That's worshipping the creation rather than the creator.

or woshipping the creature rather

that's idol worship.

a bunch of people worship idols all day long in the form of sex, lies, and video games

God is pure consciousness, that's why we are made in his image, because we also have that breath of life

most of us have a limited consciousness though. sometimes it is centered around who has the biggest butt or the biggest house.

or the cobwebs in their pocketbook

That’s right 🐛

but God is infinite in scale, and if we look to him, he will reveal what we need when we need it

Religions are the guide to the destination, but not the destination

The map is not the territory.

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Religion is a great map, but careful cause there are snakes in the grass who will use the scriptures.

also, I am not a doctor so take my "spiritual ideas" with a grain of salt

Even Jesse says we should doubt him too.

(if i recall correctly)

reminds me of what Jesse said, the people who are Christian, cite the scriptures but their life hasn’t changed & it’s the same old situations. But feeling as though them having a church, knowing the Bible through and through makes them feel as though they have a safety net

Yup he does

Jesse says "all in the name of Jesus"

I listen to Jesse cause he's a better copy of Christ than I am.

Aww lol

I like that he says that bc

Most ppl find a guru and follow them completely

While they may be a good influence, it takes away the persons own growth in a sense

You have to see it for yourself first, and then look to others like your thoughts and ideas are similar to theirs, so you admire them

many times, we don't know how to grow so we could just as soon grow bad as grow good

So that’s where I’m at with Jesse. It just feels that there is so much I agree with him on, and go from there

Just the lesson that "all thoughts are a lie" is enough to go the right way

🙏🏻

It works too

Other day I was thinking about an incident, and I saw my thoughts started getting paranoia. I started thinking on what the other person was thinking and such, and my thoughts were drawing on a conclusion. And I knew it was affecting me bc I was getting an anxious feeling in my chest. So I just thought “it’s a lie.” And everything stopped

That was a conflation of points and I would have to disagree there.

So to make sure I understand, @J_G_ Are you a Christian?

Christ teaches the truth and I agree. He died for my sins because sin is death. the wages of sin is death, and by forgiveness we are cleansed of our sins. when we accept the father within then we are drawn unto him and then we live forever. I don't take religious talk on face value especially christian because it is not always literal, it is in parable form, or metaphor if you will. that extra effort of interpretation moves us closer to God.

if we accept parable on face value, then we miss the point of the parable.

So you are a Christian?

I feel that it is a title, and I don't like to give myself titles

I'm pulling a JLP moment here. Lolz

it feels lazy to give myself a title

sure go ahead

I'm culturally a christian but I feel that 90% of christians make the good 10% look bad