Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Could Jesus have cast the first stone? Or his mom?
lol.... thank you for that one. i needed that. I'm gonna say since they (again, according to oral/written Christian tradition) were both sinless, technically, yes they could, even though that would just go against everything they preached. i'm also gonna guess that you were either brought up or taught from a Catholic perspective? (since you included Mary... not all Christians would)
when it comes to religion i dont admit to believing in the physical "God" or physical "heaven" because, honestly, I cant say I do. However, after years of thinking all I have come up with is this:
God is love; love is God.
the funny thing is, it was there all the time, it just took me awhile to fully appreciate and understand that statement. I guess I had to come full circle to really "get" it. Get past most of the BS and traditions, dogma, doctrine, so forth.... to come to the most simplest of all ideas. Funny how it's the "little things" in life. All of that research, reading, pondering, to come back home to that one original statement. I hope you get the jist of what i'm saying here, if you dont, o well. Just to clarify, (in case you really didnt understand what I was trying to get across, [honestly this isnt for you ATY, it's more for the some of the "others" on this site]) I think of "God" more as a philosophical ideal of "love", than of a physical, overbearing God-like figure.