I am loving the energy you are putting out, no judgement, and well thought out. Thank you!. I do not put my faith in science either. My faith is in God, Source, Spirit, Alla, My creator can be called many things. In my own opinion all "light" Religions, and faith practices connect us to God,, Source: the list continues. All are paths to "salvation?" Or "enlightenment". I am not claiming Christianity is wrong, or I am correct. I could be completely off my rocker. If God created us in His image, and ALSO gave us free will, do you think HE would argue semantics over the way you practice and understand faith? Faith is a very individualistic thing, sure assemble in groups, to grow faith, to ask questions. But spirituality growth is dependent on ones self. And lets say the Crusades never happened, would the rest of the world be going directly to h e double hockey stix? Because they didnt believe in White Jesus? lol Sorry to make light, I try to be humorous in these situations. Also let me be clear, I personally have a painting of Jesus in my living room. He is still a Religious icon and the energies and intentions put into it are still strong and healing. I also have a buddah. And I have an alter with spell candles for protection, and understanding <something I tend to lack...I am quick to violence>.
This is where I must draw a firm line. Jesus set everyone free on Earth. Physically, mentally, spiritually released them of their bondage. It is true that he said that many would argue over his name and in a way I can see how getting all ruffled over what we call him is very similar to having Idols. There is real power in the Name of Christ though, who wasn't "white" ( though not impossible for him to have been, honestly if he were Jewish as it is said then he were likely of the same complexion as the Jews are but they are adamant that they are NOT white! (Caucasian doesn't exist anymore apparently (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucasian_race) that is man trying to have dominion over man Hitler did this with the concept of the perfect race, that man must have been some speaker because he wasn't even close to the Aryans he described). We must be careful with the idea of Faith practices as well, as people are fucking dumb and will get themselves/others hurt (snake handlers) for the sake of proving their Faith, Jesus warns against this, is greater or better than another (again, man trying to have dominion over man) Having a singular means that it is impossible to mistake unless mislead and that would fall on them that mislead.
Crusades...... What part of thou shalt not kill do people miss? They were not Christian but claimed it to say they were sent by God to kill a bunch of Muslim extremist that had just fucked a bunch of stuff up, where on earth have I heard this... It is very familiar. If you do not know the history you are doomed to repeat it. Boy do we LOVE repetition! Hell isn't for everyone, I think that it is more Biblical to understand that few are going to hell, few will make it to heaven and the rest will have never existed in the first place.
Many of your statements align with the teaching of Christ and you are right when you say it is up to the individual for their own spiritual growth. And Faith is very interpersonal. We can agree on those!
I must add that God precedes light. He existed before it, if you use the Creation story of the Bible so God isn't "light" and the bible warns of an Angel of "Light" that comes to deceive man. Really interesting when you open the Quran and see that the figures of light within it are called Djin and are rarely good for humans (https://www.thefreedictionary.com/djin)
I am loving the energy you are putting out, no judgement, and well thought out. Thank you!. I do not put my faith in science either. My faith is in God, Source, Spirit, Alla, My creator can be called many things. In my own opinion all "light" Religions, and faith practices connect us to God,, Source: the list continues. All are paths to "salvation?" Or "enlightenment". I am not claiming Christianity is wrong, or I am correct. I could be completely off my rocker. If God created us in His image, and ALSO gave us free will, do you think HE would argue semantics over the way you practice and understand faith? Faith is a very individualistic thing, sure assemble in groups, to grow faith, to ask questions. But spirituality growth is dependent on ones self. And lets say the Crusades never happened, would the rest of the world be going directly to h e double hockey stix? Because they didnt believe in White Jesus? lol Sorry to make light, I try to be humorous in these situations. Also let me be clear, I personally have a painting of Jesus in my living room. He is still a Religious icon and the energies and intentions put into it are still strong and healing. I also have a buddah. And I have an alter with spell candles for protection, and understanding <something I tend to lack...I am quick to violence>.
This is where I must draw a firm line. Jesus set everyone free on Earth. Physically, mentally, spiritually released them of their bondage. It is true that he said that many would argue over his name and in a way I can see how getting all ruffled over what we call him is very similar to having Idols. There is real power in the Name of Christ though, who wasn't "white" ( though not impossible for him to have been, honestly if he were Jewish as it is said then he were likely of the same complexion as the Jews are but they are adamant that they are NOT white! (Caucasian doesn't exist anymore apparently (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucasian_race) that is man trying to have dominion over man Hitler did this with the concept of the perfect race, that man must have been some speaker because he wasn't even close to the Aryans he described). We must be careful with the idea of Faith practices as well, as people are fucking dumb and will get themselves/others hurt (snake handlers) for the sake of proving their Faith, Jesus warns against this, is greater or better than another (again, man trying to have dominion over man) Having a singular means that it is impossible to mistake unless mislead and that would fall on them that mislead.
Crusades...... What part of thou shalt not kill do people miss? They were not Christian but claimed it to say they were sent by God to kill a bunch of Muslim extremist that had just fucked a bunch of stuff up, where on earth have I heard this... It is very familiar. If you do not know the history you are doomed to repeat it. Boy do we LOVE repetition! Hell isn't for everyone, I think that it is more Biblical to understand that few are going to hell, few will make it to heaven and the rest will have never existed in the first place.
Many of your statements align with the teaching of Christ and you are right when you say it is up to the individual for their own spiritual growth. And Faith is very interpersonal. We can agree on those!
I must add that God precedes light. He existed before it, if you use the Creation story of the Bible so God isn't "light" and the bible warns of an Angel of "Light" that comes to deceive man. Really interesting when you open the Quran and see that the figures of light within it are called Djin and are rarely good for humans (https://www.thefreedictionary.com/djin)