RE: Why their is so many denominations
April 19, 2012 at 12:37 pm
(This post was last modified: April 19, 2012 at 12:47 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Everything about any god "depends on the heart of the believer", because that's the only part of the whole sad enterprise that's being leveraged. God is whatever a believer has in their hearts, god likes or dislikes whatever a believer likes or dislikes in their hearts. Scriptures are true or untrue based on the whims of their hearts. Doctrine is holy or false on the metrics of their hearts desires. Gods advice is received and given through their hearts.
There's a whole hell of alot human going on here, but not a whole hell of a lot of god Drich.
Let's do a little thought experiment here.
-Does your god "speak to your heart"? Obviously I mean this in the metaphorical, and not literal sense.
-Does your heart desire anything that your god dislikes?
-Does your heart shrink away from anything that your god desires?
-Do you base your understanding of scripture on evidence, or on the compulsion of your heart? (again, metaphorical)
-Does your heart tell you what scriptures are incorrectly translated or downright bullshit?
-Is your heart completely behind what you believe to be "true doctrine"
-Does anyone else offer a doctrine that speaks to your heart, despite it's being "false"?
-Does god present himself to you, does he speak into your ears, appear before your eyes, or compel you in your heart?
-Has your heart (or any part of you) ever received a "message from god" that it simply could not accept?
There's a whole hell of alot human going on here, but not a whole hell of a lot of god Drich.
Let's do a little thought experiment here.
-Does your god "speak to your heart"? Obviously I mean this in the metaphorical, and not literal sense.
-Does your heart desire anything that your god dislikes?
-Does your heart shrink away from anything that your god desires?
-Do you base your understanding of scripture on evidence, or on the compulsion of your heart? (again, metaphorical)
-Does your heart tell you what scriptures are incorrectly translated or downright bullshit?
-Is your heart completely behind what you believe to be "true doctrine"
-Does anyone else offer a doctrine that speaks to your heart, despite it's being "false"?
-Does god present himself to you, does he speak into your ears, appear before your eyes, or compel you in your heart?
-Has your heart (or any part of you) ever received a "message from god" that it simply could not accept?
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