I agree with you Molly, Life is a blessing. I wonder if the purpose is to be a child and watch daddy play with his toy. Growing in spirituality and union. Allan
On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Molly Brogan <[email protected]>wrote: > > "As far as the value of God for me there is none but for those who > ascribe to the concept the value is attributing all the good things to God > and > attributing all the bad stuff to evil, which of course for some > strange unknown reason God allows. I just don't see any purpose in > all this pain and suffering" SD > > You make it sound like everyone who believes in God believes like > this, and I don't find that to be true at all. I think we humans > ascribe good and evil to any event. Events that we don't like, that > are deconstructive rather than creative, that we don't understand at > the time, that hurt us - perhaps this is what you term as evil. The > purpose of Buddhism is the relief of suffering, but it is believed > that this can be done while living, by changing the way one thinks, > feels and believes. We break our own hearts and we suffer for it > because of the way we see the world. God is, whether we suffer or > not. > > I am not sure that God has a purpose. I am not sure that I do > either. But I believe that life is a blessing whether I am feeling > good or bad. > > On Sep 26, 5:12 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > I guess my perceptions were off, must be the Dutch translation. As > > far as the value of God for me there is none but for those who ascribe > > to the concept the value is attributing all the good things to God and > > attributing all the bad stuff to evil, which of course for some > > strange unknown reason God allows. I just don't see any purpose in > > all this pain and suffering, what possible purpose could there be or > > even if you could think one up would it make any sense? I think > > eventually the passive being will give way to the violent beings they > > spend enormous amounts of energy trying to transform and rehabilitate > > and allow to propagate thereby increasing the number of adversaries. > > The decadent want the righteous dead. Political correctness is the > > the catalyst for change, change for the worst, rights for criminals, > > rights for evil. The establishment continues to reap the benefits of > > a dysfunctional society, all areas are supported by it. From the > > Judges, the lawyers, the courts, the police, the jails, bail bonds, > > etc. it is a whole system that functions on the dysfunction of > > society. Why would they want it any other way. It's just like > > dysfunctional government, if they were functional we wouldn't need > > them. > > > > On Sep 26, 2:28 am, iam deheretic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > No no SD your response is actually welcome.. I would also like to > > > especially hear what Pat has to say . . . I hear people always saying > > > 'God's Purpose' but no one seems to know just hat that purpose is.... > > > Maybe his purpose id to line up all the good little islamist and > christians > > > in a frying pan rosat them over the fires of hell and have them for a > > > snack.. (hmm tasty? or is that God smacking good?) and then it is > alright > > > and the safest position is that of the atheist.. > > > > > I hope the heck we don't have a buch of mother hens I would > definately be > > > in trouble.. > > > > > the reason for my responding to post not directly addressed to me is > > > probably to get my worthless two cents in.. and or actually learn > something > > > , hopefully spawning new and interesting thoughts > > > Allan > > > > > On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 4:33 AM, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I'm sure you can see the implied value. > > > > > > Direction of the question? Then for what reason are you responding > to > > > > a post that was not directed at you? > > > > > > We have moderators, Allan, we don't need a mother hen. > > > > > > On Sep 25, 7:53 pm, iam deheretic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > well SD if there is no interaction with God then what is your value > to > > > > God > > > > > or the value of God to mankind? > > > > > > > Actually SD the Question was directed to Pat. > > > > > Allan > > > > > > > On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 9:37 PM, Slip Disc <[email protected]> > wrote > > > > > > > > Interaction? What interaction? > > > > > > > > On Sep 25, 12:21 pm, iam deheretic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > I get confused easily, long dissertations tend to leave me > lost.. my > > > > > > > questions are what do you see you personal relationship it God > as? > > > > and > > > > > > that > > > > > > > is probably not stating it right. What do you see the purpose > of > > > > God's > > > > > > > interaction with mankind? > > > > > > > Allan > > > > > -- > > > ( > > > ) > > > I_D Allan > > > -- ( ) I_D Allan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
