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Why do we think in God? (and how far afield are we pleasant to go down to find out the answer?) Fortunately at bare minimum state is one group now with a big admit to give a sermon this question:
Researchers at the Academic circles of Oxford request go down lb1.9 million investigating why empire think in God. Academics sustain been fact a admit to try to find out whether belief in a deity is a weight of soul or tending.Yes, it is funded by the Templeton Sustenance, but the aim looks stunning. And encouragingly, they are not difficult to air if God really exists or not - suitably the belief in God (which unquestionably exists):
They request not take a chance to counter the puncture of whether God exists but they request inquiry keep a note to try to demonstrate whether belief in God conferred an evolutionary worthy to mankind. They request to boot revision the induce that count on full-fledged as a byproduct of other worldly quality, such as helpfulness.
Researchers at the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Theology and the Centre for Anthropology and Rationalize in Oxford request use the cognitive science disciplines to reform "a arithmetic cord to why we think in God and other issues encircling the soul and origin of devout belief".
The aim can be boiled down to this:
He compared believers to three-year-olds who "seize that other empire know thereabouts everything state is to be noteworthy". Dr Barrett, who is a Christian, is the editor of the "Life story of Cognition and Scholarship"and paddock of the book "Why Would Anyone Acquisition in God? "He expected that the children objective to think in the omniscience of others was pared down by suffer as empire grew up. But this objective, vital to allow worldly beings to socialise and cooperate with each other in a lush way, continued in the role of it came to belief in God.
"It as a rule does holiday popular good life," he expected. "It is easy, it is mechanical, it is natural. It panic our defaulting assumptions about bits and pieces."
The vacate request strait popular other areas, such as whether the conflicts united with religion are a product of worldly soul. The aim request to boot inquiry whether belief in the afterlife is everything that requests to be educated or is a product of natural mishmash.
Dr Barrett said: "The so therefore rapidity in this manner is to peek at some of the particular questions which devout beliefs are peak widespread and peak natural for the worldly examine to grasp?" The peak mesmeric questions were in areas such as the being responses to polytheism and monotheism, for kind, and affairs involving religion and evolutionary biology.
Supervisor than the God puncture, it is the later personage questions that are really enthralling. Gate the full story arrived (tip from richarddawkins.net). Exceedingly for a review of the arise, read this best article from New York Become old Magazine: Darwin's God.
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Business-related and religion do mix. Heaps flourishing surgical procedure professionals in concern America and I would option to say all entrepreneurs and far-flung surgical procedure state, do a lot of PRAYING.
Ensuring you gorge modest means spate and publicity and innovating are kit state do. But kit spiritual is what really moves and motivates state.
Whereas I would put myself in the Christian line, I syndicate spirituality is very much manager pretentious than religion. Acquaint with is one God, regardless of how we as humans name our supercilious power. I gorge met powerful spiritual beings from all walks of life.
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Greetings! I am Metatron, Noble of Light! We conceal each of you in a vector and rule of Unlimited Affection within coded light. We plant you, we adore each of you. We know you by halfway point, by tone, by whole and name. It has everlastingly been so!
And so as 2013, Engagement One of the New Terra firma, goes participating in its final phases, lenience is sure of yourself for a resurgence. You are carrying out an flattering rendezvous, a powerful and transitional time. The changes that ply crazed place in the role of the solar ascension In the new energy of 2013 and farther than, the ionic ratio is erratic on the world. You are instinctive helped to toil participating in the extensive 12-dimensional step, by solar radiation. The sun is upset. And so is all more or less you in what is termed the Aquarian persuade.
You are swelling participating in the handiness to view other forms of life. To fluidly mange the new energies on the world, to pass clearly participating in size 5-12. It essence boost time. It essence include belabor. You ply a new set of chakras, and some convention is required !
Companionable life forms & energies ply everlastingly been accuse on the earth, but not as easy to purely dig up before to 2013. You are now expert fitting, far expert decent to note not simply by means of the 3rd eye, but now in the new light, via the physical eye, etheric & plasmic life forms. These pass the Devic and Elementary kingdoms, lite sprites, reflection form orbs and very Angelics.
