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Christian Liberals & Progressive People of Faith

Karadeniz

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1. People need to unravel the prodigal son. The father figure never helps his son.

Reply to The Great Open Dance (Original post)

Fri Jun 27, 2025, 03:01 PM

Jun 27

The legion of demons who are thrown into swine and drown? Jesus doesn't forgive all those sins. He puts them through the god system for dealing with sin, represented by water and swine. One has to qualify for divine love by successfully participating in the god system. The god system doesn't run on love and forgiveness. It runs on perfect justice. Jesus gives us the route to complete the justice system, extending love and kindness to others. Jesus doesn't describe either him or god as coming to the rescue. We have a divine spark, the soul. Every parable I can think of deals with the soul's nature and its role in the god system.

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God is compassionate and vulnerable to us (any other concept of God is unbiblical) [View all] The Great Open Dance Jun 27 OP

People need to unravel the prodigal son. The father figure never helps his son. Karadeniz Jun 27 #1

May I also suggest The Politics of Jesus Simple-truth2025 Jul 4 #2