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love is imminent and transcendent. forms come and go, but the action of love remains the same.No, merely reminding you of the facet of God that is transcendent, rather than imminent. We have to deal with both in order to present a broader theological picture.
No it isn't. The Holy spirit has nothing to do with the self.
A lot of people threw conscience out the window a long time ago. And there is such a thing as an evil conscience. Love is only the latest fashion. Truth merely facts. Its as if virtue dissappeared. Not enough , more, more.
My inner voice tells me to puke. Laugh. Cry for what used to mean.
Christ was a jew
Siddhartha was from Lumbini (modern Nepal)
Christ wasnt a christian, his disciples were
The Buddha wasnt a Buddhist, his disciples were
Christ followed judaism
The Siddhartha followed no one
Of course. That’s why we have to consider the Spirit without.love is imminent and transcendent. forms come and go, but the action of love remain the same.
have you never heard? love is a circle whose circumference is nowhere and whose center is everywhere?
jesus said that he/she who did the will of the father was my sister, brother, mother. he didn't follow judaism to letter. he broke the sabbath and said the sabbath was made for man and not man for the sabbath. in moses day that would have gotten him a stoning. so no, he didn't really follow judaism
Numbers 15
32 Now while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks on the Sabbath day. 33 And those who found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and Aaron, and to all the congregation. 34 They put him under guard, because it had not been explained what should be done to him.
35 Then the Lord said to Moses, “The man must surely be put to death; all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp.” 36 So, as the Lord commanded Moses, all the congregation brought him outside the camp and stoned him with stones, and he died.
To say Christ wasn't a Christian is like saying Buddha wasn't a Buddhist.
there is no otherness. there is just the delusion of otherness or outside.Of course. That’s why we have to consider the Spirit without.
Please. Please. Please. Stop quoting scripture. I never read it.
Jesus practiced his cultural customs since he was a kid. He always looked to his father. We actually dont know what jesus taught. The bible was not written by jesus. Unless you know him personally, what other religion would jesus follow outside his own customs he told people they didnt follow?
He probably was a pretty bad jewish observant but he wasnt christian nor pagan. What other religion did he practice if not the laws of moses with whom he kept quoting in the gospels?
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No. The creation is not the creator. God is (as I said) both. And we have to consider both.there is no otherness. there is just the delusion of otherness or outside.
I am the LORD, and there is no other; apart from me there is no God. I will strengthen you, though you have not acknowledged me,
then your god isn't imminent, nor omnipresent.No. The creation is not the creator. God is (as I said) both. And we have to consider both.
he broke the sabbath that isn't following the laws of moses. he even said that one greater than solomon was here. he even chastized moses for allowing men to make harlots out of their wives by divorcing them. there was no other recourse for a woman. her family usually didn't want her back, nor any other man for that matter. she was considered to be polluted.
buddhist scripture wasn't written by siddhartha
socrates wrote nothing himself
neither did pythagoras
he was probably exposed to buddhism. it was already in alexandria when he was a child.
he would have definitely been exposed to zoroastrianism
I know this. Your points of connection arent making sense.
Buddhist is not a good phrase to describe a Dharma practitioner. Buddhism isnt even near close to what The Buddha actually taught. He realized The Dharma already existed.
Also, he wasnt the first to realize The Dharma. He went to his sage to know more about how to recognize it; and, after discussing it with his teacher and with practice, he realized The Dharma "too."
Its about The Dharma not The Buddha, Sakaymuni.
Yes! God creates something outside God’s Self. But then God gives life to it by infusing it with Holy Spirit. According to our belief, we each contain the breath of God. Therefore, God is both transcendent and imminent. God is omnipresent and place-specific. God is both, and (to repeat) we have to consider both when thinking theologically, or the construct suffers.then your god isn't imminent, nor omnipresent.
your god creates something outside and separate from itself. you are divided against your god
the holy spirit is god; so then if it is infused with the holy spirit it isn't separate from god.Yes! God creates something outside God’s Self. But then God gives life to it by infusing it with Holy Spirit. According to our belief, we each contain the breath of God. Therefore, God is both transcendent and imminent. God is omnipresent and place-specific. God is both, and (to repeat) we have to consider both when thinking theologically, or the construct suffers.
Yes, but “being not separate from” and “being God” are not synonymous. I am not separate from my wife, but I am not my wife.the holy spirit is god; so then if it is infused with the holy spirit it isn't separate from god.
the bible doesn't teach ex-nihilo. it teaches that all things come from 3 things: 1. God, 2. Spirit of God, 3. Waters of God. its been called the mind, body, spirit complex by some.
heaven and earth, all created things come from those 3 things
nothing is created apart/outside of god; except those who try to assign god a place to reside.
Isaiah 66
66 Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?
Colossian 1:16
For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him.
Jeremiah 23
23 Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off? 24 Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord.
Yes, but “being not separate from” and “being God” are not synonymous. I am not separate from my wife, but I am not my wife.
Again: both/and.
As far as creation, “ God said.” God spoke creation into being out of the pre-existent primordial soup. I suppose one could argue that speaking utilizes the breath, so in that instance, yes, God’s Spirit and Word are present within the creation. But the creation is not synonymous with God.
Interesting. I've heard this before (don't agree with it, but...). It seems like another form of dualism.God creates something outside God’s Self
More fascination. I agree with what you said, but probably not what you meant. I guess until we can actually walk across the lake in the summertime, it's word games.I am not separate from my wife, but I am not my wife.