they do not understand how a "loving" God would let them suffer. I present a number of reasons why bad things happen. First, we have free will. This is our greatest loss, for it leads to all our suffering. In other words, bad things happen, often, because s...
What is the image of God? The Bible preaches that man is made in God's image. So, what part of man is representative of God? There are proponents of the "body" theory, which states that our bodies are made in the image of God. This basically states that God is in form, a biped with two arms, two eyes, two ears, two nostrils, and whatnot. This is, however, a theory, though it can be theoretically reinforced by stating that it is written that "the body is the T...
On Desire for God I believe that men are born with a desire for God that nothing else canfill. Granted, that's also Blaise Pascal's position, but ignore therelation between the guy my favorite programming language is namedafter and the article topic. I believe that when the world "gets usdown", it's due to this undiagnosed thirst. Yes, I do believe that Godis the answer to all our problems. I alsobelieve that this refutes evolution nice...
On Time What is it? Now, this is a mixed philosophy-religion article. So give me someslack here. Nobody will agree with all of this. Or almost nobody. Time is one-dimensional for us humans. In fact, we can only continueonwards, so it could be argued it's non-dimensional, merely aninfinitesmal blip on a timeline. This is how I believe we are not onlypredestined, but...
God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are the Trinity. They are joined in consciousness, although they are three seperate entities. They are one being in the physical sense. They are not vengeful, do not grow angry, and are just and merciful. They will forgive any transgressions. They will send those who refuse them to Hell. They will take those who follow them, and only them, to Heaven. They are our conscience and the source of our souls. They created the universe. &...