This is deep, and profound; i struggle with the "forgiveness" concept myself; which, i guess, is one of the reasons why the Bible is life affirming inspiration.
Are you trying to recommend faith through contrarian logic? You're doing a good job :) On Jul 5, 4:39 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > The Bible may be liked because it promises forgiveness/eternal life, > etc. And a large part of human misery is that it is very difficult to > forgive oneself or others. There was an article in the NYTimes about > "survivor guilt" of the soldiers- often leading to suicide- but oddly, > my meditation book (for co-dependants- as we all are) had the same > theme and title. The "meaning of life" can be hamstrung by the past > and relationships. > > On Jul 5, 3:59 am, paradox <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > In my humble and very limited opinion MM, no single book encapsulates > > the search for the "meaning of life" quite like The Holy Bible does. > > > On Jul 2, 6:58 pm, Meandering Mind <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Anyone have any book/article recommendations on what has influenced their > > > meaning of life regardless of whether or not that you found a meaning. I > > > really don't have very much of a history of reading around this topic and > > > want to get started somewhere. Sometimes it feels like my thoughts are > > > too > > > frantic and circular to get anywhere, so I need something to get off the > > > same track that I travel. > > > > Thanks :D.- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
