Posted by Lou Pilder on December 15, 2012, at 5:52:34
In reply to Re: spiritual healing...?? - Faith board? » rjlockhart37, posted by SLS on December 13, 2012, at 21:25:32
> > Finding God?
> > -yes, i've tried to find God since I was 16,
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> You have a wonderful mind - a seeking mind. I don't doubt that you will eventually synthesize a spiritual belief system that resonates well with your core being. I find that I never truly arrive at a final destination. I constantly refine my spiritual belief system as new information becomes available through worldly experiences, new insights, emotional growth, and a philosophical dialectic.
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> You might want to take a look at Eastern philosophies. They are not so much dogmatic religions as they are teaching tools to help one forge their own unique path to enlightenment. I do not find conflict between the spiritual paradigms of the East and the monotheistic religions of the West.
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> Perhaps God has chosen a path for you to obtain your healings using a map that you can't see nor understand. You might be angry and frustrated with God right now. However, you might still make your peace with Him as time passes and you learn more about yourself and the world around you. Besides, why should God do it your way when He has the advantage of being omniscient? Maybe He knows better.
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> I do not know for certain the Mind of God. Does anyone?
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> If Satan presides over the punishment of the evil among us, doesn't that make him one of the good-guys? After all, he was God's best angel before he was sent to do God's bidding in Hell. The name "Lucifer" means "morning star" or "son of the morning". This is not a very dark reference. Does God not know his own Creation? Did He not create Lucifer to perform a special task? How could the Creator not know how Lucifer would behave in Heaven? How could God not know that Judas would betray Jesus and trigger the events that would lead to the crucifiction? How else was Jesus to serve God's purpose? Lucifer and Judas did what God wanted them to. Doesn't God get what God wants?
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> The preceding paragraph does not represent the Truth. It does not even accurately reflect my own *current* spiritual constitution. It is simply a didactic use of a dialectic.
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> Keep seeking. Keep learning. Keep thinking. Keep feeling. Keep communicating. It might be that when you do find God, you will realize that He had always been there for you to see as you look in any direction. Then again, maybe some other type of spirituality will work better for you.
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> Perhaps we can discuss this on the Faith board?
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> - ScottScott,
You wrote,[...I do not know for certain the mind of God. Does anyone?...How could God not know that Judas would betray Jesus and trigger the events that would lead to the crucifiction...].
I am unsure as to what you want others to think concerning what you have posted here. If you could post answers to the following, then I could have the opportunity to respond accordingly.
A. Which God are you referring to?
B. What are you wanting to show by posting about the events that [...would lead to the crucifiction...]?
C. Do you think that what you posted here could arouse antisemitic feelings?
D. If not, why not?
E. Are you aware that there are prohibitions to me here by Mr Hsiung that prevent me from responding in the manner that I want to you here, from a Jewish perspective, and that Mr Hsiung is allowing members here to post what has been used to persecute the Jews for 2 thousand years that your post has the potential to foster hatred toward the Jews?
Here is a link to a post that involves this. Notice near the end of the member's post that there is the statement,[...made to suffer a horrible death by {them}...].Notice that the post is allowed to stand which could lead others to think that what the post purports is supportive and will be good for this community as a whole. Since the statement in question could arouse antisemitic feelings in some, will that be good for this community as a whole to you?
Lou
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/faith/20101230/msgs/1004107.html
poster:Lou Pilder
thread:1032842
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20121130/msgs/1033036.html