One aspect of the Bible I still greatly benefit from

by Ireneus in

though many things in the bible do not make sense to me, there is something in it that makes my life easy.. this is how i arrived at it.

bible defines god as the servant of his children because he makes provisions for the enjoyment of life in abundance (mathew 5:44-47) and ‘renews’ them if need arises (mathew 19:28) with no intervention whatsoever in between which means he is not interested in gratitude/worship from his children.

yet history shows that people forget him in happiness and remember him only in distress which means he is not given love (though he is the giver of love), and he is not bothered of it.

Ireneus

amiable atheist said: Your cherry picking exercise gets a "cute" for naïveté

Interestingly, Bible itself asks us to 'cherry pick' (1 Thess 5:21) because Bible contains more of foreign bodies than truth. (Act 20:29; Mathew 13:24:30)

Even if my conclusion is based on some story, acceptance helps me as it makes my life relaxed. In acceptance, you don’t resist, hence saves lots of energy. Contrast this with expectation and its attendant worries. Worrying about what might happen (future), when the moment has not yet come for it to happen, takes away from us the necessary energy to deal with it when it finally arrives. Living in memories drains our energy; the past already happened and no longer exists, except in our memory. We feed memories, not realizing that emerging the memory in our mind distracts us from the present and weakens us. We lose our energy when we relive an experience that already happened, and in the end we feel disappointed, feeling a mental and emotional waste.

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When is a church not a church?

by Lost in the fog in

the watchtower and jehovah's witnesses go out of their way to insist that they are not a church like the false ones of christendom.

so why don't they file an irs tax return?

because, according to guidestar they are exempt, since they are a church.

Ireneus

Seeking tax exemption itself is not a good sign because everyone thrives on the service of society, and tax money is what each one returns to the society.

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One aspect of the Bible I still greatly benefit from

by Ireneus in

though many things in the bible do not make sense to me, there is something in it that makes my life easy.. this is how i arrived at it.

bible defines god as the servant of his children because he makes provisions for the enjoyment of life in abundance (mathew 5:44-47) and ‘renews’ them if need arises (mathew 19:28) with no intervention whatsoever in between which means he is not interested in gratitude/worship from his children.

yet history shows that people forget him in happiness and remember him only in distress which means he is not given love (though he is the giver of love), and he is not bothered of it.

Ireneus

Ever apostate,

What you said is the proof that the world that was new has become old, calling for its renewal. A decayed fruit conveys the same truth: it was good to start with. Just like charitable institutions such as hospitals now have become money-making machine.

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One aspect of the Bible I still greatly benefit from

by Ireneus in

though many things in the bible do not make sense to me, there is something in it that makes my life easy.. this is how i arrived at it.

bible defines god as the servant of his children because he makes provisions for the enjoyment of life in abundance (mathew 5:44-47) and ‘renews’ them if need arises (mathew 19:28) with no intervention whatsoever in between which means he is not interested in gratitude/worship from his children.

yet history shows that people forget him in happiness and remember him only in distress which means he is not given love (though he is the giver of love), and he is not bothered of it.

Ireneus

waton,

I enjoy my cooking--something I do like worship as it reminds me of God. Also it is an art.

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One aspect of the Bible I still greatly benefit from

by Ireneus in

though many things in the bible do not make sense to me, there is something in it that makes my life easy.. this is how i arrived at it.

bible defines god as the servant of his children because he makes provisions for the enjoyment of life in abundance (mathew 5:44-47) and ‘renews’ them if need arises (mathew 19:28) with no intervention whatsoever in between which means he is not interested in gratitude/worship from his children.

yet history shows that people forget him in happiness and remember him only in distress which means he is not given love (though he is the giver of love), and he is not bothered of it.

Ireneus

2+2=5,

Here is the answer for you:

World's eight richest people have same wealth as poorest 50%

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/jan/16/worlds-eight-richest-people-have-same-wealth-as-poorest-50

Why do some create huge mountains of wealth creating privations on the other side of the planet? Doesn't remind of the proverb: Dog in the manger?

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One aspect of the Bible I still greatly benefit from

by Ireneus in

though many things in the bible do not make sense to me, there is something in it that makes my life easy.. this is how i arrived at it.

bible defines god as the servant of his children because he makes provisions for the enjoyment of life in abundance (mathew 5:44-47) and ‘renews’ them if need arises (mathew 19:28) with no intervention whatsoever in between which means he is not interested in gratitude/worship from his children.

yet history shows that people forget him in happiness and remember him only in distress which means he is not given love (though he is the giver of love), and he is not bothered of it.

