2 Corinthians 10-13

[wolfpurplemoon]

Paul and his followers have powerful weapons to tear down arguments against God, and they take thoughts captive to make them obey Christ (no freethinking in Paul's church). People say that Paul is forceful in writing but weak in person.

Paul is worried that the newly-converted will be led astray by someone with a better offer, a legitimate concern as these people were already converted once they are probably open to anything.

Paul has suffered more for Jesus than most, he is therefore more of a servant of Christ than many others, he's been imprisoned more, beaten more, and faced death many times (he's not boasting though).

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break free

[zen-says.livejournal.com]

the real captives are those bound by imaginery invisible man in the sky, accusing them of fallen short of his standard of moral, whereby the invisible "destroyed" the human race, killed the "1st borns babies in egypt" and blamed you for looking at a woman's boobs.....

sure,,,,, break off your chains of slavery, dump your imaginery god and find your real life,,,,, there are no afterlife, live now and in the present,,,,,

Re: break free

[(Anonymous)]

I've walked several paths and I'm quite happy on God's, thanks. Anyone who claims to be a Christian but feels like they arent free to live a full and rewarding life isnt doing it right. If after this life there is nothing else then at least I won't be disappointed. If you're wrong, though... yikes!

Ultimately it's a faith bet for both of us- no one can prove empirically beyond any doubt the existence of a creator or the lack of one. I like my odds and payout a lot more than yours, so I'll let it ride.

Good luck with that whole godless / pointless thing!

Re: break free

[wolfpurplemoon]

Please take your patronising tone elsewhere thankyou.