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I listened to a very interesting lecture given by the late Alan Watts last night.
here is a link
http://www.growthandhealing.com/tal...us His Religion or The Religion About Him.mp3
it is long...but he is a very interesting speaker and I urge at least one person to listen to this.
after hearing it I have a ton of thinking to do about my beliefs.
essentially, the church has made our religion into a monarchy...where we worship a figure. This happened when they put Jesus on a pedestal and claimed him to be the one and only song of God, when indeed he never meant for that to happen.
he says in the Bible, "I am the Son of God"
and as he is about to get stoned, he asks them to remember pslams 82, where it says "you are all gods".
in fact, the original greek says "I am A son of God"...that is what Jesus actually said.
people like Jesus (buddah, and others) had devine epipany's where they realized their oneness with God...where they realize that everybody is a son of god.
anyway..I really suck at explaining all of it. But if this holds true..I have a lot to reconsider about my spirituality.
listen to the lecture if you like...it's quite involving
here is a link
http://www.growthandhealing.com/tal...us His Religion or The Religion About Him.mp3
it is long...but he is a very interesting speaker and I urge at least one person to listen to this.
after hearing it I have a ton of thinking to do about my beliefs.
essentially, the church has made our religion into a monarchy...where we worship a figure. This happened when they put Jesus on a pedestal and claimed him to be the one and only song of God, when indeed he never meant for that to happen.
he says in the Bible, "I am the Son of God"
and as he is about to get stoned, he asks them to remember pslams 82, where it says "you are all gods".
in fact, the original greek says "I am A son of God"...that is what Jesus actually said.
people like Jesus (buddah, and others) had devine epipany's where they realized their oneness with God...where they realize that everybody is a son of god.
anyway..I really suck at explaining all of it. But if this holds true..I have a lot to reconsider about my spirituality.
listen to the lecture if you like...it's quite involving