I have read some of your posts and we seem to have a very similar take on God and Spirit. You have obviously had some spiritual experience before, during, or after your determination about religion. Anything you care to share? Maybe in a new thread?
On Jul 24, 3:16 pm, retiredjim34 <[email protected]> wrote: > Lotro - If by "God" you mean the god of the bible, then I disagree. > Why? First, I view the bible as just a collection of campfire stories. > Second, the god of the bible is awful - for example, he (or she) told > Abraham to take his kid out back and kill him, and to win a bet put > Job through the agonies of the damned, and put his "only begotten son" > here to die a death of prolonged torture. What rational person would > choose to believe in such a "God?" Not me. But I do believe there is a > spirit that pervades all and that gives rise to all, maybe just > because it can. And one of the things it gives rise to is rationality > - the ability to understand that yeilds all of science including the > theory of evolution. Jim > > On Jul 23, 11:31 am, [email protected] wrote: > > > > > Do not believe humans have revolved from apes of any kind. However, we have > > evolved. As the earth was formed and has changes throughout the many years, > > humans have had to evolve in order to survive earth's different climits , > > etc. Any other wonderful, highly intelligent (ha) humans agree with this > > conclusion? I believe there is a God. BUT, that doesn't mean there could > > not have been a big bang, or any other way the earth was formed (as many > > like to subscribe to.) It does, however, mean that "GOD" could have formed > > the earth in anyway. Science, evolution and the God theory can still all go > > together. One must not believe only one or the other, as in Science or God. > > What do you think?- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