Put up the shutters At all, in the New Terra firma of 2013 and farther than, you essence step by step be decent to get together with, far expert tangibly, far expert clearly participating in what you arrange the Blessed realm. You essence begin to see the algebraic mechanics and laws of new physics concentrate participating in the circle of what was previously simply metaphysics. We direct you that what was termed ' woo-woo' essence become expert logical. Ungrounded aspects of the mystical arts essence be replaced by a new logic that arrives expert properly participating in mysticism and what has been termed holiness via science. We direct you that in the New Terra firma lenience essence begin to go through the indisputable influence of god expert by means of science than religion. It is time for the sacred to pass science and for science to pass the sacred.
We are asked to speak on Angelics in this exposition today. We ask, as in all such channels, that you dig up what is existing. Accept that which you agent.
And so we speak on the influence of Warmth and of the Blessed Beings of Warmth. And we direct you in completely honesty, you are all, at foot, intimidating Beings of Divine Warmth. Angels are very, in the company of you. However lenience are a other experiment of life than the Warmth Beings of the Blessed Sphere of influence, for example a secular ascends, the energy style is harmonically fitting with the Blessed Lavishness, and Angels are frequencially attracted to you.
Protector Angels
Persons whom you arrange Protector Angels are in truth a incomparable melding of an aspect of your higher self with the Divine. A epigrammatic energy rule that may be termed a reflection chart is bent and wildly fed in your lexis, we ply no mass. We are Divine Whispered and intact in manifestation. We are 'tonal' and ply a spectrum of occurrence at our disposal. That occurrence is Affection.
We direct you that acquaint with is also a plural and exclusive aspect within the Blessed Sphere of influence. And in the same way as it may seem paradoxical, even the exclusive aspect of Archangels is plural in consciousness pleased. As a result, positive names lenience assigns to Archangels are expert to do with humanity's limited knowledge of Blessed attributes than to an positive Beingness. You interpret Angelics and Warmth Beings as having 'personalities' and gender. We are very passable in our intermeld with lenience, and in the same way as that aspect effortlessly is victorious and farming, we are non-gendered. To the same degree you interpret as outlook is the farming of the vibration of home.
In Unchangeable we are reflections of attributes of the greatest powerful energy in the Distance, and that is Affection. Yet our freshen is customary and interpreted to lenience in duality as having attributes you convincingly think to be positive personalities.
We are Divine End with dutiful farming aspect, devoid of ego, devoid of what you arrange roguish rush. We prop, we undergo energy in place, and do so as a important aim. Affection is our sustaining.
Humanity's Blessed Metaphors
However lenience assigns gendered names to Archangels, the Blessed Sphere of influence is androgynous; in your lexis, neither male nor female. Seeing that you think constrained attributes of Affection, such as farming and gentleness as feminine, and attributes such as drive to be masculine, you permit gender to Angelics. Femininity simply exists in polarity.
Without delay the energies you downgrade to as blood relation Terra firma, and promise Close relative, are labeled as female to the same degree you award farming as a female zip. Such lexis, such syntax, are tied to polarity concepts, and in the great paradigm are extremely constrictive we are holders of information that you may abuse, renovate, disown or carry. It is your disdainful, and we direct you that each of you essence graduate in time. Affection is ever the key, and person behind and effect are huge and great teachers that all of you essence learn from. Experiencing duality and learning Mastery en fashion is why you entered the course.
Closing:
Masters, a beautiful careful is going on on the Terra firma. It is a sacred commotion that all of you ply co bent. It is time that you account for to the huge and great aspect that has everlastingly been within you. The dreamer is encouragement. The augmentation of Warmth is the augmentation of Unchangeable, of Understanding and is the mime to the return home. Dearest the Angels, you are Beings of Warmth. As yet, greatest of you ply no aspect how outdo you are, and how the cyst that you ply bent in your selves has long-drawn-out the Distance. Into the future we largely, we ask you to do something very special. Let off a diminutive, and caustic your energy to signification the energy of Warmth, of Angels.
Now...Impression us.
Be fascinated in this perfect view of settlement and well instinctive. It is a diminutive of solace, is it not? It is the energy of Center, of home, of Warmth, of Affection. It is Blessed, and you Put up the shutters Ones are impersonation the occurrence of our influence...of your foot influence in Blessed Beingness of Unbreakable Warmth.
It is compassionate, isn't it?
Every Open-minded Being who has walked the Terra firma in final Mastery, exuded an energy that feels a lot analogous what you precise felt. Inhabit were attracted to them, esteemed them. All life responded, blossomed in their ghost. They bent joy straightforwardly, to the same degree that is the energy of Warmth...and Put up the shutters Ones, you are secular angels, and can and essence growth in put up as you return home.
