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<blockquote data-quote="Beanieboy" data-source="post: 53123531" data-attributes="member: 138244"><p>Do you see your friends as bad? </p><p>Do you see you coworkers as bad? </p><p>Do you see yourself as bad? </p><p></p><p>I'm not saying that we all do bad things to each other, but I don't walk down the street pointing fingers, saying, "You are a sinner! You need forgiveness!"</p><p></p><p>Rather, I often pray, "Heavenly Father, have mercy on me, a lowly sinner." </p><p></p><p>Many believers of their faith would say, "I'm not a sinner!" But that is deceiving ourselves. We all sin, and we all ask forgiveness. </p><p></p><p>But is that all Christianity is? Is it simply about being a sinner, being a sin, and nothing else? Are we not made in God's image? Are we not beautiful and loved by God? And if God can look at us, why can we no focus on our beauty, on our goodness, on how we are like God? </p><p></p><p>In Buddhism, I used to sit an meditate, and Buddhism teaches that you do not become the Buddha, do not become enlightened, do not become perfect. You must simply realize that you are Buddha now, you are perfect now, within. </p><p></p><p>This is completely the opposite of what I was often told, told that we are disgusting to God, and only through Christ can God even stand to look at us. However, God could look at us before Christ. God sent Christ and loved us when we were sinners. And if we are able to love others, acknowledging that they are not perfect, how much more can God? </p><p></p><p>In the Buddhist meditation, the result was that things in my life that were not pure, not giving, that were selfish, harmful to my self or others, were simply shed. The best way to compare it is one who drinks a lot in college, and then grows out of it, knowing that it isn't helpful or healthy, and slowly walking away from it because of that knowledge. </p><p></p><p>If, however, one simply sees themselves as a sinner, they will only focus on sin, rather than living in love. They will be worried about breaking the pettiest of sins, and angering God, rather than actively trying to help and edify others, and being loving their neighbor as themselves the focus. </p><p></p><p>And at the end of our lives, which do you want to say to the Father? That you spent your life not stealing and killing, or committing adultery, or that you spent your life listening to those who needed comfort, or giving to those who had nothing, and giving more than enough, telling them not to pay you back? </p><p></p><p>You know the Sheep and the Goats? "Well, I didn't steal from you. Is that good enough?" </p><p></p><p>That is completely missing the point.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Beanieboy, post: 53123531, member: 138244"] Do you see your friends as bad? Do you see you coworkers as bad? Do you see yourself as bad? I'm not saying that we all do bad things to each other, but I don't walk down the street pointing fingers, saying, "You are a sinner! You need forgiveness!" Rather, I often pray, "Heavenly Father, have mercy on me, a lowly sinner." Many believers of their faith would say, "I'm not a sinner!" But that is deceiving ourselves. We all sin, and we all ask forgiveness. But is that all Christianity is? Is it simply about being a sinner, being a sin, and nothing else? Are we not made in God's image? Are we not beautiful and loved by God? And if God can look at us, why can we no focus on our beauty, on our goodness, on how we are like God? In Buddhism, I used to sit an meditate, and Buddhism teaches that you do not become the Buddha, do not become enlightened, do not become perfect. You must simply realize that you are Buddha now, you are perfect now, within. This is completely the opposite of what I was often told, told that we are disgusting to God, and only through Christ can God even stand to look at us. However, God could look at us before Christ. God sent Christ and loved us when we were sinners. And if we are able to love others, acknowledging that they are not perfect, how much more can God? In the Buddhist meditation, the result was that things in my life that were not pure, not giving, that were selfish, harmful to my self or others, were simply shed. The best way to compare it is one who drinks a lot in college, and then grows out of it, knowing that it isn't helpful or healthy, and slowly walking away from it because of that knowledge. If, however, one simply sees themselves as a sinner, they will only focus on sin, rather than living in love. They will be worried about breaking the pettiest of sins, and angering God, rather than actively trying to help and edify others, and being loving their neighbor as themselves the focus. And at the end of our lives, which do you want to say to the Father? That you spent your life not stealing and killing, or committing adultery, or that you spent your life listening to those who needed comfort, or giving to those who had nothing, and giving more than enough, telling them not to pay you back? You know the Sheep and the Goats? "Well, I didn't steal from you. Is that good enough?" That is completely missing the point. [/QUOTE]
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