Posted by Kazper at 4:18pm Dec 24 '06Godhood or fame, what's your aim? Godhood can get you fame but fame can't get you Godhood...
I'll be back like a heart attack if you keep eatin' bacon. (:::(shrugs::)
I think a really important thing to understand and accept is God's desire for glory. It can answer questions of "Why let this happen?" "Why not be more clear?"... You may think that God should be above this but if God is we and we are God then it's understandable that we would have similarities with God. Ultimately God's glory is our glory and our glory is God's glory.
Assume makes an ass out of yo- ME!
One person to be free with is all I need... all I really want, I think.
Crippling self-consciousness- is ANNOYING!
I think homosexuality should be accepted... but it doesn't have to be liked. If you don't like it it's fine. We all dislike things.
Perhaps there is a particular way that is desired by God but that is voluntary. The only necessity then being the general way...
I think it may be enough that you do a certain amount but is preferred if you do more...
My confusion may be your salvation...
God says He is unchanging yet His rules seem to change... Perhaps they don't, but are revealed in stages... Don't some courses require a prerequisite...?
If "deception" is used to draw in it is only because it is necessary to save us in spite of ourselves.
Perhaps God indeed has developed a refined/particular consciousness and has discovered His particular pleasures and has discovered His general way and all who have pleasures which He cannot accept as lawful He cannot tolerate, just as you and I cannot tolerate those with pleasures that are not encompassed by our general way.
If you can reason a thing and then "prove" it why is it then invalid to use the same reasoning method for another thing and completely doubt a conclusion because it cannot be "proved" in the same way...? If again and again you use the same reasoning method for different things that you can "prove" why doubt the very same reasoning method for a thing you can't "prove"? If our proof consists of repeatable observation (which I think it does and then means that there is room for subjectivity)... then our proof isn't 100%... Ah!
If you or I see the complete path of another's life, all there wrong turns and right turns and U turns and [whatever turns] they take to get to their destination, how does this mean you or I made them do anything...? A possible reason why God does not violate our free will to lead us to a better destination could be because that might be a greater sin to us... Not necessarily to those who end up at the wrong destination, they would probably prefer to have their wills violated instead of being at their destination (I'm not really thinking of hell right now.), but to those who might not be able to get to their destination if even one will is violated, for whatever reasons...
Anything may be possible for God but that doesn't necessarily mean that anything doesn't have to be done in a certain way to make it possible...
If you or anyone else can see me turn left in a minute it doesn't mean you or anyone else made me turn left but it should mean that you or anyone else could try to stop me from turning left...
Our own desires could interfere with God's ability to be clear...
You could still be wrong with the right intent but you are wrong... like a small child, so it is more readily forgiven. Though you must still be taught.
I had a strange dream a ways back: a female lion was chasing me but I managed to outrun it then a female cheatah was chasing me but I managed to scare it away then a female turkey (lol. I said it was strange) seemed to be chasing me then I woke up. I think I know what it means and I hope I didn't scare the cheatah away forever. Though a part of me does because I'm a chicken shit. lol. :(
~Shawn Savoie~
~Ottawa, Ontario, Canada~
I'll be back like a heart attack if you keep eatin' bacon. (:::(shrugs::)
I think a really important thing to understand and accept is God's desire for glory. It can answer questions of "Why let this happen?" "Why not be more clear?"... You may think that God should be above this but if God is we and we are God then it's understandable that we would have similarities with God. Ultimately God's glory is our glory and our glory is God's glory.
Assume makes an ass out of yo- ME!
One person to be free with is all I need... all I really want, I think.
Crippling self-consciousness- is ANNOYING!
I think homosexuality should be accepted... but it doesn't have to be liked. If you don't like it it's fine. We all dislike things.
Perhaps there is a particular way that is desired by God but that is voluntary. The only necessity then being the general way...
I think it may be enough that you do a certain amount but is preferred if you do more...
My confusion may be your salvation...
God says He is unchanging yet His rules seem to change... Perhaps they don't, but are revealed in stages... Don't some courses require a prerequisite...?
If "deception" is used to draw in it is only because it is necessary to save us in spite of ourselves.
Perhaps God indeed has developed a refined/particular consciousness and has discovered His particular pleasures and has discovered His general way and all who have pleasures which He cannot accept as lawful He cannot tolerate, just as you and I cannot tolerate those with pleasures that are not encompassed by our general way.
If you can reason a thing and then "prove" it why is it then invalid to use the same reasoning method for another thing and completely doubt a conclusion because it cannot be "proved" in the same way...? If again and again you use the same reasoning method for different things that you can "prove" why doubt the very same reasoning method for a thing you can't "prove"? If our proof consists of repeatable observation (which I think it does and then means that there is room for subjectivity)... then our proof isn't 100%... Ah!
If you or I see the complete path of another's life, all there wrong turns and right turns and U turns and [whatever turns] they take to get to their destination, how does this mean you or I made them do anything...? A possible reason why God does not violate our free will to lead us to a better destination could be because that might be a greater sin to us... Not necessarily to those who end up at the wrong destination, they would probably prefer to have their wills violated instead of being at their destination (I'm not really thinking of hell right now.), but to those who might not be able to get to their destination if even one will is violated, for whatever reasons...
Anything may be possible for God but that doesn't necessarily mean that anything doesn't have to be done in a certain way to make it possible...
If you or anyone else can see me turn left in a minute it doesn't mean you or anyone else made me turn left but it should mean that you or anyone else could try to stop me from turning left...
Our own desires could interfere with God's ability to be clear...
You could still be wrong with the right intent but you are wrong... like a small child, so it is more readily forgiven. Though you must still be taught.
I had a strange dream a ways back: a female lion was chasing me but I managed to outrun it then a female cheatah was chasing me but I managed to scare it away then a female turkey (lol. I said it was strange) seemed to be chasing me then I woke up. I think I know what it means and I hope I didn't scare the cheatah away forever. Though a part of me does because I'm a chicken shit. lol. :(
~Shawn Savoie~
~Ottawa, Ontario, Canada~