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Originally Posted by i[nfinitethoughts  Try and See..... ....you are simply Believing in a Belief system.
WHICH sect below has the "truth"?
WHICH one do YOU belong to and you "know" has the "truth"? |
No one missed your point and you have some valid points that have helped enlighten me greatly as I grappled to understand. I came here for the message you advertised and to find out what I should give up and why.
But you asked a question and it is clear from the tone and the implication that you didn't understand that, while some Christians may have bought in to a belief system out of fear or ignorance, the great majority of them have had an encounter with God, with the great I AM that I AM, the Alpha and Omega, which is close to what you describe as experiencing the viewing our existence with no mental filters. We do see God as greater than our minds and the Bible tells us to "taste and see" that the Lord is good which is the same as you asking us to try and see, and that we should not let strongholds build up in our minds and check our hearts for resistance to the knowledge of the truth in "Blessed be the pure at heart for they shall see God."
Believing in a belief system is harmful but that is not what hardcore Christians have done. I gave up religion a long time ago as it became unnecessary when I encountered God. There are no rules to being a Christian except to love Him and love others as myself and if that's a belief system I guess I don't want to give it up. Do I still have to have rules to live on earth and a set of guidelines if I want to worship with others? And those rules and guidelines can overtake or get between me and God if I let them. But without them, any task or any gathering, even here could turn chaotic.
Yes, I would like to be free of ANY belief system and be entirely one with God because if I was I could walk through walls and walk on water and people would be healed just by touching me or hungry for God just by listening to me. Jesus said I could go that and greater things. But I'm not there yet because I haven't been able to do as the Bible tells me to which is die to myself and the world and be risen in Him.
Would that be the same thing you are telling us, to keep your mind as free as possible to keep ourselves free to experience the essence of God? That is the message God sent me through you and thanks, I will.