(August 16, 2015 at 7:39 pm)ronedee Wrote:(August 16, 2015 at 7:07 pm)Deidre32 Wrote: If more people read the Bible with their minds and not their hearts, Christianity would die out. Actually, all religions would die out if people applied logic to the reading of their 'holy books.'
Its not about the "mind". Its about the spirit. If you don't think you have a soul, then you don't. Simple. Scripture is useless to you.
But, I believe I do have a "soul"! So then, the scripture means something to me.
Its just like looking at art; Some are moved to emotion. Some are moved to the restroom. Do we know why this happens? No.
We just shake [our] heads and strongly feel the other is... well... less than tasteful about their choices.
The difference is I don't condemn your trip to the restroom.
Did you ever find yourself in a room, or even larger place where you felt you were the only one right about a situation, or event?
We usually concede that there is "something" that we don't know that everyone else does. And most will give in to the majority.
That's because of "applied logic". But, spiritual people do not use that method. They go with that first instinct of being "right" about the way they feel.
Logic is slow. Spiritual is instantaneous, because its connected to something vastly superior to our limited intellect.
Spirituality is superior to human intellect? Not really. It is all about subjective feelings, which is why people find it easier to accept, than reality. I was once a Christian, I speak from experience. lol Reality is harsher at times than fantasy. It is comforting to escape into a fantasy (call that spirituality, call that religion, etc) than it is to accept and face reality without that crutch.
