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Author Topic:   Man's Search for God
R. Cuaresma
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Message 1 of 9 (289940)
02-24-2006 3:07 AM


Hello to everyone! I would like to post my article because I want you to comment on this. Please let me know what is your idea. Read the first part, as follows:
The Omnipresence of God
Here is a question commonly asked by ordinary people, or even by the so-called “Bible scholars,” on their quest for spiritual fulfillment. A question, although so ordinary and boredom, yet never been answered correctly and satisfactory: “Where is God?” Is God in everywhere? If God is in everywhere then He must be here. And, if God is here, there is no need to search for Him. However, if God is here, how can we justify His presence? Is God really, here? Or, perhaps He must be somewhere. He must be in a place where He sees everything in everywhere. Now, which one is true? Is God really here? Everywhere? Or, somewhere? Where God really is?
To answer these questions, we must first answer the queries concerning the characteristics of God. God is the creator and controller of everything; He is the most powerful of all things - of all kinds and of all entities of both material and spirit, therefore He is “omnipotent;” He controls everything as He encompasses everything, thus He is “omniscient;” He knows everything as He sees everything, thus He is “omnipresent” or “all-present.” However, if God is “all-present,” where is He now?
The truth is - God is somewhere. He is in a place where He sees everything in everywhere. He is in His place called the Holy Kingdom; a heavenly place where all heavenly forms of every entities and identities are. A place where He was, where He is, and where He will be. All entities in the Spiritual World know this place as “Normosom” or “Normosum.” Others called it the Golden City of Lemuria, a paradise-like place where all spiritual entities first emerged and came to existence. However, where is this place now? To answer this question we must start from the very beginning of time.
In the beginning, God created the Heaven and the Earth, and everything that is in Heaven and on Earth. God also created man according to His image and after His likeness. Man is God’s best creation and the most beautiful among all creations. To substantiate this, God even prepared a place where man can dwell and live a happy life - the Garden of Eden. This place may, perhaps the most beautiful place on Earth God had ever made for man. The next question now then is “where is the Garden of Eden?” Where was God when He created that Garden of Eden? Where was He after that period of creation? To answer these questions we must first have to understand the relationships of God and man.
Man is God’s most beautiful and perfect creation. He was created out of God’s love, in a way he can feel the same love to his creator. He was created with love, and that love dwelt in him so that he can feel the same love as God do. His heart makes him a loving creation to his creator. Through his heart man maintains God’s presence in him. Therefore, his heart serves as God’s abode in him and reminds him of God’s presence. Without this heart God will not be known of His love to mankind and therefore, as long as there is mankind, God will always be known to all because of the heart that is in everyman. And, this heart makes man a living kingdom of God on Earth. This love in everyman’s heart serves as a linking force that maintains the relationships of God and man. It is the bridge that serves as the re-uniting force between God and man after his banishment in the Garden of Eden. So, God will always be there every time man feels the same love to his creator. Its true, God is in everyman’s heart.
However, the material heart of man cannot contain the entirety of God because He is bigger than the universe. He can only manifest His presence because of the love in man’s heart. So, if the material heart cannot enclose the entirety of God, there must be a bigger material heart that can contain Him, because it can never be a truism that God is in the heart of man if there is no heart that can enclose Him, completely. Thus, we must search for the bigger heart so that we can or will see where God is.
Man is the masterpiece of God - a treasure for Him. Whenever man exists there is God, too. I believe that the entire universe is a place designed by God in like manner He designed man. All the stars, planets, galaxies, and constellations are all designed directly or indirectly related with one another. The patterns are the same. They only differ the way mankind see them in human point of view. But who is man among God’s creations? Why he was created last? What is God’s plan for man?
(there is a continuation)

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AdminWounded
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Message 2 of 9 (289956)
02-24-2006 4:19 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by R. Cuaresma
02-24-2006 3:07 AM


Please stop posting like this.
This forum is for proposing new discussion threads, not posting essays. If you wish to post an essay there is a forum for that, but you will need to discuss it with an admin first.
If you continue to post your essay in this form your posting rights privileges will be suspended.
TTFN,
AW

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R. Cuaresma
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Message 3 of 9 (289958)
02-24-2006 4:26 AM
Reply to: Message 2 by AdminWounded
02-24-2006 4:19 AM


A Round Table Forum
EVC Forum: Discussion and Controversy. How will you interpret this?
In my first post, I put a pre-posting note and I asked everyone to comment on my "Proposed New Topic." Is that a violation of the "Rules?"
Or, probably you have a limited wisdom to comment on these?

