Are you saying I was patronizing 2000 years ago, and I am still patronizing? If you will notice, my teaching is geared to make you my equal, because you are. So long as you put yourself down below me, you will perceive some kind of condescension. This is a legacy of Postle Paul. No one is below me. The fact is, you really haven't heard this before. So why jump to conclusions? Re sex: You seem to want me to agree that sex is "good" for something. If sex puts you in a state of mind that things are going good for your personality package, perhaps things will indeed go "good" for a while longer. Perhaps you will ward off stones, depression, and other kinds of bad luck. The mind gives meaning to sex, and the body responds accordingly. I am pointing out that there is another part of your mind that is very much into self-sabotage. While part of it temporarily nurtures it, another part is still intent upon wasting it away and killing it. This conflict makes a mockery of you. Does sex solve this conflict? If not, is that "good"? The mind will induce all kinds of physiological responses. Your research seems to indicate all responses are good for the body. How do you know the report is not biased? What other responses are taking place that sandbag your efforts? Perhaps the report is as reliable as "eat protein, grow muscle mass". Fine. It doesn't change the truth that I am explaining you. I am helping you understand the body is a response mechanism. It does not initiate, make or create anything of it's own. And it is primarily "good" for ego verification and maintenance. But the ego mind is not your friend. If sex keeps you out of trouble so-to-speak, go for it. If it get's you into trouble, maybe a celibate priesthood is not for you. Part of the misunderstanding seems to be that you are geared mentally to wait for the death of the body to come...and what keeps the body healthy in the meantime is "good". As an equal, I am leading you to a resurrection that does not depend on death...rather, it depends on your decision to live. To accomplish this, you must begin to think differently now, because death is not a decision. Death accomplishes nothing except to set you up for another cycle. Your valuations must be made deliberately, and without fear. God will not impose new values on you after you die. That would be ungodly. No, you will be given what you are asking for, and what you value is what you ask for. Essentially you are asking for bodily existence. You will receive it, just as you are receiving it. It is not "life". But if you can see the futility of it, you can reevaluate, and examine what you are doing with the body. How have I not addressed your point? Jesus
You are mistaken about this. Sex is celibacy relative to reality. To leave reality for a world of sex is a form of flagellation. You have no clue how much you are whipping yourself to get a bone. Should you manage to get sex three times a day, everyday, you'd still be celibate compared to what Heaven is like. So no need to lecture about who is sacrificing what. You are the one's sacrificing constant ecstasy, not I. I do not believe in sacrificing anything. A Son of God is not satisfied with less than everything. You are confusing me with the Postle Paul. There is a way of looking at sex so that you understand it is nothing. That way, when you let it go, you still sacrifice nothing. I do not ask for sacrifice. You do. Jesus
How do I determine existence? If I put a loaded gun to my head, and pull the trigger, I will die. Sorry for being crude.
I'm gonna let Kelly Clarkston break it down for you. Check out the Apostle K re: The Problem With Love: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-CSZMt9Mos&feature=related