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Originally posted by Mividau
reply to post by MamaJ
Thanks for shareing the love we all need it
We all are spiritual creature's, wheather wa believe in The GOD and Jesus of christianity and Judism, Allah, budha, the great mother. We are spiritual none the less and all connected.
It was an awesome vid. wheather you are religious or not. Like you said the what if factor.
I prefer a beautiful what if vs. the war of the worlds, alien probs what if!!!!
Originally posted by MamaJ
reply to post by theRhenn
It is because Religion like politics is very personal. People think THEY are right and the other is wrong. None of us have all the answers...NONE... BUT....for the believer there are answers (we were told) and it is up to us to seek and find (as we were told) . When we find something out we want others to know. The "Christian" is mostly defined as wanting to "save" their brother/sister as if they know more than the other religions or they are the only ones who will be "saved". The separation began in the beginning and has not stopped...only gotten worse throughout History. We are in no way supposed to be a part of a cult/Religion in my opinion. We are supposed to shed our light on others with love for this is the way to not only get along with others but it is something all Religions "masters" teach.
Any thread that has anything related to God seems to go negative in such a way it derails the thread with people arguing back and forth.
The videos are cool to me and I wanted to share even though I knew the outcome....did it anyway.
Originally posted by Lazarus Short
reply to post by sunqueen30
Sorry, but not everyone has the ability to see what they are looking at.
If you are wondering why God is so vague, well, yes, He could have spelled things out very clearly, but things are hidden, or partly hidden according to His purposes. One purpose is probably to entice us to dig for more information. As His Word says, it is the glory of God to conceal a matter, but it is the glory of Kings to reveal it. That means that if God has given you the ability to dig into things and show new information on God and His ways, you are a King. No kidding.
edit on 7-8-2011 by Lazarus Short because: lah-de-dah
Originally posted by MamaJ
reply to post by sunqueen30
What you see or dont see is not really a judgment I could call....its just not needed.
reply to post by CosmicJ
First off, I am a seeker, like you. I have read the bible, as well as parts of the Qu'ran, many Hindu texts, most Greek mythology, some Norse, etc and I have found, in my opinion, that all religions are lacking. That being said, I am not an atheist, I believe there is something else out there that is unable to be understood. I worked in genetics for several years and I found the purely scientific approach to life to be a bit limiting as well. I've yet to find anyone who can explain to me why the big bang happened (and I believe that it happened - as I believe in evolution, continental drift, speciation, and anything else you want to throw in there).
This idea of seeing God's will in the planet (or other things, such as Jesus' face on a tortilla) has been around for awhile. Inspiration is a funny thing. Look at the poets; Wordsworth saw amazing things that the rest of us possibly don't see, or choose to ignore, from a field of flowers or a bridge. Where did his inspiration come from? What made him stop and notice, and gave him the ability to write his feelings down so the rest of us might stop and take notice once in awhile? What made Byron so good at expressing his emotions about love that it quite possibly allowed for some of us to have a better understanding of that emotion? For that matter, where did Moses' inspiration come from when he wrote the pentatauch? Its a bit too passe for me to believe that he spoke to a physical manifestation of a higher power. And, while you can say what you will about the bible (and I bash it as well) there ARE many good moral stories and lessons in that book.
My point, I suppose, is that different people can see different things no matter where they look or what they look at. Do I believe that the earth hasn't changed and that God spoke his mind on the face of the Earth? Absolutely not. I even believe it may be a bit dangerous for a man to make that statement because some of the lesser minded people may take it as absolute truth without critically evaluating it for themselves. However, do I believe that God (or a higher power) may have spoken to this individual and made him see things he'd never seen before thereby allowing him to make connections and have an epiphany? Absolutely! I believe that is possible, just as believe life on other planets and the existence of ghosts is possible. I DON"T believe that one truth makes the other truth impossible. But that is because I don't confine my belief system within the teachings or lessons of any organized belief system. All things are possible.
On another note...attacking people for their beliefs is a waste of time to those of you that chose to do so in this thread. Firstly you don't even know MamaJ but made incorrect assumptions and just rolled with it. Also, anger and combative language never cures anything...you are as bad as the U.S. government when you react to things that way, believing that you can influence people through bullying or coercion.