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I don't believe it is necessary to tell yourself what a piece of filth you are.


Because you have not yet comprehended that God is holy. And his agape love is a holy thing that unless you have truly experienced it, you have only perhaps an inkling of an idea of.

I personally would not compare myself to God in using that term that I would be somehow fully capable of it. Jesus himself stated that even he is not good, only his father is good. The temperment of most human beings, the daily stresses of mortal life, make it impossible for them to achieve agape love.


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...What it means to me is that you learn how to respect people despite these things because that is what they are, fellow human beings....


What it means to you... is truly meaningless Linda. God is not a respecter of persons, despite all of their 'tremendous' achievements. Our thoughts are not God's thoughts... and our tremendous achievements... well... if God were a man to compete with that might hold a drop of water. All of our tremendous achievements are nothing but dust in his eyes. A lot of really fithy dust too. It's hard for me to imagine that the creator of the universe would be impressed by a Ferrari, a man made island in a sea, dna research or cloning or whatever.

Far as i know he is more partial to our love for him and faith in him, than any of our worldy achievements.