R. Cuaresma
January 09, 1970

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AdminWounded
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Message 4 of 9 (289961)
02-24-2006 4:41 AM
Reply to: Message 3 by R. Cuaresma
02-24-2006 4:26 AM


Re: A Round Table Forum
Not everyone can comment on your 'Proposed new topic'(PNT), only admins and those proposing a topic can post in the threads on this forum.
This forum is for members to post suggested topics for discussion in the form of an opening post (OP). If the Admins think that the topic is suitable and will lead to productive discussion then it is promoted to an appropriate forum.
You have instead posted an exceptionally long essay in 11 seperate PNT threads.
No one will discuss this, no one is going to read through such a long essay prior to discussion with no idea about who you are or what you are talking about.
It would be far better to intoduce yourself in the [forum=-14] coffee house forum and let us find out a bit about your views. You might then post your full length essay as part of the [forum=-27] forum or you might make a case for the full thing to be hosted on a site and a topic could be started for the discussion of your essay.
TTFN,
AW

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R. Cuaresma
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Message 5 of 9 (293157)
03-08-2006 6:27 AM
Reply to: Message 4 by AdminWounded
02-24-2006 4:41 AM


A Round Table Forum
Until now I still have no enough priviledges to participate in the "Coffee House" or "Columnist Corner" which really made me sad. I don't even know what is my real status as a Junior Member in this site. However, I am still thankful for the priviledges you have given me to reply on limited issues.
On this particular portion, may I humbly adress the Administrators to kindly give chance to my proposed topic? I want to address my topic to the church leaders or to any site members who are Bible experts and let me know what they can say about it.
I am providing the site of my journal so they can review it: ranie070 LiveJournal. Please let me know your judgement.
Thank you!

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AdminWounded
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Message 6 of 9 (293184)
03-08-2006 8:52 AM
Reply to: Message 5 by R. Cuaresma
03-08-2006 6:27 AM


Re: A Round Table Forum
Being a 'Junior member' is merely a reflection of the number of posts you have made.
There is nothing to stop you participating on any of our forums, although you have had your ability to open new threads suspended for a while. This suspension was to draw your attention to the fact that your posting style was not suitable for the PNT forum or Coffee house.
You might consider posting your livejournal link on the [forum=-17] forum.
As I have mentioned before you would be better served by producing more specific and focussed, and considerably shorter, opening posts that might actually lead to some discussion.
TTFN,
AW

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AdminPhat
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Message 7 of 9 (293188)
03-08-2006 8:54 AM
Reply to: Message 5 by R. Cuaresma
03-08-2006 6:27 AM


Re: A Round Table Forum
R. Cuaresma, I am NOT going to allow you to simply republish your journel for us. Providing a link for your journel is enough right now. You may start a topic on Man's Search for God or on whatever you like as long as you keep it short and concise! Forum Guidelines
Allow others to speak, and keep each answer brief. Submit a new topic to us first, as these topics are now closed.
Thank you for being willingly to work with us and for being so humble.
I only ask that, for now, you start one new Proposed topic only. Lets go through the approval process and promote it and allow you to comment to others through it. We are giving this another try!


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    AdminJar
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    Message 8 of 9 (293211)
    03-08-2006 9:40 AM
    Reply to: Message 5 by R. Cuaresma
    03-08-2006 6:27 AM


    This is not the site for preaching.
    So far you have done little except cut & paste long monologues. That will not be allowed here at EvC.

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    R. Cuaresma
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    Message 9 of 9 (293861)
    03-10-2006 5:45 AM
    Reply to: Message 8 by AdminJar
    03-08-2006 9:40 AM


    Re: This is not the site for preaching.
    Sir AdminJar,
    Thank you for the continuos trend to my case. I am in the mood to propose a new topic. But before that I just want to refute that you were wrong when you said: "so far you have done little except cut & paste long monologues."
    On the first trend, you are correct, but have I re-posted my topic again and again the same way as I did on the first part? I can understand English and surely undrestood when you warned me not to do it. Probably you are aware that previously I can not reply or post on some topics that interests me most because you dis-allowed me to do so. I tried to post new topics but sad to say I have no enough previliges. It's only now that you gave me this said previliges.
    Also, it is not my intention to preach but simply to introduce my ideas. I broke the rules on the first part but as you can see in my replies/reactions to other topics, they are not copied and pasted but are simply of my "own compositions."

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