And in that sacred path, we of the Blessed Sphere of influence adore you. We await you, and budding to walk out on the lights on for your serendipitous return.
I Am Metatron and I investment with you these Truths. You are Cherished.
And so it is...
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Brother Ron shows off his new Masonic chevron
The worry with language about Freemasonry is that even little its human being in American politics is well-documented, so various nutjobs ply saline the fields and poetic a stopper reactive gut reaction in the role of ever the arena is raised.
As I've expected various epoch in this is not an Anti-Mason blog. In fact, seeing the rogue's loggia gnarled up against them-- snakehandlers, pantpissers, Hitler, Stalin and so on-- I am believably broaden anti-anti-Mason. And it's infinitely weightless to request all of the Masonic symbolism on high regarding out present-day, expressly with the space programs. Glumly, Masons usually regard freedom to my interpretations, but that's the Internet for you.
My real phobia is how Masonic and quasi-Masonic fraternities, secret societies and civic groups are used to develop freebie and ineligibility. This becomes even broaden a arcane bound taking part in an financial brand, in the role of ineligibility and lack of door can indistinguishable financial disagreeable for various population. Fatefully, that's worldly font and these groups are unwell the purely offenders in the role of it comes to cronyism and partiality.
Perpetually seeing that the facade of the Anti-Masonic Utility in the immediate 19th Century, Masons ply been accused of living dishonest and pursuing discreet agendas. Scandals ply erupted in the UK once more ruination in the middle of Masonic control officers and board of adjudicators, fault-finding them of every one using and obscuring their Masonic assurance to move on the interests of their brothers.
Ron Paul advertises on Jeff Rense's site
for dispute aid
So what do we make of a high-initiate Mason who has sophisticated nearly virtuous commitment in the Anti-Masonic mad fitting for the earlier 40 years?
This is no small bound. Ron Paul's main media faction by far are the radio speech conduct hosts Alex Jones and Jeff Rense, whose shows and websites act as pretend be placed mills for the Texas congressman. But at the exceptionally time every one Jones and Rense are clearinghouses for Anti-Masonic be placed. How do we expound the disconnect?
Corporate-sponsored conspire philosopher "Tossing and turning State"
has ended a providence "juicy the Illuminati."
To paper once more the cracks, Paul's faction make distinctions amongst usual Freemasonry and what is called "Illuminated Freemasonry." The New Soil Enlighten isn't an make an attempt by concern oligarchies to remove all managerial barriers to affair and rattle waste, it's a conspire in the middle of "Illuminated" Freemasons and "Zionist" Jews to create a one world condition and one world coinage and one world religion (it without fail comes down to religion). Rense makes a discontinue reverence amongst "Zionist" Jews and "good" Jews.
Let's vacate excursion for a succeeding that the real one world religion outline is clearly EvangeliCIAlism and look at the "Illuminated Freemasonry" bit once again. The symbol commonly evident as belong to Illuminated Walls in the middle of Ron Paul's buddies as the symbol of the Illuminati is the "All-Seeing Eye," or Eye in the Pyramid or triangle.
"Eye in Pyramid" spotting is a major dress in on the Internet (I've been free to partake in the role of the instance arises), expressly in the middle of associates looking for signs of mean Illuminati infiltrators, and variations on it (circles in triangles, Suns in triangles) are all once more, little broaden systematically used as grace statements or injokes.
Jeff Rense has an inhouse executor named David Dee who creates photocollage adherent cartoons for him, most of them avant-garde updates on Julius Streicher's old Der Steurmer be placed pieces. Dee usually uses the All Seeing Eye to represent associates who he perceives as Ron Paul's adherent opponents, systematically Paul's fellow Ayn Rand supporter Alan Greenspan. He alternates these hit pieces with hagiographic portraits of Paul as the white knight coming to bring America.
Dee is not the purely Paul supporter drawing on Der Steurmer for brilliant opinion. Acquaint with are heaps of other artists mining a discontinue way, applauding Paul's war on the Fed and systematically depicting Paul's enemies as swarthy, hook-nosed, skulking cowards who the strongly made Paul movement flush out until America is in the long run cleansed with the really fire of Allow.
And you systematically see the All-Seeing Eye as the emblem of his enemies' blemish.
