For my Christians Friends
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We're trying it. Scientific discovery seems fast-paced and sure. The progress with religion is relatively slower, so it seems imperceptible. Religion is or ought to be the differentiation between truth and illusion so that a choice may be made. The one consciousness that is working this out may seem to take millions or billions of years. However, any seeming individual within it can run his own tests. But I assure you the results will be preceded by positive, well-placed faith. Faith is like your capital. As a trader, you would only invest it in a reasoned study as to it's probability of success. After you have satsified yourself that you have sufficiently distinquished between truth and illusion to apply faith in the truth, then your tests will produce results which justify the placing of your faith. The justification [proof] reinforces itself. Miracles are the result of well-placed faith which serve to give the miracle-worker certainty about his path, purpose, and destination. This allows him to make a clear, unadulterated choice about what he wants: Truth or illusion? If the worker is not seeing the justification of his faith, and so is not seeing miracles, he should continue to question his premises, whether he understands yet the difference between truth and illusion. Likewise, a scientist should question his theory.
Jesus
You can think of the Bible as a collection of quotes like Bartletts .
There, you will find both helpful and unhelpful utterances. The key is, can you tell the difference? There is no need to swallow the entire book of Bartletts anymore than there is a need to swallow the entire Bible. You will find as much truth in Bartletts as in the Bible if that is what you want to find. But you must have a "key" to tell the difference. The "key" to the Kingdom is to recognize everyone as the Son of God. That means all of the writers of the Bible and all those quoted in Bartletts are equally qualified to speak from knowledge (truth) or from perceptions (illusions) about themselves. Any one of them can be Peter the 'apostle', or Peter the 'satan'. Most will vascillate, like Peter, between true perceptions and false perceptions...between inclusion or denial. The words that lead to true perception are the Word of God, the others are of the devil, so-to-speak. The "key" is to learn well at least one truthful idea. A truthful idea has universal transfer potential. It's power is literally staggering when brought to fruition. That you and I are the Son of God is just such an idea. It is a "rock" foundation you can rely on and build on. Now, whenever you read the Bible or Bartletts, see which quotes lend themselves to this, and those that don't. This is a very basic "key". But it will open the door to the Kingdom for you.
Jesus
There used to be a guy on L.A. talk radio who was the master of scripture...are you the same goofball?
Ok...no worries....but you appear to be the same goofball.
