Tag: divinity
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The Name of God
The name of God in the Old Testament is unpronounceable these days. Modern Jews call God Hashem sometimes. Hashem as I understand it just means The Name. There has been a prohibition against speaking the four Hebrew letters of God’s name since at least the time of Jesus. The word means “I am that I…
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Sanctification of the Spirit
How important is spirituality in your life? I am deeply committed to sanctifying my life. The Holy Spirit can do that if I let it. And I need to make daily choices that refine my own spirit. I guess that makes me spiritual. I think mystical is a more accurate way to describe it though.…
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Evidence of Divinty
I am convinced that humans have a spark of the divine. But I can’t prove it. I see love and mind as things that can’t be merely physical. If we have only the illusion of consciousness and choice then arguments in that direction are as hollow as they make us to be. I do not…
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Love not Logic
As I’ve mentioned before I am looking for a divinity that I can feel. A divinity that goes beyond mere words. We think about God and inevitably we end up fighting about God. And when words aren’t strong enough weapons it turns to bloodshed. I don’t want to worship a god that is in collusion…
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“Lord, Lord!”
As most of you know by now I argue divinity on the Internet. Sometimes I get sympathy, sometimes I get derision, and sometimes I get blocked. I had a relatively pleasant conversation with a stranger that eventually made it to the 64 Thousand Dollar Question: I take it you are not a Christian? It got…
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Gratitude
I am always disheartened by people who can’t see how amazing modern life is. The world is phenomenally better than it was 200 years ago. I live a life now that couldn’t have even been dreamt of by kings then. I have clean hot and cold running water, a refrigerator to keep food fresh for…
Latter Day Sinner 