Hi Mary, It was meant to be freedom withing certain bounds. But we are free creatures and can choose good or evil.
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 11:56 PM, Mary <[email protected]> wrote: > [Jon said] > You have freedom, even the freedom to read these words, not because you > were > envisioned as a static pattern continually being transformed by a dynamic > pattern. This includes the freedom not to be arrested at will, dragged from > your house and imprisoned or tortured for your thoughts and speech-and all > the other freedoms and rights you enjoy and take for granted. These rights > did not arise and were not acknowledged in the East where moq ideas were > prevalent. > > You have these freedoms because you were seen as created in the very image > of God. And you were endowed by your Creator with these rights because your > life was seen as sacred. Not a static, certainly not a dynamic pattern, but > a child of the living God. That is the source of freedom, personal and > political. > > [Mary Replies] > Well, thank God for that! Funny how a higher level can use the givens of a > lower level to go off on purposes of its own. Really glad of that too, > since I wouldn't like to have to get up early on Sunday's to go to an > institution. Do you ever get the idea this God stuff was not thought out > too well? I mean, I'm not sure all this freedom was what was intended. > But > hey, I'll take what I can get! > > Thanks, > Mary > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
