Is it a sin to seek knowledge?

[Sal]

Seems that God is not as responsible to his children as human parents are.


Just another glitch showing how poorly we create our Gods.


Regards
DL

well there's a time line in there as well as cultural influence...when we know better, we do better

 

[French Patriot]

well there's a time line in there as well as cultural influence...when we know better, we do better

Indeed. Secular law and morality has put all the Gods in their graves.


That is where rejected laws and dead Gods belong.


Regards
DL

 

[talloola]

Is that meaning you cannot sin against others or that they cannot sin against you or your loved ones?

no, it simply means what I said, that word is not in my vocabulary, but many others are that make

much more sense to me, that would cover 'your' meanings when you use the word sin, I don't believe

in any gods, so saying I sin against any of them or others, would be nonsensical.

 

[damngrumpy]

Quotes from a 2000 year old book as a recipe for life is a bit dubious
at best. We also tend to see literal translations and jump on them as
the single view.

For example Christ spent 40 days and 40 nights on the desert.
Actually forty in Arabic and Aramaic have literal meaning. Forty
translates to the word "many"
So many days and many nights how many we don't know.

The miracle of the Good Samaritan was not the fact he helped a man
of a different culture. Samaritans were enemies therefore the miracle
or unusual event was "There was a Good Samaritan"

If you start reading you have to look for the real meanings as most events
are historical events that are embellished but the essence of the story may
contain chunks of the truth.

Also remember many quotes attributed to Jesus writing or saying them is
suspect as the New Testament was written about seventy years after JC was
gone.

 

[Sal]

Quotes from a 2000 year old book as a recipe for life is a bit dubious
at best. We also tend to see literal translations and jump on them as
the single view.

For example Christ spent 40 days and 40 nights on the desert.
Actually forty in Arabic and Aramaic have literal meaning. Forty
translates to the word "many"
So many days and many nights how many we don't know.

The miracle of the Good Samaritan was not the fact he helped a man
of a different culture. Samaritans were enemies therefore the miracle
or unusual event was "There was a Good Samaritan"

If you start reading you have to look for the real meanings as most events
are historical events that are embellished but the essence of the story may
contain chunks of the truth.

Also remember many quotes attributed to Jesus writing or saying them is
suspect as the New Testament was written about seventy years after JC was
gone.

do you think your average individual is going to do that...I think many do...just not certain of how many

 

[MHz]

Quotes from a 2000 year old book as a recipe for life is a bit dubious
at best. We also tend to see literal translations and jump on them as
the single view.

I think the main idea is to also understand the story it is telling. A book by a single author (God) should have a singular view.

For example Christ spent 40 days and 40 nights on the desert.
Actually forty in Arabic and Aramaic have literal meaning. Forty
translates to the word "many"
So many days and many nights how many we don't know.

Yet the story mentions 40 after baptism of the Holy g\Ghost. That same baptism was given to the Disciple on the day of His resurrection and they would have done the 40 fast as well. Take it as a sign if somebody says they have been baptized by God. I read the Bible a lot and I get hungry if I go without food after even a few days. 40 days is a death sentence for a man. You don't seem to be aware of why a fasting was even done.

M't:17:18-21:
And Jesus rebuked the devil;
and he departed out of him:
and the child was cured from that very hour.
Then came the disciples to Jesus apart,
and said,
Why could not we cast him out?
And Jesus said unto them,
Because of your unbelief:
for verily I say unto you,
If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed,
ye shall say unto this mountain,
Remove hence to yonder place;
and it shall remove;
and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.

The miracle of the Good Samaritan was not the fact he helped a man
of a different culture. Samaritans were enemies therefore the miracle
or unusual event was "There was a Good Samaritan"

I wouldn't say that was the whole story but that is a pretty decent slant on it.

If you start reading you have to look for the real meanings as most events
are historical events that are embellished but the essence of the story may
contain chunks of the truth.

The book is also intentionally fragmented, if each of the 40 Scribes wrote one part then all 40 parts would be needed before you could understand any of them in the proper context.

Also remember many quotes attributed to Jesus writing or saying them is
suspect as the New Testament was written about seventy years after JC was
gone.

You don't know that, Luke:12-24 is about Christians in Judea between the time of the cross and the 70AD event. Not very helpful if the prophecy is written after the event. James mentions they are scattered so that would have been after 70AD and it is one of the later books. The qualification was the 4 Gospels could be written after they were baptized so they could have been in print in perfect Greek as the gift of languages was only a short time after the cross. Paul would have had a copy for his travels into the Nations.
If the book doesn't convince you then proof is in seeing things will. (like prophecy unfolding)

 

[DaSleeper]

never spend much time in school but I taught ladies plenty. It's true I hire my body out for pay, hey hey. I've gotten burned over Cheryl Tiegs, blown up for Raquel Welch. But when I end up in the hay it's only hay, hey hey. I might jump an open drawbridge, or Tarzan from a vine. 'Cause I'm the unknown stuntman that makes Eastwood look so fine.

There's a voice that keeps on calling me. Down the road, that's where I'll always be. Every stop I make, I make a new friend. Can't stay for long, just turn around and I'm gone again. Maybe tomorrow, I'll want to settle down, Until tomorrow, I'll just keep moving on.
One for all and all for one, Muskehounds are always ready. One for all and all for one, helping everybody.
One for all and all for one, it's a pretty story. Sharing everything with fun, that's the way to be. One for all and all for one, Muskehounds are always ready. One for all and all for one, helping everybody. One for all and all for one, can sound pretty corny. If you've got a problem chum, think how it could be.

 

[French Patriot]

Quotes from a 2000 year old book as a recipe for life is a bit dubious
at best. We also tend to see literal translations and jump on them as
the single view.

For example Christ spent 40 days and 40 nights on the desert.
Actually forty in Arabic and Aramaic have literal meaning. Forty
translates to the word "many"
So many days and many nights how many we don't know.

The miracle of the Good Samaritan was not the fact he helped a man
of a different culture. Samaritans were enemies therefore the miracle
or unusual event was "There was a Good Samaritan"

If you start reading you have to look for the real meanings as most events
are historical events that are embellished but the essence of the story may
contain chunks of the truth.

Also remember many quotes attributed to Jesus writing or saying them is
suspect as the New Testament was written about seventy years after JC was
gone.

True and we must wonder why it took Rome and Christianity so long, over 300 years, to make a long dead Jesus a part of the Trinity.


It almost seems that that was a political decision and not a religious one.


Regards
DL

 

[MHz]

not a religious one.


Regards
DL

In the religious realm all would seem to qualify as bring only stumbling blocks to the table. Best of luck with that.

1Co:8:9:
But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.