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I think, as we were saying, that we are all shards of light that have been scattered and therefore we must all have been connected originally. I agree that uniformity is unnecessary. Uniformity in our outward devotion and acts is not what matters. I do think that as we all have a spirit and a...

I think that was a Freudian slip from my inclination to debate certain aspects of Christianity. There is a mindset in many Christian churches and communities that boasts of "being saved" and having the knowledge and security of where that person is going in the afterlife. I don't know, it seems...

very cool. I like the idea that we are all divine sparks of light that were scattered from the Ultimate Source or oneness as you say. Big Bang has similarities to this catastrophe and breaking of the vessel that contained the divine light now here we are trying to find our way back to the...

I was reading about Isaac Luria's philosophy regarding the primordial catastrophe; tsimtsum, in which elements of the Divine Being were splintered into an infinity of broken pieces. These "shards" are the stuff of creation and may have been the splintering of God in order to destroy the...

Luna, by no means should we reject it. There is some truth in the version of Christianity we have before us. I do take alot with a grain of salt. From studying the early sects of christianity and their forms of worship, prayer and belief you'll see a wide range of views and belief systems...

(how can you consider it "failed" when it has been the main form of Christianity for going on 2000 years? I would say as a religious system it has catagorically succeeded :) Sure it's far from perfect and prone to tragedy and corruption (as is any institution), but billions of souls have drawn...

I am having a difficult time foolowing this debate. Maybe I am ADD or something. Why are we disputing what Paul said about the law. Quite frankly I don't care what Paul said. Let's look at what Jesus said about it. To me the 10 commandments are a basic guide to morality. I don't think they were...

I see you are on a mission to evangelize us. Good luck :) . You say Allah is one god in the Arab pantheon. Whatever the history of the word is I think that the contemporary defintion is God Almighty, the One and Only. Iam not Muslim but I gather ths is how they perceive It. You say that Jesus...

Light and darkness, life and death, right and left, are the brothers of one another. They are inseperable. Because of this neither are the good good, nor the evil evil, nor is life life, nor death death. For this reason each one will dissolve into its earliest origin. But those who are exalted...

I always took the story of the Nephilim to be myth. Does it state how big these creatures were. Maybe they were the dinosaurs;)

A curious quote from Paul is in Galatians 3:13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written; "Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree." What is your interpretation of this passage?

According to my source the nephilim were giants in Hebrew lore, they were also known to be fallen angels or their offspring (the "sons of God") who cohabited with the daughters of men, as in Genesis 6. Closely related were the emim("terrors"), the rephaim("weakeners"), the gibborium("giants")...

Re: Do angels have free will? I also have a very evil and negative image of satan. This is what I've heard and been taught about it throughout my life. I don't wish his company either nor do I wish to get to know him personally. I do, however, find the concept of satan from early traditions...

thanks for the replies. my question I guess was more how that sect at Qumran fit in with mainstream Judaism at the time. I understand that they secluded themselves because of their opposition to non Zadokite/Levite blood lines in the temple and serving as priests; Hasmoneans. Also due to the...

Re: Do angels have free will? Q, What is it that you don't believe? I have no reason not to accept it as legitimate. Mind you I don't hold fast to most things as absolute truth since the material being discusesed is thousands of years old and has been passed on through multiple cultural...

Re: Do angels have free will? Then there is satan, who in the OT is a great angel, one of the most glorious, certainly not evil and with no hint of his having fallen. He goes by his title of adversary (ha satan). It is only in Christian and post biblical Jewish writings that ha-satan of the OT...

Re: Do angels have free will? the term angel derives from angiras (Sanskrit) a divine spirit in the Hebrew it is "malakh" from the Persian "angaros", a courier Greek angelos, meaning messenger According to my source; A Dictionary of Angels by Gustav Davidson, The Hebrews drew their...

Thanks, do you have insight into my last post?

I would like to know more about the theory of Peter being one of the earliest gospels. What reading do you recommend? What I have noticed avbout Pauls letters is the use of the terms principalities and rulers. I always took thes to be literal body and flesh rulers but there is definitely...

I heard this theory, I'm not sure how widespread that belief was in the first century.