Posts Tagged ‘ god ’

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Oh God, I wish from now on to be the first to become conscious of all that the world loves, pursues, and suffers; I want to be the first to seek, to sympathize, and to suffer; the first to unfold and sacrifice myself, to become more widely human and more nobly of the earth than [ READ MORE ]

Why Christians Should Vote to Legalize Same Sex Marriage

Why Christians Should Vote to Legalize Same Sex Marriage For the purpose of this article I am going to adopt a distinctly conservative Christian perspective and write for a distinctly conservative Christian audience.  I want to put forth the idea that even if you believe homosexuality is morally wrong, a sin even, you should still [ READ MORE ]

God Never Changes

See the thing about this idea is that it does get at some important things about reality, but if considered alone, gives us an incomplete picture. Whether you think God is unchanging depends on your perspective on what God actually is. If God is transcendent, outside us and outside of time, he is unchanging. For [ READ MORE ]

Response to some Theological Speculation

"The free will we are endowed by our Creator is the very thing that defines our existence– creation without free will is creation without love; ironically, it is love, and only love, that can create life, for all goodness rests in love. That which is not love is only for tearing down." -Amanda Your point [ READ MORE ]

Humans and their Hearts

From The Alchemist, a conversation between the boy and the alchemist: "My heart is a traitor…it doesn't want me to go on." "That makes sense… Naturally it's afraid that, in pursuing your dream, you might lose everything you've won." "Well, then, why should I listen to my heart?" "Because you will never again be able [ READ MORE ]

More on the Gnostic Mass

Since the whole of the Eucharist ritual is published on the website of the church, I figured I would share a couple parts of it that I really like. Sophia and the Logos "And the Logos answered: "They say I came for all, but in truth, I came for Her Who came for all. For [ READ MORE ]

Keeping Accounts

In our relationships with others we usually keep some sort of mental tally as to what we owe others and what is owed to us. We know who is in good standing with who, etc. It's the way we work. Black marks and gold stars on each person's record. And usually, we give more to [ READ MORE ]

Upanishads

Bolded are the lines I love the most.  So you know, Ajñāna means ignorance.  If the Hinduism terms bog you down, read only the bold: "I am without Māyā. I am without compare. I am solely the thing that is of the nature of wisdom. I am without Ahaṅkāra (I-am-ness). I am without the difference [ READ MORE ]

Freke’s Talk in its Entirity

Finally, all my videos have been uploaded to youtube, so now you can go through the whole talk in order, so that everything makes sense. If the above widget doesn't work, just go here to view all the videos. Read and post comments | Send to a friend[ READ MORE ]

Satan – Through Buddhist Eyes

New post over at Common Ground.  Inspired by a couple of quotes I found on Sujatin's blog last week. Read and post comments | Send to a friend[ READ MORE ]

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