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666...the Devils Moving Average
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Quote from ARogueTrader:
If I may introject for a moment.
Of course people can believe in whatever they want, and I am not in a position to say they are wrong.
However, think about this for a moment.
We can have a concept of God, in which God is the Supreme being. Not 2nd, 3rd, 4th....but number 1. The highest possible power, the greatest, etc.
How can this notion of only one God be reconciled with the reports by different people that their God is different in nature than other religion's understanding of God's nature?
Think of Sir Laurence Olivia, or Robert De Niro, or any other great character actor.
They were/are able to portray many different personalities.
One person, capable of portraying many different personalities. Someone who only saw De Niro in Godfather II would not believe if if you described De Niro in "Bang the Drum slowly." They would say, not the same person, as their respective personalities were so different.
Now, look at an adult with children. His children know the adult one way, the spouse another way, the co-workers another way...as all interact and know the adult according to the circumstances and relationship they have. Same adult, but the adult behaves, shows parts of his personality differently according to the situation and level of understanding of the person he interacts with.
If you saw Einstein playing with a 4 year old, saying "goo goo" would you think him childish? How could such a brilliant man appear so limited in intelligence?
No, human beings have the ability to act in many different ways, and project many different aspects of their personality.
So why would it be so difficult for God, the one and only God who is all powerful and all knowing, to appear in an infinite number of forms and play with man in an infinite variety of personalities so that man could have a relationship with God? If a man can bring himself to the level of a child to communicate, what is so difficult about the concept of God being able to do the same?
I am a firm believer in only one God, who appears in an infinite number of forms.
Choose what form of God you want, and love that form of God. You want to love an angry God, fine. You want to love a jealous form of God, fine. God can delivery any form you wish. You want to love a most loving, kind, playful, friendly, intimate God, fine...that is my personal choice, but we are all free to have any type of relationship with God we choose, as long as we know that we are intending to have a relationship with the one absolute God.
the message..
believe what you will and, god forbid, don't let reason get in the way!