It sure is! Don’t try this at home. Not only that but in the process I mis-texted. I had meant to say “ I do NOT think IT IS BEYOND A DOUBT what that is must have been of a nature that is constant and never evolving.”
From outside of Christianity it is an open question. Because it is axiomatic to Christianity it is necessary to the internal coherence of that worldview.
From my POV, since I think there is something real, important and dynamic which grounds God belief, a coherent unified theory of religious practice must preserve the coherence of every such tradition. That is why I do admire Bharatjj’s intent even though I disagree with his approach. One can’t convincingly argue that he is a member of a tradition like Christianity if he doesn’t actually embrace the same defining beliefs. You may be a fine fellow but that is clearly neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for being hailed as a fellow Christian.
Which is one reason why the last people on earth Christians should take their definition of a Christian from are non-Christians. As for being a fine fellow, I’m as defective as they come.
My mission in life is not to convince humans that I am a Christian. I pack my luggage a lot lighter than many.
I neither agree with his intent nor with his approach.
I disagree. IMO, the assertion that Yahweh is constant and not evolving is essential to trusting Him
Mattew 7:24 “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. 26 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it."
My house may be a shack, but at least I know where to build it.
Three major errors. 1. Idols are like the Christian Cross. But Hindus have delinked the idols from God. 2. God has a purpose–evolution to Unity. Hindus deny evolution. 3. Caste system.
2 Consciousness of parts coalesces to make a Collective Consciousness (CC) (Durkheim).
3 The CC deeply influences or “governs” the individual (Durkheim). Just as the President made by the people governs the people.
4 The CC resides in the unconscious (Jung).
5 CC is what we call “God.” So, our collective consciousness coalesces to make God, Who, in turn, governs us through our unconscious. The scriptures, of course, do not say this. But they do not deny this either to my understanding.
You have not thoroughly read the Gospels, and certainly not the rest of the New Testament or you would not be saying such silliness, if you really think we should take it that way.
But of course you said this too, didn’t you, still imagining for some reason that others should take you seriously:
this reminds me of Aron Ra’s tweet about not believing in God in contrast to believing there to be no God. He declared rocks to be atheists, thus accidentally claiming the inability to think to be an atheist feature.
