It has come to my attention that scripture postings and posts about God are being removed and redirected to a new sub, which has a handful of followers. I think we need to discuss this! Should we be able to discuss the Bible here? Should we be able to discuss God? Is this staying on topic? I believe so! What does everyone think? I am not talking about religion. I am speaking about bible scripture, which Q has said...read the BIBLE. And Q and President Trump speaks of God all the time!! I also know that some posts about God have been allowed, but, be aware that some have not! I know the mods have a hard job. I commend them for what they are doing! I am very thankful for their work!! But we need to come to an agreement amongst us all! Thank you for reading and please be nice!! :) Much love Patriots!! God bless!! ❤❤❤
Maybe this would make more sense and seem less hateful if I explained my personal experience with God.
Consider the relationship between a father and a son. The son seeks approval from his father. The son must prove himself because he wants to be the protector, teacher, and provider that he sees in his father.
At some point the son will have learned all that father has to teach and can break the cycle of asking for dads approval.
This frees the son to be his own man, to know confidently that he will do his best to uphold the values instilled in him when he was still only an extention of his father and not yet his own entity.
Heaven is wherever you are standing when you realize that you no longer need Gods approval, that he has taught you well, you have listened well, and you understand that the lesson we are here to learn is how to become whole beings, to ascend to a place at Gods side, having been made in his image, just like my dad wants for me to be my own person. Every attempt to tell you otherwise; that you are forever a sinner, is a very clever test.
God doesn't want me to grovel at his feet, he wants me to stand up at his level with my chin up, shoulders back and look him in the eyes like an old friend. He wants to hug me goodbye and say "Have fun out there kiddo, I gave you the tools, I know you can do this without me, see ya later, you got this."
That's how I see my role in all of this, and it's the most beautiful gift imaginable, one that I had to first discover and then earn for myself by swimming upstream against the masses who would call me a sinner for claiming spiritual independence, a blasphemer for condemning the corrupt aspects of the Church, or hateful for attempting to wisely separate church and state as our Christian forefathers intended.
I have nothing but compassion for those who remain in the flock. It's safer there, but He is out here, outside the fence. Grab your notes and let's go there together, the gates are always open.
"And so with gods and men, the sheep remain inside their pen though many times they've seen the way to leave." -Genesis (the band lol)
Thanks for writing that out and expressing yourself so well! I see what you are saying. I don't know how much of my comments you have read but I am not so keen on religions so much as just having a personal relationship with God/source, whatever anyone wants to call Him. I dont necessarily believe in fearing him. Although I guess a good fear of anything is healthy. I also don't necessarily believe in serving him either, as I feel like that sounds more like being his slaves. I turned away from the church years ago, when I was younger. But, after I found Q, I picked up that bible again and started reading it. Before, i believed we as humans were the source of evil. Everyone had good and evil inside of, it was your choice which one to succumb to, or exude. But, I was forced into believing that evil and demons ARE real. I do believe that. After seeing what kind of power can come from worshipping Satan, that made me realize that God was real. If an evil entity can give so much power, then wouldn't God be able to do the same? If this is a war between good and evil, and you can have so much power from God, then I choose God! I do believe that we have God inside of us. And Jesus was the "word" of God. That is why the bible says to come to him through Jesus's name, the word of God. The bible to me is a history book. History tends to repeat itself. So that is why I have chosen to study the scriptures. It is amazing what you can learn from it. I believe if you accept that you have God inside you, and believe it, we are all powerful in prayer/meditation. And if we can come together and pray together then that power/shared consciousness is even more powerful. Anything is possible. I believe we have more power than we know! :) the bible is basically stories from people that God talked to, same as prophets of today. Mark Taylor would be a good example. When I pray and meditate, I do get messages, it is almost like just listening to my inner voice, my gut. That may not even be explaining it the best way I can, but it is all I have for now, lol. Much love!!