intolerance eternal life etc hi xian netters god bless you contents intro love your neighbor reaction to posts a purpose b eternal life i ve been reading this news group religiously for about a month sometimes it really gives me what i need spiritually at other times i get a little irate there are all kinds of people in every group and i take offense at intolerance it s awfully hard to tolerate such people oops i ve gone over my smiley quota already and it s only the second paragraph imho they should follow the commandment to love thy neighbor and leave the judging up to god specifically one s sexual orientation is part of one s self love the sinner hate the sin does not apply pay attention fundaligionists love your neighbor wether you like it or not i d be happy to get flamed endlessly and loose scripture quotation contests galore to defend this point i beleive this is correct btw love the sinner hate the sin is a slippery slope with hatred at the bottom incredibly chopped up post i won t even try to tell you where the deletions came out means jayne means dan johnson means eric in article athos rutgers edu jayne mmalt guild org jayne kulikauskas writes gsu uxa ecn bgu edu eric molas writes no free gifts of meaning i never quite understood how any god can just give your life meaning actually if he says you exists to do or be x that gives you a purpose if you care to accept it but is that the same thing but i digress i find that i am dissatisfied with the little purposes that we can manufacture for ourselves little in the cosmic sense even the greatest of the great pharos are long gone the pyramids historical oddities being worn down by the wind eventually to be turned into dust mankind itself will one day perish without some interconnectedness that transcends the physical without god it is all pointless in the end most people are able to live with that and for them little purposes success money power effecting change helping others suffice i suppose they never think about the cosmic scale or are at least able to put it out of their minds to me it is comforting to know that reality is an illusion that the true reality underneath the the physical is spirit that this world is a school of sorts where we learn and grow and our souls mature that gives a purpose to my little purposes and takes some of the pressure off it s not so necessary to make this life a success in human terms if you re really just here to learn it s more important to progress grow persist to learn to love yourself and others and to express your love especially when it s dificult to do so honest effort is rewarded by god he knows our limitations i will live forever with god ah now here we begin to diverge i will not live forever with anyone i don t think you will either but you are welcome to your opinion on the matter interesting theological question i have a feeling that most common perception of eternal life is way off base if i were to be imprisoned in the limited ego mind i am in now i doubt i would choose imortality it would get awfully boring two serious questions invitations to discussion what is the nature of eternal life how can we as mortals locked into space time conceive of it possible answer for the best we can do is metaphor analogy question a what is the best metaphor
