Why do people think they have to believe in Jesus
Or religion in order to believe in a Supreme Being. Why not just believe in a nondenominational Creator?
56-60, M
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SW-User
It becomes more and more obvious to anyone of common sense, spirituality and general Faith and trust in Reality, that those of the "only way" (Jesus) , in fact THEIR way, are way off beam. The story/myth of Jesus is simply one expression of an everlasting story.
To insist upon "narrow ways" is in fact to expound a way of salvation with so many absurd problems that we have to reel away in astonishment that anyone could subscribe to such a "plan".
What of those who have never heard of Jesus?
What of those who died before Jesus?
In answer, ridiculous epicycles of belief are added to the mix......Jesus goes down to those in hades and pronounces the Gospel to them etc etc. Imagine Jesus giving the Good News to a cro-magnon man or a neanderthal man (or woman) as they rise from their tomb!
In contrast, how glorious the Universal Christ!
To insist upon "narrow ways" is in fact to expound a way of salvation with so many absurd problems that we have to reel away in astonishment that anyone could subscribe to such a "plan".
What of those who have never heard of Jesus?
What of those who died before Jesus?
In answer, ridiculous epicycles of belief are added to the mix......Jesus goes down to those in hades and pronounces the Gospel to them etc etc. Imagine Jesus giving the Good News to a cro-magnon man or a neanderthal man (or woman) as they rise from their tomb!
In contrast, how glorious the Universal Christ!
Axeroberts · 56-60, M
SW-User
@Axeroberts The point is that any "creator" is not "out there" or "up there" but with us. With us, as us.
In "eastern" faiths, non-dualism
Faith/trust inevitably becomes praxis. The Source is there in suffering. In "uniting", becoming "one" with the Source, we are called to share in the suffering of others. Empathy. Not to judge or condemn, but to share.
"The Tao can be shared but not divided"
In "eastern" faiths, non-dualism
Faith/trust inevitably becomes praxis. The Source is there in suffering. In "uniting", becoming "one" with the Source, we are called to share in the suffering of others. Empathy. Not to judge or condemn, but to share.
"The Tao can be shared but not divided"
Axeroberts · 56-60, M
@SW-User sure.