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Thank you for sharing Kyle. I must honestly say I love Jesus.
Not to get you mad, but I also love Martin Luther King, Socrates, Buddha,
and Ghandi.
This was meant as a metaphorical exercise, of which do you identify :
Love, Reason, Logic, etc.
The "god" chosen would be your own emphasis in life.
I choose knowledge and wisdom as a path to happiness.
Others choose love or material goods, or Jesus Christ.
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| Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 9:59 am Post subject: gaia principle |
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Kyle. My favorite book n the bible is John.
It is very metaphorical and poetic.
I believe the old and new testaments are "two" very different religions.
The old testament God is full of wrath, anger, & believe it or not "jealousy".
The new testament is a God of love and forgiveness.
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Kyle
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| Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 10:49 am Post subject: Re: gaia principle |
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| lightsun wrote: | Thank you for sharing Kyle. I must honestly say I love Jesus.
Not to get you mad, but I also love Martin Luther King, Socrates, Buddha,
and Ghandi.
This was meant as a metaphorical exercise, of which do you identify :
Love, Reason, Logic, etc.
The "god" chosen would be your own emphasis in life.
I choose knowledge and wisdom as a path to happiness.
Others choose love or material goods, or Jesus Christ. |
Despite your love, you hardly seem to show it.
You darkened what I said, rather than shining light on it.
It should be obvious that a combination of all listed factors are needed, unless you wanna starve to death.
If you care about your eternal life, Jesus Christ belongs at the top of your list.
The rest is spin and rambling lies.
PS: Stuckasfook said that his god is Cow and you called him intelligent. I said that my god is God, and you decide that I answered your question wrong? Hmm.
PSS: Btw, you complain about negative attitudes with a negative attitude. Cancel it out!
PSSS: Old Testament does not establish the one true way.
Regardless, cancel out your resentfulness.
I like opening the bible up randomly and reading whatever God puts in front of me.
The bible is decent grounding material.
It can congratulate, attack, and/or challenge you.
You should be able to read every verse and feel good, confident.
Your reaction to stimulus is your reaction to stimulus.
PSSSS: Thanks for deciding to list me..
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| Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 11:26 am Post subject: gaia principle |
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Thank you Kyle. I appreciate your honesty.
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| Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 11:33 am Post subject: |
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How does Christianity relate to the Gaia principle in the first post?
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lightsun
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| Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 11:45 am Post subject: gaia principle |
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Kyle, you sound angry or hurt?
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| Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 12:37 pm Post subject: Re: gaia principle |
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| lightsun wrote: | Annabel_Lee, C. Beck, FAthergia, Isra, Kyle, Kastor, Mayflow, Mescaline,
nonentropic, ohifwinterends, Purity, Radical Dreamer, Romana, Yarrow,
Zephyr, zillah, and any other that are positive, critical thinking, rational,
reasonable, logical, compassionate, insightful, and loving : if you were
to pick a god or goddess to identify with, which would it be?
A number of you have already responded, so thank you Fathergia,
Radical Dreamer and Romana for responding. |
I like how you put them in alphabetical order so as not to offend... |
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| Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 1:22 pm Post subject: gaia principle |
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HatchBack176.
I apologize.
If you were to pick a god/goddess with which you identify
who would it be?
Again, so as to not offend.
Some people may choose not to like this exercise.
I hope you take it in the spirit it was proposed.
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| Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 3:19 pm Post subject: Re: gaia principle |
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| Kyle wrote: | If you care about your eternal life, Jesus Christ belongs at the top of your list.
The rest is spin and rambling lies. |
We have been through this before.
Lightsun, you might be interested in the old thread below, though it does get a bit repetitive.
http://similarminds.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3502&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=jesus+light+darkness
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| Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 4:05 pm Post subject: gaia principle |
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Here is another thought.
When Jesus said he was the way to heaven, I equate Jesus with "TRUTH".
Not to be controversial.
But my thought is that (jesus) as the way, could also mean the truth is the
WAY.
So, if a buddhist, muslim, atheist, catholic, native american, hindu, etc.,
follows their path faithfully, but with truth in their hearts, then they follow
the "spirit" of the law!
Then they are all saved.
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Kyle
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| Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 4:45 pm Post subject: Re: Gaia principle |
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| lightsun wrote: | Does anyone buy into the Gaia principle.
This principle is that the entire planet earth is like one living organism, and that everything is interrelated.
That's why if we hurt one part of the planet on the other side, we are directly affecting ourselves here.
P.S. Gaia, in the ancient greek mythology was the first "god", and from her sprang all the other titans, gods, & mortals. She could also be equated with "mother nature" |
I can see it..
| RadicalDreamer wrote: | | How does Christianity relate to the Gaia principle in the first post? |
We were created from the earth, because God made it so.
