allin i can build a snow man 2x my size
allan deheretic wrote: > the problem with that argument is you can not replace good , his being is > greater than the entirety of the universe. Waroom simply because he created > it, to create something you have to be bigger than that which you created. > > On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 5:40 AM, the taoist shaman <[email protected]>wrote: > > > i believe it was the inca who said that all life is seperate but part > > of the same life force that radiates from the createor who is at the > > centre of the universe > > > > if god lives in us wouldn't he share our experience , what was it , > > that which u do unto others u do also unto me, this from a christian > > veiw > > > > even marcus auralias ( you can easily argue ) held this point of view > > with god replaced as self , that which u do unto other s u do also > > unto yourself , would then be the wording > > > > DarkwaterBlight wrote: > > > How indeed! That was, most certainly, in jest at Allan's post about > > > punishment. > > > > > > On Mar 28, 12:15 pm, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Mar 18, 6:48 pm, DarkwaterBlight <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "LOL!! If I'm correct and "God is One" and we are all extensions of > > > > > that One, then God suffers in every tradgedy, too. This is why I > > > > > sometimes refer to God as "a glutton for experience", as God, being > > > > > all, experiences all aspects of every act. In a murder, for example, > > > > > God is both murderer and victim. God gets to experience all aspects > > > > > simply because, in reality, there is no 'other'."- Pat > > > > > > > > > Allan, > > > > > How, then, could one be seperated from God? > > > > > > > > > "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."- > > > > > Allan > > > > > > > > > Is it your understanding that, though within his being the entire is > > > > > contained, that somehow God might seperate Self from Self and be > > > > > absent from One's self? :P > > > > > > > > Well, how can an omnipresent God be absent from anywhere? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mar 18, 9:49 am, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > On Mar 17, 3:14 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I doubt "punishment" was in the dinosaur "vocabulary" but we have > > no > > > > > > > idea how they viewed and coped with natural disasters, do we? We > > have > > > > > > > no idea how early mankind dealt with disasters except to study > > the > > > > > > > apes and chimps, I guess. > > > > > > > > > > > "Where Was God" by William Safire was in last Sunday's NYTimes > > then > > > > > > > removed and so was any link as far as I could tell by Monday when > > I > > > > > > > thought to print it out. I finally found it through Google but > > the > > > > > > > link looks goofy so you are on your own. :-) He wrote this op-ed > > in > > > > > > > 2005 after the Indian Ocean tsunami and based his response on the > > Book > > > > > > > of Job re the questioning of faith in the midst of a natural > > disaster > > > > > > > and untold suffering. It tracks to humans being responsible to > > lessen > > > > > > > human suffering and injustice. > > > > > > > > > > > The world is so depressing. Please do not try to cheer me up. > > Thank > > > > > > > you. > > > > > > > > > > LOL!! If I'm correct and "God is One" and we are all extensions of > > > > > > that One, then God suffers in every tradgedy, too. This is why I > > > > > > sometimes refer to God as "a glutton for experience", as God, being > > > > > > all, experiences all aspects of every act. In a murder, for > > example, > > > > > > God is both murderer and victim. God gets to experience all > > aspects > > > > > > simply because, in reality, there is no 'other'. > > > > > > > > > > > On Mar 16, 7:26 am, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mar 16, 6:47 am, iam deheretic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Of course are not a punishment but rather a natural planetary > > force that > > > > > > > > > though it is going to happen is not preplanned nor can it be > > said that it is > > > > > > > > > in punishment.. those that say that I wonder about their > > knowledge of right > > > > > > > > > and wrong. . but there are some people that you will never be > > able to > > > > > > > > > explain anything because they know it all and their minds are > > closed. > > > > > > > > > Allan > > > > > > > > > > > > It can't REALLY be a punishment, as we know earthquakes > > happened long > > > > > > > > before humans. I doubt very seriously if the dinosaurs viewed > > > > > > > > earthquakes as punishments. > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 11:17 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,- Hide quoted text > > - > > > > > > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > > > > -- > ( > ) > I_D Allan > > If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken > Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
