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    Format favourites ...

    I like the color esp if it's something dark. Some may have trouble with lighter colors. I haven't run into that yet, but then I blow my screen up several notches to make it all large and I wear my reading glasses whenever reading anything now, even on computer use, so I have been able to see...
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    Jokes, jokes, and more jokes ...

    The longest sentence only using one word
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    Do we have a spirit and, if so, what role does it play in our relationship with God?

    Keep the cryptic conclusion, discard the context. 🫤
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    Do we have a spirit and, if so, what role does it play in our relationship with God?

    Just for another perspective, I suppose. Why not? Or to understand what is being said by those who did read Eckhart and are taking from that (I have not, not yet)
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    Do we have a spirit and, if so, what role does it play in our relationship with God?

    Brings to mind Robert Pirsig "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"
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    Do we have a spirit and, if so, what role does it play in our relationship with God?

    Indeed... a concrete example might be an obsession that takes on a life of its own - even as the obsessed person gains skill or knowledge in their pursuit, they can lose focus and become single-minded and the obsession becomes all consuming.
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    Do we have a spirit and, if so, what role does it play in our relationship with God?

    Did this mean incarnation instead of incarceration? Or is it both? Is incarnation, in this philosophy, regarded as a form of incarceration?
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    Do we have a spirit and, if so, what role does it play in our relationship with God?

    Is there some chance that this is what Jesus meant when saying "I and the Father are one" ?
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    Do we have a spirit and, if so, what role does it play in our relationship with God?

    I think sometimes people have dreams or visions, or believe those of others. I think that is how revelation is supposed to work, however, as often as people mention revelation, they don't explain the process very often😒🫤
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    Do we have a spirit and, if so, what role does it play in our relationship with God?

    The famous saying "chop wood, carry water"
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    Jokes, jokes, and more jokes ...

    REALLY, he should have been more prepared!🪡🪡🧵🧵 Way to make other people feel awkward!🤣🤣😆😆😂😂
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    Do you think that God added to the teachings of Jesus after His Ascencion?

    It makes sense in a way though, a kind of grammar, to distinguish between the sentimental hugs in sorrow, and the lighthearted hugs of joy. Do I have that correct? 🧐 🤗🫂:oops:🤔 I'm a gal and personally not much of a hugger, just for my nearest and dearest. The possibility that different hugs and...
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    Notes on God in the Gospel of John

    Yes, that's definitely what I think is happening when people quote passages from the bible and then are puzzled when others do not know what they are trying to say. It's as if the person quoting the bible is using the context of a storyworld that is in their mind, maybe the minds of many in...
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    Notes on God in the Gospel of John

    Did the Jewish tradition actually see Mosiach as G-d's son? Is that NOT a later Christian development? The Son of Man. Is this the same? Again, the Son of Man. Does it? The Holy Spirit being the power of G-d rather than a distinct personality as a member of a Trinity. Was that not a later...
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