02-10-2015, 03:19 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-10-2015, 03:41 PM by Jim Kent +.)
Greetings Monica,
As words are unsatisfactory blunt tools and because I'm a pedantic sod, I always try to be as precise as I can be when using them.
The Oxford English Dictionary describes religion as:
1: The belief in and worship of a superhuman human controlling power, especially of a personal God or gods > a particular system of faith and worship
2: A pursuit or interest followed with great devotion
Definition 1:
As I consider every human a Spirit / The Creator first and foremost and a genetically tweaked ape second, and don't believe in a God as described by religion, in Spiritual terms, I don't believe that there exists in this Universe anything that "superhuman". More evolved yes, but not "super" which inherently implies a difference and separation.
However, if The Confederation's claims are true, then the Orion Empire and their human minions, in malice and The Council Of Saturn, supposedly in benevolence do control somewhat and as I trust Carla and her shamanic contact, then I would have to say : yes I do believe in a controlling power. But the last thing I would ever do is worship any of them or perceive and / or describe any of them as "gods".
( Personal note about the OED: note how they wrote "God" uppercase "gods" lowercase. Never underestimate how pervasive Christian Consciousness is! )
The Confederation's philosophy could be regarded as a particular system of faith from a human perspective, but from The Confederation's viewpoint, much of what they share with us could be described as a science.
Neither L/L nor The Confederation ask us to have faith in their work, they just suggest that we have faith. But at this point in our evolution, we cannot know the accuracy of virtually all of their claims and we are therefore left to trust the info or not. Is trust in this material the same as faith in this material?
Definition 2:
I have been much more obsessed with this material a decade ago when I first discovered it, but I cannot honestly say that I follow it with great devotion.
The idea that this material might turn into a dogmatic way to control people and offer judgement of others sickens me, but to be honest, I really don't think that this will happen with this particular source of metaphysical wisdom.
L & L
Jim
As words are unsatisfactory blunt tools and because I'm a pedantic sod, I always try to be as precise as I can be when using them.
The Oxford English Dictionary describes religion as:
1: The belief in and worship of a superhuman human controlling power, especially of a personal God or gods > a particular system of faith and worship
2: A pursuit or interest followed with great devotion
Definition 1:
As I consider every human a Spirit / The Creator first and foremost and a genetically tweaked ape second, and don't believe in a God as described by religion, in Spiritual terms, I don't believe that there exists in this Universe anything that "superhuman". More evolved yes, but not "super" which inherently implies a difference and separation.
However, if The Confederation's claims are true, then the Orion Empire and their human minions, in malice and The Council Of Saturn, supposedly in benevolence do control somewhat and as I trust Carla and her shamanic contact, then I would have to say : yes I do believe in a controlling power. But the last thing I would ever do is worship any of them or perceive and / or describe any of them as "gods".
( Personal note about the OED: note how they wrote "God" uppercase "gods" lowercase. Never underestimate how pervasive Christian Consciousness is! )
The Confederation's philosophy could be regarded as a particular system of faith from a human perspective, but from The Confederation's viewpoint, much of what they share with us could be described as a science.
Neither L/L nor The Confederation ask us to have faith in their work, they just suggest that we have faith. But at this point in our evolution, we cannot know the accuracy of virtually all of their claims and we are therefore left to trust the info or not. Is trust in this material the same as faith in this material?
Definition 2:
I have been much more obsessed with this material a decade ago when I first discovered it, but I cannot honestly say that I follow it with great devotion.
The idea that this material might turn into a dogmatic way to control people and offer judgement of others sickens me, but to be honest, I really don't think that this will happen with this particular source of metaphysical wisdom.
L & L
Jim
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