--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sgrayatlarge <no_re...@...> wrote:
So all the people took off their earrings and brought them to Aaron. 4 He took what they handed him and made it into an idol cast in the shape of a calf, fashioning it with a tool. Then they said, "These are your gods, [b] O Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt." Dude it's Nandi the divine bull sitting at the end of the yoni so the milk that gets poured over the lingum drips on him last! They just didn't get the puja sequence right. > > Boy you'd think the (in your words made up thing called God)that spoke of > laws and commandment but could not be seen at Sinai would not have been so > quickly rejected. Remember what happens..hint here is the where the man made > small gods come into play: > > > "When the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the mountain, > they gathered around Aaron and said, "Come, make us gods [a] who will go > before us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don't > know what has happened to him." > 2 Aaron answered them, "Take off the gold earrings that your wives, your > sons and your daughters are wearing, and bring them to me." 3 So all the > people took off their earrings and brought them to Aaron. 4 He took what they > handed him and made it into an idol cast in the shape of a calf, fashioning > it with a tool. Then they said, "These are your gods, [b] O Israel, who > brought you up out of Egypt." > > 5 When Aaron saw this, he built an altar in front of the calf and announced, > "Tomorrow there will be a festival to the LORD." 6 So the next day the people > rose early and sacrificed burnt offerings and presented fellowship offerings. > [c] Afterward they sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in > revelry. note: reverly is code for orgies, typical of worship back in the day > > 7 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go down, because your people, whom you > brought up out of Egypt, have become corrupt. 8 They have been quick to turn > away from what I commanded them and have made themselves an idol cast in the > shape of a calf. They have bowed down to it and sacrificed to it and have > said, 'These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.' > > Exodus 32 > > The Sinai event was unique in ancient and modern times. > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sgrayatlarge <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > Hey Curtis, > > > > > > I pasted a link to a short 5 minute video created by my friend > > > Dennis Prager, talk show host, on what he considers the most > > > important verse of the Old Testament with regards to God, meaning, > > > and nature. You may find it interesting, food for thought: > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_-E2OfFjpg > > > > So much idiocy and suffering over the centuries, > > just because humans can't deal with the concept > > of "eternal." His entire theory depends upon > > there being not only a made-up thing called "God," > > but a made-up thing called "the beginning." > > > > If one merely postulates an eternal universe, > > one without beginning or end, then there is no > > need for a "creation," and no need for a > > "Creator." > > > > The entire need for "God" seems to come down to > > humans being unable to keep from projecting the > > it-began-and-someday-it-must-end-ness of their > > own puny lives onto the universe. > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "When Man ceases to worship God he does not worship > > > > > > > nothing but worships everything". > > > > > > > > > > > > What a fantastic quote! > > > > > > > > > > > > > FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > You do realize the quote is not recommending that one > > > > > stop worshiping God, but rather the opposite, right?--- In > > > > > > > > I didn't have any context for the intention of the author but found it > > > > fit my experience of dropping theism pretty well. I guess I had it all > > > > wrong. Doing a bit of research and finding this version: "The first > > > > effect of not believing in God is to believe in anything." > > > > > > > > I disagree with this statement and will have to do a bit more digging > > > > to see what was meant. I don't see how seeing God as a man made myth > > > > makes you more gullible, it made me less. > > > > > > > > What I found appealing in my mistaken impression of the first quote was > > > > that appreciating the world more was one of the results of me dropping > > > > out of theism. Life itself became holy in a naturalistic sense of the > > > > word. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > > > > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sgrayatlarge <no_reply@> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In this day and age why would anyone follow a guru? > > > > > > > Enlightenment? Liberation? Burn Karma? Not likely folks, > > > > > > > wake up and smell the chai > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To quote the great GK Chesterton- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "When Man ceases to worship God he does not worship > > > > > > > nothing but worships everything". > > > > > > > > > > > > What a fantastic quote! > > > > > > > > > > You do realize the quote is not recommending that one > > > > > stop worshiping God, but rather the opposite, right? > > > > > > > > > > (Also, it's not actually from Chesterton, but that's > > > > > another story.) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
