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Rationality is something introduced by the Greeks. I know I cannot separate myself from how that has influenced me and my cultural thinking but I know people had different ways of looking at the world back then. The menorah has 7 Hebrew letters on it symbolizing God like the burning bush. God...

I'd like to keep this simple. If you participate in this thread please respect others and what they say, this is not a thread for telling others they are wrong. We are hear to talk about what we have read and what it means to us. We do not need to be perfect and all opinions are welcome. If...

A roman soldier stabbed him in the ribs with a spear. Pretty sure he was dead at burial because of that. Romans had very stringent rules to make sure people died as planned. The other two people next to Jesus had there legs broken.

I appreciate that you respect my boundaries to believe what I wish and I do the same for you or anyone. I have some questions though, was there a real Jesus in your opinion? Did you know that Jesus is a kids name in Hebrew for Joshua the man who took over after Moses died? I was common during...

Several words come to mind in dictionary fashion to me. Atonement vs repentance In Christianity we do not or cannot make our sins go away because in order to do so we need to be God since God chooses to harden hearts or not to do so. So We have "grace" that comes to us which allows us to...

I really cannot say what functions I should have. I know 100% I do not have Ti as a function. I keep shifting between whether I have Ni or Ne I might confuse Ni with Si I do not often go back to my memories in that way (Si) I know Ni is about symbolism, I saw a dream catcher and it brought up...

I disagree. If it was just "all in the mind" then what faye said about puberty blockers would not work. Something is happening in trans persons that cannot be attributed to just "confusion". It is important to note that what makes a person male or female psychologically is not just ideas...

yes, When our grandmother got Alzheimer's my mother was left alone on the ranch so moved in with her sister my aunt in the city. Currently my mother has the same condition now.

Chaotic emotional childhood I think happens to many people but we all do not start observing those around us. I really think that it depends on the kind of child and the kind of chaos. My mom told me that as a baby my dad slapped me on the head until I stopped crying. When I was six years old...

First of all what I think of as to introverted thinking has to do with a formation inside ones head whatever it is thinking is about. Extroverted thinking is about the same because thinking is still thinking but its not pure thought. To me a tried to make up stuff in my mind like last night I...

If I were to go with the abstract I can get into much philosophical details about why atoms exist and free will and consciousness. When I am distracted by life's problems or just in a quiet area in my life I think about God and it seems I get no feelings from him. It is like you look at the...

I was talking about my mother. She was 20 in 1977 the year star wars came out. I was born in 1987 During covid we watched lots of old tv programs like Magnum Pi and the Andy Griffin show at midnight when she and my aunt were awake. Dragnet was interesting as well. It reminded me of when I was...

@meowzician This is my general view of what I meant by the complications of understanding Christianity. The thing about black and white thinking is that when I was in my 20's I still encountered people who made out that the bible and everything about it was still black and white. Even today...

It influenced me both morally and philosophically. That is to say I came from this stance that many questions existed I had no answers to and since most denominations disagreed I had to look at it from a different perspective that just following a strictly led set of commands because who would...

I was raised in a Christian home so I know many things about religion also. But I was never aware of history accept for the fall of Rome and the legend King Arthur 500 A.D. So like 70 A.D. to 1400 A.D. I know nothing about. (very fragmented) I do not know about the Talmud accept that is book...