Spirituality
09 Nov 13
09 Nov 13
Originally posted by checkbaiterWhich is all in your imagination. It might even do you good to have an invisible friend to whom you ask questions and get answers but of course those answers are from your own mind, where you would ask questions as if there were a real god so you reference an imaginary higher power and say, what would I do if I were a god? And you mind gives you answers.
No, since his grace and gifts are free and can never be repaid.
Yes, I owe him my life and I can only do my best to be a living sacrifice.
09 Nov 13
Originally posted by sonhouseIs this your stock response to every religious thread no matter what the topic?
Which is all in your imagination. It might even do you good to have an invisible friend to whom you ask questions and get answers but of course those answers are from your own mind, where you would ask questions as if there were a real god so you reference an imaginary higher power and say, what would I do if I were a god? And you mind gives you answers.
09 Nov 13
Originally posted by sonhouseWhatever helps you to sleep at night, man.
Which is all in your imagination. It might even do you good to have an invisible friend to whom you ask questions and get answers but of course those answers are from your own mind, where you would ask questions as if there were a real god so you reference an imaginary higher power and say, what would I do if I were a god? And you mind gives you answers.
09 Nov 13
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Originally posted by checkbaiterThat is a debt. Is the word 'debt' offensive to you? I wonder why. Maybe it might unstick your OSAS and NAFS [No Accounting For Sin] nonsense.
No, since his grace and gifts are free and can never be repaid.
Yes, I owe him my life and I can only do my best to be a living sacrifice.
09 Nov 13
Originally posted by SuzianneI think its more like people at an AA meeting where you acknowledge a higher power. There doesn't even have to BE a higher power at all, you just THINK there is and that is all it takes to make you feel better about yourself and so forth. Sort of bootstrapping yourself up the morality ladder.
Whatever helps you to sleep at night, man.
09 Nov 13
Deuteronomy 6:4-6
New Living Translation (NLT)
4 “Listen, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord alone.[a] 5 And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength. 6 And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today.
