The Bible was not written when Jesus was living, and it was written by men who may or may not be remembering correctly,
So you think men would be willing to give their lives to support a story they made up?
I think there are some great philosophical truths in it but I don't feel compelled to take every word literally.
Well, since you've barely read it... Once, I wouldn't be inclined to base anything you believe on it.
Make sure you don't study anything to do with the predicted kingdoms of the world and the timeframes that it predicted accurately, not to mention numerous historical events, locations, numerology, Israel-related prophecy, biometrics, Mystery Bablyon taking over the world in the final "reincarnated" Roman empire (that would be now), and on, and on.
The Bible is an astounding book full of supernatural information. Ignore it if you want, but that would be extremely foolish.
You know that already and I'm sure you're keen to tell me how very wrong I am but it's still a matter of belief
The problem is that you don't want to base your personal morality on evidence. You just want to choose a belief and then follow it.
That is not wise.
But consciousness is the heart of physical reality, and physical reality can be manipulated by it.
And your evidence for this is...?
though the physical mechanisms we see occurring are the ones that science understands well, such as mutation and natural selection.
Mutation causes cancer and natural selection is irrelevant until a "beneficial" mutation occurs.
Astounding.
If this doesn't make sense to you that's OK. It's kind of mystical and scientists don't like these ideas either. They are my personal beliefs.
Oh, they make sense to me alright. The problem is that this is another example of an observation being extended to "prove" something that it really doesn't.
It's like saying, "Look, the water is receding on the beach so the ocean is draining so the Earth is shrinking".
Quantum physics I have no problem with. People who take what we've seen and turn it into eccentric ideas about people creating themselves is way, way beyond what is rational.
For some time now I have been practising something called Intent, otherwise known as the Law of Attraction. Taking that belief that we can affect our own reality, it's a process of visualising and concentrating positively on what you want to manifest in your life. It works. I'm "luckier" than I've ever been in my life and that's just one thing. But it doesn't mean things appear out of thin air in front of you. It's more a process of synchronicity, which you need to be looking our for. And sometimes it can go in small steps and take a while.
No, actually you're expressing faith in something, that is responding to you. This works because someone wants your faith to be misguided.
What you are practicing Linda, is at the core of the mystery Babylonian religions that are condemned to hell in the Bible.
If you look at the inside cover of early copies of "The Secret" - which is basically what you're following - you will see the phrase, "As above, so below".
If you want to know why your
belief system is in a book prefaced by this phrase, you should watch this good christian woman explain it to you:
http://urlbam.com/ha/M0021You need to make time to watch this entire video. The second half pertains more to what we're talking about, but you may benefit from the entire thing.
In the mean time...
You better focus real hard so that all the evidence supporting Christ, the prophecies about the end times, and the Bible vanishes!
You are on dangerous spiritual ground.