Ireneus

Cofty,

Provisions for life’s enjoyment are real, and we are sustained by them. When I cook my food in the kitchen, I know how much care I have to show with regard to the fine-tuning of the ingredients and stopping the flame at the right time before it turns black into carbon. … etc. Every time I cook, I know the greater care God took in providing us with what sustains us. You can believe that nature provided it. But I believe God provided it—a thought that helps me to use them only for my need, not for my greed.

But that is a different subject. My subject is about acceptance, rather than expectation.

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One aspect of the Bible I still greatly benefit from

by Ireneus in

though many things in the bible do not make sense to me, there is something in it that makes my life easy.. this is how i arrived at it.

bible defines god as the servant of his children because he makes provisions for the enjoyment of life in abundance (mathew 5:44-47) and ‘renews’ them if need arises (mathew 19:28) with no intervention whatsoever in between which means he is not interested in gratitude/worship from his children.

yet history shows that people forget him in happiness and remember him only in distress which means he is not given love (though he is the giver of love), and he is not bothered of it.

Ireneus

Steve2

Those accounts are from the imagination of Bible writers. Noah’s flood was invented to provide a basis for eating non-vegetarian food. If a global flood destroyed all agricultural crops, then the next option is to start eating the flesh of the animals which is in contrast to the command given in Genesis 1:29, 30. Change into non-vegetarian diet was presented as though coming from God.

Yet insightful ones can discern the truth. See what prophet Isaiah says: “Killing a bull is equal to killing a human being.” (Isaiah 66:3) This shows Prophet Isaiah is not aware of Noah’s account, nor of nation of Israel being authorized to kill fellow human beings (which means they are all fabrications)

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One aspect of the Bible I still greatly benefit from

by Ireneus in

though many things in the bible do not make sense to me, there is something in it that makes my life easy.. this is how i arrived at it.

bible defines god as the servant of his children because he makes provisions for the enjoyment of life in abundance (mathew 5:44-47) and ‘renews’ them if need arises (mathew 19:28) with no intervention whatsoever in between which means he is not interested in gratitude/worship from his children.

yet history shows that people forget him in happiness and remember him only in distress which means he is not given love (though he is the giver of love), and he is not bothered of it.

Ireneus

Though many things in the Bible do not make sense to me, there is something in it that makes my life easy.

This is how I arrived at it. Bible defines God as the servant of His children because He makes provisions for the enjoyment of life in abundance (Mathew 5:44-47) and ‘renews’ them if need arises (Mathew 19:28) with no intervention whatsoever in between which means He is not interested in gratitude/worship from His children. Yet history shows that people forget Him in happiness and remember Him only in distress which means He is not given love (though He is the giver of love), and He is not bothered of it. In other words, He is the symbol of acceptance rather than expectation.

This is my experience:

In acceptance, I make life (mine and of others) a heaven.

In expectation, I make life (mine and of others) a hell.

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Overwhelmed

by Freedom rocks in

does anyone else feel overwhelmed on what to believe?.

i've been doing lots of research on beliefs, evolution, creationism but i feel no further forward about what i truly believe.

for example i looked at the fossil record and tiktaalic and thought great it proves a lot but then i've seen counter arguments on youtube of people basically saying its a load of rubbish and doesn't prove anything.

Ireneus

I agree, in principle, with what OnTheWayOut wrote. Creator would not prescribe a right path towards Him because every one is His child, acceptable to Him. There are many ways to know the beneficial ways, as Confucius rightly puts it: "By three methods we may learn wisdom:

First, by reflection, which is noblest;

Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and

third by experience, which is the bitterest.

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Overwhelmed

by Freedom rocks in

does anyone else feel overwhelmed on what to believe?.

i've been doing lots of research on beliefs, evolution, creationism but i feel no further forward about what i truly believe.

for example i looked at the fossil record and tiktaalic and thought great it proves a lot but then i've seen counter arguments on youtube of people basically saying its a load of rubbish and doesn't prove anything.

Ireneus

Xanthippe

We call something poisonous because we don’t know its proper use. Oxygen and Nitrogen are poisonous if breathed in separately; but becomes life-sustaining if breathed in ideal mixture of both with 78.09% nitrogen + 20.95% oxygen along with other gases and vapor in right proportion.

So is the case with other things you mention such as fungi. If Alexander Fleming can make an accidental discovery of Penicillin while he was studying staphylococcus, a type of bacteria that can sometimes cause infections in humans, it shows on purpose we find proper uses of everything we term as poisonous or wasteful.

Just like Police Department has trained dogs for things which they are unable to do we can do the same with all other species. Problem is that many people waste their time on unnecessary things such as creating mountains of wealth which they will use only a negligible part of it. Look at what 8 persons have done on earth. (https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/jan/16/worlds-eight-richest-people-have-same-wealth-as-poorest-50)

Ireneus

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amiable atheist said: Your cherry picking exercise gets a "cute" for naïveté

World's eight richest people have same wealth as poorest 50%