The Meaning of Christmas...

[Jarod]

LOVE! Love! Love!

Christ came to Earth to deliver a simple message, Humans are loved directly and unconditionally by God.

What a great gift to know that God simply loves us, we are "pre-forgiven" for anything we do and have ever done, what an amazing thing to consider. Everyone is worthy of Gods love and there is NOTHING we can do to extinguish it. We can chose not to believe it, we can chose not to accept it, but turn around and there is is and it is absolute. Can you feel it? I can, at night when I go to sleep I do so with a smile on my face because I know I am loved. You can feel it also, just learn that its true and accept it.

Nobody have to prove themselves to God, you don't have to work hard, you don't have to have pure thoughts, you don't have to do good deeds, you are simply LOVED. You can be a bum, a Wall street banker, a Muslim or a Buddhist, you are LOVED by God. You can be a murderer or a priest, you are LOVED the same by GOD, and favored on Earth and in Heaven. All humans rejoice this Christmas as we celebrate the message Christ brought to us, the message of LOVE from God for ALL! Take a deep breath, no matter who you are, and feel the warm love wash over you and know there is peace within you here on Earth.

[sear]

I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn't work that way. So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness.

Merry Christmas eve !

[Jarod]

I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn't work that way. So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness.

Merry Christmas eve !

And you are LOVED. You don't have to ask for forgiveness, it is granted before you even thought of the sin.

[sear]

"And you are LOVED. You don't have to ask for forgiveness, it is granted before you even thought of the sin."

I'm no expert on it.
But those that presume to be, those that claim to be have told me eligibility for everlasting life in paradise (Heaven) is available only to those that accept Jesus Christ as their lord and savior.
I have not.
I shall not.

Worry not.

"Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear." Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), U.S. president. Letter, 10 Aug. 1787

If I am to be banished to perdition for continuing to be a man of principle after life, as I am in life, then I shall continue to take comfort then as now.

But that's no reason to think ill of Santa on his one special day.

My thanks to Santa, to Mrs. Claus, to all Santa's elves, and Santa's fabulous team of muscular reindeer for brightening the lives of so many around the globe.

It'll be a white Christmas here at the tower.

[Jarod]

I'm no expert on it.
But those that presume to be, those that claim to be have told me eligibility for everlasting life in paradise (Heaven) is available only to those that accept Jesus Christ as their lord and savior.
I have not.
I shall not.

Worry not.

If I am to be banished to perdition for continuing to be a man of principle after life, as I am in life, then I shall continue to take comfort then as now.

But that's no reason to think ill of Santa on his one special day.

My thanks to Santa, to Mrs. Claus, to all Santa's elves, and Santa's fabulous team of muscular reindeer for brightening the lives of so many around the globe.

It'll be a white Christmas here at the tower.

I don't know about heaven, as a place, but I know you and I are loved. Loved regardless of if we accept it or not, those who accept Jesus as savior or not. Its my belief that we are loved regardless. You can feel it and enjoy it, and you can reject it.

[evince]

LOVE! Love! Love!

Christ came to Earth to deliver a simple message, Humans are loved directly and unconditionally by God.

What a great gift to know that God simply loves us, we are "pre-forgiven" for anything we do and have ever done, what an amazing thing to consider. Everyone is worthy of Gods love and there is NOTHING we can do to extinguish it. We can chose not to believe it, we can chose not to accept it, but turn around and there is is and it is absolute. Can you feel it? I can, at night when I go to sleep I do so with a smile on my face because I know I am loved. You can feel it also, just learn that its true and accept it.

Nobody have to prove themselves to God, you don't have to work hard, you don't have to have pure thoughts, you don't have to do good deeds, you are simply LOVED. You can be a bum, a Wall street banker, a Muslim or a Buddhist, you are LOVED by God. You can be a murderer or a priest, you are LOVED the same by GOD, and favored on Earth and in Heaven. All humans rejoice this Christmas as we celebrate the message Christ brought to us, the message of LOVE from God for ALL! Take a deep breath, no matter who you are, and feel the warm love wash over you and know there is peace within you here on Earth.

while I dont share your belief in this being


I share your sentiment


all beings are loved


how that love is manifested makes no differance


there is love present


share the love folks


your very first responsibility is to look at the world as it is


accept reality


that means learn to decern fact from fiction


then love that world as it is


not as your pain tells you it is


AS IT REALLY IS


not as your party tells you it is



AS IT REALLY IS


not as your lack of knowledge makes you think it is



AS IT REALLY IS





once you accomplish that you will understand the love that is there.


its amazing


I wish I cold share it with you

I wish I could just hand it to you


I cant


first you have to see and embrace the truth and all true reality.



its worth it


Merry christmas Eve or whatever you call this day in your family.


what we call it does not change what it is



feel the love folks

[Jarod]

while I dont share your belief in this being


I share your sentiment


all beings are loved


how that love is manifested makes no differance


there is love present


share the love folks


your very first responsibility is to look at the world as it is


accept reality


that means learn to decern fact from fiction


then love that world as it is


not as your pain tells you it is


AS IT REALLY IS


not as your party tells you it is



AS IT REALLY IS


not as your lack of knowledge makes you think it is



AS IT REALLY IS





once you accomplish that you will understand the love that is there.


its amazing


I wish I cold share it with you

I wish I could just hand it to you


I cant


first you have to see and embrace the truth and all true reality.



its worth it


Merry christmas Eve or whatever you call this day in your family.


what we call it does not change what it is



feel the love folks

If there is no God what are we loved by?

