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Commonality of Worldwide Myths

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Message 46 of 50 (243010)
09-13-2005 3:41 PM 		Reply to: Message 45 by Nuggin
09-13-2005 10:29 AM

Re: Recap---and why a myth originates.
In my opinion? They are demons masquerading as gods. There are basically only two spirits. The Holy One and the imitators.
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If you have never met the Holy One, you would never be able to differentiate, however.
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I do not believe that one mans Jesus is another mans Loki. I believe that there is One God and many imitations. You won't find Him, yet He will find you.
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Message 47 of 50 (243029)
09-13-2005 4:23 PM 		Reply to: Message 46 by Phat
09-13-2005 3:41 PM

Re: Recap---and why a myth originates.
That's fine and I don't want to disparage your beliefs in any way, but you must recognize that your beliefs are your perspective.
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A Hindu very much believes that the God he worships is a divine entity, and probably believes that your God is the imitator.
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Given a fair and level playing ground, what are we to conclude? Everyone is right? No one is right?
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Message 48 of 50 (243659)
09-15-2005 2:19 AM 		Reply to: Message 47 by Nuggin
09-13-2005 4:23 PM

Re: Recap---and why a myth originates.
Nuggin writes:
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...you must recognize that your beliefs are your perspective.
and I do...but remember that looking up, everyone has their own perspective...looking down, all humanity could be one perspective
A Hindu very much believes that the God he worships is a divine entity, and probably believes that your God is the imitator.
I don't know...
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Given a fair and level playing ground, what are we to conclude?
Conclude?! We will be discussing this until we die!(or get raptured..
Everyone is right?
If everyone is right, truth is an internally perceived relativistic fact. God could still impart a universal truth however He wants, though.
No one is right?
If no one is right, truth is unknowable.
Playing grounds are rarely level, but we hope that spiritual truth seeking is fair for everyone.
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09-15-2005 10:24 AM 		Reply to: Message 48 by Phat
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Re: Recap---and why a myth originates.
What is the difference between ”truth seeking’ and ”spiritual truth seeking’?
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09-15-2005 10:38 AM 		Reply to: Message 49 by ohnhai
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Re: Recap---and why a myth originates.
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What is the difference between ”truth seeking’ and ”spiritual truth seeking’?
Lets kick around a few definitions...I will present the definitions and you tell me the difference...OK?
1spiritual-adj 1: of, relating to, consisting of, or affecting the spirit : incorporeal 2 : of or relating to sacred matters 3 : ecclesiastical rather than lay or temporal
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truth - 1: truthfulness, honesty 2: the real state of things: fact 3: the body of real events or facts : actuality 4: a true or accepted statement or proposition 5 : agreement with fact or reality : correctness syn veracity, verity
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John 18:37-38-- "You are a king, then!" said Pilate.
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Jesus answered, "You are right in saying I am a king. In fact, for this reason I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me."
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"What is truth?" Pilate asked. With this he went out again to the Jews and said, "I find no basis for a charge against him.
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I guess that I would say that truth is a corporeal empirical observation, and spiritual truth is a non-corporeal realization.
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