You are so wordy. Everybody in here is so wordy. I like to condense and boil down, but I am still your groupie.
On Jul 31, 8:17 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > I think people that often correlated disaster, disease and death with > retribution from a vengeful God would most likely make every effort to > appease or satiate by any means available. A massive storm may have > been attributed to a tribal member's failure or deviation from tribal > law which triggered God's retributive anger and therefore called for > ceremonial sacrificing or other method of atonement and reconciliation > with God. Considering that people had a high level of fear concerning > God it is easy to see that adoration and praise would be standard > fair. Concerning our parents we can see that whether of not we had > respect or shown obedience we never really worried that a huge rock > would fall off a mountain and kill us on account of that disrespect. > Much of what we perceive about God stems from our own behavior, after > all we do punish our children when they misbehave and some parents > actually disown theirs and so we would think that God is punishing us > when we are doing something wrong, which of course is determined by > the tenets and dogmas that were laid out by the Prophets, Scribes, > Pharisees and Priests of the time. Once they learned that the people > would follow their dictum the control issues became more apparent and > of course tithing and respect was directed to them, the > representatives of God. It's really easy to see how it all evolves > into what we have today. As time went on people in the clergy started > to realize those at the top were making more money and so they would > find some way to disagree with scriptural texts and then branch off on > their own thereby establishing themselves as a separate entity and > authority which raked in the funds from those who would follow them, > many times of course the tenets were less restrictive which was an > attraction for those who didn't like following all the rules to the > letter. It's still happening today with store front churches > springing up on every corner. Let's face it, all you need is a bible, > the ability to read and interpret, and a fancy name like church of the > heavenly lamb, oh yeah, don't forget the wicker baskets to pass > around. TV evangelists are raking in billions of dollars so the > incentive is there to start your own congregation. > > On Jul 31, 3:44 pm, BB47 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Jul 31, 11:53 am, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I believe it to be a human trait to honor those before us and those > > > who brought us into the world, such as parental figures and > > > grandparents. > > > OK, I can see that, but mine didn't expect "praise" they only > > required respect. Not the bow down kind, just the "quit being a > > smartass" kind (which didn't exactly "take" did it) and perhaps > > "thanks" which I certainly can understand. But a true omni god would > > not require *any* of that, the way I look at it. It knows > > everything, understands everything, so there is no need whatsoever. > > A true onmi-god does not have an ego that needs to be stroked by its > > own creations (which is the most hilarious concept I can think of) > > > >I just don't get all the fear mongering based on belief > > > > and disbelief, being saved and the threat of destruction and torture > > > in the abyss of some hell. > > > That part seems like a "control" thing to me, but that is just the > > way I interpret it. > > > > On Jul 31, 12:52 pm, BB47 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Jul 31, 9:37 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > Yeah exactly, I see prayer as no more than singing the praises of the > > > > > creator, that and only that. > > > > > I don't understand why the creator needs praise- 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. 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
