IndigoChild
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I'm beginning to think I'm a liberal Christo-Pagan, because though I am a New Age Pagan, I believe that Jesus's philosophy was so right and is so misunderstood. Jesus was the original hippy, he would have been a liberal (probably a member of the Green party, if any party), for he was a leader in the struggle for our souls' civil rights. He wanted the truth to be known about Who We Are, and it is so sad that power-hungry politicians took advantage of peoples' illiteracy to edit the Bible for their own personal gain, the best example being King James's slice-and-dice re-writing of the Bible to justify his extensive witch hunts, changing phrases like "Thou shalt not suffer a poisoner to live" to "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."
Jesus was a rebel, a freedom fighter for the souls of mankind from the idea of an opressive and evil God.
If Jesus was alive today, he would explain his message thusly: "When I said that I and the Father are One and that you are all my siblings, I meant that we are ALL one with God. God and us are One Being, pretending to be Many."
And
"When I said, 'Let me be the light and the way,' I didn't mean that believing in me as your lord and savior was the answer... I meant I want you to EMULATE ME, if you think you cannot come to my peace on your own, and if you have a hard time believing that we are all One. Live as I lived... not the details, either, just the essence: live in oneness and unity and peace will be yours. The Kingdom of God is YOUR kingdom, it is OUR kingdom, because WE ARE GOD. Heaven is NOW HERE."
If Jesus forgave the criminals hanging beside him, and the people who hung him by his WRISTS from the cross with ROPE, then why should we not forgive as well? Christians are fond of saying, "Judge not, lest ye be judged," but they don't seem to know what it really means. Jesus, if he were alive today, would no doubt explain it like this:
"When I said, 'Judge not, lest ye be judged,' I meant that other humans might judge you. God does not judge, so why should you? Make decisions, yes, but judge not. Condemn not. For all attack is a cry for help, and all your fear and hatred and prejudice of those who you would call perverted or who are of another race, is just based in ignorance and lack of understanding. Get to learn that all people are humans just like you. Even if you do not believe the truth of our Oneness literally, know that what helps another helps you (just as what helps you helps another), for what helps one human helps the whole species."
I think, if we adopted this policy, that our ideas about what helps us would be broadened, and we could stop hurting the earth. Because what I don't understand is why suicide is considered a blasphemy to God, but smoking one's self to death is not. Why is killing another for one's personal reasons a sin, but killing in the name of God or in a war is not? I would think, logically, that killing in the name of God would be the ultimate blasphemy. And why is it a sin to use contraceptives or have anal sex, but it isn't considered a sin to pollute? Isn't mistreatment of the Earth a defilement of God's creation and, therefore, a blasphemy?
Kat
Jesus was a rebel, a freedom fighter for the souls of mankind from the idea of an opressive and evil God.
If Jesus was alive today, he would explain his message thusly: "When I said that I and the Father are One and that you are all my siblings, I meant that we are ALL one with God. God and us are One Being, pretending to be Many."
And
"When I said, 'Let me be the light and the way,' I didn't mean that believing in me as your lord and savior was the answer... I meant I want you to EMULATE ME, if you think you cannot come to my peace on your own, and if you have a hard time believing that we are all One. Live as I lived... not the details, either, just the essence: live in oneness and unity and peace will be yours. The Kingdom of God is YOUR kingdom, it is OUR kingdom, because WE ARE GOD. Heaven is NOW HERE."
If Jesus forgave the criminals hanging beside him, and the people who hung him by his WRISTS from the cross with ROPE, then why should we not forgive as well? Christians are fond of saying, "Judge not, lest ye be judged," but they don't seem to know what it really means. Jesus, if he were alive today, would no doubt explain it like this:
"When I said, 'Judge not, lest ye be judged,' I meant that other humans might judge you. God does not judge, so why should you? Make decisions, yes, but judge not. Condemn not. For all attack is a cry for help, and all your fear and hatred and prejudice of those who you would call perverted or who are of another race, is just based in ignorance and lack of understanding. Get to learn that all people are humans just like you. Even if you do not believe the truth of our Oneness literally, know that what helps another helps you (just as what helps you helps another), for what helps one human helps the whole species."
I think, if we adopted this policy, that our ideas about what helps us would be broadened, and we could stop hurting the earth. Because what I don't understand is why suicide is considered a blasphemy to God, but smoking one's self to death is not. Why is killing another for one's personal reasons a sin, but killing in the name of God or in a war is not? I would think, logically, that killing in the name of God would be the ultimate blasphemy. And why is it a sin to use contraceptives or have anal sex, but it isn't considered a sin to pollute? Isn't mistreatment of the Earth a defilement of God's creation and, therefore, a blasphemy?
Kat
