DISQUS

First of all I would like to thank everyone who commented on my comment. I always prefer dialogue to monologue. Secondly I would like to apologise to Mr. Miessler for taking some of the attention away from his original piece. Thirdly I do not consider myself a christian, although I do think that Jesus was the greatest and most radical teacher to walk the earth. I just have a problem getting my head around the idea that he was the son of God and rose from the dead.

Point by Point:
annoyingmouse: God did not make us stupid and spineless. We choose the easy way out. I am no exception.

Jesus Christ: Thank you Jesus.(Sorry, i couldn't resist it) If man did not create God (certainly a possibility) Then God is what was there before anything else. He made us because he wanted to. Maybe somebody to love who would love him back. I don't know. I still think the choice is ours, individually and collectively.

Brad: I have occasionally bumped into or heard about a small number of deeply spiritual people who do not seem to be suffering at all, or at least not like the rest of us. I do not think that I am living in a fantasy world just because I believe that spiritual progress is possible for each individual. I myself am having a really hard time making any spiritual progress and I'm not even sure how I could measure it. With regard to choice, God would say that we do have those choices. We just have to ask him in Faith. Glib answer I know but I'm only a little way along this road and I'm still struggling with it.

A: God gave us the ability to choose not the ability to choose badly. If we choose badly, it's our fault. The main point I wanted to make was that everyone seems ready to put the blame on God for everything and take neither individual nor collective responsibility for anything. I am as guilty as anyone else when I choose to do nothing instead of something.

I've only recently started to dip my toes in the waters of 'comments' and this is the first time that I have received any response. I am happy to admit that I don't know everything and I thank you for your challenges to my thinking.

First of all I would like to thank everyone who commented on my comment. I always prefer dialogue to monologue. Secondly I would like to apologise to Mr. Miessler for taking some of the attention away from his original piece. Thirdly I do not consider myself a christian, although I do think that Jesus was the greatest and most radical teacher to walk the earth. I just have a problem getting my head around the idea that he was the son of God and rose from the dead.

Point by Point:
annoyingmouse: God did not make us stupid and spineless. We choose the easy way out. I am no exception.

Jesus Christ: Thank you Jesus.(Sorry, i couldn't resist it) If man did not create God (certainly a possibility) Then God is what was there before anything else. He made us because he wanted to. Maybe somebody to love who would love him back. I don't know. I still think the choice is ours, individually and collectively.

Brad: I have occasionally bumped into or heard about a small number of deeply spiritual people who do not seem to be suffering at all, or at least not like the rest of us. I do not think that I am living in a fantasy world just because I believe that spiritual progress is possible for each individual. I myself am having a really hard time making any spiritual progress and I'm not even sure how I could measure it. With regard to choice, God would say that we do have those choices. We just have to ask him in Faith. Glib answer I know but I'm only a little way along this road and I'm still struggling with it.

A: God gave us the ability to choose not the ability to choose badly. If we choose badly, it's our fault. The main point I wanted to make was that everyone seems ready to put the blame on God for everything and take neither individual nor collective responsibility for anything. I am as guilty as anyone else when I choose to do nothing instead of something.

I've only recently started to dip my toes in the waters of 'comments' and this is the first time that I have received any response. I am happy to admit that I don't know everything and I thank you for your challenges to my thinking.

Yet another example of Man trying to blame God for his own shortcomings. Man had a choice then and Man has a choice now. We have chosen the world as it is now. It's not God's fault we are so stupid and spineless. He gave us the ability to choose. It's not his fault we choose badly. We can still choose to follow him if we can only develop the spiritual strength to do so. If we can't, then that's our problem. There are people who have decided to follow him and they live a life without suffering.

Yet another example of Man trying to blame God for his own shortcomings. Man had a choice then and Man has a choice now. We have chosen the world as it is now. It's not God's fault we are so stupid and spineless. He gave us the ability to choose. It's not his fault we choose badly. We can still choose to follow him if we can only develop the spiritual strength to do so. If we can't, then that's our problem. There are people who have decided to follow him and they live a life without suffering.

It is not news because US mainstream Media is owned by very rich supporters of the government who do not want the US people to know anything about what is happening politically.

It is not news because US mainstream Media is owned by very rich supporters of the government who do not want the US people to know anything about what is happening politically.