(March 11, 2014 at 9:45 pm)Deidre32 Wrote:(March 11, 2014 at 9:21 pm)professor Wrote: To Deidre, when Jesus said the kingdom of God is within you, He was responding to an idea that an external kingdom was proposed at that time.
Looking within oneself will never find God unless He is invited in to begin with.
The New Age leaders like Oprah think there is a landscape of wonder within.
They flatter themselves. The history of mankind testifies against them.
Hello. :-)
In part you're right, but what he meant was that ultimate truth can be found, within. (if we believe the story, one can assume Jesus meant that a life without God, will create an inner turmoil)
But...We don't need to believe in a Deity to live with peace, joy hope and love. Those things are the "truths" of a content life. With or without a belief in a Deity.
Yes?
I don't know a single person, theist or atheist, who is truly content.
