Originally posted by mr.smiley
Well according to the Gnostics Sophia was first and then God came.Mary Magdelene and the Virgin Mary both represent the lower and higher conscience of Sophia.The concept of the Goddess was taken away by the orthodox Christians.
Mr. Smiley is soooooooo right.....All the early early gods were goddesses mostly......the male dominated churches that started to appear didn't like that idea and so changed god to a male.....though through out history and myth, there were both male and female......
God really doesn't have a sex....It's an entity...a force of Nature, Spirit or what ever you want to call it...some kind of thing that has intelligence.....and a sense of humor.......
Yeah.
The same is true with Jesus.The gnostics knew the resurrection could happen to anyone at anytime (like enlightment or Gnosis).Thomas is a translation of the word "twin".Gospels like Thomas the Contender confirm Jesus had a twin,but not in the literal sense.It was his lower self that was crucified.When Jesus says no man can go through the father except through him,he was talking to Thomas.His lower self.
Originally posted by mr.smiley
Yeah.The same is true with Jesus.The gnostics knew the resurrection could happen to anyone at anytime (like enlightment or Gnosis).Thomas is a translation of the word "twin".Gospels like Thomas the Contender confirm Jesus had a twin,but not in the literal sense.It was his lower self that was crucified.When Jesus says no man can go through the father except through him,he was talking to Thomas.His lower self.
It's interesting how many metaphors are used in scripture.....Like your example of Thomas, and Jerusalem = peace, and manna = life...and I wish I could remember more.....all names and places had significant meanings.....We don't pay much attention to them today....Like names in a baby book.....my name means "Bee."
But even if you look at the names of the 12 Tribes and their meanings...it's quite interesting.
Originally posted by debbiejoThe force be with you. She must have been hacing her peruod when the tsunami hit.
Mr. Smiley is soooooooo right.....All the early early gods were goddesses mostly......the male dominated churches that started to appear didn't like that idea and so changed god to a male.....though through out history and myth, there were both male and female......God really doesn't have a sex....It's an entity...a force of Nature, Spirit or what ever you want to call it...some kind of thing that has intelligence.....and a sense of humor.......
Originally posted by JLRTENJAC
God is an entity, God (although called a he by many people including me.) doesn't have a gender. God doesn't have a nationality ( Black, White, ect.) And God is against homosexuality, fully against it.
Then why did God create homosexuality? Do not tell me, God did not create homosexuality. That would mean that there is God and then something else, then God is not everything. Maybe this is true for your small god, but not for my big God (everything).
Originally posted by ShakyamunisonYou're big god doesn't seem to be much of a god if he nedds x thousand helpers. Don't buddhists have millions of gods or is that just the hindus?
Then why did God create homosexuality? Do not tell me, God did not create homosexuality. That would mean that there is God and then something else, then God is not everything. Maybe this is true for your small god, but not for my big God (everything).
Originally posted by markie
You're big god doesn't seem to be much of a god if he nedds x thousand helpers. Don't buddhists have millions of gods or is that just the hindus?
Sometimes I have to talk in a way that other people can understand. Buddhism does not directly referee to a God, but Buddha would use the words and customs of the people he taught. There are a lot of gods in the writings of Buddha, but in the Lotus Sutra, the last and greatest teachings of Buddha, he seems to suggest a one God.
Originally posted by cking
ok, and enlightened means holy right?
I would say that is correct, an enlightened person would be a holy person, however, there are some aspects of holy that do not apply, mainly, an enlightened person is in word flowing and a holy person is out ward flowing. My God is inside of me and you (in word flowing) , the Christian God is in heaven (out ward flowing). I'm making no judgment on this, just showing the difference.