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I don't understand what this phrase means

I don't like it as much as anyone else, but it is best not to dwell on negativity and sin

And belief in a fact?

Faith and righteousness will never belong to the masses, it is something that requires a lifetime of seeking. There is a reason why Jesus called it the narrow path.

Do you use a screwdriver to open a sealed crate or a crowbar to unscrew screws? Crude topics require crude tools. Fine topics require fine tools. Physics requires observation, metaphysics requires reason. Job 35 5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou...

Is there something wrong?

The problem with pure empiricism is that you are measuring only that which is observable, and that what is observable is limited. That is why it is often better to use rationality to deduce answers. For example, empirically, I can only prove that I exist, I cannot prove that you and other...

The secret is hidden in plain sight: John 10:34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? Everything is one. Man controls his own reality. What is the difference between a sorceror and a holy man? A sorceror thinks he can control God, thinks he IS God. A holy man...

I'm not talking about the Bible exactly, but only using Eve as an illustration, I am talking more along the lines of idealism. That the symbol of the perfect woman existed first, then the world took shape to reflect symbols such as these. Without using the Bible, a different example might be...

And - on this note, a person's own soul energy cannot be created or destroyed. When they can no longer hold onto their own body, it returns to where it came from, but if it is in an imperfect state, it returns again to the physical to seek out new experiences and answers.

I believe you, I once got stoned off my butt and amazed my best friend by reading his thoughts. I haven't been able to do that again since.

No of course a photon cannot make logical deductions. A photon is just 1 simple particle, the brain is comprised of countless complex particles. The idea of a photon "thinking" or "sinning" or "dying" is just creative expression. What I mean is more like, a photon's only question is whether it...

And here is the essential question: What started everything moving? This is why I say the example I gave is crude and not what I believe. Because God isn't a lone photon that, over the blind eons of eternity, suddenly discovered it existed, but God the Father is that unchanging core of...

I don't think it matters if you call it energy or spirit, the two are really the same. Spirit is energy and energy is spirit. Yes, Jesus had power over this energy, but he did not conceal it. He told everyone exactly how to use it, but nobody has such strength of will to be able to do so as he...

It will take a bit of time to respond to everything you are saying, just a quick note: No, nature isn't perfect, that is why there is no ideal tree in the natural world. It is the idea of a tree that is perfect and timeless. The natural world is subject to randomness and decay and can only...

By the way, if anyone experiences anything supernatural, I think that the best way to put an immediate end to it is prayer and extreme repentence. I don't get why people try to burn herbs - you're getting haunted because you're not putting faith in God, your spice rack isn't going to save you...

I have always been fascinated with hearing about other peoples' NDE's, hallucinations, and so on, but I don't think it's wise to dabble in things we don't understand. It's a shame, because I would love the idea of being a psychonaut and journeying into the center of the mind and/or other planes...

I saw the title of this thread and thought it was a metaphor Matthew 16 5 When the disciples reached the other side, they had forgotten to bring any bread. 6 Jesus said to them, “Watch and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” 7 And they began discussing it among themselves...

Do you laugh every time someone asks a question you can't answer?

To continue the analogy of the photon... Many photons never hit anything, they are blasted out into empty space. Because they have no mass, they also do not influence anything. If a tree falls in the woods with no witnesses, does it make a sound? The photon decides in its single instant of...