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I am closer to God than I am the bible.
yeah theres alot of wise words in there sure
but the wisest words Ive heard are my
thoughts in prayers. I dont read the bible everyday
heck I am not a good Sunday christian by any
of those standards church is in your heart
and anyone who can feel the right thing to do
shouldnt be misled by fuzzy logic and premetered fact
the bible is and isnt factual people were far more
inteligent then. They had nothing to do at night
but talk of the mind and soul. The God story is
repetitive all around the world the spiritual and
other worldy exist, how do we deal?
well its simple we take a step back and then jump
right in, Will God forsake me for befriending an
unchristian being? No. because he wants to befriend them as well
why does the christian faith cop so much flack?
well its simple really some are too lazy to think and
be involved for themselves. they leave thier spirituality
in someone elses hands. this is when all the trouble and
misunderstanding happens. Any religion has respect from me
and I will listen and carefully try to understand the
spiritual nature of thier deity but I only see the same
God. The same life force with the same messages.
life can be cruel but also kind. And well they say
knowlegde is the root of evil, well I beg to differ
knowledge is neutral, man is not. God is Neutral
Mankind is not. The spiritual also needs sustanance
and is subject to self sacrifice and selfless acts for
sustinance no matter who or what you believe.
there is one God many ways to worship. We must
really truely understand that these ceremonies are
humanistic tendencies a need from the human physical and
logical being to apease. we need a master. we need a fall guy
we need validation. this is why we create culture. and culture
very much depends on spiritual views. but the unearthly
source be it by burning bush or an inate sense of spirituality
can not be disconnected from the whole. even someone who
does not believe in anything spiritual can not deny the
thier own lifeforce with in thier being. So I look now inwards
towards myself. what is it that makes me Christian where my
views are so different to what many lambs of God quite sacriligious?
I often wonder that. But my answer is this I go to church whether
it be in my heart, or any religion and I feel welcome. I feel
alive and enriched and understood. I feel a spiritual acceptance
my God is everywhere. not just in my ideas and in my head.
Jesus is a glorious story and I can believe Son of God or Messinger
of God. I can believe the Holy trinity with out any doubts. they are
all valid. they are all Godly. It is culture that defines the ritual
and not indeed the spiritual. there are too many things that make us
all the same. I am above the semantics game. literal is not for me
for I prefer a deeper vein of thought. the number 13 sticks out alot
by my reckoning. Its a simple process of disernment for me religiously
if it is self serving it is born of man for man disconnects himself from the
whole continually. If it is spiritual it is fulfilling. we seek dark and light
spiritual fulfilment. one is to carry out justice and the other is to live
with in the bounds of peace and serenety. Sometimes we denounce all
evil and yet fall victim to it all the time we call it the devil. but
the true message in Christianity is that we all know we are capable
of evil. we are in the image of the creator. not a visual image. this is too naive
we are a collective whole a whole image of God not and individual image what right
do we have to claim that individually? helpful for understanding an individual
responsibiliy but not very clear about how this affects life and the world/
There is sin. there is love. there is redemption. there is forgiveness and this
perhaps is where the greatest power of Christianity resides is that there is
hope and you do not have to do anything except believe this in this icarnation of
this and the name it has Jesus. the story i present for a reason. it is the fastest growing
religion in china. perhaps the one child policy has alot to do with this perhaps not.
perhaps it is injustice being identified and actioned by the spiritual world. who really
knows. No matter where I go what I see What I read. Good people are good people and
bad people are disconnected people. they are unvalidated by the physical beings in
their lives and do not look up for fear something even greater will reject them.
the greater will not reject them. They will often not accept it feeling unworthy full
of sin and hatetred for them selves and others. but this is when God wants them
the most. You who are most wretched and survive God will show you love and
favour. God will wait patiently for you to recieve him. and this evil notion this grey monster
that my religion describes Gods greatest creation Lucifer who was apart of God himself as
we are all was cast out of heaven. The story is more about how we should recognise and
send away the evil from ourselves. but this does not exclude its existance only explains it
a horrendous deed has been justified many times in the bible. and I am not unaware that
man was a slave to the natural world and the things that he could not control there by
creating a way to tame and apease that which had not any understanding but simply
a force of creation still raging still forming. When I say 13 I am directly referencing the number
in relation to Christ and the 12 apostles and that this binary number or configuration
exists in nearly every religion as 13 and the other remaining as 1 and 3. buddism has one messenger
tripitaka and three deciples each redeemed from their evil ways and spreading the message of buddah
saving many along the way. The thing about buddism is that the human may elevate to God status. they become the buddah
so are reunted with the holy father budduh as a part of buddah. this may be a case of semantics,
or understanding lost in translation, as with the great schism between the orthodox and caltholic branches.
who is right who is wrong. it doesnt matter. God is in the Church of your heart and as long as
you recognise and honour it. nothing you can not survive will come to pass. I realise this may be offensive
to some but if it reads for the good and peace of all then surely it deserves some respect. God told me
love everyone for they are all you. I listened. then I thought well if I cant forgive myself then I cant forgive others
and well I decided just then that I am going to forgive myself and try harder to be better knowing all the while
that there will come times when I wont. growth demands it. but for now I feel a little wary and better for letting
some of my spiritual ideas out. these of course are theories. I do not claim them as truth but as a vechicle
for tollerance and kindness and forgiveness. not an anti message not for you to twist into your own understanding
and react but to see. to see diferently and know there is a difference and of course for you to choose. to choose to discount this entirely and stay at peace where you have found peace. Amen.