IXPninja, A couple of random thoughts derived from reading your comments:
- No, we needn’t all agree. That’s what makes life spicy and makes this kind of reasoning interesting. Seeing the different perspective of those who I-dentify themselves a RastafarI here on this forum is fascinating, and very rewarding and consciousness-raising communication as long as people stay cool and treat each other and each other's thoughts with respect. As RastafarI, whose views are most frequently out of step with the Babylon world in which we live, we learn to practice tolerance or we alienate ourselves hopelessly and limit our opportunities to communicate Truth with others.
- The notion of “God” is more than an idea that someone invented along the way. It’s archetypal in that it is found in widely disparate societies between which there is no evidence of interaction. It its mythological function, “God” is more than an intellectual notion; it’s contained in feelings (emotions) from which intellectual concepts like “soul” or “Holy Spirit” are also spawned.
- “The poor were always the most ignorant.” –- This just struck me as a kind of odd statement as I&I have learned more personally about the wisdom and values that are most important in Life from poor people.
-You are correct: Names like JAH, Yahweh, Allah and so forth are handles used to describe something so huge and abstract (e.g., an Energy, an Omniscience and the like) that it is intrinsically ineffable .
- "[The Bible] needs to be understood in the context in which it was written" -- That would be ideal, but since we do not really understand the context in which it was written fully, we need to bring our own brains and true hearts with us to the reading of the Bible and listen to the voice of JAH within. My own perception is that the Bible has been corrupted and adulterated over the centuries by people with ulterior motives. These corrupted parts are apparent if viewed through the lens of a true heart and Righteousness.
-"We're dealing with the same issues generation after generation " --You very close to hitting it right on the head, the nature of an enduring evil mentality.
-"Back in those times you didn't have democracy so you had an elite few dictating to the masses" - If you take a hard look at virtually all large social systems, even so-called "democracies", you tend to find that what they really are is "an elite few dictating to the masses". All that differs from one to another is the window dressing and how/what the masses are programmed to believe. I&i chose a monarchy led by H.I.M. as opposed to mob rule, which is what true democracy sort of implies.
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