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A church I know of which is a good church in many ways has a pamphlet
to explaim the commandments to kids. The 10th commandment is described
as "do not be jealous of what other have".

I believe that that wording reflects the state of western christianity
in the modern capitalist world which focuses
on sexual sins and practically ignores all forms of greed the way of
enron. That particular wording seems to imply unions should not strike
as to be jealous of those who have more. The idea of jealousy conjures
images of the have nots, because to be jealous implies you are lacking
something. The defintion of covetousness (which I looked up in the
dictionary) applies to
desiring something. If a man owns 2 mansions and wants yet a 3rd,
and seeks to build on the oceanfront, have a private beach and keep
others out that seems to me to be one who covets. Enron sought to covet
more wealth than they had, there is no end to how much you could want.
Enron does not strike me as the situation where they sought wealth out
of jealousy. Neither does King David when he took the wife of Uriah,
David had plenty of wives and just desired this woman, it doesn't seem
that he did it out of jealousy or for lack of women that he had
himself, as he had several wives.

Despite the many inspiring sermons of our religious leaders,
christianity in our modern day world is not strongly in accord with the
scriptures.

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gpatton@bayou.com wrote:
> zach wrote:
> > then why does 1 Tim 3:16 say he was "taken up?"
> >
> > 16Beyond all question, the mystery of godliness is great: He
appeared
> > in a body,
> > was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels,
> > was preached among the nations, was believed on in the world,
> > was taken up in glory.
>
>
> I don't quite see the problem. Please explain your question in such a
> way that even I can understand it.
>
> I understand from the RSV, that old manuscripts differ as to the
> wording of Lk. 24:51 (about the risen Jesus leaving his disciples);
> some old manuscripts say "he parted from them" and some add "and was
> carried up into heaven." Also Acts 1:9 uses the words "he was lifted
> up and a cloud took him out of their sight". Acts 1:11 says, "This
> Jesus who was taken from you into heaven". So Luke and Paul both
seem
> to use words like "taken up".
>
> Am I missing something?

I don't recall you were here for the threads the past few weeks on
whether Jesus was the only one to "ascend" into heaven... vs. being
"taken up" or "translated" like Elijah and Enoch, respectively.