The cosmic puzzle here involves the psi dynamics of gravitation, resonance and sympathy: how two people with congruent deranged belief systems may be drawn toward each other, and then reinforce each other’s delusions.
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The term “kingdom of heaven” or “kingdom of God” meant different things to different people in New Testament times. What it meant to Jesus appears to me to be different from what it meant to the early church, the Gospel writers, and even the Twelve.
On the one hand, I will set forth below what it meant to everyone but Jesus. On the other hand, if the reader is content to accept what I just said without proof, the reader may be happiest to skip the rest of this chapter, and the next, and instead go straight to “Jesus’ words about ‘the Kingdom‘”. Some of this stuff gets really technical. Continue reading 13. Two (or more) views of “the Kingdom”
A magic book that fell from the sky
One will not understand this without first reading “Disembodied speech.”
Some years ago, I became convinced that every major world religion has some sort of pious fraud at its core.
Each one also has its martyrs for the cause, and far be it from me to disrespect martyrdom for any cause.
| “The end of all things is at hand.” | |
| — 1 Peter 4:7 | |
The first time I was told, “Jesus is coming soon,” I was twelve years old, in seventh grade. My friends and I had no reason to doubt it. We thought, “He might come tonight. Or tomorrow. But it could be tonight.” We lived in breathless anticipation.
For me, it all began to unravel seven years later, albeit it hasn’t finished unraveling yet.
Kirk preaches at chapel at the homeless shelter where I stay, the second Wednesday of each month. He appears to have an emotional dependence on the dogma of inerrancy, and often brings up topics related to that, that have no connection to the Christian life.
In September, he said some things I didn’t care for.
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