[countryboy]

while I dont share your belief in this being


I share your sentiment


all beings are loved


how that love is manifested makes no differance


there is love present


share the love folks


your very first responsibility is to look at the world as it is


accept reality


that means learn to decern fact from fiction


then love that world as it is


not as your pain tells you it is


AS IT REALLY IS


not as your party tells you it is



AS IT REALLY IS


not as your lack of knowledge makes you think it is



AS IT REALLY IS





once you accomplish that you will understand the love that is there.


its amazing


I wish I cold share it with you

I wish I could just hand it to you


I cant


first you have to see and embrace the truth and all true reality.



its worth it


Merry christmas Eve or whatever you call this day in your family.


what we call it does not change what it is



feel the love folks

Not feeling the love from you evince. Is it love when every other word out of your mouth, is a vulgar insult, or bigoted epithet? Just sayin'.

[ThatOwlWoman]

If there is no God what are we loved by?

We are part and parcel of all life on this planet. We are brothers and sisters to all other beings we share this Earth with. The universe is indifferent to our existence. That's okay. We have the capacity to love. When we love something, we cherish and protect it.

In the end, to love matters more than to be loved... yet we can have both.

Merry Christmas to you, brother Jarod.

[sear]

" You can feel it and enjoy it, and you can reject it. " J #5

But though you and countless others present it as a dichotomy, a binary, it never was.

It's the fabulous luxury of being a conservative skeptic.

Believers and disbelievers have convictions.

But we agnostics earn the luxury of merely confessing our own ignorance.


“Is god willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him god?” ― Epicurus (341-270BC)

[evince]

If there is no God what are we loved by?

god is your word to describe it


its how you understand this love

I define that being differently than you do


you need to see it as a fatherly actual being


I know its the beauty of the reality that exsists


its the nature of being and exsisting


we are beings of love


without love there is no mankind.


man in comparison to other creatures is weak and vulnerable in this world


Imagine mankind in its infancy


nearly hairless, slow and it take YEARS to make a reproductive adult


we are vulnerable beings


the only reason we survived and prospered was the love of each other and our brains.


I love mankind


to do that I have to accept the reality of mankinds weaknesses and still find my way to loving mankind.


love has power


love lives beyond our short lives


love carries


feel that love

[evince]

Not feeling the love from you evince. Is it love when every other word out of your mouth, is a vulgar insult, or bigoted epithet? Just sayin'.

wether you feel that love I send you or nit doesnt mean it doesnt exsist



I give you truth


that truth makes you fear


it destroys the fake world you chose to live in


It is the greatest act of love to try and free your mind


words are not vulgar if they help free your mind huh.


all you have to do to feel my love for you is to join me in honoring FACTS and TRUTH



Your best freind is the one who tells you the truth when others wont bother


you embrace racism not me

[Jarod]

We are part and parcel of all life on this planet. We are brothers and sisters to all other beings we share this Earth with. The universe is indifferent to our existence. That's okay. We have the capacity to love. When we love something, we cherish and protect it.

In the end, to love matters more than to be loved... yet we can have both.

Merry Christmas to you, brother Jarod.

And that is God!

[Jarod]

But though you and countless others present it as a dichotomy, a binary, it never was.

It's the fabulous luxury of being a conservative skeptic.

Believers and disbelievers have convictions.

But we agnostics earn the luxury of merely confessing our own ignorance.


“Is god willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him god?” ― Epicurus (341-270BC)

What we perceive as Evil is not such to God.

[Eagle_Eye]

LOVE! Love! Love!

Christ came to Earth to deliver a simple message, Humans are loved directly and unconditionally by God.

What a great gift to know that God simply loves us, we are "pre-forgiven" for anything we do and have ever done, what an amazing thing to consider. Everyone is worthy of Gods love and there is NOTHING we can do to extinguish it. We can chose not to believe it, we can chose not to accept it, but turn around and there is is and it is absolute. Can you feel it? I can, at night when I go to sleep I do so with a smile on my face because I know I am loved. You can feel it also, just learn that its true and accept it.

Nobody have to prove themselves to God, you don't have to work hard, you don't have to have pure thoughts, you don't have to do good deeds, you are simply LOVED. You can be a bum, a Wall street banker, a Muslim or a Buddhist, you are LOVED by God. You can be a murderer or a priest, you are LOVED the same by GOD, and favored on Earth and in Heaven. All humans rejoice this Christmas as we celebrate the message Christ brought to us, the message of LOVE from God for ALL! Take a deep breath, no matter who you are, and feel the warm love wash over you and know there is peace within you here on Earth.

Sarcasm from an idiot who wishes to doom himself. A little food for thought before judgement day.




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Revelation 20:15 ESV / 96 helpful votes
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‘where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.’
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