Yeah... I think you guys understood me. Although I said it in only one sentence...
Medicine Woman said:
It's really more complex than that, although I understand your point. They are interchangeable. It's perception that causes one to sound submissive and the other one prideful.
Pride is usually not a good thing. Keeping God up in the sky prevents you from falling in the illusion that you are allmighty. It also prevents you from having too much resposability to carry over your shoulder. In the same way, if you distance yourself too much from Him, you might lose sight from Him or become to submissive, even to the point of a martyr. That's not good either.
When everything fails, try balance.
If we believe that a god/God/gods/higher power created us in its image, that would mean, more correctly, a spiritual image. My perception of God/One Spirit of God is a pure force of positive energy. From that energy, we/all of humanity, arises. The One Spirit of God is within us innately from the beginning of the universe. Our bodies evolved anthroplogically to be compatible with the Spirit within.
Sort of. I think at the present moment and in our history, we have been quite far away from Him. Not because of our advancement, but because of the way we treat the environment and one another. The only Law that God gave us is "love one another", and I think we haven't been so successful in carrying that out.
Another thing that one could argue, is that Jesus came so that we may be compatible with God. But that is an entirely different discussion altogether...
To say that "humanity is God" does not mean we have power and control greater than our Creator. What it means to me is that we have greater power and control over the destiny of our own humanity. Because this concept is slow to be revealed to humanity, or rather, humanity is not ready to accept its greatness, most people rely on traditional beliefs of salvation.
The only thing that can "save" humanity is love for one another.
Look how far we've come since we first walked out of the oceans upon land. The Spirit inside us has brought us slithering out of the backwaters and onto the Moon! That's progress, but not enough. Our antiquated belief systems are preventing us from becoming full the One Spirit of God. We are the most special creation in, well, all of creation, but we were not meant to evolve to a stopping point and then veg out. Our evolution goes on, and as our physical characteristics evolve to a more perfect human/humanity, our Spirit becomes the One Spirit of God. Who knows? Be nice to your neighbor. Humanity could be the coming Messiah.
That could be quite true, but I can't really deny or accept your last statement.
I do think that Christians should try to change the world in a better way. Certainly in a non-judgemental way. Many Christians do follow in the trap of judging others, and that is bad. The first step is certainly to love others completely unconditional. Then, we should certainly need to teach each other to love one another. If we could simply love one another, then Jesus would be irrelevant. I think that's why He came, so that He could make our work easier. Let's face it. We are imperfect, and only love can make us perfect, God-like. So... can we really reach that. Certainly one day. But it seems to me that it will take quite a while....
