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Covenant, The (2006)
IMDB rating: 4.80
Plot: In 1692, in the Ipswich Colony of Massachusetts, five families of powerful witches commit to a covenant of silence to protect themselves against the witch hunters, but one of the families transgress their pact and is banished from their lands. Along the centuries, the power and the covenant are transmitted through their descendants and when the eldest son is eighteen years old, he ascends to a higher power. However, the use of magic addicts and if used in excess, ages the warlock. In the present days, four wizards teenage friends are in high school and their leader Caleb Danvers is close to his eighteenth birthday and consequently to ascend. He has just met Sarah Wenham and they are dating, when the appearance of darkling and supernatural dreams haunt the group. Sooner they find an evil warlock, descendant of the fifth ancient family that wants to strip Caleb’s power.
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In all seriousness, Has anyone really thought about this?
I have reprinted this question for those that may have missed it. If you have already then kindly just ignore and be at peace. Thanks.
Now for the question.
While everyone is nick picking and fighting with each other as to the question if God exist, or if Jesus did walk the earth, If the bible is true. Has anyone stopped to think about actually picking up the bible, and reading the whole thing, understanding that everything it speaks of has happened in the history of man, How The Old testament speaks of what things were back before Jesus, and that with the crucifixion of Jesus a New covenant and set of rules and ways of receiving God’s grace? Is it possible that those that squabble amongst themselves aren’t listening or hearing The truth, and coming up with their own truths? Seriously think about it, before you answer. Let’s see how many actually hear what I am saying, which God is saying, which Jesus is saying. How many will really listen and how many will turn from the truth and their own salvation, for the price of being self?
I have read it many times….thanks. And each time I do, it makes less and less sense to me.
I wonder why jesus could never heal an amputee, or why he thought disease was caused by "demons", when, as an all knowing god, he would have known about germ theory.
Photographer | Feb 07, 2010
You’d think a guy with a master plan would have a better plot for his book.
Cheesus Crust | Feb 07, 2010
I read the bible.
It turned me into an atheist.
LHOOQ | Feb 07, 2010
"How The Old testament speaks of what things were back before Jesus, and that with the crucifixion of Jesus a New covenant and set of rules and ways of receiving God’s grace?"
This is extremely offensive, untrue, and pagan with its human sacrifice.
Rivky | Feb 07, 2010
You are absolutely right…..there is no room for self if God’s will is to be done in our lives. Thanks.
AmeliaBedelia | Feb 07, 2010
Yeah…I read it. I wish more than 10 percent of Christians would. There would be a lot fewer of them.
Gazoo | Feb 07, 2010
Seriously, thank you all the same but god does not exist and I really have thought about it.
MaidinKent | Feb 07, 2010
you are actually asking people to accept that the bible is "living document" and that the ideals and morals set down in its pages are just as acceiptable today as thousands of years ago? gosh. i guess you want people to actually read the thing with an open mind, too.
bear | Feb 07, 2010
I am a Christian and I have read it twice. It will be three times before the end of 2010. There is more needed than just reading though. Reflecting and studying the Word is important too.
Jim | Feb 07, 2010
I have read the Bible and the Book of Mormon and the book about the Flying Spaghetti monster. All those books sound like stories. Just stories. Sure it would be great to have a loving God and the idea that Jesus walked among us and died for us….it sounds good,but sounding good does not mean Truth.
Side note: The Bible says that God created the earth in six days…what about million year old fossils? -the Bible was written for people, so 6 days is literally 6 24 hour days(Nuff said).
Michael | Feb 07, 2010
Wow you have really lost it if you think because you can pick up a book and read it that it is true . Have you ever read Pinochio ? If so then how long is your nose ? How can you call those writings the truth ? The truth is something either known or self evident and all you believers profess that you have faith that it might be true or you believe it might be true , never do you know for sure .
