Well said Peter. There is enough GOD to go around for each of us.
Rayianna
Peter Stewart wrote:
> Dear Kristian and all,
>
> I think many of us here on this list had the Bible forced upon us as
> children, at least I have. As reaction to that I rejected it without
> looking to see what it said to me, personally. But I have since then of
> my own free will picked it up and read it from cover to cover several
> times and my view of what its message was has evolved over time. I
> understand what is meant when The Bible is referred to as the word of
> God.
>
> But as God spoke to and through individuals in the past HE/She still
> continues to speak to and through those of us who are willing/able to
> hear and receive what is coming through. I don't think there is so much
> of a debate whether or not God has given a message through the Bible or
> not, or whether or not it is accurate. I think something many of us
> differ on is whether or not the Bible is the last word of God.
> Here we come in my mind to the fact of various interpretations of the
> Bible. I feel that the modern Christian interpretation is not
> necessarily wrong. God is no less able to speak and work through this
> paradigm than He is able speak and work through any other. The modern
> Christian belief system doesn't resonate with me. There are other ways
> to look at the writings of the Bible. Though I won't get into it with
> you, I feel there is much in the Bible that is passed over by the modern
> Christian, things that I have found in the text that simply do not fit
> in to the Christian way of thinking. But then, I don't feel that every
> written word has to be accounted for.
>
> I don't want to break your belief or change you. I rejoice that you
> have a deep relationship with Jesus. Many of us have such a
> relationship. I rejoice that you have something in your life that has
> given it meaning. I would like you to know that God has not limited His
> word to the Bible. As far as His recorded word, there are many Holy
> Writings around the globe. But even more important than that, each one
> of us is able if we choose to, have communion with God and know His will
> in our personal lives, directly.
>
> Peace,
> Peter
>
> "Kristian O. Dahl" wrote:
> >
> > To the non-believer it proves nothing. But to the believer it says that the
> > one true God gave two testaments to man to live by, and He inspired his
> > prophets/disciples for over a thousand years to write them. The end product
> > being what we have now-The Bible. A continually revealing book that stands
> > up against all scrutiny , and of course, I believe it's the one and only
> > path to the one true spirituality we all seek.
> >
> > I have to comment on your statements regarding marijuana. Yes we should all
> > have the right to use if we desire. We are free????? The war on drugs is
> > an attack on the individual civil liberties of a free and sovereign country.
> > A way of life that doesn't work in the newly planned World Government.
> >
> > But marijuana is also a drug, which like all drugs, is an escape from
> > reality. An altering of the senses. I should know, I've done my fare
> > share. We really don't know that much about it. What we do know is that
> > there are over a 100 unknown substances in MJ that we have no clue what
> > they do. Its the only drug that is fat soluble. All other drugs dissolve
> > in water and leave your system rather quickly. MJ actually hangs around for
> > quite a while. A test done on airplane pilots and the effects of marijuana
> > on their performance found that even after a week of smoking 1 marijuana
> > cigarette their ability to fly was (measurably) altered. Another test on
> > apes (in the 60s) showed that THC is absorbed by the fat in the wall of a
> > brain cell, slows down the communication between the cells and takes a very
> > long time for the THC to be removed. Note that these test were done way
> > before the THC reached very high levels.
> >
> > Kris
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Date: Tuesday, April 20, 1999 10:01 AM
> > Subject: Re: lightwork-l Re: Resent Channeling
> >
> > >In a message dated 4/20/99 10:21:51 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > >
> > >> Dr Ivan Panin, a Harvard mathematician, fluent in Hebrew and Greek in the
> > >> late 1800s mathematically proved the Bible could not have been written
> > by a
> > >> man.
> > >
> > >Not being a scholar of Greek/Hebrew or Mathmatics, I'm not sure I
> > understand
> > >this. Just because it is a remarkable work, precise, perfect or otherwise -
> > >how does that prove anything? Because we know of no one today who can do
> > it?
> > >I'm sure it's the same way with all great works of art, divinely inspired.
> > I
> > >think spirit works through humanity everyday, and remarkable, precise,
> > >perfect, breathtaking things can be made. Perhaps some can be correlated to
> > >numbers, and others to touch the soul. I think we would be hard pressed to
> > >find works like Mozart, DaVinci and others today - were their works made by
> > >God. Maybe.
> > >
> > >Could the mathematician used his profession to "prove" something he already
> > >believed?
> > >
> > >
> > >Be Well,
> > >
> > >Christopher
> > >
