Thief
Rogue Theologian
The proactive version is better.
That way you are in control of how you are dealt with...later on.
Oh...that's right....you're still hung up on that ...'later on'....part.
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There can be no light without the dark.....right?
- Thread starter Rigaletto
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The proactive version is better.
That way you are in control of how you are dealt with...later on.
Oh...that's right....you're still hung up on that ...'later on'....part.
Thief
Rogue Theologian
And you seem to know....'Keeper of the Light'...was God's favored angel.
waitasec
Veteran Member
Viker
Häxan
I remember reading some place that the Devil could come as an angel of light.
Gjallarhorn
N'yog-Sothep
If you still believe the false mythology built off a mistranslation...
PolyHedral
Superabacus Mystic
As the (apparently resident) physicist, I should point out that there's no place in the universe that's actually dark; everything glows with either heat, or the radiation left over from the big bang.
Viker
Häxan
Gjallarhorn
N'yog-Sothep
Darkness being the absence of light and all, it's really hard to take the metaphorical statements of others seriously...
waitasec
Veteran Member
Pegg
Jehovah our God is One
in the real world, there is no such thing as 'dark'
dark doesnt exist.
Dark is simply the absence of light. In that sense, anything which is bad is only bad because goodness is absent....not because bad exists.
CynthiaCypher
Well-Known Member
Evil is not necessarily the absence of good, just has the absence of hot doesn't automatically mean it's cold. Evil is more a perversion of what is good rather than the absence, I feel that's what makes it even more deadly because it looks like it's good but in reality it is evil
PolyHedral
Superabacus Mystic
...Doesn't it? A total absence of heat (i.e. 0K) is pretty cold by my standards.
CynthiaCypher
Well-Known Member
Did I say heat or did I say hot?
CynthiaCypher
Well-Known Member
Nope. The absence of truth is ignorance not darkness, darkness is the absence of a flashlight
most religions at the top are dark as you say........ the balance of good or bad is really only an appearance of positive or negative energy in this heaven(or program) in which we reside.... a clue...the drawing of a sword against a group of attackers is a very positive action and because of this the attackers ( who have swords) will become alerted to you as you try to impose yourself on the group...this is because youve become overly positive.... the work done to overcome this is spiritual in nature and rather than believe this heaven to be materialistic( like most supposedly good or "light" religions) or mammon you have to consider it to be a creation or program created by the gods. So rather than believing you can do something by drawing your sword to impose your sword against the kodak moment of a threat the real training is in stealing your perception to the point that you only concern yourself with making sure that nothing you do has any affect on the attackers....(live by the sword die by the sword) and that can be applied to all your dealings and thoughts etc( how you treat people etc)...if you can accomplish this all the attacking swordsmen will walk onto your sword not realising they have done so....p.s the yin/yang symbol is black and white seperated by the letter "s" the ancient symbol for snake....those practioners of kung fu (eg) of old know the importance of attempting to balance positive and negative energy.....
True, the tree of life was withheld (for- bitten as you say) as a means of allowing mankind to go through the experience.
The trees are just a metaphor of knowledge given and knowledge withheld.
The tree of life, is knowledge of God via His Son reintroduced at a specific time in human history not excluding all those who lived and died before His arrival.
The new creation of the spiritual nature was the door opening up for all of us to be able to live on after this life.
If we were born in a time where the knowledge of the tree of life was available, we are blessed to receive it, while we are yet in the flesh to reap it's benefits.
Because evil is an inherent potential in all of us, the opportunity to exercise it is obvious in the confusion that has become a religion.
Mankind is such that some accountability is required in some in order for the some to remain strait (Good folk) and therefore some religious organizations require their flocks to toe the line.
That is why in some religions one will find differences that help keep the sheep in line.
For others like some of us, are faith is deeper and stronger allowing us to stand firm and not be swayed by every wind of doctrine.
Blessings, AJ