theres always more............
theres always more............
:nono: Christianity IS exclusive. Narrow way, only truth and life, Spirit AND Truth, eye of the needle.
I see 'God' as Universal. 'God' being Spirit, Energy, Consciousness, Deity, Soul,...(call 'God' what you will). 'God' can be personalized or non-personal as pure energy-awareness-light-intelligence....from which all personality arises and all relationships in space-time. Creation is the play of God....God unfolding/expressing/involving/evolving.
Basically, your theology is you and literally whatever you can find that agrees with you as a sinful carnal pagan. You are a carnal man, still in his sins, trying to touch your eternity by your own bootstraps. Your 'goodnews' is "You don't need God, he is already in you and is you." That is the exact lie Satan told Eve. You are a fool in every Biblical accusation from scripture. ▲You are nearly a clone of Satan▲ Do you realize that?
Many conflations above, don't know where to begin. My theology is not bound by your concept of 'carnal man', even with your 'pagan' twist added to spruce the pot. You're not understanding the view of 'non-dualism', but could learn from great Advaita teachers such as Ramana Maharshi, Nisargadatte Maharaj, Mooji, etc. about coming to be aware of awareness itself, which is the essence of our true nature, before the mind conceptualizes something and names it. As far as "clones of Satan" go,...that could make a good sci-fi series
Gen 3:4 But the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die.
Gen 3:5 For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
The above could be translated in so many ways, but note that the 'wisdom' of the serpent was even acknowledge by 'God' in the pasage,...since he affirmed that the human pair
did receive 'knowledge' to discern good from evil, so the serpent at least told a half-truth,
but it could also be interpreted that the 'serpent' represents
wisdom, and that yhwh-elohim was trying to keep man from his divine inheritance or potential as
gods-in-embryo. A few gnostic schools played with that scenario, and sought the true 'gnosis' which alone enlightens, while yhwh the demiurge sought to enslave man and keep him "in the dark", preventing him from unleashing his true potential. Such is one view among others.
You led Zeke away by the same lie.
False. Zeke thank 'God' has a mind of his own, and has chosen to use it. He follows the inner guidance of his own God-presence as he feels the Spirit lead, he is responsible for his own path and loyalty to reality.
pj