Do you have a religious mind?

[talloola]

Hey, talloola…….

Isn’t it wonderful to be forgiving? (Calling me china?) No big deal to me but, you know, that gives me an opportunity to say the following:

You know, no body in this world can control our power to forgive! I mean this world can throw everything but the kitchen sink at us, but they could never stop our forgiving power over them.
Take Jesus for instance, He could with His power call down fire from heaven and consumed all His perpetrators.
If you have seen the movie “Passion of the Christ” by Mel Gibson, you would have seen a glimpse of Christ’s enduring the whip lashing to the point where it was like if He was asking them, “come on, take out all your bent up hate and frustrations on m,e I want every bit of it”


Mankind’s wrath is anger against God! An anger that resides in every human being that has to be tamed. Why?
Because mankind was: subjected to this hellish environment without one’s consent as like blaming God for this miserable existence.

So, unless we come to terms with that anger with understanding, we shall continue to hold resentments against God.

So with God, it is a very understandable behavior therefore He is very forgiving.

His answer is extrapolated by His words and actions as the suffering Christ.

He will take the anger away from Mankind upon Himself, nail it to the cross and grant forgiveness as a way of God showing us that He loves us dearly.

So every soul that crucifies Christ (Meaning places ones own sins on Him) will get forgiveness and be accepted into the beloved and no longer hold any anger towards God for our sufferings.

The world (Meaning all none believers) can not understand or comprehend that, until they can take out their anger on Christ.

I’m not sure if you can see what I am trying to say. What I am saying is of no ill will to unbelievers, but instead as a call of compassion as God sees it.

Can you understand why I have compassion for all folk, believer and unbeliever alike?

I get hacked from both sides, yet I can sustain the blows with forgiveness. That, they can not touch!
It is my choice to be forgiving. So, I require it from no one!
God only changes hearts, I can only forgive!
I am grateful for your honesty in how you feel. That only shows your heart is speaking and not your mind.
You are a mother, and a mother knows what love is, for she yearns to give it from her heart to her children.
And the children, many times, misinterpret it. If they only knew!

Peace>>>AJ:love9::love9:

Yeah, if only they knew, but they will eventually understand many things through their own children.
Some of them see and understand it early on, and some of them are "enlightened" later in their
young adult life. A good mother can and should "continue" to love her children and not be
too troubled by "their" lack of understanding or maturity. She is an individual, and also has a
life to live, and should do so.

 

[look3467]

A good mother can and should "continue" to love her children and not be
too troubled by "their" lack of understanding or maturity. (immaturity)

That word "should" tells me that it is optional. Should it rather be "Unconditional"?

For if we are concerned about our own existence above theirs, then it will not be "unconditional" but should continue if we can.............. or should.

As a father, my love for my kids is unconditional. There is nothing they can do to destroy that, because it is within me to love them regardless.

They can fall out of my graces, my approval, which would cause them to distance themselves from me, but I could never reject them to the point of un-forgiveness.

Our Heavenly Father is such a Father that loves us unconditionally. No matter how far we distance ourselves from Him!

Peace>>>AJ:love9:

 

[talloola]

A good mother can and should "continue" to love her children and not be
too troubled by "their" lack of understanding or maturity. (immaturity)

That word "should" tells me that it is optional. Should it rather be "Unconditional"?
Some mothers "can't" continue to love their children and "not" be troubled by their lack of understanding and maturity. They don't have the intestinal fortitude to do so, but they should, for their own happiness.
For if we are concerned about our own existence above theirs, then it will not be "unconditional" but should continue if we can.............. or should.
A parent who is capable of have his/her individual existence continue, while parenting, has, in
my opinion, achieved the ultimate in parenting. Your own existence is not "above" your childrens, but apart from, just as their's is apart from you. They then, can see that you are
not living through your children, you are a "person" with your own identity.
As a father, my love for my kids is unconditional. There is nothing they can do to destroy that, because it is within me to love them regardless.
As a mother, I agree.

They can fall out of my graces, my approval, which would cause them to distance themselves from me, but I could never reject them to the point of un-forgiveness.
Of course, I agree with that, one should be able to forgive "almost" anyone.( I have to leaveI little space for those so evil, I will not give them the priviledge of my forgiveness, sorry.)That is my right for myself, as I don't have to obey any "god", so I have some rules that belong
to "only" me.

Our Heavenly Father is such a Father that loves us unconditionally. No matter how far we distance ourselves from Him!
I don't have a heavenly father, my father died 25 yrs. ago., and even he, wasn't heavenly.

 

[selfactivated]

Not sure why this question is in the christian forum.

I have a religious mind. I believe in a god. Wether that god is a currently unkown physical phenomena that caused the universe that we live in to develop as it has or an old white dude in flowing robes with a long white beard who snapped his fingers and said "Let there be light". I have no idea. It may not even be possible to no that.

It is the journey not the destination that is the fun part usually.

I dont think you have a religious mind at all, I think you have a faithful soul. In my way of seeing it a Religious mind is dogma and you DEFINATELY dont believe in dogma.