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IrateCitizen

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Tue Oct-07-03 02:47 PM
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15. I've actually always had a different take on John 3:16

For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, so that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have life everlasting.

My interpretation of this has always been more in the vein of the need to accept Christ as the Son of God and savior. And that has always been just about my biggest beef with mainstream Christianity.

However, I guess the alternate take on it could be that God was talking about him/herself in this passage, and that it is the recognition that God is nothing less than the source of all life. And that is MUCH more in line with the way that my spirituality has developed.

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