-----Original Message----- Izzy: In ADDITION to wishing you would become a Believer in Jesus
(which I gladly ADMIT right off), I just really NEVER dreamed there were people
who believed like you seem to since the time of Jesus. TPW: "Since the time of Jesus"? Try long before his time
(give or take a thousand years). But truth being told you shouldn't be surprised that
it survived. If you look at history, you will note that certain cultures
that were under the boot of the priesthood learned to go underground. Only
the lesser successful and loud individuals were caught, judged and burned
at the stake, branded heretics and so on
and so forth. I guess I’m confusing what
you believe with the sort of thing that Paul spoke about when he taught at the statue to
the Unknown God. Didn’t the Romans have multiple gods
when Jesus walked on the earth? And in many regions of and the oral tradition. In remote areas, the priesthood couldn't be everywhere and so there was always a pocket of us that kept certain traditions alive. The Roman Catholic church is full of such that
survive as "festivals". Exactly why I abhor the RCC
today. Full of paganistic
elements and doctrines of men
rather than doctrines of God from scripture. Izzy: I'm trying to figure out if you really believe that these
"gods" are real or ever were. OR are they just exercises in modeling behavior
based upon the attributes that those mythical creatures supposedly had? TPW: A little bit of both. I believe that there are the elder gods, the
Aesir and the Vanir. That there are Gods and Goddesses. I also believe
that from the lessons given by the tales of these gods that they reflect the
good and the evil in all men and
women. So you believe in some multiple
gods that are still living? Where are they? Does your religion have any
solution for the evil in people, or does it care? (As you know that is the main
issue with Christianity—a solution for sin.) Izzy: And at what age did you discover and adopt these beliefs? Are
there many like you? TPW: You could say I had adopted the old ways into the fullest in my
early teens, like most young people whatever faith they chose, they chose it around that age. As for how many we are, it's safe to say there is a
fair number, but we are obviously not
the majority. What did/do your parents think of
this? Aren’t they RCC? (So were mine.) Izzy:You
sound like you have your mind made up to me. (But one can always hope against hope, anyway--right? ) TPW: I must apologize for my knee-jerk reaction, most Christians of the
evangelical persuasion ask usually about my beliefs only to ridicule
them or "rebuke" them. Hence, after such arrogant behaviour, you
can't expect us to be happy to see people coming to speak of the "good news"
without feeling a bit defensive or be reluctant at
all if not evasive. No problem. Obviously there ARE rebukers on TT. I
hope not to be one of them. Izzy _________________________________________________________________ MSN Premium: Up to 11 personalized e-mail addresses and 2 months
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