Search found 262 matches

by bbyrd009
Tue Feb 16, 2021 11:46 am
Forum: General Religious Discussion
Topic: If you could have a religious experience, would you prefer not to?
Replies: 19
Views: 25913

Re: If you could have a religious experience, would you prefer not to?

He was quite aware that he had a form of "schizophrenia" as they called it then. What do you think they call it now? https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/schizophrenia/index.shtml Back in them days literally everything that now falls under bi-polar disorder was called "schizophreni...
by bbyrd009
Tue Feb 16, 2021 11:41 am
Forum: General Religious Discussion
Topic: If you could have a religious experience, would you prefer not to?
Replies: 19
Views: 25913

Re: If you could have a religious experience, would you prefer not to?

Would you wish that you never had such [a vivid religious] experience? Or would you remain more open to it, or even wish for it? Why or why not? I think there should be a distinction between an experience that comes upon you, as opposed to one you cause yourself. Ones that come upon you: When circu...
by bbyrd009
Tue Feb 16, 2021 11:34 am
Forum: General Religious Discussion
Topic: If you could have a religious experience, would you prefer not to?
Replies: 19
Views: 25913

Re: If you could have a religious experience, would you prefer not to?

This question could be connected to another one, a question of whether someone can be considered morally culpable for their lack of belief. yet Scripture seems to make plain that the only judgement is for works and isnt it the Pagan (Roman Centurion) and Atheist (Good Samaritan) who get the highest...
by bbyrd009
Tue Feb 16, 2021 11:31 am
Forum: General Religious Discussion
Topic: If you could have a religious experience, would you prefer not to?
Replies: 19
Views: 25913

Re: If you could have a religious experience, would you prefer not to?

Suppose the following: (1) A religious experience could be difficult to explain for you personally, without impugning your psychological state. It would not involve drugs or being asleep, so you are left only with other possible natural explanations, such as a mental problem you have no previous hi...
by bbyrd009
Thu Nov 05, 2020 10:53 am
Forum: General Religious Discussion
Topic: The Biblical God is not infinite
Replies: 24
Views: 64950

Re: The Biblical God is not infinite

Darkness and water both mean death to ancient laymen. Which is practical non-existence (in platonist's sense, if the last human being died, there would've been no more world) but here in particular it could imply God's canvas is ashes of a defeated universe. In that sense, nothing really exists, as...
by bbyrd009
Thu Nov 05, 2020 10:48 am
Forum: General Religious Discussion
Topic: The Biblical God is not infinite
Replies: 24
Views: 64950

Re: The Biblical God is not infinite

Our predominant concept of God as an infinite being does not line up with what scripture has to say. I read somewhere that God is never named or described in the Bible as infinite. Quite the contrary. The first chapters of Genesis, which are normative for all monotheistic religions, give us a very ...
by bbyrd009
Thu Nov 05, 2020 10:44 am
Forum: General Religious Discussion
Topic: The Biblical God is not infinite
Replies: 24
Views: 64950

Re: The Biblical God is not infinite

well, "Jesus of Nazareth" might just be a rabbi way to say "John Doe, from Nowhere"
and i think putting "the tree of knowledge of good and evil" in the garden is also allegory, not meant to be taken literally, yes
by bbyrd009
Tue Jun 16, 2020 7:59 am
Forum: General Religious Discussion
Topic: Who has more control of our thinking; God or Satan?
Replies: 31
Views: 72299

Re: Who has more control of our thinking; God or Satan?

We are indeed selfish, a good trait, right? That does not mean we follow Satan. Regards DL well, i guess we all define terms a bit differently ( the real "speaking in tongues," prolly); i would say love of self is essential and often sorely lacking, which maybe leads to selfishness as in ...
by bbyrd009
Sun May 31, 2020 1:23 pm
Forum: General Religious Discussion
Topic: I am my highest authority, judge and guide. Who is yours?
Replies: 13
Views: 33666

Re: I am my highest authority, judge and guide. Who is yours?

I am my highest authority, judge and guide. Who is yours? As a Gnostic Christian, I follow the esoteric teachings of Jesus. 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 l...
by bbyrd009
Sun May 31, 2020 1:16 pm
Forum: General Religious Discussion
Topic: Are members of the gay community better adjusted, in a moral sense; than homophobes?
Replies: 9
Views: 19429

Re: Are members of the gay community better adjusted, in a moral sense; than homophobes?

"like"

i doubt all of the orig roots now xlated "homosexual" are very accurate anyway, "hedonist" seems to fit better?