Posted by verne on April 8, 2006, at 6:25:57
In reply to Re: Do you believe in God-why or why not?, posted by psychopharmacon on April 8, 2006, at 3:16:27
I'm with you, God is Love and Spirit, not knowable in earthly terms. There's an unseen supernatural world that is beyond our comprehension.
I experienced God at a full-gospel jacket, Spirit-filled church - the sort with laying on of hands, speaking in tongues, healing, people being "slain in the Spirit" and your basic holy rolling.
Although "God" touched me, I was never comfortable talking about God. In time, I came to reject the idea of God I had in my head, realizing it was a worldly fiction I had created. I knew God was real but any idea or image I had in my head wasn't.
It seemed like everyone had their own version, image, or idea of God. For me it got simpler and simpler when I quit trying to imagine God. Creeds and religions change but Love, and that growing Spirit of Peace, is everlasting.
All I know is that after my spiritual rebirth, Love, Hope, and Peace have increased in my life and nothing has been the same since. I'm still a mess but you should have seen me ten years ago.
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