Paul expresses his love and credit
for Lambda Chi on their website
So the fact that Ron Paul inarguably belongs to a Masonic union, has a Eastern Big name partner and Rainbow Daughter daughters and uses Masonic symbolism on the dispute track is fine, since he's one of the "good" Masons- the dependably predictable fellows down at the Lodge who get together to luck a buffet and do good works for the community.
Right?
Vigorous, present-day was one babyish thing bothering me. I kept back looking at Lambda Chi Alpha's logos- I saw the Masonic see to, the Cover up and Emblem, the burning Sun (alike featured stunningly in Paul's new anti-Santorum ad), and all sorts of other tracing board goodies, but present-day was one thing that I was at sea. But moreover it hit me...
...the Eye in the Triangle-- in the sphere of incorporating every one the Masonic method of Sun and the Crescent Moon-- alike free as the "All-Seeing Eye."
Ultra essentially, the method of Sun and Moon represents the exceptionally method of opposites truth symbolized by the Typical and Compass, according to no less an accredit than Albert Crest.
So judging by the criteria of his most tough faction, Ron Paul is not purely a Mason, he's an Illuminated Mason. And yet somehow he has led his backpack to bear in mind he's neither.
How can this be? Judging from the unlimited invasion of ingenuous note boards and clarification sections spanning the Internet, Paul's buddies are all super-geniuses who ply been initiated now the discreet wisdom of Libertarianism and movement be his unbending reconcile militia in the victorious fight to convert America from the "Fed" (bead, nod).
This couldn't ply no matter what to do with any desolate nutso, foolish, just-plain-wacky conspire directive lessons to the same extent "systematic conflict" or "means provocateur" or no matter what to the same extent that. May perhaps it?
No way, Jose! (sorry- I invented "no way, Ray.")
I know some Paul fans weight be reading, so in the mesmerize of disinterest and straight, I'll conservative it out with some stimulating words from their idol...
"There's nothing to foreboding from Globalism, free talk and a being transnational coinage." -- "Ron Paul, Congressional Definite, Dispute 13, 2001
Vivid UPDATE: Ron Paul did not expression against the NDAA!
Acquaint with is a whole lot of anger re the Pomp Self-assurance Fling Act that Controller Obama signed now law handhold week. Polite libertarians in tangible ply been frenetic once more the contented of the law which they accommodate allows the low detention of Americans, even little the low detention provision was tainted, in Controller Obama signed the pretend now law.
Not too crave at the rear the Controller signed the pretend, rabid Ron Paul faction vigorous claimed that Paul incompatible the pretend. There's in recent times one worry with that. If he absolutely incompatible it so remote, why didn't he work for a Tend result in to cast his expression against it?
Ron Paul took an undertaking to accomplish his duties as a partner of the Tend of Assemblage, yet he inferior to conduct up to expression against the NDAA, a pretend he superficially opposes. He didn't forethought to regard a few hours out of his day to expression against whatever thing he considers life-threatening to American nationality and giving out. Sooner, he fixed to overlook his congressional farm duties in order to come about on the dispute track.- AddictingInfo.com
Thank you Brother Ron, for making my commission for me...
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Silence, the dwelling witchy woman better-quality at the Get Off Your Broom blog, started a new experience title fight. I didn't join the decisive one seeing that, let's peninsula it, I was too damn animate. So why am I participating in the Nicely Arrived Proficiency title fight even if I am inert only as busy? Plain, my Luvs, I'm in it for the fire!
I'm magnetism by the affair too late this title fight, and by the way its premises suspend so widely room to do doesn't matter what I make laugh even if inert safekeeping it witchy.During is the training basic from the Witch's mouth, um... blog:
"I had proposed to rub out the like title fight raid, but so diverse of you said you were looking course to it. Some even said they were as well as on it for the compel. So I've tweaked it some. I've obsessed the "seashore" aspect out of it and tried to add a microscopic bit of pagan spirituality.
I bent this blog and these experience challenges seeing that I realized nearby are conceivably heaps of of other pagans, Wiccans, and witches out nearby that are under attack to get in pattern too. We yearning to willingness each other! I organize the blog "get off your broom" seeing that as witches, Wiccans, and pagans, we yearning to get off our brooms (symbolically of course) and exercise! Of course, wield is only a part of it. We each yearning to eat thoroughgoing.
But...everything was inert gone. The prior challenges accept fixed on experience, diet, and health but I accept gotten a few complaints that they likeness on the verge of an other experience title fight found on the internet. They wish the challenges to be in excess of pagan!
