Thoughts of Faith and Truth

@backcase,

–“Do always how Jesus would advise and the God of Jacob will always be with you.”–

though currently i don’t believe in Jesus’s divinity, i still agree with this quote, i find that the example that Jesus set is perfect for navigating life, making the hard decisions,

i know the wwjd bracelets got overplayed, but i do not disagree with the idea in concept, i believe that Jesus had great wisdom.

@tine, Agreed, it’s fine to believe that divinity stuff if people want, but ultimately the metaphysical factors taught about Jesus are irrelevant, especially without genuine effort to practice what he taught about loving each other and appropriate behaviours, the real world relevant stuff.

@backcase,

no, raised christian, but currently a seeker of truth, i’m working through my problems with the religion and people vs what it actually says so i can view the Bible unbiased,

but, so far, what people claim to be god is, in my opinion, a misunderstanding of themselves and the power of their emotions

@backcase,

i don’t disagree that the holy spirit should be known, i disagree that the holy spirit is anything but our emotions and our lack of understanding of how they effect us or how to use them to become self-founts of motivation,

i have broken everything down to its base and considered the core, then i searched other religions and did the same, i have spoken with many strong in faith pastors, i have seen examples on a daily basis, i observe, i watch, i hold my perspectives loosely to avoid bias,

and the conclusion i have come to so far is that what most people think is god, spirit, astral body, etc etc is simply them not understanding themselves, and i do check, i ask them many questions, its not just based on claiming to believe in something i before mentioned, its psychological traits, its aspects, confusion, etc, many correlating factors,

i would argue you attuning with the holy spirit is you simply attuning with a positive emotion, and i say this because you have to know the spirit, meaning, you have to think about it, have to focus on it, to receive its power, the power is not inherent, so its a thought, a mental anchor that you go to for the motivation power of the illogical ideas of Hope and Love

@backcase, So understanding, that appropriate behaviour has benefit, is Holy Spirit?

@backcase,

are you fucking kidding me? get off of HE with that ignorant bull shit.
among the many things wrong with religion, certainly one of the worst is how judgmental yall are. and not only do you have the nerve to say what somebody else thinks is wrong but then you go and try and push what you THINK is right on them. if there is such thing as a holy spirit it is in the form of a stick… shoved straight up your ass.

To make it simple….without the sun, not son. There would be no holy spirit.

@backcase, Good point, so is the idea to align with the source, to become it(edit: I should say “to become one with it”) or to observe it in fearful reverence?