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Originally posted by Esoteric Teacher
By reacting, we choose to take of their negative instead of giving of our positive. And that, also, is selfishness and 'sin.'
By choosing to take their negative, we have reacted sinfully. By giving our positive we are playing God by imposing our will upon them, not accepting their will. You choose not to make yourself an extension of their will because of fear. Do not become an extension of their ego, but of their true nature, not the fear that defines them. What is more powerfully being demonstrated by mankind, fear or truth? Fear of Truth.
Why permit them to make you feel obligated to counter in measure to them?
Instead of answering with a positive, use their own accepted logic to debunk their own accepted logic. For how else can we "kill" the ego without harming them? It is the most difficult task to convince them that when they choose to, not only do they lose very little, but in effect they will be themselves, just themselves amplified, free of fear and a will to serve truth.
Stop labelling God and God's theology in a word. God sees no boundries, and words are boundries.
How can communication evolve when fear confines the methods of communication we have.
there is a method of communication available only to those not dominated by fear.
Originally posted by queenannie38
Why should I use their logic? It's illogical, from my perspective.... .
Originally posted by queenannie38
there is a method of communication available only to those not dominated by fear.
Yeah, but how many people are going to be in that conversation, provided they can all somehow get together?
Originally posted by Esoteric Teacher
Better question would be how many people aren't listening to the conversation, but are participating in it?
Originally posted by LoneGunMan
Esoteric Teacher and queen annie you two should kiss and agree to disagree! Seems like you two have been arguing for weeks! So I say Peace to you both...
Originally posted by madnessinmysoul
esoteric brings up a good point about fear
aren't most religions either based on fear of the unknown or fear of retribution?
Originally posted by madnessinmysoul
aren't most religions either based on fear of the unknown or fear of retribution?
example
greeks feared lightning, so they said it was the work of zeus
religions like christianity and islam use fear of damnation (though in islam it's only until you have been punished for all of your sins
Originally posted by madnessinmysoul
esoteric brings up a good point about fear
aren't most religions either based on fear of the unknown or fear of retribution?
Originally posted by LoneGunMan
Esoteric Teacher and queen annie you two should kiss and agree to disagree!
Originally posted by madnessinmysoul
i just don't like it when i hurt another by taking my needs above theirs.
Originally posted by AkashicWanderer
And I would agree with queenannie, it is the fear of death.
Originally posted by madnessinmysoul
a counter saying that of the over 150,000 people that died today the
majority will go to hell, THIS is why many evangelicals anger me.
Originally posted by Esoteric Teacher
Huh. What if God was afraid of death? Probably cause God to create mortality in order to manifest the fear that must be delt with, if the fear of death could not be resolved within God's own mind.