I strongly recommend everyone wondering about why there are different ideas of the Christian god. This is why I love some Christians and pity / detest others. The Christians looking for god, the deity, are some of the most wonderful people I have ever met. The ones looking at the bible as god itself are some of the most horrible people I have met. Hugs. Scottie
Careful… The Bible Is Not God
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I couldn’t agree more. The greatest evils of this world have been instigated in response to a belief that one or another body of work is sacred, holy, divinely inspired, beyond questioning, or the work of a supernatural entity.
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Hi Barry. What you write is so true, and yet so few of the believers understand that. People like this Rev does, Roger, and Ali who come to my blog do, even atheist like me can see there is a schism in religions today. There are the ones looking to their deity / spiritual world for a personal code of conduct for themselves. And even atheist naturalist like me have a personal code I try to live by. The there are those that use their religion as a club to attack others, they see their faith as a weapon turned outward rather than a tool turned inward. They seem to see their life goal to be their god’s enforcers to make everyone else live by their view of what is acceptable.
I love the former and detest the latter. When I had to join a church to get out of my abusive home, the pastor took me aside and warned me to not listen to the gossips and people in the church that wanted to compare one person or group to what they felt a Christian should be. He flat out told me my journey with god would be my own to walk and while people might help, they couldn’t demand I do things I felt god did not want of me. I was 17 years old and I already understood what he was saying, which some of the older ladies in the church did not. Looking back maybe he already figured I might be gay … Just a thought I just had writing this.
I left the church with many heartfelt thanks for saving my life. But I also knew that by what they had taught me it would be a lie to continue and even become a church leader they wanted. I was gay. Their doctrine then did not allow it.
Sorry this is a very long winded way of saying I agree with both you and Rev. Trevors. There are many ways to be honorable in life, and they often don’t require a following of things written 2,500 years or so ago. We grow, people learn, we gain understanding. Those old written words do not. Thanks Barry. Best wishes. Scottie
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