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Originally Posted by SONIC GAIL
Were you brought up to believe in God or did you find him on yr own? just curious cause you have such passion and you seem to know alot concerning the bible.
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I was raised on Abraham Isaac and Jacob, but as a man religion is a process, faith is a continuous transformation. As such, I am a seeker. While I was raised on the bible in depth and have spent my adulthood even deeper into it, I combine it with any and every holy book I can get my hands on, as Rob explained:
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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
There are many other books describing god other than trhe bible.
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I know, I have several of them on my shelf, and unlike the people who supposedly read these various holy scriptures, the books themselves get along quite nicely and rarely come into conflict. books are friendly, people who seldom read them but pontificate on their ignorant assumptions are often not.
further, God is not limited by Holy Books.
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Originally Posted by gualbert
yes, nazi Germany, communist USSR.
These regimes did more than separating the church from the state, they banned/dismissed the religious establishment.
Maybe it was marvelous!?
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but if the government blocks your own personal expression of religion and culture is that not in itself the most extreme of tyranny?
Ironically, while Marxism teaches that religion is the penultimate tyranny, many freedom fighting and liberation movements are motivate and influenced and perpetuated by religious sentiments, from the Buddhists self-immolation to the Taliban.. Religion, like all human forces, can be both a liberating hero and a controlling monster.
In regards to Law Enforcement, I too am inspired by my faith. My faith suggests that men who carry weapons are dangerous, and I am inclined never to trust them. It is not based necessarily on scriptures or priests or whatever, it is my gut instinct. I have never and will never trust violence.