• geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml
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    10 hours ago

    Most we observe in the media either the kumbaya Christians, where Jesus died for everyones sins and everyone goes to heaven. Or the MAGA Christians who believe treating the poor like dirt is owning the libs.

    The question about evil existing is rather easy to answer but all the Christian internal discourse would be more confusing. I don’t have much experience with it but

    technicalities like whether you go to confession or not or whether praying to Mary is idolatry.

    Wouldn’t that directly violate the first commandment?

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      7 hours ago

      Asking someone already in the kingdom is no different than asking someone without the kingdom to intercede on our behalf. Also God has 72 names in our tradition, millions in others.

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        6 hours ago

        Also God has 72 names in our tradition, millions in others.

        Mary is not God or part of the trinity right? Jesus ascending into heaven would not mean Mary is in heaven. Which would mean Mary remains dead until judgement day and is not yet in heaven. Unless I am not familiar with something.

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          6 hours ago

          You’re not familiar with a lot because churches and politicians occulted this information. It’s in the whole Bible (you can find the Ethiopian Bible in English online but there are mistranslations so you have to go to the Jewish and hermetic kabbalah and other sources to find them. Also I already referred to Psalm 82, wrt God.