How big is it, then? Can you provide me with a definitive number for the amount of suns it contains?
I agree.
How can we get rid of our sinfulness?
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I can tell you that. The number is called aleph-one, it represents the cardinality of the real numbers, our universe is that big. As to the number of stars, that's aleph-null. Remember, if we can someday measure it, then it is measurable. If we will never be able to measure it, and no one ever will be able to, that is unmeasurable, regardless of our current limitations or position.
You could argue that sin is that sort of thing... in fact I generally argue that. I actually believe that moral objectivity is just false. I do not think that you can ever completely know that what you did is universally wrong, only that what you did was bad based on some principals that you have accepted.
Cardinalities are just a measurement of the elements in a set. Aleph one is a vaguery. How many light years across is the universe?
How many stars are in an aleph null? Remember I said in defintive numbers.
Pretty much. Personally, I rely just on my perception of whether something I did caused discomfort or harm to anyone else; usually they tell me if I did. That keeps it simple for me and I'm pretty good at not doing those things. The one I keep slipping up on though is the seventh cardinal sin, sloth. I get lazy now and then.
Hope you're getting more than minimum wage.
hey, just so ya know, sanctus is a priest in the catholic church.
you can probably measure the body waves or whatever, but you cant measure how a person feels, or what she thinks.and you cant measure those sorts of things because they are emotions
what do you think the job of the church is anyway?for me it would seem to be doing whatever god tells it to do, if that is what they are all about anyway
God gives us our will to do what you want, and because of our ignorance, selfishness, pride, blindness, weakness, lack of faith, you name it, etc:
- we don't see Jesus Death's is for us,
- we are not truly sorry for our sins,
- we don't know that if without God's Mercy, we are doomed for eternity in the fire of Hell.
- we don't see that our sins hurt Jesus enough.
- we don't thank Him enough for His Death and resurrection.
We are so blinded by our sins.
I am sure many others can give you more reasons.
The need for our salvation then is freely offered by our sinless God with his own death on the cross. Having lived a sinless life, Christ offers us his own death in place of our own to assume the penalty of our actions that we deserve. Placing faith in Jesus Christ and asking him to indwell within you assures us of our spiritual salvation when we physically die. That is the promise of God, which is why we Catholics share this good news with others.
If one wants the gift of salvific assurance, then all one would have to do is take account of one's sins, acknowledge one's need for a savior, and pray to receive Christ the way one would receive a gift. Then one should seek out a Catholic Church and ask the priest for guidance to ensure one's faith is properly disposed to receive Christ fully at a mass (classes are required for non-Catholics) and partake of the sacraments to shed our sinfulness while still on earth. We call this process living the life of grace.
God made us to His likeness and that ment that we have our own minds to make up. We are not made like a computer. You might remember St Paul saying "Body of mine why do you do the things I detest"? (Acts of)
The love of God NEVER controls unless for a reason God demands something to show that He and He alone is God of all. Take Paul (saul) when he was knocked off his horse and God appointed him as an apostle. Up til that time Saul had sinned manny times.
God gives us the spirit of control, and the spirit of discernment those are His gift to us should we ask for them. However God also knows our heart, take the sinner on the cross who asked Jesus to remember him when He went into His kingdom, God's mersy saw right into the persons heart and mercy was given him just as it is given those of us who sin ( make mistakes) through our own weaknesses.
God like all good fathers (and better) allows us to live in freedom not caged up animals. So His Mercy oversees our hearts and thoughts, just as He expects His children to exercise mercy on our brothers and sisters ( all people) here.
Repentance is key to being forgiven; a person who approaches someone to ask forgiveness is, in essence, then repentant of what he did. A person who is not sorry for what he did will not ask for forgiveness, and hence could not be forgiven. It's actually simple, common sense.
Should pay attention in science class, hun. Or perhaps that stuff isn't taught till psych 101 or so, but it's in the science mags anyway. EEGs measure brain waves and how intense they can get. It's a very well researched subject. Everything a body does is sorted out throught the brain, that includes autonomous functions as well as voluntary functions and each action by the brain is measurable as it is only electrochemical activity and electrical signals can be measured down to nanovolts and the like.
I think the job of whatever faith is simply a guide for people to live by. As Einstein once said, "The desire for guidance, love, and support prompts men to form thesocial or moral conception of God." Some of us can do quite well without this support and guidance; others obviously cannot.
Sinless god? Which one are you referring to? There have been myriads of sinless gods. Pretty tough for a myth to actually commit a sin.
Um, if you are referring to Yahweh, the critter has been written several times in the holey bible to have broken its own commandments.
Why sin in the first place? Seems to me that if one defies doing the things laid out in the 10 commandments and the cardinal sins, one can be pretty much sin free. And all that takes is some self-control and willpower.
Um, see it's my opinion that man made gods in his own image. My body does things I don't like once in a while; it creaks and pains and such things. I think that comes with age and I don't consider aging a sin.
Far be it for me to bend your opinion to mine, but your god acts an awful lot like humans do, what with the temper tantrums, the murder, the jealousy, etc. That's one reason why I think man invented gods.
I have self-control, I have the power of judgement, etc. and I never asked for these attributes from anyone: I learned them, I developed them within myself.
Uhuh. All this stuff may be written into your bible, but I prefer to follow simpler and more concise guidelines to life and a lot less hearsay.
Common sense view there Gilbert, though true. But if you are right, then I stand to loose nothing. And if you are wrong, well, I loose all that Yahweh can give me.
The world offers me everything, riches, glory and fame, and on the other side, poverty, sicknesses and disease, and most of all death.
This things we all share whether we believe in a God or not. The only advantage one would have over the other is one been born to a rich family over one born in poverity.
Now, in the case of the believer in God, not just “a” god, but Yahweh God, then of one is rich in spirit, of which this world could not and can not touch.
The world can have your body but not your soul.
The choice not to believe in Yahweh God, is absolutely “OK”.
But one thing I can surely say, I know there is a God, who dearly loves me and works to my end.
The end that is: in overcoming everything this world has to offer in lieu of His love.
One can be in this world, but one does not have to be of this world.
There in lies the choice.
Peace>>>AJ
I have read it, yes. Truth is a universal message, if you will. What is in the Scriptures regarding life is understood in many cultures. The unique quality of the Bible is its indication that it is God who spreads His truth to mankind.
And for me, I know for a fact that God exists. I too have a relationship with His world, but in it I see so many points of evidence for not only His existence, but His continued presence in our lives.
Whenever you have any organization that involves mankind in its membership, you are going to have some of the members not behaving in accordance with the stated standards/beliefs of the organization. That does not make the Church corrupt, or evil in essence. The Church itself, being created and governed by God, is perfect. Some of its members though....
We call the process conversion. I am somewhat uncomfortable with your statement regarding "receiving Christ as your Saviour". This smacks a bit of protestant pentecostalism and is not in accordance with the teachings of the Church. Yes, we are to allow the Spirit of God, Jesus, into our hearts, but be careful of this "personal relationship" with Jesus stuff. That smacks of humanism.