Congrats Deripsni, you've just jumped on the Tinker tell carousel. Round and round it goes where it stops no one knows, reach out and grab a ring, first ring the "it", second ring the "thing", third ring the "idea", fourth ring the "it", fifth ring the "thing", sixth ring...................round and round. lmao
On Jul 27, 4:48 am, deripsni <[email protected]> wrote: > Are you suggesting God would supply the Sun with some more fuel, just > before it runs out? Or maybe tug another star in to replace it? ;-] > > Why do you say "I believe the god Life force is contained by Earth", > if humans aren't even contained by Earth? What force is there to > contain Spirit Energy? I'm just trying to make sense of your words. If > it isn't gravity, what is it? > > You seem to jump long distances with a single bound so I shall presume > you are Super Human ;-]. I am not a religion, I don't belong to a > religion, and I don't "worship" a God. Without attempting to describe > my concept of "God", I will say that I do not worship something that I > am part of. I cherish my spiritual feelings and they are neither > "unknown" or "unknowable". I suggest that you characterize this lack > of knowledge as your own experience, and not imply that others have no > such knowledge. > > I do not recall stating that I accept "insignificance" so please > explain that. Regarding my humanity, I do eat food and release waste > like most fortunate humans. Yes, it sometimes is a struggle to accept > my human requirements, but it seems I must while here on this > planet. ;-] > > Your statement that "The intelligence relative to Earth is the only > intelligence that we need to be concerned with" seems rather > dictatorial. You seem to be stating that what you have determined to > be necessary, shall be necessary for all. Intelligence plays a > secondary role in comparison to spiritual enjoyment from my viewpoint, > and until you have described the parameters of Earth's relative > intelligence, I really have no idea what you are referring to. > > Re: "I choose to have something identifiable that we can work with". > You seem to be saying that YOU are choosing something identifiable > that WE can work with. This statement comes up a bit short in several > ways. First of all, you have not identified anything that I have been > able to buy into to date, and secondly, who says that others want to > "work" with your concoction, or what ever it is that you want to call > "It"? Also, one doesn't choose "God" like they choose, or are saddled > with, a religion. Imo, God is an inherent ingredient that some choose > to ignore, and others choose to enjoy. > > Without seeming rude, I'd like to suggest that you immerse yourself in > your "god Force" and glean all of the goodness out of it that you can. > Maybe then you will not have this rather obvious chip on your shoulder > that is not very well disguised with your "peace & Love" sign off. > > On Jul 26, 8:38 pm, Tinker <[email protected]> wrote: > > > No, one should think that God would overcome the problem of "Earth is > > a doomed planet". > > > Who said anything was confined by gravity? We fly and go into outer > > space. > > > So, you, along with all the religions think that we need an > > 'unknown' (unknowable) of such awesome aspects that we must worship > > It. We should accept insignificance and not claim and act as the Human > > of God that we are? > > > The molehill is real, Life on Earth. To go reaching out into the > > cosmos for understanding is creating an unscalable mountain. Whatever > > is beyond the force of Life on Earth is irrelevant to Us 'here and > > now'. > > I choose to have something identifiable that we can work with. > > > peace & Love > > > On Jul 26, 5:38 am, deripsni <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > If one relates God to Earth, they also should prepare for God to die, > > > as Earth is a doomed planet. To think that Spirit energy, or God > > > energy is confined by gravity defeats every theory of God from my > > > perspective. A "defined, localized God" again flies in the face of an > > > infinite energy that has no boundaries, as God's are typically > > > worshipped as. This goal seems to be making a mole hill out of a > > > mountain? Could you please explain your reasoning? > > > > On Jul 25, 9:33 pm, Tinker <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I believe the god Life force is contained by Earth. This is a much > > > > more knowable and understandable Life force. The religions all end > > > > with the same unknown because they don't set parameters for > > > > definition. > > > > > 1. We need to come to understand the force working on Earth that is > > > > relative to Live before we go to worrying about things that are not > > > > relevant to Life on Earth. > > > > > 2. With a defined, localized God, we can learn about how It works. The > > > > intelligence relative to Earth is the only intelligence that we need > > > > to be concerned with. > > > > > 3. We are of God, God is of us and the power of God is ours. We may > > > > loose the power of God if we don't recognize it as our common bond. > > > > > 4. That's what I think. My statements have already upset many people. > > > > Oh well. > > > > > 5. peace & Love > > > > > On Jul 25, 6:29 pm, Manfraco Frank the Elder <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > Hi everybody: > > > > > Allow me to say what I think about God > > > > > > I believe that there is a god life force in the universe, which > > > > > somehow rules over everything in the universe. This life force is what > > > > > all religious people are talking about and while they claim and state > > > > > that they know everything about God, they really know very little > > > > > about him/her/it. > > > > > For me: > > > > > (1) God may even be the whole universe, so we live within God and > > > > > we > > > > > are part of God life force. > > > > > (2) God may just be all the energies in the universe that have > > > > > crystallized with time and in the end became just like an intelligent > > > > > entity capable of doing God’s things, like giving life to every living > > > > > thing. > > > > > (3) For God to exist, God ought to be willing to please every > > > > > living > > > > > thing, if God is going to exist within our minds, otherwise we will > > > > > forget about God and this immense god life force will be for us > > > > > nothing. > > > > > (4) What do you think? I hope I don’t upset many people with these > > > > > statements. > > > > > (5) Greetings to you all, Manfraco. > > > > > > On Jul 25, 5:56 am, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > I'm not sure how much we have evolved, but I know we have adapted. > > > > > > Our inventiveness makes sure of it. > > > > > > > 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 -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. 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