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Is religion worth our time? If so, which one and why?
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I am personally an Esoteric Christian. I have many different religions, and participate in many philosophies. I am open to debate and discuss, as long as logic is used.
Started this discussion. Last reply by Mike Molyneaux Jul 4, 2012.
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Mike Molyneaux replied to Jeffrey Jackson's discussion Is religion worth our time? If so, which one and why?"Perhaps we need to get focused like a sun ray hitting a magnifying glass. With modern day distractions tempered by old time religion, we bounce from work-to-sleep-to-food-to-church like hapless frogs leaping from lily pad to lily pad…"
"Chaos theory? Very interesting. In that regard, humans are an order within chaos that has manifested into what we are now. Ultimately, I believe we (humans) will outgrow our current pettiness and start really thinking. As the…"
"My point about religion, having been raised under the jack boot of Catholicism, is that as a construct of perception we have invented this social medium to beg for forgiveness about our daily atrocitities that we continue to take part in with every…"
"Absolutely Tim, I think that it is such a mistake to see "time" as one dimentional or as a one-way event, usually propunded in the political sense as 'progress' and that our Time , being the latest (why I don't know...) is…"
"Nicely stated. I like your musical inneundo about the entire interelationships we share with.....everything we perceive. And yes, going back in time to the first organism that swam in the ancestral oceans and who had the first…"
"So, it ewould appear that you believe in a Creator? or am I misreading it? We create our own realities and life is an illusion. I see no reason to project a modern proposition as to what aboriginies or the first cave man might have thought. We…"
"Logic would tell you that an Aboriginal Austrailian living in the desert who has never known Christian thought or dogma, could be just as 'religious' as the pope. Just like perception tells your eyes that the color on the…"
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"Religion" is a form of cultural identity. It is, like the Law, Architecture, Table manners, Arts, Literature, Fashion and Scientific Method a formalization of the way a culture expresses itself. Religion is one facet of that…"
"Absolutely--how can we know ALL? INFINITE? We don't know what' it's like to be a creature who lives in a world on a plent of methane--nor even a whale, on our own planet. Until we take time out of our busy human…"
Amaterasu Solar replied to Jeffrey Jackson's discussion Is religion worth our time? If so, which one and why?"[smile] What I learn is how to apply My awareness to My function. And to be honest... That experience has opened Me up to an astonishing array of input which before I could not see.
I do not say I have Your answer, but I know I…"
Amaterasu Solar replied to Jeffrey Jackson's discussion Is religion worth our time? If so, which one and why?"Most religions are based on the truth that Humans were (and are) visited (and likely genetically engineered) by Beings from "heaven" - from space, that is.
Plenty of evidence of this if One is willing to look.
Behavior is only animalistic…"
Amaterasu Solar replied to Jeffrey Jackson's discussion Is religion worth our time? If so, which one and why?"Hmmm. It is through My heart I see this, and the experience of being All and infinite was several years ago. [shrug] How can You know that I cannot know?"
"All religions are offshoots of someone who first had a spiritual experience--who others like...they liked this 'guy's' intrepretation, her miracles, his energy, whatever--and it grew, like a seed filled with infinite potential. The…"
Amaterasu Solar replied to Jeffrey Jackson's discussion Is religion worth our time? If so, which one and why?"I have been All and infinite; now, I am a piece, remembering only darkly that glory I AM. We are all one cocreating this now, experiencing LIFE and striving for bliss. Those that have not the experience in memory to draw in, look outside…"
Amaterasu Solar replied to Jeffrey Jackson's discussion Is religion worth our time? If so, which one and why?"Here I have to agree 100%. Personally, I see "God" as Consciousness co-creating the Now. And I believe each facet of Consciousness makes His/Her own path. For though two people may believe in the same set of teachings,…"
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