God is actually very fascinating being. Within his being the entire contained.. As I see it the object is to be with our creator, as Confucius said To be in the presence of your creator is to be in heaven.
On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 9:08 PM, Binah Hochma <[email protected]>wrote: > Allen, > why do you think we seem to need to assign punishment to everything? Your > friend is not they only one who thinks G-d is punishing us for everything > under the sun. > Personally I don't think we are being punished, the only real punishment I can conceive of is being separated for God as I understand him. many people use threats to control other people and because the have no real validity themselves they try to claim they have the validity of God. how does that old saying go .."I am right and God is on my side!" Hope that helps if not send me a private email and we can discuss it privately. Allan > The need to feel punished must fall into human nature along with us > fighting our human nature. > "Life" is a magazine > "Life" is a cereal > "Life" is a box of chocolates > I prefer chocolates > We could have the start of a song here > > Binah > > > On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 5:17 PM, Ash <[email protected]> wrote: > >> "Life" is also a cereal. >> >> I recently tried to convince someone that natural disasters were not a >> punishment from her God for those who do not believe. It didn't go too well >> and turned into an angry lecture on my part. Basically substitute >> "scripture" for "life" in a crash course of anthropology and spirituality, >> that's what it was. Why do I feel guilty?.. If it shakes her faith and hope >> I'll be damned, if she reflects and understands the larger reality it will >> strengthen. Sometimes to what seems at first an academic matter, with >> empathy and understanding, we find a great responsibility in the actions we >> take. >> >> Risk. Isn't there a song about life being a poker game? >> >> >> >> > -- ( ) I_D Allan If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
