Virtue

OBKB · Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2004 1:28 pm Post subject: Virtue

Virtue is a subordination of the passions to the intellect. It is to act in accordance with your highest convictions. It does not consist in believing, but in doing. This is the sublime truth that the Infidels in all ages have uttered. They have handed the torch from one to the other through all the years that have fled. Upon the altar of Reason they have kept the sacred fire, and through the long midnight of faith they fed the divine flame.

Infidelity is liberty; all religion is slavery. In every creed man is the slave of God -- woman is the slave of man and the sweet children are the slaves of all.

We do not want creeds; we want knowledge -- we want happiness.
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thunder · Lion King Joined: 13 Sep 2003 Posts: 1222

Please, you really need to ... re-read the bible, focus on Galatians 2 and 3, and note, for the record, that," he who is set free is free indeed."

If you desire freedom, not just freedom during this earthly life but freedom during eternity, then I suggest that you re-consider the offer made to us by God, through Jesus Christ, and become keenly aware that so long as a person truly gives their life and soul away to God under the direction's of the new testament covenant, that person is as free as they can be.

As in Paul's account to Phileman to account the cost of Onesimus to himself so that Onesimus becomes free from charge for the ineffectiveness of his behavior or inability to perform as desired by Phileman, the freedom of Onesimus is established, and so is ours in Christ.

If you want to remain in bondage to a written law or the laws of a slave master after you meet Christ for your self, you can make that choice, but it is strongly advised by Paul in Galatians, and a hundred more places in NT text, to accept your freedom and become a willing participant active in the walk with God to be a light of freedom in a dark and slave ridden world.

Please don't include a true walk with God as a Christian in the citation you made, which includes christianity in the list of slaves who are in bondage to religion. Christians are free, no matter what you say or think, so I suggest that you re-read, re-think and get it right this time.

" He that is set free, is free," and the only way that you can lose that freedom, once you have received it from Christ, is to accept a temptation or invitation, from someone other than Christ, to return to slavery.

Religion implies slavery but Christ sets people free from slavery.

thunder
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HeKkLeR · Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2004 5:39 pm Post subject:

He seems to be free of wisdom... very free... real free... free.
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Javan · Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2004 4:36 pm Post subject:

You still haven't explained what you wish to accomplish here. I'm a stickler for wanting to know these things. Very Happy

It's nice to know what a person's motives and intentions are.