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2timothy316 wrote: Wed Mar 31, 2021 2:01 pm I don't think the false predestination god should be the one to define that seeing how he is willing to torture people eternally for conditions that he placed on them. The false predestination god is a sicko.
Q:1 Is there a "True Predestination God?"

Q2: Even if hellish experiences exist for individuals, does this mean that the god is "a sicko"?

Or

Q:2.1 Is the god only a "Sicko" if those hellish experiences last forever for said individuals?

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William wrote: Sat Apr 10, 2021 4:59 pm I think some of the issues that people find with 'predestination' might be resolved if they understood:

That there is no place of eternal and conscious torment but there are indeed horrific experiences which fearful souls do indeed create for themselves to experience, although these are not eternal, because they are not real. They are impermanent creations which manifest because those who create them are uninformed and have attitudes which promote such creations, largely through fearfulness.
Sure, that might resolve an issue of predestination for some people. It opens up a whole new set of issues (as previously discussed). But perhaps not so much for predestination.



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William wrote: Sat Apr 10, 2021 5:04 pm
tam wrote: Sat Apr 10, 2021 4:53 pm The Church is the Body of Christ; the Church is the people (with Christ as their Head). The Church is not a religion. I'm not sure what you are suggesting the Church is.
I can go along with your interpretation as to what The Church is representative of Tammy - What I am referring to is related to that. It is the Spirit of Christ to which I am pointing to in relation to what I termed as the reality "all are brought into the greater knowledge [of The Creators Reality] beyond the heavens and the hells that they have created [for the most part - unconsciously] for themselves to experience."

As we know, The Body of Christ experienced great horrors....
Yes, but those 'horrors' (by which I take you to mean persecution, execution) were real.


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tam wrote: Sat Apr 10, 2021 5:22 pm
William wrote: Sat Apr 10, 2021 5:04 pm
tam wrote: Sat Apr 10, 2021 4:53 pm The Church is the Body of Christ; the Church is the people (with Christ as their Head). The Church is not a religion. I'm not sure what you are suggesting the Church is.
I can go along with your interpretation as to what The Church is representative of Tammy - What I am referring to is related to that. It is the Spirit of Christ to which I am pointing to in relation to what I termed as the reality "all are brought into the greater knowledge [of The Creators Reality] beyond the heavens and the hells that they have created [for the most part - unconsciously] for themselves to experience."

As we know, The Body of Christ experienced great horrors....
Yes, but those 'horrors' (by which I take you to mean persecution, execution) were real.


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Everything which can be experienced by a conscious self aware entity, can be experienced as real Tammy. But not necessarily as a permanent experience...so not really a real reality...

The only thing which is actually Real, Is The Creators Realm.

In relation to this current reality experience, all things suffering, persecuted, executed etc...are essentially "The Body Of Christ"...but the physical universe is not permanent so is not really real in that sense...

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William wrote: Sat Apr 10, 2021 5:31 pm
tam wrote: Sat Apr 10, 2021 5:22 pm
William wrote: Sat Apr 10, 2021 5:04 pm
tam wrote: Sat Apr 10, 2021 4:53 pm The Church is the Body of Christ; the Church is the people (with Christ as their Head). The Church is not a religion. I'm not sure what you are suggesting the Church is.
I can go along with your interpretation as to what The Church is representative of Tammy - What I am referring to is related to that. It is the Spirit of Christ to which I am pointing to in relation to what I termed as the reality "all are brought into the greater knowledge [of The Creators Reality] beyond the heavens and the hells that they have created [for the most part - unconsciously] for themselves to experience."

As we know, The Body of Christ experienced great horrors....
Yes, but those 'horrors' (by which I take you to mean persecution, execution) were real.


Peace again to you.
Everything which can be experienced by a conscious self aware entity, can be experienced as real Tammy. But not necessarily as a permanent experience.

The only thing which is actually Real, Is The Creators Realm.

In relation to this current reality experience, all things suffering, persecuted, executed etc...are essentially "The Body Of Christ"...
That doesn't make sense, William.

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tam wrote: Sat Apr 10, 2021 5:19 pm Peace to you,
William wrote: Sat Apr 10, 2021 4:59 pm I think some of the issues that people find with 'predestination' might be resolved if they understood:

That there is no place of eternal and conscious torment but there are indeed horrific experiences which fearful souls do indeed create for themselves to experience, although these are not eternal, because they are not real. They are impermanent creations which manifest because those who create them are uninformed and have attitudes which promote such creations, largely through fearfulness.
Sure, that might resolve an issue of predestination for some people. It opens up a whole new set of issues (as previously discussed). But perhaps not so much for predestination.



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Likely not at all I think.

The 'problem" of predestination is only a problem for those who cannot dovetail their particular ideas of The Creator into it.

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That doesn't make sense, William.
Why not Tammy?

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William wrote: Sat Apr 10, 2021 5:36 pm [Replying to tam in post #65]
That doesn't make sense, William.
Why not Tammy?
Because you are defining the Body of Christ as "all things suffering, persecuted, executed."

That doesn't make sense, nor is that what the Body of Christ is (as already stated).

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tam wrote: Sat Apr 10, 2021 5:40 pm
William wrote: Sat Apr 10, 2021 5:36 pm [Replying to tam in post #65]
That doesn't make sense, William.
Why not Tammy?
Because you are defining the Body of Christ as "all things suffering, persecuted, executed."

That doesn't make sense, nor is that what the Body of Christ is (as already stated).

Peace again to you.
Only in answer to your own statement...This is part of what the BoC is which identifies it, rather than all.

And I mentioned it in relation to the Spirit of Christ, which is not the same as the Body of Christ in that example.

If The Church is The Body of Christ, The Spirit of Christ is not contained within said body alone - and it is the body of Christ which suffers, not The Spirit of Christ.

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Peace to you,
William wrote: Sat Apr 10, 2021 6:11 pm
tam wrote: Sat Apr 10, 2021 5:40 pm
William wrote: Sat Apr 10, 2021 5:36 pm [Replying to tam in post #65]
That doesn't make sense, William.
Why not Tammy?
Because you are defining the Body of Christ as "all things suffering, persecuted, executed."

That doesn't make sense, nor is that what the Body of Christ is (as already stated).

Peace again to you.
Only in answer to your own statement...This is part of what the BoC is which identifies it, rather than all.
And do you have any evidence to present for this statement, William?
And I mentioned it in relation to the Spirit of Christ, which is not the same as the Body of Christ in that example.
The Spirit who IS Christ is the person Himself (Christ Jaheshua); see 2 Corinth 3:18. The spirit that Christ gives us (holy spirit that the Father has given to the Son without end, and that the Son gives to whomever He chooses) is within us, if indeed we have received it.

I do not know what you are are trying to say when you use the term, "Spirit of Christ".



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[Replying to tam in post #70]

Yes. It is best not to confuse the topic at hand by injecting a discussion on the differences between BoC and SoC.

Do you have any evidence to support that The Creator is not omniscient and therefore is not a "Predestination God" as some are referring to It?

Because it appears to be that The 'problem" of predestination is only a problem for those who cannot dovetail their particular ideas of The Creator into it.

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