tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388913446076122152.post8938407175029377325..comments2023-05-06T11:17:25.220-05:00Comments on Refractions and Reflections: Review: Something Other Than GodMelodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16903490863599975122noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388913446076122152.post-29079196464679299842014-05-20T08:57:53.981-05:002014-05-20T08:57:53.981-05:00I do believe in God and his plan for eternity. Peo...I do believe in God and his plan for eternity. People blame him for everything bad (which is undertandable) instead of looking at the source of the bad thing. God is not a puppeteer nor a sadist. What happens on Earth stays on Earth and it will not enter heaven because his plan is not the plan of man. <br /><br /><br />I love this statement. "She does not reference simply death here, and a complete end of one’s existence, but to God’s intervention in human history and suffering to establish a way to enter an existence as He had originally planned for humanity – one free of sin and its consequences of evil and injustice and sorrow: in short, heaven." So true. Mankind messed up God's plan for a perfect life and yet we blame him. <br /><br />I've enjoyed your post!T. Powell Coltrinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02160774009926623671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388913446076122152.post-63038670441255275392014-05-09T16:22:52.922-05:002014-05-09T16:22:52.922-05:00One of the reasons I read books other people write...One of the reasons I read books other people write is to try and gain an understanding of their perspectives; how and why they've reached the place they rest at today, etc. You've piqued my interest in reading this book for that very reason but also so that I might gain understanding of where and why you've come to be where you rest today. Jamie Ledgerwoodnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388913446076122152.post-6710384797428247962014-05-06T15:48:33.951-05:002014-05-06T15:48:33.951-05:00I don't believe in God (none of them). I rejec...I don't believe in God (none of them). I rejected religion in elementary school, when we had a very religious teacher who believed literary in the words of the Bible. Even for a 9 yo kid it was clear that this was nonsense. It's clear from scientific evidence that God didn't create everything in 6 days. Also, I find the idea of the one and only true God quite rediculous. There's a too strong correlation between where people are born and grown up, and which God they pray to. It's hard to argue against God using scientific arguments. Even if you believe in modern kosmologi and big bang, you can still argue that some goddy power ignited it. Religion and science are different domains, and different concepts. Religion is just a question of belief. It can really be debated. You have your belief (which I resect),and I have mine (or lack of it). I believe in ethernal life only in the sense that our biomass will be recycled back to nature. Science is about making theories and hypotheses, and then finding support for the theories in observations (experiments). Sometimes the order is swapped; the observation comes first, and the theoretical explanation later. No serious scientist deals with the existence or nonexistence of God >:)<br /><br /><a href="http://cold-as-heaven.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow"> Cold As Heaven </a><br /><br /><br />CA Heavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07558100567878233142noreply@blogger.com