Calling out God.... part II

Nope. Still not here.

Damned. I swear to John Lennon and U2 that this whole God malarkey seems like a hoax to me!

Originally posted by shavixmir
Nope. Still not here.

Damned. I swear to John Lennon and U2 that this whole God malarkey seems like a hoax to me!

At least one biography of John Lennon I read said that he had a period of believing in Jesus Christ.

Like Bob Dylon or Eldredge Cleaver, John Lennon (perhaps thought of as an unlikely candidate too) had his time of accepting Jesus Christ. He was very, very troubled towards the end of his life you know? Poor guy.

The book said that latter he became infuriated with TV evanglist and religious personalities. What else is new?

I cannot recall the name of the book but it was biographical and not a religious treatment of Lennon's life.

It is no surpise to me because I know that it is essentially easy to receive Jesus into one's heart. Learning to live by Christ, however, takes a lifetime.

Recieving Him to be saved takes only a moment.

I don't know anything about U2. What's that, another loud band ?

Originally posted by jaywill
I don't know anything about U2. What's that, another loud band ?

Led by a charming fellow with a case of the old messianic personality.

Originally posted by jaywill
At least one biography of John Lennon I read said that he had a period of believing in Jesus Christ.

Like Bob Dylon or Eldredge Cleaver, John Lennon (perhaps thought of as an unlikely candidate too) had his time of accepting Jesus Christ. He was very, very troubled towards the end of his life you know? Poor guy.

The book said that latter he became ...[text shortened]... takes only a moment.

I don't know anything about U2. What's that, another loud band ?

John Lennon also harboured disturbing sexually fantasies about his own mother, so, I would conclude, that he's not a good reference for anything, much less the nature of God.

Originally posted by Hand of Hecate
John Lennon also harboured disturbing sexually fantasies about his own mother, so, I would conclude, that he's not a good reference for anything, much less the nature of God.

But if nature is an extension of the attributes of God, John Lennon's fantasies about his mother can tell us something about the divinity.

Originally posted by jaywill
Recieving Him to be saved takes only a moment.

When can I start to hear him speak to me? Do I just concentrate real hard and wait for my inner monologue to take on a baritone hebrew accent?

Originally posted by darvlay
When can I start to hear him speak to me? Do I just concentrate real hard and wait for my inner monologue to take on a baritone hebrew accent?

Practice with a few Marx Brothers films.

Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
Practice with a few Marx Brothers films.

And here I was practicing with some old Burl Ives LPs. Silly me.

Originally posted by darvlay
And here I was practicing with some old Burl Ives LPs. Silly me.

No, I think your idea is much better. Inspirational, even. Was Burl Ives Canadian?

Is he here yet?

Originally posted by shavixmir
Nope. Still not here.

Damned. I swear to John Lennon and U2 that this whole God malarkey seems like a hoax to me!

Here is His rather extensive reaction to your call out:

http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/

... and please, don't demand Him to be present in flesh. He allready was .... besides, dictators are not listened to.

Originally posted by ivanhoe
Here is His rather extensive reaction to your call out:

http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/

... and please, don't demand Him to be present in flesh. He allready was .... besides, dictators are not listened to.

Yet, you listen to the pope.

Originally posted by Sushill
Yet, you listen to the pope.

I do not listen to the pope. But I do listen to God.

The expression that God works in mysterious ways is a powerful statement actually. We expect God to be explainable in terms that we understand which is paradoxical really.

However, I think that God becomes much more understandable if you believe in re-incarnation (along the principles of the Spiritist Doctrine / Edgar Cayce / Allan Kardec etc.).

The arguement is that we are here to learn lessons and work toward doing what is right. As we progress, we reap the benefits of right living.

This is not so different from the ideas of karma.

It happens to be what I believe.

Originally posted by PinkFloyd
I do not listen to the pope. But I do listen to God.

Was I talking to you?