04-10-2010, 08:44 PM
I would like to express my gratitude for all your kind responses. It is wonderful to know one can come to a place and know that they can express their heart and not fear being judged, this also serves as a lesson to me on how to respond.
I have a great respect for Jesus, though I don't believe he is divine anymore, but a great teacher. (divine in so much as God Incarnate as the Christian community sees him.) It is kind of interesting, I saw a program recently about the man, Jesus. They managed to even teach the person who was acting the part some aramaic and showed how he might have even spoke.
I find the Q document the most fascinating, as it appears to have been a document that might have been (if it existed) a collection of sayings by Jesus.
So I recognize the truth that was being taught, to love your neighbors as your self, and Do unto others as you'd have them do unto you.... And perhaps these two can help here.
I know how I was, once. What would I think?
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Ya know, I think this is an Ego problem, and a left over from being in that mindset. Being raised Pentecostal has a lot to do with it as well. They are very fundamentalist in nature, hard core belief in the Trinity, and the Bible, ignoring the verses that directly contradict their core belief. They are also very evangelical.
Perhaps this is why I feel this way, because I still carry that 'spread the word' programming, only now, because of how polarized their view is, and how far I have come from that view, it makes me want to turn around and say "Repent! For the kingdom of God is at hand" lol, well, not quite that bad, but I think my reaction is a bit of a pole shift for me. So, now I want to react in the opposite direction. To 'spread the word' about the world I have discovered, moving from fear and terror to love and faith. But I also believe this may also be what has stayed my hand from the email blast I want to send, and why I came here first.
It is an ironic shift, and I guess there was a Poll Shift in my lifetime, I just didn't expect it to be me!
I think I am going to hold off for now, and have faith that who needs to hear this will, as the same as I was led to this truth, now I can present what I have learned to anyone who needs it in a loving manner.
Love and Light to you all, you are a great Joy to be with.
I have a great respect for Jesus, though I don't believe he is divine anymore, but a great teacher. (divine in so much as God Incarnate as the Christian community sees him.) It is kind of interesting, I saw a program recently about the man, Jesus. They managed to even teach the person who was acting the part some aramaic and showed how he might have even spoke.
I find the Q document the most fascinating, as it appears to have been a document that might have been (if it existed) a collection of sayings by Jesus.
So I recognize the truth that was being taught, to love your neighbors as your self, and Do unto others as you'd have them do unto you.... And perhaps these two can help here.
I know how I was, once. What would I think?
.....
Ya know, I think this is an Ego problem, and a left over from being in that mindset. Being raised Pentecostal has a lot to do with it as well. They are very fundamentalist in nature, hard core belief in the Trinity, and the Bible, ignoring the verses that directly contradict their core belief. They are also very evangelical.
Perhaps this is why I feel this way, because I still carry that 'spread the word' programming, only now, because of how polarized their view is, and how far I have come from that view, it makes me want to turn around and say "Repent! For the kingdom of God is at hand" lol, well, not quite that bad, but I think my reaction is a bit of a pole shift for me. So, now I want to react in the opposite direction. To 'spread the word' about the world I have discovered, moving from fear and terror to love and faith. But I also believe this may also be what has stayed my hand from the email blast I want to send, and why I came here first.
It is an ironic shift, and I guess there was a Poll Shift in my lifetime, I just didn't expect it to be me!
I think I am going to hold off for now, and have faith that who needs to hear this will, as the same as I was led to this truth, now I can present what I have learned to anyone who needs it in a loving manner.
Love and Light to you all, you are a great Joy to be with.