Re: Fallacies About God & Life
...And I think that idea is just as beautiful, heartening, and meaningful as the idea of a supreme creator. Anyone agree? Vehemently disagree? Think we're all a bunch of squabbling idiots? Please add your input.
Through Scripture and experiences of many, including myself, God has told us He exists. So then it becomes a point of believing what He has said, in the past and present, or if He really said it.
Are we to believe the Scriptures or not?
I wasnt the one to come up with the idea of an omnipresent God, that was done long ago. I accompianed my parents to a Russian Orthodox Church almost every Sunday, and my earliest memories are of that Church. So I am certain that that had an impact on my belief system.
The things as said by God ( or the accounts of what was said ) certainly resulted in wanting to know if it was true or not. To be told that if you didnt accept God as the one and only God, and didnt abide within His will, you would be doomed caused me to figure that it may be worth a looksee.
The First question I needed to satisfy was whether or not God existed. This was satisfied through several methods and experiences. The second question I had to answer was the question of eternal damnation. I felt at that time that I did not want to be suprised too late with..." Whoops, guess God wasnt kidding around! May I wear an asbestos suit before I go into the Lake of Fire, God? "
After satisfying the first question, the answer to the second one was tough. This resulted in many more questions.
The answer to the second question has turned out to be the hardest one to discover. My feeling about it is that God will NOT send anyone to an eternal damnation. I ran across someone elses question that I contemplate upon even to this day...
" If God is the all-ever-so-powerful God, nothing in creation stronger than He, if Satan ends up taking 2/3 of humanity to a Lake of Fire for an eternity, then who was the victor and the more persuasive between the two?"
So, I am really leaning towards the ideal that no one will accompany Satan to any Lake of fire for an eternity of damnation. In a paper written by someone who really understands the original scriptures in the languages they were written, has claimed that Satan will not be destroyed, but his purpose of bringing evil will be ANULLED!
Anyway, in trying to answer both questions, I experienced many different Churches and participated in many different faiths services. Was still confused. So participated in the occult, and did indeed discover many valuable 'tid-bits' of knowledge and discipline.
But this all "felt" wrong. Not intellectually, but in my heart. The mind loved it. The practices are based on such logical disciplines, the mind really does latch onto the methodology of those "schools".
One "school" led me to the Kabballah, an intellectual dream come true. Hours can be spent studying the texts related to the Tree of Life. But in time, even this felt not quite right.
I returned to reading the New Testament and an understanding hit me like a bolt of lightening out of the sky. The Word actually did seem to come alive, as is described by many as ...The Living Word.