Subject: how to start reading the bible? |
Bible Note: Goodnewsminister, "The Bible does not teach that we exist away from our bodies once we die, Plato taught this, and he was a pagan." "When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and the witness they had borne; they cried out with a loud voice, "O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before thou wilt judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth." Rev 6:9-10. Ooops! St John promoting a pagan idea in the word of God? Seems unlikely to me. Of course it just may be that sometimes even pagans are right on some points. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. Or maybe those souls of the martyrs just had a Platonic relatioship with God. Maybe not. It usually requires more passion to give up your life for for the sake of witnessing to Jesus Christ and the Gospel. Emmaus |