Cosmic insights transcending traditional theology........
Cosmic insights transcending traditional theology........
Well, not since
yesterday at 11:42 pm, anyway. Can you really
not doubt the inspiration and wisdom of anything when you doubt its truth? And I'm sure you are more than happy to supply those qualifications from your own opinions. It always goes back to: "Did God really say <insert appropriate lie here>?"
Hi Derf,
I refer you back to the paragraph you're responding to, which is quite sufficient in its explanation
- your link to my former post to JR also still holds, upon which he is apparently musing over an appropriate response. Again, the Bible is a composite writing of many different authors, all having various and different reasons and agendas for their compositions, - hence any 'inspiraiton' or 'value' of those writings will be 'conditioned' by the scribes themselves, among many other variables.
A redirecting to the Garden of Eden 'story' (mythology) is really unnecessary in this equation
- as I shared, I'm seriously doing deeper research into religious philosophy and mythology, and have always been more of a mystic, gnostic spiritualist anyways, seeing the hidden meanings, allegory and symbolism in religious writings. The Garden of Eden story would be considered by many as having 'mythological' and 'allegorical' components.
Blah, blah, blah.... Seems to me that you have embarked on a journey to convince yourself that you are the final arbiter of any truth, thus putting yourself in the place of God. No wonder you use the quote marks when you write it.
The statement you are 'blahing' still holds, being both logical and reasonable. In any field of 'knowledge' we ought to be 'scientists', that includes rational thinking, logic, ...even in the field of religious studies or spiritual experience, each thing must be evaluated
within its own context, then its value or meaning can be assessed therefrom.
Yes,...there is a subtle reason I sometimes write
'God' with quote marks,
since it is just a 'word' describing 'Deity' or some 'divinity' (personal or non-personal, etc.). It is merely a
nuance of punctuation showing that any value, meaning or description can be included or identified with the word 'God'. I've found this to be universally consistent, since your 'concept' of 'God' may be different than mine. Such a 'nauance' is merely cosmetic
- I also make up my own words sometimes,....its one of those fun side perks that come with 'creative writing'. - as I've said elsewhere, these are
just 'words' anyways,.....its all 'alphabet soup'. Language is a universal medium like music, - differences only exist in our terms, notes, symbols, and the meanings, values we ascribe to those terms.
You have no fear of what you discover, as long as it doesn't include ECT, eh?
No fear in love. If your 'God' is love, or if in reality, true Deity is
LOVE itself,...then there is absolutely nothing to fear, and even moreso since 'God' is the omnipresent REALITY always BEING. After all, if you hold to the traditional classical definition of God from a theist perspective,...LOVE is omnipresent, omniscient, omnipotent. This is why a Universalist view TRUMPS a traditional concept of the hellfire of ECT, while a 'conditional immortality' view at least provides certain rules or laws concerning the grant of 'immortality' via free will choice, while not maligning the character of God as some kind of
sadistic Punisher.
My former commentary and critique of ECT, shared
here and elsewhere stands,
until more insight or modifications ensue. All points of view, opinions are assumptions are subject to change with additional light. This is the attitude of any true student, in any given field.
While you say, "Love would grant all within its providence", the bible (Lev 20:23) says God kicked the Canaanites out of Canaan (His "providence"), the Jews out of Jerusalem (His city), and the Devil out of heaven (His throne). Jesus said He would judge "in that day", saying "Depart from me, you who practice lawlessness." How can Love "grant all within its providence" while sending people away from it?
Is Love love, or not? What is love's nature, constitution, desire, will? I'd stick with considering that fundamental inquiry, before qualifying or assuming some presumed or pre-scribed image or concept of love. I would also suggest considering the essence and nature of Deity
itself, illuminated or intuited in your own being, and let that light guide and enlighten your intellect and conscience, since that 'presence of God' is innate within every sentient being, or else you would not have any life or consciousness, 'God' being the very source and sustainer of life. Since consciousness is at the heart of life itself, and life's very essence upholds and contains awareness,...I recognize that 'God' is at the heart of life, as the First Source and Center of All that IS. So perhaps our understanding of 'God' differs in some ways, but the fundamentals of 'God' being love, light, truth, spirit....ever holds, unless you would define, de-scribe or qualify 'God' as something else.
