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It's a simple choice:
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It's a simple choice:
December 24, 2016 at 2:16 pm (This post was last modified: December 24, 2016 at 2:16 pm by Mystic.)
Either fall in love with yourself only and primarily, or fall in love with every good thing that exists (God has everything good in creation and much much more!) which includes loving yourself for the sake of God.

This is all the choice really is. Proofs of God will come to you and be known by you if you make the choice to love everything good that exists.
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RE: It's a simple choice:
December 24, 2016 at 2:22 pm
What if I love half the good things?
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RE: It's a simple choice:
December 24, 2016 at 2:24 pm
(December 24, 2016 at 2:16 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: Either fall in love with yourself only and primarily, or fall in love with every good thing that exists (God has everything good in creation and much much more!) which includes loving yourself for the sake of God.

This is all the choice really is. Proofs of God will come to you and be known by you if you make the choice to love everything good that exists.

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RE: It's a simple choice:
December 24, 2016 at 2:57 pm
(December 24, 2016 at 2:16 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: Either fall in love with yourself only and primarily, or fall in love with every good thing that exists (God has everything good in creation and much much more!) which includes loving yourself for the sake of God.

This is all the choice really is. Proofs of God will come to you and be known by you if you make the choice to love everything good that exists.

Sounds like you're trying to combine a false dichotomy (claiming there are only two choices), and special pleading (claiming all good things are associated with your god).

I can love a lot of things, and find fulfillment in this world, without the inclusion of your deity. Why take time out of my day to give praise to something I can't prove exists? Especially on who has views I'm not always going to agree on?
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RE: It's a simple choice:
December 24, 2016 at 3:42 pm
It's too simple. Life, emotions, and the world are all more complex than such reductionist thinking allows.

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RE: It's a simple choice:
December 24, 2016 at 3:51 pm
(December 24, 2016 at 2:16 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: Proofs of God will come to you and be known by you if you make the choice to love everything good that exists.
What does "making the choice to love everything good that exists" entail? Just saying it? How do we demonstrate it? Are there certain actions that we can take? What form do the "Proofs of God" take, that we might recognize them when they come to us?
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RE: It's a simple choice:
December 24, 2016 at 3:58 pm (This post was last modified: December 24, 2016 at 3:59 pm by GUBU.)
(December 24, 2016 at 2:16 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: Either fall in love with yourself only and primarily, or fall in love with every good thing that exists (God has everything good in creation and much much more!) which includes loving yourself for the sake of God.

This is all the choice really is. Proofs of God will come to you and be known by you if you make the choice to love everything good that exists.

So it's either self love, or loving from an imaginary being. What's stopping me from finding a good woman to love men?

Edit: In the meantime, I'll stick to the self loving. Much more concrete than imaginary being.
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RE: It's a simple choice:
December 24, 2016 at 3:59 pm
What if I hate everything with the coruscating fury of a thousand quasars?
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RE: It's a simple choice:
December 24, 2016 at 4:01 pm
Just like a religious tyrant to tell everyone what their choices are, or else!
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RE: It's a simple choice:
December 24, 2016 at 4:10 pm (This post was last modified: December 24, 2016 at 4:12 pm by Jesster.)
I choose to love nothing. What now?

Edit: Iroscato beat me to that one. Oh well. The challenge remains. Fuck your god concept.
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