Re: Faith closes the mind. It is pure idol worship.
Originally posted by Greatest I am
Faith closes the mind. It is pure idol worship.Faith is a way to quit using, "God given" power of Reason and Logic, and cause the faithful to embrace doctrines that moral people reject.
The God of the O.T. says, “Come now, and let us reason together,” [Isaiah 1:18]
How can literalists reason with God when they must ignore reason and logic and discard them when turning into literalist?
Those who are literalists can only reply somewhat in the fashion that Martin Luther did.
“Faith must trample under foot all reason, sense, and understanding.”
“Reason is a whore, the greatest enemy that faith has.”This attitude effectively kills all worthy communication that non-theists can have with theist. Faith closes the mind as it is pure idol worship.
Literalism is an evil practice that hides the true messages of myths.
We cannot show our faith based friends that they are wrong through their faith colored glasses.
Regards
DL
You spend a lot of time reading and studying the bible and debating something that you claim does not exist.
Re: Re: Faith closes the mind. It is pure idol worship.
Originally posted by Time Immemorial
You spend a lot of time reading and studying the bible and debating something that you claim does not exist.
In a way, God is very real. Just not your way.
I am God.
Adam and Eve became as Gods when they gained a moral sense and no longer had their mind cut off from intelligent thought. As our primordial ancestors, we inherit that same trait even though Christianity wrongly thinks that to be evil and a fall. Retaining dominion over the earth, humans never revoked this inherited trait of a moral sense, --- and the right for man to judge himself. Jesus highlights this when he took the seat of judgement at God’s right hand.
When I use terms like “I am God”, or “you are God”, I am not speaking of the traditional miracle working God of scriptures and myths. He does not exist as far as we can know as he has never made an appearance to prove his reality.
What I am trying to convey to you by saying that you are a God in your own right is to be master of yourself and you need not be a sheep. You can, as Jesus says, pick up your burdens and responsibilities for your sins and follow his mind set. Be a shepherd. Lead by example.
What I am trying to convey is that the only God you can ever know is the good you find within yourself. It's your ideal of God and of the Jesus or Christ mind. That is quite different from me or someone thinking they are the traditional creator God, or thinking that they are more than anyone else. Both Jesus and the Christ in these myths are for equality. Not the misogyny that we presently enjoy. That is another topic though. We are to be co-equal with Jesus.
Romans 8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Jesus would explain this concept as one just seeing that they have joined God’s Divine Council by embracing his own Christ mind. Or better said, as this is the more eastern Jesus, we activate our pineal gland and open our third eye.
Matthew 6:22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
John 14:23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
Luke 17:21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_Council
Regards
DL
Originally posted by Stoic
What stops you from killing yourself? Is it because you have faith that perhaps tomorrow will be better than today?
No. I do not end my life because I do not have a reason to end it.
How do you justify your continued existence? God?
What if you are wrong?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPJQw-x-xho
Regards
DL
Originally posted by Stoic
But doesn't rational thought supersede instinct? I mean the way that he was writing you would think so. Right?
Instinct are quite logical in how they work. There is no conflict between intelligent thought and instincts.
Once mature though, intelligence can overrule instincts.
Our new Canadian rite to die with dignity law is a good example of this.
Regards
DL
Re: Re: Re: Re: Faith closes the mind. It is pure idol worship.
Originally posted by Tattoos N Scars
Did I say that? I'm only making an observation based on the tone of most of his posts/threads.
You were showing your character and it is not pretty.
Chastisement without correction shows the hate in your heart.
Proverbs 3:12
For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
You do not love your fellow man.
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DL