Tom | Feb 07, 2010
people can’t believe in something they consider fantasy
they have to be called by god to understand it and believe
Joh 6:44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
1Co 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
since they can not believe they make up their own truth
God's servant | Feb 07, 2010
I’ve argued and I’ve read parts of it but not the whole thing. I have to say about 70 – 60% read and 30 – 40 percent not read. The irony is that, Atheists like myself actually do read the bible sometimes. Not for religious purposes but as training to get ready for creationists to attack them. If they never do, atheists will never lash back cause there’s nothing to lash back at.
Lawl, God’s grace…if you understand what that meant, I will personally give you a cookie.
DarkZerker | Feb 07, 2010
Yes I have read the whole thing, confirmed Lutheran and am currently studying it at university. Maybe you should read it from an objective viewpoint and look at it exactly for what it is – not truth, savage, barbaric in the OT and self-contradicting in the NT. Unfortunately people back in the days of Constantine were not very educated when it came to canonizing a flawless book. The more you study the book in context the more you realize how people today just choose to believe what they want to believe.
Nadine Ne vem | Feb 07, 2010
You will find that there are far fewer Christians that have read the entire Bible than atheists: The reason I know the Bible is mostly plagiarized material from other cultures comes from my studies in ancient near eastern writings as well as all biblical material.
Ignorance among Christians/Muslims is far greater than amongst atheists; your attempt at leading is an attempt of the blind trying to tell the one’s with 20/20 vision what is real!
Gnosisquest | Feb 07, 2010
I picked up the Bible a long time ago when I was still a Methodist. The more I read, the less sense it all made, until finally I had to put it down again.
The elements in the Bible fall into two categories. Some are simply histories of specific figures of some interest to the people of that time and region. I have no particular problem with the stories in that context.
The elements that give me problems are examples of what happens when ignorant, superstitious, but curious shepherds tried to explain phenomena they could not have understood without years of schooling of a type that didn’t exist back then. Since they believed in magic and had to come up with some kind of explanation, the created a magician called God. Then, anything they couldn’t explain any other way caused them to say "Goddidit."
Considering all the pantheons that Christians have rejected and the ones I have rejected, there is really only one difference between my brand of atheism and your brand of Christianity. I have rejected one more God than you did. That’s it, that’s the difference.
The_Doc_Man | Feb 07, 2010
A book without any corroborating evidence is just a book. Nothing more.
The world is full of such books.
Andrew H | Feb 07, 2010
With all the respect, yes, I have read it and I still read it. However, I don’t really think the Bible alone holds The Truth. Most of the Bible was referred to a people and a time that have nothing to do with us and our times right now. Reading for reference is one thing. Reading and taking it as the whole truth is something totally different. I am sorry, but there is more to know beside the Bible.
Now, I ask you, would you close your Bible for a while and just think for yourself? Did you ever talk to God, just you and Him, and dare to ask Him to show you the truth? To show you the way?
Peace!
Janet Reincarnated | Feb 07, 2010
Wow. You make even less sense than the Bible. I didn’t think that was possible.
Look, I know you really want Jesus to be real and loving, but he just isn’t. Don’t use the incoherent, idiotic, unrealistic Bible as any kind of truth, because it’s not. I’m sorry to break it to you.
Also, please don’t automatically assume that because you’re supporting God, that he has your opinion. "What I am saying, which God is saying, which Jesus is saying". Just listen to yourself! You sound crazy. I’m listening to what you’re saying, but it’s gibberish.
I think you need to just read through what you’ve written – seriously, do it – but from an atheist’s point of view. I’ve asked my share of questions, and once I got one deleted. I read through it as many times as I could, from a Christian’s point of view, to see if I’d offended anyone, and I think that helped a lot. Just… try and see the world from our perspective, and you’ll find it makes a lot more sense.
I know this won’t change your mind – but I’m just answering the question. Yes, I have thought about this. And I’ve rejected it. I’m just telling you where us atheists are coming from.
Destrii | Feb 07, 2010
Athiests find no challenge in the bible because it has been corrupted, but they can never take on the Quran, no matter how hard they try they always get destroyed by the knowledge of Allah the almighty.
The Chosen One | Feb 07, 2010
A proud person can not listen and can not have patience.Sory but that is the truth.
I love all people.
Nicoleta T | Feb 08, 2010
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