TRUTH!!!
Submitted by Once a Boy on January 14 2001 01:31:59
In reply to I've read a lot a bout n dimensions submitted by Jimf3 on January 13 2001 19:55:37
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Do you have any names of the books that have these themes? I enjoy this area very much. Indeed, this does not "prove" anything in regards to the "truth" of Christianity or the Bible. One can't prove the Bible to another person. Each person must seek God on their own and draw their own conclusions. Like I said before, Flatland changed a view I had regarding God. Life also changes one's view. My relationship with a boy, Joe when he was 11, radically changed my life. I honestly felt God urging me to be with him. Many "miracles" occurred! Now 22, Joe has been transformed; our interactions were not only fun and tearful at times, but they were spiritual. It is strange, but I felt God was with me and Joe. I have had a lot of blessings in this way. I have seen many miracles in my life; indeed my life is a miracle. My many stories will not mean much because it is my life and my walk, my journey. You probbaly have some things in your own life that have happened that have made you think, "Wow!" In fact there are many scientists, who came to the conclusion that there must be a God, because of the "Wow" they saw! I am happy to see you asking questions and "seeking" truth. I will not try to force truths I have learned on others. In every post to everyone I hope people know: "This is what I believe..." or "This is where I am right now...." It has been my experience, people seem to "pack around with" people who feel the same as they do. A group of skateboarders might all feel their dads are alcholic, verbally abusive and controlling men. They find the "truth" about their dads in being part of this gang. Yet, their fathers may also be other things that the skateboarders do not see. They have found others, like themselves, to confirm their beliefs about their fathers. Thus, until they break free from their "truth," they will never see that their fathers are not just alcholic and verbally abusive, but their dads are sad, angry, and in a lot of pain. That what their dads need is exactly what the boys crave - love. In a father/son relationship, the dad might also come to the "truth" that their son never talks to them, yet there is more to both the dad and son. How will they come to know more about each other? They never come to know other truths if they both don't stay fixated on the "truth" they hold so dear. They will never be able to rebuild the bond of love, for they see each other in a particular way, in a narrow way. They don't see the whole picutre; they don't see the whole truth! In a simialr way, I believe we only have a small glimpse of God. There are many "truths" yet to be discovered by every living person. Of course, we will never be able to truly see the "truth." The truth of my being is so complex. There are opposite desires - the desire to be with someone and the deire to be by myself. They are both true about me. If I can't find the total "truth" about the one I have known all these years, how can I expect to find the total "truth" about God? Each day, however, I do pray I learn more about the "truth." Sometimes previous notions of God are shattered, and it is not easy to let go. The book Flatland was important when I read it over 10 years ago. There have been so many things that have been shattered, and yet I still think there is truth in the Bible. In a previous post, you said Christianity's God is angry. Perhaps that's one truth, but there is indeed much much more to God then this one truth. Let's hope God continues to open truths up to all of us in this group! I'm an asshole! (That is the absolute truth if one looks at only a particular interaction in my life. Fortunately, I am much more than just this one truth.) ~Once a Boy |
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