....if it bit you on the arse?
I am beginning to think not.
Most of the posters left here have no fvcking clue what Spirituality implies.
That is why my interest in this forum had declined.
There is no wisdom left here.
There is no insight as to the human condition.
I come in here, and see a bunch of Christians bickering over silly doctrine they has zero effect on human beings and their search for meaning in LifE.
Originally posted by @bigdoggproblemThis has long been a focal forum for those who only want to argue. Once it's noticed that a lot of what goes on in here is about deeply held beliefs, then the arguers who have honed their technique come in to piss on everyone's parade simply because it gets a reaction they can then use to paint people as inhuman, getting another reaction. Rinse and repeat ad infinitum.
....if it bit you on the arse?
I am beginning to think not.
Most of the posters left here have no fvcking clue what Spirituality implies.
That is why my interest in this forum had declined.
There is no wisdom left here.
There is no insight as to the human condition.
I come in here, and see a bunch of Christians bickering over silly doctrine they has zero effect on human beings and their search for meaning in LifE.
So spirituality, not required; the ability to piss people off with words, preferred.
Originally posted by @bigdoggproblemThat's why you need Jesus just like everyone else.
....if it bit you on the arse?
I am beginning to think not.
Most of the posters left here have no fvcking clue what Spirituality implies.
That is why my interest in this forum had declined.
There is no wisdom left here.
There is no insight as to the human condition.
I come in here, and see a bunch of Christians bickering over silly doctrine they has zero effect on human beings and their search for meaning in LifE.
Go ahead and kick Jesus out of the equation and show everyone just how spiritual you are.
Originally posted by @bigdoggproblemI understand the frustration that is prompting this protest by you but I don't agree. I think religious doctrine is certainly a part of 'spirituality' but it should not be the be all and end all. It should - to my way of thinking - be one of the gateways to a broader embrace of the human spirit, our capacity for abstraction and for affecting one another, and the application of those religious ideas to the nuts and bolts of the human condition.
I come in here, and see a bunch of Christians bickering over silly doctrine they has zero effect on human beings and their search for meaning in LifE.
Originally posted by @secondsonIn North America, back when Native Americans lived much closer to the land and their environment, they were much more spiritual, out of necessity, than the millions of white men, claiming to follow Jesus, who came later.
That's why you need Jesus just like everyone else.
Go ahead and kick Jesus out of the equation and show everyone just how spiritual [b]you are.[/b]
Originally posted by @secondsonThere are billions and billions of people out there in the world who "need" their religious beliefs.
That's why you need Jesus just like everyone else.
Originally posted by @caissad4I think 'seeking' makes a good synonym for 'spirituality'.
If one believes that one has all the answers, one ceases to be a seeker of the truth.
One should be open to the distinct possibility that everything you know may be wrong.
Ideologies ~ whether they are religionist and not-religionist ~ especially when they are rote-learned and recited under the guise of 'teaching' ~ are often employed to disable 'seeking' or make it redundant, to remove doubt and replace it with unsupported certainty, and to generally stifle discourse.
Originally posted by @suzianneWithout Jesus man is spiritually dead. What man identifies as spiritual without Jesus is merely a religious enactment of ritual designed to illicit an emotional response mimicking a spiritual experience.
In North America, back when Native Americans lived much closer to the land and their environment, they were much more spiritual, out of necessity, than the millions of white men, claiming to follow Jesus, who came later.
One must be born again as a result of an encounter with the one and only true and living God. Jesus is the only way.
As for "Native Americans" and "millions of white men", I nearly laughed at you assertions.