In Reply to: Re: To Mike posted by Jo on September 25, 2006 at 18:47:31:
Sorry to hear, that the environment you live in is not very uplifting...although I surely love the sight of crystals, further believe, that crystals have a great part in the "construction" of New Jerusalem, I am not seeking their supposed energy.
For me the real energy must be obtainable even if you're in a prison cell or dungeon...therefore I believe much in prayer, because it comforted me since the time I got to know Jesus & although I walked a very lengthy road/detraction/detour - full of sin - it taught me, what sin is: thou should not covet...I didn't know about it, as also Paul says...
I think OT2 does respect the people he addresses...sure we Christians can be pretty self-righteous at times, others are may be just Christians by name...difficult to discern all that...usually the critics lump that altogether...
Of course nobody can tell here anymore anyone else what to do or what not to do...we've outgrown that cult-situation...
However I feel you & a few more posters here just enjoy their "individualism"...I thought before joining TF to be pretty much of a perfect adherent to the "dogma" of relativism...everything seemed so relative to me, yet I searched seriously for my
"absolutes"...
In a way I can relate much to OT 2....& if I may say that, it kind of irritates me, that none, who "indulge" right now in their new found freedom
(of thought & religion) have the humility to ask someone like OT 2 about the vastness of his experiences...to dismiss all that just for the lack of some "diplomacy"/ choice of words etc. I don't consider very wise...
Whenever you alternatively believing posters post something about your personal experiences, your woes, heartaches & day to day battles, I really do listen/read, cause how could I dismiss that...that's where I was mostly upset with moonshiner...too little light shed on the personal experiences...& here you differ Jo & MG considerably...in a way disclosing personal experiences make us vulnerable, but it gives us also a positive feedback...
Christians find it normal to warn others, other
religionists do the same, even environment protectors & activists...also politicians...do that...
What's wrong about it?...being sensitive about it might be a hint & signal, that the own standpoint is far from being sound & sure...but that is something others have to solve or to discover...
Not to warn would be IMO equal to giving in to the pressures of the world...the transcendental soup-
suppliers...to be nice to all, fair & correct.
They try to be nice...see the quotation of the pope in Regensburg & the tidal wave after that...muslims think to be the number one, as OT 2 has many times mentioned & how to balance all that, if there are others who contend for the number 1 position in our life & thinking?...
Relativism is a "good deal" sheer illusion...IMHO