The most believable lies contain elements of truth.
I was not the originator of the exclusivity claim. I just relayed it to whoever reads this post.
"Jesus *said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me." John 14:6
There are many things that are exclusive in the world and in religion. For example, you can not both be in Los Angeles and Not be Los Angeles at the same time. An animal can not be a fish and a bird, it is either on e or the other. I am not evil just because I recognize and relay an exclusivity claim. Jesus Himself made the claim.
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You can not hear what Jesus taught and said and come to the reasonable conclusion that he was anything other than Insane or actually God. He left no room for doubt about what he claimed to be. He explicitly claimed to be GOD, YHWH, The Great I AM.
“Jesus said to them, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.’” John 8:58
“‘I and the Father are one.’ The Jews picked up stones again to stone him. Jesus answered them, ‘I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?’ The Jews answered him, ‘It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God.’”
John 10:30-33
“Again the high priest asked him, ‘Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?’ And Jesus said, ‘I am, and you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.’”
Mark 14:61-62
Those listening to him knew this. I have accepted this as truth. Because of this, I have accepted what he taught as truth. I want to spread this truth so others can have understanding of it as well.
Which is more loving, to let someone live a lie or to educate them to the truth? To remain silent and not try to redirect their path away from danger or to speak and try to save them from folly?
I would rather be guilty of hurting someone's feeling by revealing the truth than be held responsible for their demise because I failed to warn them.
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Satan is the enemy of God, the father of lies, the deceiver. He will do anything he can to confuse and lead astray as many as he can from the path to salvation.
“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.”
Matthew 7:13-14
Jesus claimed to be GOD.
Jesus claimed to be the only way into Heaven.
Jesus claimed to be The TRUTH.
If you have a problem with any of the exclusivity claims that I relayed, then take them up with Jesus.
I will not argue with God.
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1. "The most believable lies contain elements of truth." Agreed. You described your dogma very well with that leadoff sentence. Believing that your dogma is flawless is absurd when you cannot even answer my questions in ways that do not require cognitive dissonance or deus ex machina.
2. "I was not the originator of the exclusivity claim. I just relayed it to whoever reads this post." Well, based on that logic, all KKK members would be absolved of being jackasses too since they were just relays.
3. Yet again, YOU would not KNOW what truths are or are not exclusive to various traditions because YOU do not study any other traditions. Your assessment of what is truth is rooted in ignorance and fear. My assessment of what is truth is rooted in knowledge and love.
Your animal argument, by the way, pretty much directly countervails your first point. Lies get mixed in with truth so yeah...there is gray area here.
4. YOU cannot hear what Jesus taught. I have heard what the exoteric, mainstream Christian dogmatic teachings are. I've heard them for decades.
5. You present an argument that is a logical fallacy called a "false dichotomy" or a "false choice". You choose to believe that the only two options are that Jesus was God or insane. Your discernment rivals the discernment of the Wall St. execs who took Michael Burry's bets against the housing market. Your arrogance rivals their arrogance. Your myopia rivals theirs.
The fact that YOU cannot imagine something does not make that something false. Personal incredulity is a logical fallacy. For known history, the earth has always orbited around the sun, yet for a long time, people thought the earth was the center of the universe. The fact that they thought it didn't make it true. The same thing applies to you.
5. "Which is more loving, to let someone live a lie or to educate them to the truth? To remain silent and not try to redirect their path away from danger or to speak and try to save them from folly?
I would rather be guilty of hurting someone's feeling by revealing the truth than be held responsible for their demise because I failed to warn them."
Again, you speak as though you are able to identify lies from a position of ignorance.
Are you a surgeon? For the sake of argument, I will assume you are not.. If a surgeon lied about surgery, would you be able to correct the surgeon?
Are you a lawyer? Again, for the sake of argument, I will assume you are not. If a lawyer lied about the law, would you be able to correct the lawyer?
No. You would not because you don't know shit about those subjects, presumably.
6. "Satan is the enemy of God, the father of lies, the deceiver. He will do anything he can to confuse and lead astray as many as he can from the path to salvation."
Who is deceptive? The person who opines confidently from a position of ignorance or the person who opines from a position of knowledge?
7. “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.”
Matthew 7:13-14"
That's right. It is MUCH harder to go and learn from every tradition and look for the parallels and overlaps. It is MUCH harder to explore and learn. It is definitely much more comfortable to throw rocks at everyone else from your lawn chair and say 'No...you're all dumb liars and I'm right."
Those who find it are few. When I think of "few", I don't think of 2+ billion exoteric, mainstream sheeple like you. When I think of "few" I think of people who have achieved enlightenment which is what Matthew 10:16 was about. It's about spiritual evolution.
Jesus has a problem with your exclusivity claims moron.
"Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these".
You do not really believe in Christ because you do not do the works. You do not know the works because you have imprisoned yourself with your unwillingness to explore anything beyond your comfort zone.
You are afraid, ignorant, and egotistical.
Your own book tells you not to be afraid over 100 times yet you're still afraid. Get over the cognitive dissonance and start being honest and loving.