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I have been studying a Rabbi's teaching of late

Posted on: June 16, 2019 at 09:09:37 CT
raskolnikov MU
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One question posed, What is God. Well, his interpretation is that God is that which was at the beginning of time. This rises above and beyond all the frills, stories, myths and legends, themselves are little more than efforts to explain our existence. Hebrews from the beginning were awesome story tellers. No surprise they do well in entertainment and Hollywood. Hebrews tell a tale - like all the great tales of beginnings of wars, victories and defeats.

I am always amused that it is their story that must be taken as "true". The faith of Christianity resulted from the efforts of folks around long after the time of the Yeshua figure of Nazareth. That one was a devout Jew who fought for the poor and outcast. And he "battled" really against Materialism as much as anything.

I liked your post by the way. I personally don't take much anymore to a Dualist Theology. I don't get this idea of Sin or some need for forgiveness. Be true in your heart. Face the times you missed the mark and commit to a truer path, I guess. Of course, that is the Path of Jihad - the struggle we all face with our courser, ego-driven, selfish nature.
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Tigermatt answer this if you can as you question the Bible - Macgrantt MU - 6/16 08:35:13
     what’s the question? (nm) - pickle MU - 6/16 12:07:40
     lol, you can't even get through a sentence without misrepre - 90Tiger STL - 6/16 11:28:18
          I would love to see evidence for God. There isn't a person - TigerMatt STL - 6/16 11:37:11
               I'm alive and I pay zero attention to an "afterlife" or - 90Tiger STL - 6/16 11:46:39
     No one can say that God is an impossibility. There is just - TigerMatt STL - 6/16 11:16:42
          No one argues that believe in God requires faith. But what - DHighlander NWMSU - 6/16 11:26:47
               Lol no (nm) - pickle MU - 6/16 13:07:33
               One doesn't require "faith" to indicate there's no evidence - 90Tiger STL - 6/16 11:29:14
                    You don’t read well do you? I explicitly stated that there - DHighlander NWMSU - 6/16 12:01:29
                         RE: You don’t read well do you? I explicitly stated that there - 90Tiger STL - 6/16 12:33:59
                         He didn't say "THERE IS NO GOD" you imbecile. jfc, you're - 90Tiger STL - 6/16 12:31:13
                              Show me where I said he did. I respect Matt’s views. You - DHighlander NWMSU - 6/16 12:55:22
                                   I have mocked others beliefs in frustration. When a - TigerMatt STL - 6/16 13:05:16
               It isn't faith to not believe in God. It is an absence of - TigerMatt STL - 6/16 11:28:10
                    Not believing in God is not the same as denying the - DHighlander NWMSU - 6/16 12:03:30
                         Does it require faith to deny the existence of the tooth - TigerMatt STL - 6/16 12:09:00
                              Do you have definitive proof there is no tooth fairy? Then - DHighlander NWMSU - 6/16 12:15:34
                                   It is a false dichotomy as it ignores the possibility of - TigerMatt STL - 6/16 12:25:50
                                        Then how do you explain those that openly mock those of - DHighlander NWMSU - 6/16 12:45:29
                                             A response to mocking from creationists that atheist often - TigerMatt STL - 6/16 12:56:53
     Here's something I would love to be answered. - GA Tiger MU - 6/16 09:52:08
          Both can be answered with a single question. - DHighlander NWMSU - 6/16 10:54:44
               I find that point of view re God more - GA Tiger MU - 6/16 11:34:52
               I don't have that same belief, but I have no problem with - TigerMatt STL - 6/16 11:21:23
               RE: Both can be answered with a single question. - raskolnikov MU - 6/16 11:21:08
          Seems to me it is just humans trying to understand - raskolnikov MU - 6/16 10:53:45
     If man were so unique - meatiger MU - 6/16 09:24:03
          RE: If man were so unique - raskolnikov MU - 6/16 09:29:35
               That would be an amazing experience. (nm) - TigerMatt STL - 6/16 11:23:19
                    It was(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 6/16 13:15:52
     RE: Tigermatt answer this if you can as you question the Bible - *M* KC - 6/16 09:12:21
     I have been studying a Rabbi's teaching of late - raskolnikov MU - 6/16 09:09:37
     Why would "it" have something look 6 billions years old if - miz_zou MU - 6/16 08:45:48
          we lack understanding of how something evolved out of nothin - Macgrantt MU - 6/16 08:53:41
               so convenient. magic! (nm) - pickle MU - 6/16 12:09:49
               It wasn't nothing. It was God(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 6/16 10:49:40
               So he faked us out - meatiger MU - 6/16 09:25:31
                    Nope. He gave us plenty of info - *M* KC - 6/16 10:13:02
                         how utterly convenient for you (nm) - 90Tiger STL - 6/16 11:30:15
                              Scientists can't explain prior to big bang because known - TigerMatt STL - 6/16 12:18:32
               Perhaps this effort to understand through anthropomorphizing - raskolnikov MU - 6/16 09:16:37
               The question was why?(nm) - miz_zou MU - 6/16 09:09:57
                    RE: The question was why?(nm) - *M* KC - 6/16 09:14:17
                         God is not a deceiver. He cannot lie. Read Numbers 23:19 - miz_zou MU - 6/16 09:22:04
                              RE: God is not a deceiver. He cannot lie. Read Numbers 23:19 - *M* KC - 6/16 10:04:48
                              Much wisdom in the OT - raskolnikov MU - 6/16 09:26:58
                         Right on - raskolnikov MU - 6/16 09:18:31
     Some folks will believe, some won't - alzoo MU - 6/16 08:42:38
          If God know who will and won't believe - cnk ATL - 6/16 09:06:20
               Why would a God give one rat's ass about what one believes?(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 6/16 09:39:21
               Free Will is God given - alzoo MU - 6/16 09:35:28
                    That assuming 1) God exists 2) The Christian God is the - TigerMatt STL - 6/16 11:25:50
                         Well, well - raskolnikov MU - 6/16 13:18:15
                              Agree. Though I've read Bart Ehrman.(nm) - TigerMatt STL - 6/16 13:23:31
                                   I read nearly all Ehrman's stuff, pretty convincing(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 6/16 13:49:31
                    The part I don't understand - cnk ATL - 6/16 09:38:13
                         That has always led me to think - DC Jayhawk KU - 6/16 10:26:12
                         You have just identified - *M* KC - 6/16 10:15:14
                         Very good question - alzoo MU - 6/16 09:43:06




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