TEC, So if children are so smart, intuitive and wise, at what age do they begin their ascent into stoopid (sic) adulthood?
Adolescence?
I never used all of those descriptions though. I said they were much smarter than most people give them credit for. They are not as two-faced as adults can be.
You mentioned pride and self-righteousness: child psychologists will tell you the most narcissist humans are actually infants, simply because they lack a basic awareness of self vs others. In other words, they are adapted for survival by letting Mom know when THEY are hungry, etc without a second thought of anything else. It's not even a matter of "pride", but instinct.
Well, there you go. Not talking about the same thing.
Children do go through a very wondering, questioning, seeking phase. They are open, curious, and they constantly ask why, and how... unless someone has made them afraid to do so, that is.
Once again, it seems you are waxing romantic simply for the internal serotonin rush that it give
I did not feel even a minor seratonin rush. Do you feel an internal seratonin rush when you give your opinion on something?
Oh dear, the merry-go-round starts again. Truly, which Christ and which God are you referring to? The ones tailor made to fit your conceptions and needs or the myriad conceptions that have proliferated down through time, subject to the ever changing needs and
conceptions of numberless well-intentioned fellow humans?
The God as shown through Christ.
The Bible cannot be the source of your conceptions because it is a mish-mash of human-generated genocidal ravings (Old Testament) and startlingly about-face "redemptions" that still require the spilling of blood (New Testament).
The bible is not the source of my faith in God, correct. Christ is that source.
Peace,
tammy
