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Recent content by trablano

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    Wisdom from another perspective

    Sometimes I conclude from practice and life that wisdom in fact is a mystical river like fate, and that it is normally benevolent and a kinder force in life balancing out the difficult things we encounter in our fate. It is a white and pure stream and I believe Odysseus (I'm pagan) had much joy...
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    Why Does God Permit Evil?

    NPeace, I do not think God is above us and creates our reality. That would be predestination. Instead God is by our side and has his own experience of reality. When I pray and ask for something I usually do not get much or anything at all. But when I pray to communicate with the God who is...
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    Why Does God Permit Evil?

    I think this has to do with how you look at predestination and God's alleged omnipotence. I think the spirit is with us and guides us and takes us with him on the journey of life. And life is such that there will be some suffering in it, it just depends on with how much we can cope and how far...
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    images of gods and the bible

    If we worship an idol as if the stone or wood were a complete divinity, that would be wrong. But using an idol as a means to teach and express something about a God, that would be fine by me. The bible is an idol in some sense too, if we hold too tightly to it as opposed to clinging to the...
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    images of gods and the bible

    In Islam, Judaism and Christianity it is normally not allowed to create and worship images or statues of a god. I think this is a serious problem because images can teach us better than stories to seek the presence of God. When I look at an image of God I do not believe the image itself has...
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    Have Your Beliefs Evolved Over Time?

    I was raised an atheist by my father and remained that until I was about 18. Then I explored angels and Jesus on a basis of free thought. Then I became a christian for about 12 years. I find myself returning to angelology and free (poly-)theism now. I am a syncretic, worshiping what I perceive...
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    christian faith without the bible as foundation

    Thanks for the comments. Well, I am not a jesuist in the jeffersonian traditions. The words of Jesus as recorded in the bible seem more scary to me than the concepts of wonders, his divinity or the resurrection. I mean the stuff about self hate, the parable of Lazarus and the Rich Man, the...
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    christian faith without the bible as foundation

    Hello there, I wanted to ask you if you think it's possible to have a christian faith without accepting the bible as a foundation for it. It is rather odd. I started out as an atheist but since I was 16 I had a fascination for Jesus and the gods. I never read the bible back then and simply...
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    questions about christianity and hinduism

    What do you find troubling? It is the bible and biblical christianity which are troubling! According to the bible I can forget about my family because most of them do not believe in Jesus. This false bible god is not love, he is anger and hatred and pride. The real Jesus, I believe, was beyond...
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    questions about christianity and hinduism

    Hello again, thank you much for the many comments. I hope I made myself clear that I do not intend to entirely leave Jesus behind. I just believe differently than in what the bible teaches. The book is very cruel and if you want to be strict with it it can suck out all joy from you and imprison...
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    questions about christianity and hinduism

    Hello, I used to be a more or less strict christian for around 12 years now but I have become very disillusioned about my religion and cannot trust the bible anymore. I still have some faith in Jesus but I do not even know how to formulate it and how to rely on it. My life is very difficult, I...
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    I have finally found my home

    I'm a follower of Minerva. Not that different, I guess. May the gods shine on you!
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    May a christian explore hinduism, buddhism, paganism etc

    Hello Shiranui, I'm having my problems with the bible. The God it reveals to us isn't such a good God. Already in the first five books of the bible there is Genocide, Mass Killing of humans and animals through a worldwide Flood, an oppressive law that demanded capital punishment for nothings...
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    May a christian explore hinduism, buddhism, paganism etc

    I go to other gods because this is more authentic. To give me a broader view of Heaven with more options. To justify the non-christian religions as well as the christian confessions. I don't want to be an ideologist. I belong to a faith, not to a lawbook. I'm not a jew believing in a literal...
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    May a christian explore hinduism, buddhism, paganism etc

    Well I believe in other gods but they are smaller than Jehovah. So you could call me a henotheist, if you will. The other gods were only forbidden for the jews, and well I am not a jew. But the psalms are full of references to Jehovah as the God of gods, and that these other gods are simply...
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