Thread: A question on Christian Scripture.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Looking for an explanation of what Christianity is as if one were learning how to hone or shave with a straight razor ..... i.e. what is the micron size, or grit rating and how many laps on the finishing stone ... is not applicable to the journey IME. If you open your mind to it and just read the book, pray daily and ask God to come to you, one of these days you will, like Paul the apostle, be able to say that you've experienced "the peace of God that passeth all understanding."

I will not say that I did it exactly right. I did explain a little in my reply to Lee.
What actually seemed to happen to me was simply that I believed less with doing more . Since then I've read several of Joe Campbell's books, some on other religions, from other religions. (Not enough to be deeply knowledgeable but familiar enough.)

I wondered, maybe all I actually know about is popular Christianity what pop music is to real music. I do not want to sound condescending, or offend any of you but some things: the angry old man in the sky, physical human bodies going up into heaven, everlasting torment as a few examples, to me sound like stories for children.

Earlier I quoted a scripture "seek first the kingdom of God" and from another book "the kingdom of God is within" What does that have to do with another spirit entering our body or anything coming from outside us?

(I have had spiritual experiences, glimpses perhaps. I have the perception of something eternal, even though everything I see or know will eventually die or crumble to dust. That perception is impossible unless there is something eternal, just as we could not know yellow if everything were red.)