EnhancedSpirit
High Priestess
I have read a lot of posts talking about God punishing us for our sins. I just don't see this. When I tell my children they cannot jump on the couch, it is not to deny them the joy of jumping, or to save the furniture. I have a rule about jumping on the couch because of a law in nature called gravity. But children love to jump, and they did not stop trying to do so until the day they got hurt. When my son got hurt by falling off the couch, that was not me punishing him, it was the consequence of not heeding my warning.
The commandments were not forced on us by a controlling God. He would not give us free will, then impose rules on us, and punish us for using our gift of free will. Moses asked God how he might bring his people closer to God, and the 10 commandments were guidelines to the nature of spiritual law. God does not want to deny us the joy of making love to another person, but there are severe consequences if your actions hurt any other person, even if by accident. We are to honor our mother and father because they hold reminders of why you are here. "... no other God's before me" because God is Love, not a deity, not a spirit, not a man with a big white beard, not his son. You were created out of Love, and Jesus taught of unconditional love. Some of the commandments would require a seperate thread. But the jest of this is this, the commandments are warnings, not demands. And the mystery behind the teachings is this, it's not about the act, it's about the re-action or the 'EMOTIONS'.
The commandments were not forced on us by a controlling God. He would not give us free will, then impose rules on us, and punish us for using our gift of free will. Moses asked God how he might bring his people closer to God, and the 10 commandments were guidelines to the nature of spiritual law. God does not want to deny us the joy of making love to another person, but there are severe consequences if your actions hurt any other person, even if by accident. We are to honor our mother and father because they hold reminders of why you are here. "... no other God's before me" because God is Love, not a deity, not a spirit, not a man with a big white beard, not his son. You were created out of Love, and Jesus taught of unconditional love. Some of the commandments would require a seperate thread. But the jest of this is this, the commandments are warnings, not demands. And the mystery behind the teachings is this, it's not about the act, it's about the re-action or the 'EMOTIONS'.