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» pink101 - My Opinion, Of Course

In response to You and I posted by Migisi:
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My thoughts almost exactly.
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Millions of people go through their life chained in bondage to their childhood thoughts. We see it here in these discussions.
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Think of the apostle Paul's admonition in chapter 5 of Galations:
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"Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again in the chains of bondage. Indeed I, Paul, say to you that if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing. And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised that he is a debtor to keep the whole law. You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace. For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love."
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The way the Religionist discounts this text is interesting as they attempt to limit it to the act of being physically circumcised. It's just one more point of religious law--a rule. So, every place circumcision is used, you can substitute any doctrine. Religionists like to ridicule this understanding.
Circumcision, itself, it a metaphor for baring one's heart to God. It relates in reverse to having a heart of stone--no feeling--numb.
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Religionists like to get physical and literal.
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Wrong!!
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Just more of my opinion, of course.
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-- posted by pink101