The following excerpt is from: http://www.whydoesgodhateamputees.com –
The unconscionable arrogance of the blessed
Let’s assume that a tremendous hurricane like Hurricane Katrina hits Louisiana. It does an incredible amount of damage, destroying hundreds of thousands of homes, killing thousands of people and wiping entire towns off the map.
Your sister, a devout believer, happens to live in Louisiana, [...]
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Lost and alone on some forgotten highway, traveled by many, remembered by few. Lookin’ for something that I can believe in; lookin’ for something that I’d like to do with my life. There’s nothin’ behind me and nothin’ that ties me to somethin’ that might have been true yesterday.
Tomorrow is open and right now it [...]
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God is like an abstract fine painting. To the casual observer, the painting is just daubs of paint hanging silently on the wall. But, to those with higher awareness, the painting comes alive and speaks it’s inspiration to the heart.
Remember those pixelated pictures a few years back that had a hidden image imbeded [...]
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Definition:
spiritual mystic - someone who believes in the existence of realities beyond human comprehension
Historical Mystics:
Buddha - founder of Buddhism; worshipped as a god (c 563-483 BC)
Chuang-tzu - 4th-century Chinese philosopher on whose teachings Lao-Tzu based Taoism
Jakob Bohme - German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy; influenced George Fox (1575-1624)
Johannes Eckhart - German theologian [...]
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We all know from 4th grade biology that caterpillars become butterflies through metamorphisis. And, some become moths, which is functionally just another type of butterfly.
Araboth’s comment to my post “Left-brain; right-brain shift” inspired me to contemplate an analogy concerning this creature:
If Creator wants to fill a field with beautiful butterflies, He first creates a [...]
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