well its due time.
2 subjects today.
1. apologizing.
why do we apologize so much? and for things we definitely cant control? things that are not our fault? and is it a good thing?
maybe im alone in this flaw, but i want to address it anyway. i find myself apologizing at least once a minute, and i know its annoying. do i feel guilty? comment...
2. spiritual war!
ugh bible class, but whats new?
the name Kay Arthur results in such revulsion from me its sad.
she did a whole "teaching" (advertisement really) on how we are witnessing to God and angels and demons.
which i do NOT agree with.
me- hi. i go to a nondenominational school
bystander- what do you learn?
me- about how wrong my teachings are and how i have to bend into a smaller mold. basically how im wrong in general.
bystander- you go to ets, dont you.
me- yup.
ugh! anyway. this women takes a single verse from the entire book of ephesians (6:12) , (and the bible) and decides that things in heaven need witnessing. and that we are fighting the spiritual forces trying to take down jesus. thoughts please.
3. (i know i said 2) the opposite of chrisitianity.
ive been writing this post over 2 days and today i was with my mother and some of her friends talking about another believer. apparently the women has been doing a bible study at her church and was showing the cirriculum she was using to "susie". susie was telling my mom that the book was teaching socialism, not chrisitianity. (those are opposites, you know) susie said this believer was being misled. it made me sad, because i love susie, shes a very dear friend of mine. i feel shes being misled.
and 4. end times
ive learned to focus on life before death, but its still interesting. ive been talking about the signs with different people, and i question things like a one world gov't and currency. just because them happening means jesus is on his way, does that mean theyre bad? more thoughts please...
i know i havent really said much, but im hoping this post is more of a dicussion starter.
love you guys!
1. sorry, i wouldn't know. and you know gosh-darned well you're not alone, you antagonize me for it all the time.
ReplyDelete2. yeah, i never like when people tell me to pick up that sword of the spirit and go to war, fending off the flaming arrows of the devil with my shield of faith. it's like 300 for christians. it's better to walk in shoes of peace.
3. could i have more detail? it sounds sort of confusing. even to a socialist.
4. I... I really hold that prophecy can't be totally trusted. I don't think the future is absolute, and the prophecies about Jesus were only true because his coming was absolutely set in the future.
People have been freaking out about the end times forever. most of the disciples just sat around after jesus left to see if he was coming straight back. There was a ground of evangelicals in the colonies that waited on a hill on a certain date for Jesus to come back for them. And the books. "88 Reasons Jesus is Coming back in 1988" or whatever it is. please.
Just because these things are happening and they're prophesied signs of Jesus' return aren't bad at all. Hell, I can't WAIT for Jesus to come, if I live to see it I'll be so happy. But just because they're happening doesn't mean Jesus is coming back either.
Alright, well i don't think my comment is going to be quite as long as my predecessor, but anyway.
ReplyDeleteMy history teacher is always picking on the fact how most "christians" are republican and therefore even the thought of socialism is blasphemy. but i never understood that. i don't know where i heard this (and it may be a ridiculous statement, but i see some truth in it) but someone said that they thought Jesus would have been a socialist.
And if you think about it, alot of the things that Jesus preaches about loving your neighbor and the poor and how the bible it says everyone is more or less equal (psalm 62:9 - but correct ,me if i'm misinterpretting this verse) and if you think about it, that's pretty much the concept of socialism
personally, i don't view socialism as a bad thing (even not from a christian viewpoint). i mean we SHOULD all help each other out. so if non-christians can grasp this concept in the name of socialism, what is keeping christians from seeing it? but i don't think christianity and socialism should be viewed as complete opposites. (except for the fact that one is a religion, the other a political party.)
and about the end of the world. whenever i hear about the one world money system or government, something in me gets a little scared. most likely its because of the prophecies that that signifies the end of the world, but nonetheless, i don't think that a one world money system would necessarily be a bad thing. i mean maybe then there would be less wars.
well maybe i was wrong. this comment is a bit longer than i thought it would be. lol. <3 you
well, actually i am a socialist, so hehe. i appreciate the comment though! thanks! and i wrote your letter, but its snowing like crazy over here, so it might take a while to get to you. <3 u!
ReplyDeleteyay! i was worrying that you didn't get it. but...success!! we'll bring writing letters back. start a new trend. hehe
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