tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35366904.post7452295808591950574..comments2023-03-26T02:08:21.155-06:00Comments on The Wondering Path of Sage Charles: A Reasonable FaithCharles Shankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02042934737059944268noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35366904.post-2485418173220652192013-08-25T16:29:45.001-06:002013-08-25T16:29:45.001-06:00Believe what you like, Reesa; I'm not trying t...Believe what you like, Reesa; I'm not trying to change your mind, but what if God instructed me to write this blog?Charles Shankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02042934737059944268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35366904.post-14464492641458446722013-08-25T15:42:08.809-06:002013-08-25T15:42:08.809-06:00I can not be denigrated by man. The Fall was not a...I can not be denigrated by man. The Fall was not an allegorical record of Adam & Eve's rebellious choice. That is what man would like us to believe.You are well educated but confused in your exemplary knowlege. He has not hidden the tree of LIFE from us. Man has. I'll send you a copy of my book. God instructed me to write it. Blogs are just a way to promote your own thoughts on the matter. It is all babble. God has a different view. My soul knows the way back to him. I have found the Tree of Life. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35366904.post-56626470261917920952012-03-18T16:16:27.270-06:002012-03-18T16:16:27.270-06:00This is not to denigrate you, Reesa, but I believe...This is not to denigrate you, Reesa, but I believe that your consciousness argument is moot, because I believe that the story of The Fall was simply an allegorical record of Adam & Eve's rebellious choice of obeying their own lusts ( wants ), instead of obeying God!:)Charles Shankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02042934737059944268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35366904.post-27916399736001194512012-03-18T09:41:40.682-06:002012-03-18T09:41:40.682-06:00It is evident that our conscious is not as deep an...It is evident that our conscious is not as deep and divine as His, because He did not let us eat of the tree of LIFE! He (They) hid it somewhere. That is why we keep building the towers to reach Heaven to get that one thing perceived to be missing. Of course, that is for those who still haven't found their way back to Him. Amen. Amen.<br /><br />Reesa Mercer WalshAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35366904.post-89517969843130532022012-03-17T17:30:18.675-06:002012-03-17T17:30:18.675-06:00Interesting comment, Reesa; why would you say, tho...Interesting comment, Reesa; why would you say, though, that God knew our consciousness of Him had to be suppressed?<br /><br />I don't think, so much, that our consciousness of Him was suppressed, as man did exactly what he wanted, despite His consciousness of God, and that what man wanted to do was against the Law of God!:)Charles Shankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02042934737059944268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35366904.post-40027959379852753802012-03-17T16:31:46.276-06:002012-03-17T16:31:46.276-06:00It has never been my talent to listen to or unders...It has never been my talent to listen to or understand philosophy and so listening to one earlier today had me thinking about "The Magic of Consciousness" and that got me thinking about the consciousness of God. In His wisdom He knew that when He created us that our memory of Him had to be suppressed so that we could find our way back to Him. Malachi 3:7 Even from the days of your fathers you have gone away from my ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, says the LORD of hosts. But you say, How shall we return? KJV We shall return by a reasonable faith! Not by spending countless hours reading and looking for proof of Him who consists of Power, Wisdom, Majesty, Love, Mercy & Justice but by living in the knowledge that we are divine in creation and some things just don't send us back to Him. Just the fact that we have consciousness we should know that we were created by something unseen. It is consciousness and God is there! The only place to find Him is literally in our conscious being, our spiritual being. I personally don't need proof. I seek wisdom and knowledge as Solomon did to be able to choose right, to live righteous, and to be a light guiding others. However, I can't give others faith or explain it to them. That is something they must accomplish on their own. IMHO, I don't think God expects us to try to explain it to others just to get it! To be conscious (not dead). By Reesa Mercer WalshAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com