Thread: A question on Christian Scripture.

Originally Posted by kevint

When you say separated by the sin of Adam; who was separated from whom/ Are you saying that God withdrew his essence from man? That he turned his back on man?
No, Man chose to disobey and God left him to his own choices there after.

What we have as it were is a self created identity. Not to be taken in the freudian sense, but it is sometimes called the ego. You could call it the sin nature if you want to, or you could call it the carnal mind.
Yes, I agree.

Or as Abraham found out was he/is he/isn't he right there inside us waiting for us to be still and quiet so we will recognize that presence withing us?
At that time with Abraham, Not within.

This is the awareness I was speaking of earlier, not the awareness that I am typing on the computer, or aware the hour has slipped past my bedtime; but, the awareness of Being, the internal awareness of the Eternal.
I'm not sure i'm understanding what your saying here, however i think it is more of wanting more of an awareness of God than self and wanting to know Him.

This is, at the deepest level, who we are. Pure consciousness you might say. The way I see it. God is not a distant being way out in space somewhere. God is Being.
I would say God is A Being, not just being like some believe that God is or is in everything.

That is what makes all these atomic-subatomic vibrations of energy into a seamless, manifest reality.
Have no idea what you just said here,
I think one could accept that and still be a Christian......

so cannot comment on the above statement.