The Will of God

At 4/4/2016 4:39:31 PM, s-anthony wrote:
It is a belief in self-determination, a belief one's will is the edict of God, which sets the hero apart. The individuality of the hero puts him at odds with the collective. His thoughts are perverse; his actions are misdeeds. In his heart is written a sacred text which is anathema for it's author is no other than himself.

The hero, of course, is not set against the collective in every way; but, it is his sense of rebellion which alienates him from the group. In his solitude and with a deep sense of being misunderstood, his loneliness compels him to turn inward. Being despised and rejected, his persona is crucified and put to death. It is with the death of his own flesh does he then descend into the hell of his own soul, the dark places devoid of light, is he brought before the imps of his own nature. Alone, in his darkness is the veil of the temple torn in two and God is brought to light.

Then, emboldened, his spirit rises; the old man is put to death, and the new man, a man who is both divine and human, spirit and body, a marriage of that which is carnal to that which is spirit is born, anew. As the scriptures say, "(O)ld things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."

At 4/4/2016 4:39:31 PM, s-anthony wrote:
It is a belief in self-determination, a belief one's will is the edict of God, which sets the hero apart. The individuality of the hero puts him at odds with the collective. His thoughts are perverse; his actions are misdeeds. In his heart is written a sacred text which is anathema for it's author is no other than himself.

The hero, of course, is not set against the collective in every way; but, it is his sense of rebellion which alienates him from the group. In his solitude and with a deep sense of being misunderstood, his loneliness compels him to turn inward. Being despised and rejected, his persona is crucified and put to death. It is with the death of his own flesh does he then descend into the hell of his own soul, the dark places devoid of light, is he brought before the imps of his own nature. Alone, in his darkness is the veil of the temple torn in two and God is brought to light.

Then, emboldened, his spirit rises; the old man is put to death, and the new man, a man who is both divine and human, spirit and body, a marriage of that which is carnal to that which is spirit is born, anew. As the scriptures say, "(O)ld things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."

This boils down to...

At 4/6/2016 1:41:39 PM, s-anthony wrote:

This boils down to...

If you're looking to make sense out of the OP, you never will. Either you identify with it or you don't.

At 4/6/2016 1:18:53 PM, tarantula wrote:
No one knows if god exists, let alone what it thinks. The Bible is NOT evidence of any sort.