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heydeab (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
this is flippin' brilliant! i'm posting it to my youth group, very refreshing!
deodorant201 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
But my friend, there IS a fixed center :) By Truth I meant the path of wisdom an individual must follow to reach that fixed center. To reach that sacred and fiery core of our soul, is what Jesus did. The Way there is an individual task, and everyone has his individual ways. Jesus, however, reached to us his Way of Love, which is a strong Path. Other Paths are equally good, as long as it enbodies the full length of your soul. I'm feeling stressed for the moment, so a short answer is all for today
amkaen (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
But whatever happens, I wish you well on your quest for "The Truth". I give you credit for your open mind and your willingness to listen to another's viewpoint, something which, no matter the topic, is a rare thing in this venue. I look forward to hearing your response.
amkaen (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
It could be as lofty an assumption as that humanity is, at it's most basic level, good (the Anne Frank belief, something that becomes harder and harder to accept the older one gets), or it might be as pedantic as "get all you can get while the getting's good". I'd hardly call either of these truths, even in the most elastic translation of the word. And, of course, what I meant to type in my previous note was "hinge", not hing, although that sounds kinda interesting, too.
amkaen (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I think we are really arguing semantics. When I use "truth", I am doing so with the understanding of how Jesus referred to Himself as "The Truth", as in "I AM the Way, the Truth, and the Life." To say that there are many truths is, to my way of thinking, to say that there is nothing that is that fixed center, that immovable certainty, on which all people need to hing everything else. We all have such things, whether or not we acknowledge it in our philosophies.
deodorant201 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
You have to choose, because certain items are contradictorious. Why do you think that there is so much conflict between the two branches?
Second of all, Truth cannot be generalized. We view the world through different eyes and bodies, and every vision is right! That's what religion is ALL ABOUT: believing your life, filled with individual truths. I don't exclude or include the existence of God, because I haven't met him close enough to carry out an opinion. Cool that a debate can start on youtu
L0st (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
wow you people write alot 0_0
amkaen (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
But why must one choose between the two in the first place? Truth is, by it's very nature, exclusive unto itself, and cannot be personalized to "my truth" and "your truth". That's more like a worldview, or a paradigm, than actual "truth". God is so big, that we need to see Three in the Oneness to even get a small understanding of Who He is. Creation is but one way that we come to know Him. The intricate structure of the atom to the vastness of space declares His glory. He is beyond limitations.
deodorant201 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Science brings us logic truths . Religion brings us deep Truths about the wonders of life. Look, all I'm saying is that neither Science nor Religion is wrong, and that you should choose yourself which Truth to accept.
Religion sadly enough gives us conflict, while it should bring us closer to one another... That's sad, I think..
guitorb (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
There are a great many doubters eh? If I had to guess why someone would dissmiss the clearly defined guidelines of The Bible as myth,I might venture to guess that it is because understanding implies acountability. I might also add that where the Bible does touch on scientific matters it is always accurate. Isaiah 40:22 describes the earth as a sphere in the original language. That's pretty amazing for something that was written around 730B.C. |
