Not exact matches
The actual problem that many folks have is being
told that a collection
of books written by human beings with an agenda is the
absolute only possible
truth in the universe.
I think if tf was honest and
told me that he can't prove to me his God even though he may know the
truth of it in his heart, then I could accept that, and he might also then see he shouldn't be trying so hard to put that cart before the horse regarding these
absolute assertions on morality.
Since Jesus Christ founded the Catholic Church and placed good men in charge
of it, and because it was the Catholic Church which put the Books
of the Bible in the Bible and coined the word «Bible», and because the Bible
tells us that the Church is the pillar and foundation
of Truth, and because these good men [that you refer to as misguided] are the ones ordained and «sent», [just like Jesus was «sent» by the Father], are at the «helm»
of His Church and have the
absolute authority to interpret the Bible, I am so inclined to be ever so thankful that Jesus Christ set it all up this way so that the burdens and crosses that I may bear will become as light as the yoke that Jesus Christ promised if we are willing to follow him, and not our will be done but His.
But if you truly believe in the god
of the Bible, don't you also have to consider it possible that he's
telling the
absolute truth?
Every time there was some ridiculous little quibble over theology or doctrine (like how many angels could dance on the head
of a pin), there'd be a schism, and 2 different groups would go their separate ways, each one convinced it had a lock on God's
absolute truth and that their opponents with heathen heretic apostate sinners doomed (DOOMED, I
tell you!)
Eberhard Jüngel raised the
telling question: «Is not Feuerbach right when he fears that theology is more interested in the «
absolute power
of God» and in the «hidden God» (potentia dei absoluta, deus absconditus) than it is in the
truth that God is love?»
My little corner
of the internet where we are keeping it real and
telling the
absolute truth about momlife; where no one will judge you if you can't quite remember how you got that unidentifiable stain (guac?
Sarah Polley's poignant documentary: «Stories We
Tell»; explores layers
of myths and memories, through a series
of intimate interviews, to uncover
absolute truths in her very own family
of storytellers.
Truth be
told, No More Heroes was one
of the
absolute best (and most under - appreciated) games for the original Wii, with its sequel, No More Heroes 2, lagging only slightly behind it.
«Nothing can replace the warmth and immediacy
of Basquiat's poetry, or the
absolute questions and
truths that he delivered,» Depp
told Enrico Navarra for the book Jean - Michel Basquiat, published in 2000.
AAPG Communications director Larry Nation
told the New York Times «It is fiction, but it has the
absolute ring
of truth.»