cabals legal tricks will work for them as long as God allows them to
I am by no means convinced that it is up to the Divine. On the contrary, I think it is very much up to us. Regardless, their tricks are still the law of the land, which means they are still the beliefs of the masses, which means they are still as real as a thing gets within the construct of society, which is the only place where the concept of "ownership" means anything at all.
I'm not sure if that's true at all. The Source of All Things is the Source. There is nothing that is not already, and eternally, fundamentally connected to Source. The concept of "ownership" doesn't really apply in any meaningful (distinctive) way.
Ownership is a construct of the individual person (this piece of bread is mine, this fishing pole is mine, etc.), and by extension a social construct (we agree the bread is yours, we disagree about the fishing pole, etc.). It doesn't really have meaning outside of those scopes.
your perspective is very relatable to me, fren. but God is a person. not a human, but still a person. this has been a fairly recent realization for me, as well.
Exodus 19:5: "Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:"
Psalms 24:1: "A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD's, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein."
You are welcome to think that. But how could the Source be an individual entity? Nothing can possibly be separate from That Which Is, so how can it be "individual" in the way we understand the term?
If you mean you think that the Source is YHWH I suggest you do a deep dive into how Christianity came to be, what Jesus really had to say on the topic, what the Jews really did to bring about today's religions, etc. There is so much more to that story than you will find in the Bible, which was created (in the version we have today) by people who murdered anyone who disagreed with their version of that religion (see the Codex Theodosianus e.g.).
I am by no means convinced that it is up to the Divine. On the contrary, I think it is very much up to us. Regardless, their tricks are still the law of the land, which means they are still the beliefs of the masses, which means they are still as real as a thing gets within the construct of society, which is the only place where the concept of "ownership" means anything at all.
Until the beliefs change, it is what it is.
true, it's up to us. I only bring God into this because that's the real owner of it all.
I'm not sure if that's true at all. The Source of All Things is the Source. There is nothing that is not already, and eternally, fundamentally connected to Source. The concept of "ownership" doesn't really apply in any meaningful (distinctive) way.
Ownership is a construct of the individual person (this piece of bread is mine, this fishing pole is mine, etc.), and by extension a social construct (we agree the bread is yours, we disagree about the fishing pole, etc.). It doesn't really have meaning outside of those scopes.
your perspective is very relatable to me, fren. but God is a person. not a human, but still a person. this has been a fairly recent realization for me, as well.
Exodus 19:5: "Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:"
Psalms 24:1: "A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD's, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein."
You are welcome to think that. But how could the Source be an individual entity? Nothing can possibly be separate from That Which Is, so how can it be "individual" in the way we understand the term?
If you mean you think that the Source is YHWH I suggest you do a deep dive into how Christianity came to be, what Jesus really had to say on the topic, what the Jews really did to bring about today's religions, etc. There is so much more to that story than you will find in the Bible, which was created (in the version we have today) by people who murdered anyone who disagreed with their version of that religion (see the Codex Theodosianus e.g.).