tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3324536562204251762.post5797701237022753521..comments2023-06-12T11:01:16.463-04:00Comments on Healing, Empowering and Thriving: ...because the bible tells me soPhil Dzialohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04150881545903849250noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3324536562204251762.post-21155674537009241232012-08-12T03:05:25.941-04:002012-08-12T03:05:25.941-04:00I had an Uncle who said we should not read the old...I had an Uncle who said we should not read the old testament at all. I personally think that no matter how much people want to believe otherwise, the bible is man's interpretation of God's word, and therefore flawed in many ways. Yet, I still have great faith although my faith does not fit neatly into one organized religion anymore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3324536562204251762.post-76472775764669009382012-08-09T13:25:09.196-04:002012-08-09T13:25:09.196-04:00It's funny, because you personify God's lo...It's funny, because you personify God's love more than you're acknowledging: "Even to your old age I am he,<br />even when your hair is gray I will carry you;<br />I have done this, and I will lift you up,<br />I will carry you to safety." Isaiah 46:4R.E. Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16913628718120764444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3324536562204251762.post-43001316747214879052012-08-06T18:48:41.462-04:002012-08-06T18:48:41.462-04:00Thanks, Terri, for your insights as usual. Hopefu...Thanks, Terri, for your insights as usual. Hopefully, someday, human consciousness will evolve to a point where we can be something more...I just hope the wait isn't forever, but some days, I feel we move backward and revisit the distortions over and over again!Phil Dzialohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04150881545903849250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3324536562204251762.post-65670208096225367832012-08-06T17:53:07.183-04:002012-08-06T17:53:07.183-04:00just spent 2 weeks hosting a physical anthropologi...just spent 2 weeks hosting a physical anthropologist..who kept remarking at the end of any discussion: We are primates! That's why we behave like that!"..but it was sprinkled with the notation that across the globe, across cultures and generations there is only 1 taboo that is consistent in human life: The Taboo against Father-daughter & Mother-son sexual relations. All other taboos are actually cultural, specific to a certain group and inconsistent in cross cultural comparisons...so that last Genesis quote , IS a real doozie...<br />mind blasting distortions on countless generations...so much license for so much perversions<br />healing is not pretty...<br />TerriAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3324536562204251762.post-36606833272355917122012-08-06T10:12:36.933-04:002012-08-06T10:12:36.933-04:00Love this summary Eric!Love this summary Eric!mhkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09824535162225016668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3324536562204251762.post-62961268996663253192012-08-06T10:09:45.661-04:002012-08-06T10:09:45.661-04:00I want to go back to my childhood when the bible w...I want to go back to my childhood when the bible was all warm and fuzzy with lots of nice coloring-in pictures to accompany. My innocence has been so trashed that I'm just confused now. My beliefs used to be so simple and lovely. Oh well, it was nice while it lasted! Just don't seem to recall the coloring-in sheet of the daughter sleeping with her father?!!mhkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09824535162225016668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3324536562204251762.post-11536230735864022452012-08-05T11:25:46.268-04:002012-08-05T11:25:46.268-04:00That should be "leaner " not "clean...That should be "leaner " not "cleaner. "Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3324536562204251762.post-38024748633626386392012-08-05T11:24:34.164-04:002012-08-05T11:24:34.164-04:00I loved your explanation of the two camps of spiri...I loved your explanation of the two camps of spiritual cleaners and know I, too, fall into the second. As for the rest-- oy vey.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3324536562204251762.post-68767497818659854092012-08-03T12:51:35.277-04:002012-08-03T12:51:35.277-04:00Eric, I truly love and admire you uncanny ability ...Eric, I truly love and admire you uncanny ability to translate my crude and sarcastic posts into words which capture the profound...it's truly a well honed art!<br />BTW, when my daughter's fiance asked for her hand in marriage (rather unusual in the USA these days), I did ask for three goats, six chickens and an ass for the honor of allowing it. Of course, I received none of the above, much to my great dismay!Phil Dzialohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04150881545903849250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3324536562204251762.post-14881129210937502362012-08-03T11:57:02.835-04:002012-08-03T11:57:02.835-04:00The old testament,a conglomeration of documents wr...The old testament,a conglomeration of documents written over several centuries mostly reflects the primitive,i.e. power orientated, male dominated, short life span influenced superstitious psychology prevalent then. Some of the new testament is gorgeous, albeit romantic poetry. Most people look at the Bible without understanding the inherent contradiction between what the writer wishes to convert as guiding principles based on good morals and the angry, confused God who is as much influenced by people as people should be by him.This was later corrected by the Christian God who was depicted as much more distant and objective.<br />What remains for me is this over whelming dichotomy where our "loving creator"condemns us to suffer from our overwhelming inadequacies. The only thing more saddening is the lunacy of that vast legion the world over that purports to speak in his name.Eric Fischerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02471331868560587898noreply@blogger.com