Ok. If you close your ryes and imagine a boat, the first thing you'll see is the last time you saw a boat.

Then your mind 'catalog' will continue backwards from there. Giving you boats based off of a timeline of you seeing/using boats.

Not exactly

I just pictured a sketch of a boat when you said that, I've never seen the sketch of it

Or, your mind will show you the most positive experience you had on a boat. I thought of boats, and my immediate thought was sailing with my dad.

Nope

@!Co-Owner! Ah. Are you sure? You could've been flipping through a magazine, saw it as you drive by a shop. The mind takes in EVERYTHING.

I know about how you dream and see faces you see anywhere like on tv but

This boat

I've never seen it

Did you ever try to read the book a movie was based off of AFTER you saw the movie? It kind of sucks.

I did yes

All you see in the characters is the actors and not the authors visualization of the characters.

Mhm

I am validating that the mind is a catalog processor by using that as an example.

Ok well when I'm thinking about morality, how the universe was made, why am I here, what doth life etc

What catalog am I reading through

@!Co-Owner! Ah. Well, there is the environment you grew up in. That is a BIG factor in how you interpret the world. Also, belief in a god. Faith. That is another big one.

as in 'why were people given the ability to think for themselves at all and not just follow their instincts all the time like animals?'

I grew up in Australia

I was a hard atheist

But here I am

Ah. I hear you. And i traveled the same road that led me here too. Lots of preconceived notions have been shed.

So you were like me and have ended in the same destination?

Instead of: I AM GOING TO MAKE THE WORLD **MY** PLACE!
I now go with: I AM PART OF THIS WORLD.

@!Co-Owner! Uh, like religious?

Yes

Still getting my feet wet. There are greater things out there. It's my place to observe and interpret and put my faith in another power than mine. Thus the comment above.

Ok well enjoy, I would be inviting you to a server of mine if it weren't nuked

You would be Christian within the hour

@!Co-Owner! Well, aren't we just overly sure of ourselves.

Be careful with that.

It could backfire on you.

Huh

@futurestorms ??

Ephesians 4:29:

Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Which sentence was corrupt

"You would be christian within the hour", moreso implies forceful measures, rather than his own choice

But that's just my 2 cents ;p

That's not how I mean

I mean the users would sway you

How so ?

They'd talk to you

About metaphysics, morals, the universe etc

And how come you haven't swayed Futurestorms yet, then?

Aren't you one of those users?

@Sheepsaurus he said it would take an hour.

Oh yeah, so it'd have to take a longer amount of time

I was a user but I wasn't as well read as the others

@!Co-Owner! I'm not trying to deflate your enthusiasm. I am merely wondering why you need to convert me by your standard and not mine.

Fair point

How do you mean

Faith and spirituality are a very personal thing.

I simply meant that the users in the server are very intellectual and they would most likely show you answers to questions you had so far as to begin your journey

Nothing less nothing more

If i really wanted to go all in, i'd visit the various churches in my area and talk to priests/clergy. Not a chat room.

I don't think you understand me

That is the next logical step. Thing is: i'm not much of a joiner.

They will not guide your faith

Would you classify yourself as an Observer or a Starter then?

They will not guide your journey

Just curiousity :)

Whom

The person who did not classify himself as a joiner

@!Co-Owner! What type of Christian are you, though?

Observer. I am baptized. Really didn't ever attend or join a church. Just starting to read the bible

Non-Denom interested in orthodox, I recently converted and have not found a denomination

God is all around us and wants us to be happy in his light and glory, right?

Only god can answer that.

That's an answer you give when you are asked. But what if we ask the bible? - What does it say about that question ?

Well, then why can't i just sit quietly with my KJV in my yard, read peacfully and reference some queries using the web, instead of going to a mass/ritual?

Where did I say you have to do that?

I've no clue

I don't think he's implying that you said that :p

Ah

Nope

So, you have a few questions

🤔

I said i'm not much of a joiner. 😁

So you're asking me or no

He is asking

And I asked you a question

I'm confused now

Really interested in the answer to my question

Which is

"Well, then why can't i just sit quietly with my KJV in my yard, read peacfully and reference some queries using the web, instead of going to a mass/ritual?"

"That's an answer you give when you are asked. But what if we ask the bible? - What does it say about that question ?"

These 2 questions

Go ahead, friend :)

So the first one

I never said you had to

I won't say you have to

Second

May I rephrase it first? The second one

I've no clue, you can read the bible yourself and see

Ok

Ah, nevermind.

I thought it would be confusing

Hm

Church can be a powerful experience. Everyone singing and joining together as a community. All on the same page, sharing that energy of unity.