12-12-2009, 11:47 AM
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(12-09-2009, 05:14 AM)Bring4th_Monica Wrote: So, I have a suggestion: Investigate Christian Universalism.
Hear, hear! I've had very positive experiences at Unitarian-Universalist and Quaker denominations. I forgot Carla's denomination- Episcopal? Methodist? I do remember that writing that her Christian minister warmly accepted both her love of Jesus and her disinterest in doctrine.
(12-10-2009, 01:02 PM)litllady Wrote: She asked me one day...'what do you think my bible says about what you believe in'....I smiled and said, 'well your bible would probably tell you to 'flee from me'.
Lynette, I don't understand at all why you had that response.
Carla wrote about how she decided to only open to channel any spirit that would affirm, three times in a row, that Jesus is Lord. Look at my thread "Understanding Carla's Challenge" for a detailed discussion of this point.
The primary teaching of Ra could be summarized as: love God and your neighbor. Heard that one before?
Yes, the Law of One material does dismiss the doctrines of original sin and substitutionary atonement. But it does say there's a Creator to love by loving each other and having gratitude and service in each moment. I don't see where your comment came from. Your comment seems to me to have been a good way to pour gasoline on the first, which doesn't help.
My answer to your Mom's question would have been, "I think your Bible would agree 100% with the heart of love and peace that rests in the Creator's love for everyone within each moment. I think your Bible would agree 100% with the focus on wisdom, compassion, balance, and service. I think there would be disagreement on what we must do to enter the kingdom of Heaven, but total agreement on the love of God that we find once we do enter in."