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@SW-User renewal doesn’t stop the suffering, but Adonai teaches us to endure
Elevatorpitches · F
@SW-User Freedom and overcoming is better though.
SW-User
Agreed to a point; we bring so much suffering on ourselves through, as you pointed out, attachment... there are times life just hits you like a train... @Elevatorpitches
Elevatorpitches · F
assemblingaknob · 31-35, F
@Elevatorpitches Yep. Gotta work on that :(
Elevatorpitches · F
@assemblingaknob we are not our experiences much as we may believe that
get a calm perspective and remember that YOU could be anyone, by accident of birth, so
lighten up about YOUR particular existance and the ultimate mystery of YOU, and as you do, everything will become manifest and understood....
good solution for anything, right?
get a calm perspective and remember that YOU could be anyone, by accident of birth, so
lighten up about YOUR particular existance and the ultimate mystery of YOU, and as you do, everything will become manifest and understood....
good solution for anything, right?
assemblingaknob · 31-35, F
@Elevatorpitches yep that is the logical truth. Good advice. I'll remember.
goliathtree · 56-60, M
SW-User
@goliathtree Don't 4get 2 buckle up!
smiler2012 · 61-69
assemblingaknob · 31-35, F
@smiler2012 But that's the thing. The good things don't always outweigh the bad. But thanks for sharing. I do struggle with gratitude and need to work on it.
smiler2012 · 61-69
@assemblingaknob your welcome perhaps a bit more positive thinking
ExperienceDLT · M
Elevatorpitches · F
Doomflower · 41-45, M
SomeMichGuy · M
@Doomflower ...and a complete misrepresentation of the Messiah.
Doomflower · 41-45, M
@SomeMichGuy so you're saying his purpose wasn't to suffer and die?
SomeMichGuy · M
@Doomflower To say we are all in the same position denies His uniqueness, but, yes, the suffering was a small part of a short life which had purposes greater than merely suffering, then dying.
Chief among those is a more accessible, personal--and, thus, far more direct--revelation of the true nature of the One Who Is. The Christ clarifies God's desire to have relationship with us as far more important than judging us, also clarifying that a fundamental part of God's being Almighty was to choose to NOT use that power to smite, etc.
And if you look at His kindness, compassion, healing, advice...and how little doctrine He foists upon us...well, those are important aspects of His enduring ministry, too.
Soteriological imperatives? Yes, of course. But a clarification of Theology, proper, is hugely important, as is His bringing us Ecclesiological & Pneumatological teachings...and His Parables, etc.
Chief among those is a more accessible, personal--and, thus, far more direct--revelation of the true nature of the One Who Is. The Christ clarifies God's desire to have relationship with us as far more important than judging us, also clarifying that a fundamental part of God's being Almighty was to choose to NOT use that power to smite, etc.
And if you look at His kindness, compassion, healing, advice...and how little doctrine He foists upon us...well, those are important aspects of His enduring ministry, too.
Soteriological imperatives? Yes, of course. But a clarification of Theology, proper, is hugely important, as is His bringing us Ecclesiological & Pneumatological teachings...and His Parables, etc.