Earth responds by coloring the times with an overall "mood."
If we create too many problems, Earth will kill us off.
To prevent that from happening, God chose Jesus Christ to die for the pain humans inflict on the earth and each other, serving as a catalyst to align the world, for God.
Even if the world is angry, it doesn't mean we have to suck.
We can choose to respond back, and send the world a message.
With the free will of humanity as the body of Christ following the one true God, rising up above the earth, the world is rescued from its anger.
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Kyle
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| Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 5:16 pm Post subject: Re: gaia principle |
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| lightsun wrote: | Here is another thought.
When Jesus said he was the way to heaven, I equate Jesus with "TRUTH".
Not to be controversial.
But my thought is that (jesus) as the way, could also mean the truth is the
WAY.
So, if a buddhist, muslim, atheist, catholic, native american, hindu, etc.,
follows their path faithfully, but with truth in their hearts, then they follow
the "spirit" of the law!
Then they are all saved. |
Except you aren't giving Jesus credit as the source of the truth.
God wants you to honor Jesus as you would Him.
Sidestepping Jesus would be dishonoring God..
"For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son, that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father.
He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him." -- John 5:22,23 (NKJV)
If a Buddhist dude is faithfully walking on a path, and finds that he must love Jesus in order to get to the next level, what does the Buddhist do?
Sidenote:
A good Buddhist can love Jesus Christ more than a bad Christian.
A good Buddhist can understand the bible better than a bad Christian.
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| Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 6:48 pm Post subject: Re: Gaia principle |
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| Kyle wrote: | | RadicalDreamer wrote: | | How does Christianity relate to the Gaia principle in the first post? |
We were created from the earth, because God made it so.
Earth responds by coloring the times with an overall "mood."
If we create too many problems, Earth will kill us off.
To prevent that from happening, God chose Jesus Christ to die for the pain humans inflict on the earth and each other, serving as a catalyst to align the world, for God.
Even if the Earth is angry, it doesn't mean we have to suck.
We can choose to respond back, and send the world a message.
With the free will of humanity as the body of Christ following the one true God, rising up above the earth, the world is rescued from its anger. |
Thanks for answering the question!
I think the Earth is angry, it is going to put pressure on humanity, and the results are going to be ugly.
http://www.pbs.org/kcet/wiredscience/story/73-worldwide_water_worries.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_water
| Kyle wrote: | | If a Buddhist dude is faithfully walking on a path, and finds that he must love Jesus in order to get to the next level, what does the Buddhist do? |
Progress underlines the question here. Is it the promise of reward (happiness) or is it because it is the right thing to do? What if it was the reverse and pain and suffering was the end of the road of the journey. Would they go against self interest and do the right thing anyway without promise of reward?
Thoughts?
http://books.google.com/books?id=UgDlc5_y8BUC&pg=PA107&lpg=PA107&dq=new+age+consumerism&source=bl&ots=yrK8YnDIKO&sig=uN4xsXfUM6RfbqEqfq4sDlhxiNk&hl=en&ei=CPwPSunFHY-Y8gSznPmgBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10
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| Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 8:09 pm Post subject: Re: Gaia principle |
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You know, that's really not scary at all. Like most resources that people like to say that we're "running out" of, there's far more than we really need out there, it's just that we're getting to the point where it's getting harder for us to find what we need laying around waiting and ready for us.
Sure, we're going to have to start being smarter about this kind of stuff soon, and that will impact people lives, but it's not like we're going to run out of water, and we can purify most of it. It just takes time and money. It won't be much fun when we have to start doing that, but it's not like it's going to be the end of the world either.
And if there is some God out there that plans this kind of stuff, they must have a sick sense of humor, because this is just another situation were if civilization as we know it is stressed to the breaking point the United States is in one of the best positions in the world. That seems to happen a lot.
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| Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 8:44 pm Post subject: Re: Gaia principle |
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| Zephr wrote: |
You know, that's really not scary at all. Like most resources that people like to say that we're "running out" of, there's far more than we really need out there, it's just that we're getting to the point where it's getting harder for us to find what we need laying around waiting and ready for us.
Sure, we're going to have to start being smarter about this kind of stuff soon, and that will impact people lives, but it's not like we're going to run out of water, and we can purify most of it. It just takes time and money. It won't be much fun when we have to start doing that, but it's not like it's going to be the end of the world either.
And if there is some God out there that plans this kind of stuff, they must have a sick sense of humor, because this is just another situation were if civilization as we know it is stressed to the breaking point the United States is in one of the best positions in the world. That seems to happen a lot. |
The whole Southern US is expected to have severe water shortages because of population increases, especially the South-west. Desalination is expensive and then there is the issue of the future energy requirements vs production levels.
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