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Article #14593Re: Your God is probably a combination of your employer, society and the earth.
From: EnlightenMe
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 05:12
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 05:12
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Jeff...Relf wrote: > Hi Enlighten_Me, I told you: > > You can kill your cats, they can't kill you. > You can feed them, they can't feed you. You're their God. > > And you replied: > > Poisonous snakes and spiders can kill us. Are they our Gods ? > > That depends... > Would you become homeless and starve to death without Mr. snake ? Ha Ha No. I forgot about the feeding part... ok, you got me there. :) > > You concluded: > > I don't know who or what G-d is. I've been trying to learn. > Whoever He/She/It is, I've been trying to get closer, lately. > I don't know, it's a need I guess. > > Your God is probably a combination of your employer, society and the earth, > because without them you'd be homeless. Yes, but we are gods to our employers, because without us they wouldn't get the job done. We are gods to our societies, because we make up the rules (and follow them, sometimes), and we are gods to the earth because we can use and abuse earth. (Not that I enjoy the abusive part....) -Stacey http://seeking-enlightenment.blogspot.com
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