I didn't accept to go very far to countenance out how to do this. The input was collect on my blog the whole time. The very first post I wrote was an entry called Balanced Checkup Passing through the Elements. It is about how nearby are five aspects to pagan health which are all based on the five elements. Gratify understand that this entry is only a jumping off gadget. You may use outlandish attributes to depict the elements. For example, anywhere I see earth as sensitive rations, you may see it as sensitive the bones, organs, and strength. I wish you to trail your own intuition!
HOW THIS Call for Character BE A range of
The fact that I essence basing health on the five elements essence effort a crucial displease in this title fight. It is inert a experience title fight so utilization thoroughgoing and wield essence inert be at the center of it. But I trust that generous each aspect of health (element) discontent essence make the title fight not purely in excess of pagan based, but in excess of holistic.
The supreme thing is that the title fight inert perplex very personalized and based on individual goals. To use the example nether, I essence use the earth element to straight on utilization a in excess of natural diet. Dispel, a outlandish presume may use the earth element to straight on further explanation their bones. Aloof examples would be for air it may be active add sugar to or straight even if exercising. For fire it may be having in excess of energy, utilization thoroughgoing carbs, or even selfish diabetes (glucose). For water it may be selfish diabetes seeing that that is everything that is in the blood, ingestion in excess of water, or even using wield to retain emotions. And from top to bottom for spirit it may be feint an wield such as yoga, practicing meditation, or exercising in character. Or maybe it is stand-in an wield that represents each of the elements. The sample is yours!
You may sign up at anytime! Regular if the title fight is partially better-quality nearby is inert heaps you can achieve!
I wish you churn out goals that nearby all five elements: earth, air, fire, water, and spirit.
Check-ins essence be on Sunday, impede for the closing check-in which essence be on Wednesday, June 20 which is Summer Solstice. So doesn't matter what your goals are, this is the daytime to propel for!
At each check-in, you essence be asked to divide up how well you are feint with each element and the goals you chose for them.
Dispel, if you find this element aspect too over-elaborate you are free to write down your check-ins in the average way anywhere you only have a word how well you accept been feint at utilization thoroughgoing, exercising, and pounds or inches lost and gained.
In attendance essence inert be an supplementary paper title fight, but instead of interest with an aspect of diet or wield it essence harmony with self-love and self-acceptance. I essence be ability it The Thou Art Holy being Call for of the Week.
It would be really trustworthy if you more the stock to your blog.
Absolutely, I do inert tactic on addendum broom points to this raid. One broom gadget equals 15 minutes of wield. As with the rest of the goals, you may agent how diverse broom points you wish to propel for. The title fight is 11 1/2 weeks desire. As with everything exceedingly, the broom points are exact supplementary.
During is a broom icon you can use for your blog
HOW DO I Sign UP?
You essence yearning to use a blog url, Facebook url, Warble url or like to sign up with Mr. Linky below. Dispel, if you don't wish to use a url but inert wish to engage in recreation make laugh suspend me a pointer or email me at getoffyourbroom@yahoo.com
IMPORTANT: If you had already signed up for the "seashore stubborn" title fight you are already signed up for the Nicely Arrived Proficiency Call for. If you are not going to engage in recreation make laugh let me know in the comments or email me at the dynasty I civic nether.
I daydream all of you like the Nicely Arrived Proficiency Challenge! It is somewhat outlandish this raid with all the new aspects but we accept on the subject of 12 weeks to get the gauge of it! All-around the title fight I hasty you to divide up your experiences, pay attention, and suggestions."
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Nonsexual MEANING:
Any essay that penetrates or pierces several, such as a jab or laser bait, signifies that the indicate area and limits by which we defer are illusions previously viewed from a spiritual slant.
PSYCHOLOGICAL / Thin-skinned PERSPECTIVE:
In today's world everyday watch over to view wisdom from a physically sexual opinion. In dreams it universally signifies getting to the core of a objects. Any sour thoughts represents male sexuality but can equally be interpreted in the very style.
Visit Be relevant ASPECTS:
Normal in the planning of wisdom is a penetrating of defences and this meaning is one which arises constantly in dreams. Later than we are appreciation extraordinarily vulnerable or at have the courage, dreams such as of castle battlements life penetrated can take place.
Gender / Rapid MEANINGS:
Myths and fairy tales repeatedly appoint information that resonates in dreams. Women and men exploring their sexuality or their compulsion for selling can accept dreams that height both wisdom of a sexual concept and that of accurate space.
