I did not say he was an atheist.. again like i said.. he was not a pantheist, at least he said he wasn't sure if he was, what he was though is a follower of Spinoza., here is an excerpt from one of his letters: "We followers of Spinoza see our God in the wonderful order and lawfulness of all that exists"... Pantheism patterned itself from Spinoza's ideas...
Spinoza's god is the natural order of things, the ultimate formula that moves the universe, he never expressed it as a being but as a substance that comprises everything that we see... pantheism on the other hand, they consider this ultimate formula as a divine being, so there's a difference there,.. that's what Einstein expressly separates himself from, that divine implication of the Pantheistic idea...
aw kung mao jud nay imung tan.aw hehehe..imu pud nang opinion.
by the way the Church doesn't teach that contentment is impossible to attain rather, it is attainable through God.
personally i believe in it but not necessarily in a religious notion.. i believe even Atheists can have contentment too..provided that they have good conscience 'cause a good conscience is a grace from God.
by the way, was your lolo also an Atheist?
contentment is positive man bai.. refusing to hope because of ill feelings and bitterness is very negative and is something else entirely opposite from contentment.
your late lolo's view was a good example of contentment though.
which makes your job a perfect one if you love your job. so perfection exist after all..not necessarily based from how most people fantasize about perfection..but how things fit in our lives, but can and will you stay in that state of personal perfection?
which brings me back to my original question which i believe you did not answer.. give that you are already contented with your job and you love everything about it but you see that there's an oppurtunity to increase..would you still take it? or sundogon nimu imung lolo?
probably, but it doesn't rule out the purpose behind sufferings.
honestly, her positivity towards her illness and her peace in the midst of pain was something else to me..i would say inspiring but somewhat more weighted.
speaking of euphoria, 9 years ago, hapit ko namatay tungod sa raptured appendix but there were no euphoric moments..i didn't feel any excitement nor extreme happiness..wasn't scared either..but there were very deep thoughts and regrets.
had i not gone through that particular state i would have missed several significant learnings in life...now i dunno if you'd call that fantasizing or just a habit of connecting the dots but to me it's purpose..and everything was guided..just like evolution(para dili ta off topic Lol)..
i didn't even see it that way back then..'cause all i had were questions..esp with the hospital bills..Lol
can you then disprove my assertion of purpose? i have already laid over my points above.. appendicitis wasn't self inflicted..and situation reaching the raptured state was completely out of my ignorance. surely i couldn't be held fully accountable for something i didn't know in the first place.
so it was random, but i've gotten specific results and learnings.
'cause it's the natural thing to do and like i said, it doesn't have to be an expression of doubt in my God. on the contrary, i am following the process God has laid over under normal circumstances..i'll just leave the unusual things with Him..
why? isn't it possible? after all.. the bible didn't really say that we have to take everything written Literally..hehehe...
Kinsa jud imo gituohan kung diin jud tah gikan, ang Bible or Science?...
Job 33:4
The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
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