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Politics : Should God be replaced? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: cosmicforce who wrote (4410)	12/7/2000 11:29:06 PM
From: 2MAR$	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 28931

I wonder ...Man is the only creature that looks up. Animals rarely look up and see the stars in the sky...they are too preoccupied by their senses and instincts , and constrained always to be looking always/only what is in front of them , around them, or upon the ground for food or threat , safety and each other (there be poisoness vipers and dangerous threats lurking upon the belly of the earth and in the grasses, so one must be constantly wary ) ..even wolves when they raise their heads to howl , close their eyes , and do not see the stars. In our evolving as a species , and learned speech , the written word...did we not personify all that we found to be "Ideal" in the heavens ? Like a new plaything , Life gave us the ability to look up and place and arrange in that new space that animals cannot know , all that we imagined , worshipped , feared , longed for and adored. The highest in us and all we sensed was great we placed their . First the thunder , the wind and rain, the light & Sun , the great Spirit ....Happy Hunting Grounds, Elysian fields, and Heaven wher the Angels sing. Like children with a new plaything we were given the gift of looking "Up". And we arranged and rearranged it thru the many good and derranged centuries to reflect the myriad endless stories that evolved within us....and the mode of living and cultures that went on into the present in a never ending procession.... some rise some fall... Maybe the painter saw more than just a Starry Starry Night when he painted the picture...but what is the most self-evident thing in the universe , he would be driven mad to know. Maybe he looked up in the night sky , and saw God...and that God was always from the beginning...always us. Starry Starry Nights .... So who is God really then ? ;-) marswholooksintothestarrynight.com

To: cosmicforce who wrote (4410)	12/8/2000 12:59:09 AM
From: Mitch Blevins	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28931

I've also had this thought... although I prefer the training-wheels analogy to the "excel-template" analogy. A bike-newbie with training wheels is not truly balancing, but is merely appearing to balance... going thru the motions without having to wipeout and learn the hard lessons. Eventually, the training wheels must come off. It would be a sorry state of affairs if everybody kept their training-wheels and was limited to 5mph turns in a large radius. Likewise, most Christians must eventually replace their manufactured motivations and restrictions with what these motivations and restrictions were designed to emulate. Buddha once told a parable: A man on a long journey came across a mighty river which he could find no path across. He built a raft to traverse the river, which carried him safely to the other side. The man was so grateful to the raft that he continued to carry it for the remainder of his journey. Another man once said: When I point to the moon, look at the moon and not my finger!