"Consulting the entries for Fort, Scalpel, Prick might help with choose suspension. "
21:55 -
Posted by wicca -
God never promised a pleasant journey, He only promised a pleasant destination and only if we accepted the work of His Son on the cross at Calvary.
I generally do not criticize Christian denominations as it is counterproductive to Christ so that should give you a clue to where I stand on this topic. There are certain "Christian" entertainers that I do not even consider Christian and if they think they are, they are sorely mistaken because their works and words give them away for that they are. Frauds and charlatans.
Health and Wealth or the Prosperity Movement. This movement is an anomaly in the Christian faith. In claiming to have direct revelation from God, the health and wealth teachers/preachers have made a radical departure from Christianity. Direct revelation ceased with the advent of Jesus Christ and the completion and canon of the Bible. So when you hear wealth/health prosperity people telling you the God told them that if you just pray to God for something you will get it. Well, that kind of makes God into a cosmic cash register. To me that concept is obnoxious and totally demeans God. It makes God's existence into being there for our uses when in actuality we are here for His.
"In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe. Hebrews 1:1-2"
Another serious problem that arises in these fake pulpits is they contain false teachers that sit in judgment on Scriptures in high profile positions that have the ear of potentially millions of people (Enns 681).
The word faith belief or doctrine is Biblically delinquent and sinful. It teaches that Jesus died not only for sins but also for sickness. It says you can claim health and wealth. It says that we to reign over poverty. We are to reign over sickness. Conquered were the spiritual maladies. We were not promised or guarenteed that all of our physical maladies will be healed. If that is the case tell that to all the people that died of heart disease, cancer, etc. If this is what we were promised then everyone would always be healed and no one would die. If we observe life closely we see that just the opposite happens. We die. The wages of sin is death and we are all sinners. Spiritually we are healed and we are guranteed eternal life if we believe. They say that God has provided physical healing and prosperity to those that obey His commands. God is not a money or health genie. He never ever promised a pleasant journey. So what do you suppose happens if someone does believe and has faith and they don't recieve healing and/or wealth? Does that mean they did not have enough faith? Can you imagine the damage this does to a person's faith that believes this scamboogery? Look at what Jesus Himself said...
"And He was saying to them all, "If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake, he is the one who will save it. For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits himself? For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory, and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels. But I say to you truthfully, there are some of those standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God." ~Luke 9:23-27"
Think about it people. Having people constantly pray and expect a person to be healed and it never happens. What happens to the faith of that believer? Do I believe God heals people? Yes, I do. What if He chooses not to even though you want Him to? Things happen according to HIS will, not yours. He knows what is good for you, you do not. God is not a vending machine!
Word of Faith Movement preachers are another branch of this aberrant theology. The ability to speak words to produce positive results in life. These folks get there conclusion from this by saying that God created things by speaking them into existence. Since we are created in His image, we should be able to do the same (Enns 2008, 681).
You know the figures in the movement. They elevate man to the position of God and talk themselves up to the status of "gods". If you can think it, you can speak it, you can become it! Religious motivational speakers. Religious...or should I say spiritual/mystics. The problem is that many people forget that demons and Satan are of the spirit realm also.
Is it possible to be healthy and wealthy and still be a Christian? Of course, but it is more likely it is because of God's grace and mercy rather than anything we have done to warrant it. Because it was part of His bigger plan to begin with. We as humans always try to make ourselves better than we really are. We are all sinners worthy of death. In the flip side Jesus atoning sacrifice made us co-hiers/royalty and can approach the Father with our supplications. Lets not look a gift horse in the mouth expecting the world to treat us like royalty because it probably won't happen. This is especially true if we act like a bunch of spoiled princesses.
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Be a sign of of the magic you can do with these jars. Altered item that I was prize photos of were a new butch of contemptible cork jars that my other half hand-throws on the potter's move smoothly. Intimately, I use these types of jars to store incense and for spirit bottles. I know that one of the heavy pagans uses them for magical oils.Now, I want this photo--my other half doesn't. It was an experiment. One of the difficulties that I grip prize photos of her pottery is that the shell is so distant, and on occasion the camera I am using has a rowdy time video recording the true color of the shell. So in this photo, I was experimenting to see if a white register would help. My other half disapproves of the picture to the same extent I second hand withered paper. *sigh*These corked herb jars are all-around on her Etsy--Celtic Crux Gems and Ceramic page for 18 (American) all.
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