Quiet Time Notes
Notes from my daily Quiet Times with God
Intro (part II)
January 13th, 2024Previous |
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God gives us a purpose, otherwise we are just heading to dust only no matter what we do
It is easier to believe all beliefs are correct - 7 blind men and the elephant parable = 7 blind touch a elephant and feel like they have some something different, like tail, tusk, etc
Common objections to a single true of God:
- Don't want to offend anyone
- No red pill moment, please
- Don't judge me, bro
- The existence of evil and no intervening God
- Only science can lead us with "facts"
Approaches to God can be broken down into:
- Theist - (God made all; God made the painting) Christian
- Pantheist - (God is all - God is the painting) God is everything - Hinduism, New Age, some forms of Buddhism
- Atheist - (No god at all - Painting always existed) No god, humanism
- Agnostic - Not sure
All make truth claims, many stated truths are mutually exclusive, for example:
- Theist vs Atheist - Did the universe have a beginning or has it always existed?
- Christian vs Muslim - Jesus rose from the dead or did he never die?
Key Phrase: God gives us a purpose, otherwise we are just heading to dust only no matter what we do