@gn and linuxgal - the list did happen. Not that it matters to either of u. Perhaps I mis-communicated. Let me rephrase, a holy God would not be threatened or intimidated as a feature of his character. A caring God could be swayed by compassion of a persons anguish. That is exactly what I meant by I can’t really threaten God. I can get angry, just like most of you have, at God. But that, from Gods perspective, isn’t threatening. Let’s not mince words though, whether I convince anyone that any of my experiences are real and the consistency of my belief is rational, you’d both just say it’s not really evidence you’d accept. We’ve crossed that bridge many miles back.
@FF well that all seems above board and honest. I can appreciate that.
I haven’t seen God grow back a limb or dismiss all suffering on the planet. I frequently have the same questions as to the POE. All I can trust are my experiences and results. I don’t know if it’s confirmation bias, statistical anomaly selection bias or anything else. From my perspective, it’s reliably consistent.
I’m not certain of how I could better critically self-analyze my experiences. Even if I , for arguments sake, took a few weeks to pray to shiva instead. I wouldn’t actually hold that belief. Blessings could still be granted to me even though I didn’t ask for them out loud. How would I determine whether they were from God, Shiva, or neither?
@FF well that all seems above board and honest. I can appreciate that.
I haven’t seen God grow back a limb or dismiss all suffering on the planet. I frequently have the same questions as to the POE. All I can trust are my experiences and results. I don’t know if it’s confirmation bias, statistical anomaly selection bias or anything else. From my perspective, it’s reliably consistent.
I’m not certain of how I could better critically self-analyze my experiences. Even if I , for arguments sake, took a few weeks to pray to shiva instead. I wouldn’t actually hold that belief. Blessings could still be granted to me even though I didn’t ask for them out loud. How would I determine whether they were from God, Shiva, or neither?
"There ought to be a term that would designate those who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, since the word 'Christian' has been largely divorced from those teachings, and so polluted by fundamentalists that it has come to connote their polar opposite: intolerance, vindictive hatred, and bigotry." -- Philip Stater, Huffington Post
always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari
always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari
