In questioning the nature of being why are y'all stuck on present perceptions? Don't you think the very nature of consciousness would be fundamentally different from our present one?
Being or Non-being... Hmm, is that the question?
Here's my take... I AM THAT I AM!
Big Bang or still small voice the proof isn't always in the pudding pop! Real chocolate may be used but some prefer the artificial substitute taste. You can take the boy out of the ghetto but whose gonna...
Well... I just took a run all over the place there with the whole going to space thing. Somewhere along the line I heard someone teach that a prophecy about the enemy of the God of Moses to ascend his throne to the uttermost parts of the north... north meaning space. Humans thrive in hells...
The cats dead, OK? We left him in the box too long. Was the universe big bang a realization of being I AM? Is it possible the messages of prophets and saviors are so misinterpreted as to have lost the source of original power? Are we beyond repair as humans who dare to ask, "Who am I?"
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Sorry it took so long to get back to this one... not sure if I could answer to anyones satisfaction but me own. Lately I've been studying rational emotive behavior therapy REBT on my own. Then I read a Christian critique on Albert Ellis, the psychologist who came up with REBT and REBT itself...
I think it can be assumed that a lot more conversation went on than related in the story... but I suppose you're looking for a more literalistview so I'll shut up now.
Well... I think the message was for us to ask God for what we wanted to know rather than looking for a quick answer. I believe the story is a type of early man on earth where humans communed much closer with eachother and our common Creator in such a way that it really wasn't needed to go run...
Within our being is the realization of possible non-being. We observe ourselves and the expanse of the universe in which we live in an instant now awareness but we cannot see all of the one or all of the infinite or eternal. So time and space become challenges of our observation of our own...
I'll give you that... it was a telephone poll and if you target certain area's you can get expected results. I've met many non-racist Republicans... it's does look like a case of targeting extremist. I wonder what a wider poll would come up with.
The poll does seem to be all over the net
46 Percent of Mississippi Republicans Want Interracial Marriage Banned
I'm not really suprised... it's sad but I feel the poll is most likely valid and shows how far we have to go....
I kinda feel like judgement day is everyday that I judge myself by what I believe I know about what our Creator wants of me. I feel like everytime I think of something good to do and don't do it is as bad as when I do something bad to someone else.
My heart tells me that death will come after...
I believe Heaven is the possesion of those who are poor in spirit and persecuted for their righteousness/goodness according to the beatitudes in Christ Sermon on the Mount. Jesus also says the Kingdom of Heaven is within...
So I believe that Heaven is on earth and is in the hearts of those...
Well... I believe conservatives today seem to have forgotten that mercy should triumph over judgement as they fight fire with fire with political incorrectness against secular humanist who reflect fundemental Christian values without the advantage of claiming faith in the god-in-a-box bible...
I should have seperated the two comments. I only meant that I felt waitasec was reflecting the spirit of what I feel to be grace in her comment. However her concern of how the exclusivitiy of grace is reflected by some of those who present the gift of grace is I feel... valid. But I cannot...
I think it only seems that way because until you actually try to follow the teachings of Christ it isn't clear what he actually meant by what he said. To find the meaning of Christ teachings it is best to look at all four Gospels and even Acts as they begin to perceive the grace afforded to...
The extreme difficulty inherent in the words of Christ account for the grace presented by his sacrifice on the cross. Here a teacher presented something even more impossible to us than Moses... so he cut us a break and told us to believe in him and love one another. Yeah... my faith in Christ...
waitasec
I share your concern... sojourner said exactly what I thought after I read your first thought. Words and teachings so often hide the spirit of grace... but to me the fascinating power of honest words from an honest heart is grace.