A Deeper Understanding

[clydgate]

I have always had a quest for knowledge and a deeper understanding for the world we live in. Within me there is a compulsion to ask hard questions whether it be spiritual, physical, mental or extraterrestrial in nature. I believe the answers we all seek do not lie on the boundaries of any one discipline but in that gray murky area that lies in the crevasses between disciplines. Our problem is, as it has been since the beginng that one can see the tree and admire its complexity and beauty and spend a life time studying it. However, completely miss the forest in whch it stands. It's hard for anyone who has spent the better part of their life researching a particular theory, idea, belief etc. to attempt to accept ideas that contradicts that realm of thought. So, we stick to our guns and do what we know and are comfortable with and avoid those ideas that question or threaten our own reality. I leave you with a few of my favorite quotes that makes one say Hmmmm. And wish you joy in this journey we call life . And, to continue to explore Gods creation in all its majesty and splendor. For the gift of life is the school ground for the soul.

Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't Mark Twain

Though we may know him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all. Mahatma Gandi

Aloha,
Chuck Lydgate

 

[saved24]

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[SkyBlade]

Cool quotes welcome to the forums, too!!

 

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[chinchillin]

welcome!

 

[clydgate]

I would like to open up a sprited conversation/debate. And to continue with my theme "A Deeper Understanding". For through adversity comes much growth. Let's start off with MerrianWebsters definition of God. Since we are using the english languge to communicate we must first define who or what God is in english. Merrium-Webster: The being perfect in power, wisdom and goodness who is worshipped as creator and ruler of the universe. Genisis 9:11 King James version : And I will establish my covenent with you; niether shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. Genisis 9:13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. "Perfection" which God is implies one who does not make mistakes. Yet here it seems God is apoligizing for the mistake of flooding the earth and killiing every living thing except Noah and the living things in the Ark. Then God wants to make it all better by giving mankind a "token" Rainbow? Makes one consider do I really want the God of the Bible as my God? Who is this God who gets upset with his own creation then distroys it and is but a reflection of human frailty.
Aloha,
Chuck

 

[clydgate]

I would like to open a conversation on Genesis 1:26 King James version: And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. Elohim is often used to refer to God. Elohim is the plural in Hebrew the singulare would be El, Elo'ha. Why Elohim? I look forward to a response.
Aloha,
Chuck

 

[Chilaha]

Aloha Chuck. Welcome. Thank you for the post and quotes. It was a good reminder to keep an open mind.