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26th November 2011, 02:54 PM | #241 |
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Actually re-quoted by Edge. In light of the problem of evil, do you actually believe what is quoted above? |
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Because God isn't a separate being in the sense that you and I are separate beings. God-images are projections to the ego-self from the deepest part of our collective psyche or soul, which is called 'Atman' or 'Brahman' in Hinduism and called the 'archetype of the Self' in Jungian terms. God is beyond any one particular form or name or culture or symbol because God is inside us all AND outside us all at the same time. God contains all pairs of opposites and they all play out in the field of time, through us. Humanity is an aspect of God. The Trinity is really a Quaternity. The play is the thing. |
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"Faith in what?" he asked himself, adrift in limbo. "Faith in faith," he replied. "It isn't necessary to have something to believe in. It's only necessary to believe that somewhere there's something worthy of belief." |
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"Faith in what?" he asked himself, adrift in limbo. "Faith in faith," he replied. "It isn't necessary to have something to believe in. It's only necessary to believe that somewhere there's something worthy of belief." |
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What the hell do you mean, it will be suppressed? It's in the Daily Mail and on the Internet. True or false, I think it's out there. Hard to put that genie back in the bottle.
That sounds remarkably like a threat. You're just saying stuff. There's no evidence for any of it, and there's only one answer to assertions like this: |
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"Faith in what?" he asked himself, adrift in limbo. "Faith in faith," he replied. "It isn't necessary to have something to believe in. It's only necessary to believe that somewhere there's something worthy of belief." |
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I have no idea what you're trying to say, but I'm still pretty sure that you're wrong. -Akhenaten I sometimes think the Bible was inspired by Satan to make God look bad. And then it backfired on Him when He underestimated the stupidity of religious ideologues. -MontagK505 |
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"Faith in what?" he asked himself, adrift in limbo. "Faith in faith," he replied. "It isn't necessary to have something to believe in. It's only necessary to believe that somewhere there's something worthy of belief." |
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Wow really? No I'm not trying to make up my own religion. I'm a Christian Mystic. My exegesis is based on studying comparative religion, comparative mythology, comparative mysticism, esoterica, parapsychology, and based on insights gleaned from my own mystical experiences. |
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"Faith in what?" he asked himself, adrift in limbo. "Faith in faith," he replied. "It isn't necessary to have something to believe in. It's only necessary to believe that somewhere there's something worthy of belief." |
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"Faith in what?" he asked himself, adrift in limbo. "Faith in faith," he replied. "It isn't necessary to have something to believe in. It's only necessary to believe that somewhere there's something worthy of belief." |
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Creed \'kreed\ [ME crede, from OE creeda, from Latin credo ("I believe" the first word of the Apostles' and Nicene creeds), from credere to believe, trust, entrust; akin to OIr cretid "he believes"] 1: a brief authoritative formula of religious belief 2: a set of fundamental beliefs 3: a guiding principle |
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Are you trying to figure out who put their own ideas into the mix? lol Here's the thing. There are two kinds of theology in religions. There is the theology of the mystics, who make the religions. And there is the theology of the non-mystics, who misunderstand the religions. The theology of the mystics runs hidden underneath the surface of the religion, like a current. It's reserved for initiates of the mystical order. |
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"Faith in what?" he asked himself, adrift in limbo. "Faith in faith," he replied. "It isn't necessary to have something to believe in. It's only necessary to believe that somewhere there's something worthy of belief." |
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"Faith in what?" he asked himself, adrift in limbo. "Faith in faith," he replied. "It isn't necessary to have something to believe in. It's only necessary to believe that somewhere there's something worthy of belief." |
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27th November 2011, 05:29 AM | #276 |
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Do you mean that belief in any of them defines a christian?
The point I'm trying to make is that there doesn't seem to be much similarity between your beliefs and what you describe as the beliefs of the non-mystic christians. I think that you're trying to have your cake and eat it, having your own beliefs while still maintaining a connection to a larger community. It sounds elitist as well. |
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I can't resist!
You say, “ without humans there is no God.” I say, “Without humans there is no science.” You guys got some double standards there bud. So you can dig up a bone and say here is history, and a known fact! But at the same time when a find like this is made it's not? You know the only difference between you and I is God, do you get that? You can't fool yourself forever. |
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