Sin slips in where egos fear to tread

 When I was a Christian, the first time as a child, well before my seven year descent into aethism,   I used to ask questions often. But this roused so much hostility and frowns, I soon learned to stifle the urge, concluding eventually not to bother. They did not know the answer  either. 

There rose up a lot of questions I am dealing to this day.  The first one was upon learning they did not want Jesus to heal on "Sunday" not to believe it whatsoever. But I soon emerged myself into their point of view and saw how they could lock themselves in by letting a simple rule rise above  itself to overtake a greater function.  Later.....

Never take offense..

Those who take offense are offensive, by reason of having taking it, because only offensive people take offense. 

Sin slips in where egos fear ro tread

Struggling with all the new great changes going on in the bsckground.  Excuses sound so defensive!  And then to humiliate us all, time fools everyone of us even as we speak. ......later... 

The Trinity talked in the beginning....

Many readers favor the book of John, I as well. "In the beginning was the Word..." Now right away I have a question about this "beginning" issue.  We know the Word refers to Jesus. So He, Jesus the Son,  is the beginning with God. But God, I am convinced, "is" is without beginning or end. As is eternity, without time, or outside time. It is just as awkward  describing no time as it is time itself. These first five verses are deep and pure poetry.  It sounds good even to the ear alone. God created "us" like Himself , the Holy Spirit, and Jesus. There , we have the Trinity. 

I do not lean on the arm of flesh

Our bodies waste away according to what is seen . The seen changes and is temporal but the unseen is eternal. So I set my course on the eternal. See Manna today.

Favorite quotes.....

HAve not run across any good quotes lately but like to recall favorites. B. Shaw  sent Churchill two tickets  to the opening night oft  his new play saying, bring a friend, if you hsve one. To which Churchill ssid,  Can't  be at the opening night,  but will be there the second night, if there is one. 

Physicists w,ho see only the physical...

I am starting to wonder, now we've decided space is not all that empty, but is rather full, if not there is any expanding universe at all. In other words space is infinite to the extent it does not exist except in the physical mind of the physicalists. We are living in the mind of God who gave us the freedom to conceptualize our own existence. If one does not have the faith nor the presence for it then the lighter weights will fall into the orbit of charismatics with greater mass.

Which one is worse off?

Which man is worse off? The one who tells a lie or the one who believes it? I know my answer. But your answer wold tell me a lot about you. This my favorite quote because it is mine. It is not because I don't know the answer. I don't know your answer. Your answer is not correct anymore than mine is. Short answers are hard. Long answers are easier to hide our ignorance in.

War between the flesh and the spirit....

Pain is evil leaving the body. Suspected U.S. Marine saying....

Foremost reason to define....

....is to arrive to a totally clear conclusion of what I can believe in full faith in my own reason. It surprises me how understanding God makes me appreciate and love existing so much. From one idea comes many, which hints of many more. I believe God places the central ideas reflecting Himself in our hearts. We are drawn, or we are not. Jesus said not all sheep are of His pasture.

Reason to define terms....

If we do not define our terms how does anyone know what we are talking about, not that many pay much attention. The way I start is by dividing the observable facts surrounding the definition against two extremes. As an example everyone can be placed somewhere along a continuum  from one side to the other with one extreme being "the" group and the other being "the" individual. In this way........

Everyone is exclusively on faith....

......because no one has anywhere near enough information or knowledge to make any where near a serious decision. So we are all dealing with faith. Only, some have more than others. The more one knows, the more respect they have for what they do not know. Everything said here is exclusively said for the benefit of the poster and persuasion only of the poster. It is assumed here that everyone speaks for their own benefit in order to persuade themselves.