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Pastimes : SPIRITUALITY and its effect on Religion - Are they the same? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Walkingshadow who wrote (62)	12/31/2005 3:24:27 PM
From: Grandk	Respond to of 65

Well JK, that's something that just makes no difference to me. I don't care if he was God, or is God, or if he was a man, or a monkey in a man outfit. I just see this as a non-issue. It doesn't change one single fact, implication, or repercussion of his existence to me at all. Everybody seems so concerned with that question: was Jesus God? Was he, as he described, the Son of Man? Was he "merely" man? some kind of blend? I think that speaks volumes about humans that we would be so intensely concerned with that question. To me, asking the question is missing the forest for the trees. You are right, of course. It is a major stumbling block within Christendom and has caused countless division among those who would otherwise be brothers. I was offering my POV on Jesus not to try and change yours but simply so you can grasp where I am coming from. I appreciate where you are coming from and do believe humans are missing the forest for the trees with much of our theology, which says more about our own pride and fear than it does about God and his message to mankind. In other words, prayer is for the PRAY-er. I have often marveled at the fact that so often prayer is simply a way for God to communicate to me what is going on with regards to my condition and experience within and without. Prayer is a conduit that connects us with God and allows our feeble minds to gain an inkling of understanding into God's divine providence.