I do not understand the universal issue anymore

by psyco 11 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

  • peacefulpete
    peacefulpete

    What is "perfection" ? A meaningless loaded term. IF Adam had it when he made a decision, the decision would have been 'perfect'. If he was not "perfect" then he was simply naive. This is the message the Jewish sage was making, naivety was the cause of suffering. The solution was wisdom from God/s.

    The brilliance of the sage is his inverted use of the goddess/wisdom iconography as a woman, snake and tree. He would be terribly insulted with modern Christians thinking he believed in talking snakes and magic fruit.

    The whole concept of "perfection" and imperfection was foreign to the text and Jewish thinking.

  • Sea Breeze
    Sea Breeze
    What is "perfection"

    @PP - Perfection is not a list of do's and don'ts. It is posessing a nature that repudiates dishonesty, hypocrisy, lust, greed, fear, unfaithfulness and embodies love for others, duty, responsibility and most of all supreme love for God as the Master of everything - without trying to manufacture it.

    You can't put new wine into old wineskins. You must be born again.

    You can read about how this looks in action in the accounts of Matthew, Mark, Luke & John as they record the life and words of Jesus the Christ.



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