tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26269839.post3651850486325509648..comments2024-03-22T02:40:10.975-05:00Comments on Geotheology: "Project Earth: Preserving the World God Created"Scott Starrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13830800584331515286noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26269839.post-43898684767421167142007-09-02T18:50:00.000-05:002007-09-02T18:50:00.000-05:00And I have selectively forgotten as well... If you...And I have selectively forgotten as well... If you look at my latest posts I have decided to finally cut to the chase somewhat.<BR/><BR/>This is a BIIIIIG step.<BR/><BR/>GULPScott Starrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13830800584331515286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26269839.post-88373360727805099582007-09-02T13:12:00.000-05:002007-09-02T13:12:00.000-05:00(from the vault of Quantum Contemplations)DSM resp...(from the vault of Quantum Contemplations)<BR/><BR/>DSM responds:<BR/><BR/>This idea could remove so many barriers for we who believe. <BR/><BR/>Think about the times that you have heard the position expressed that 'God doesn't act the same way with mankind, as He did prior to Jesus.'I grew up hearing this to answers about miracles and visions (and demons, [that's for another discussion]). You've made a very fine point of the visions that God brings to you.<BR/><BR/>When we see God working through creation on a moment by moment basis, God's power is no longer reserved for some long haired camel jockeys from 2000 years ago. <BR/><BR/>When I can imagine that God will speak to me through His creation then God will indeed speak to me just as He did with Abraham, Moses, Jacob, et. al.<BR/><BR/>It is no longer a matter of 'if God wants to speak to me, I need to see a literal flame coming from my nandina domectica compacta (providing there are no hoodlums nearby and the burn ban has been lifted by Governor Henry) out there by the driveway, and unless I see that, I will know that God is no longer working the same as he did in the Old Testament'<BR/><BR/>However, instead now I can say;<BR/><BR/>"you know the other evening I stepped out on the back porch when the storms were coming up from the west and that amazing phenomenon of a clockwise spinning tornado at the El Reno Airport, and it was indescribable, how the sky was boiling with an amazing orange, purple, and reddish gold fire but was not consumed and I fell to my knees because I knew that I was in the presence of God and He spoke to me and told me to take this faithfully bold step in my life, but I argued with Him long and hard, of why this idea of His was not going to work, then finally after several minutes I prevailed over Him and He left me alone with my victory.... such as it was."<BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/>This is a very different outlook. Is it not?<BR/><BR/>This outlook seems to make me far more culpable to my professed faith, than does the former teaching. With this outlook I see God through His witness. He has my attention because I expect His presence. When He speaks to me, I know, to whom I am answering. <BR/><BR/>And when I win, I know, oh... how I know, just how much I've lost. <BR/><BR/>God please don't let me prevail.<BR/><BR/> Just another witness for HIM,<BR/><BR/>DSMScott Starrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13830800584331515286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26269839.post-72339065178696136902007-09-02T13:11:00.000-05:002007-09-02T13:11:00.000-05:00good analogy!!good analogy!!Scott Starrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13830800584331515286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26269839.post-86065670501281992742007-09-02T13:10:00.000-05:002007-09-02T13:10:00.000-05:00(from the vault of Quantum Contemplations)DSM resp...(from the vault of Quantum Contemplations)<BR/><BR/>DSM responds:<BR/><BR/>I wonder if this is what happened at the "burning bush"? <BR/><BR/>I know that we in the Church feel like it's a sin of sacrilege to "diminish" the Lord's miracles. But, the way I see it, everything that we see in nature is a miracle. Therefore, who's to say that the bush didn't have one of those surreal colors that simply couldn't be described in any other way but to say that it burned but was not consumed. This is perceiving with Spiritual eyes. <BR/><BR/>This does not diminish the power of God, but rather it acknowledges His work in a different Spiritual way, and could be true of many of the natural miracles. <BR/><BR/>I would not say that God cannot act outside of the Laws of nature. But, the examples that we see daily, of God's work within nature, are enough to give pause to what we understand from scripture.<BR/><BR/>This point is all the more real when you attempt to teach your children about Jesus, God the Father, Holy Spirit, heaven, etc. You may remember the flannel boards that were used in the kids classes when we were growing up. The illustrations were very simple, but, that simplicity was demanded by the cognitive experience of the audience. The flannel depiction was not wrong, but, it was not actual either. It simply represented to we, the children, the greater truth that lay behind the representation on the board. <BR/><BR/>All that said, I think that the words of the Bible are God's use of a flannel board for adults.<BR/><BR/>Just, more hors d'oeuvres for contemplation.<BR/><BR/>DSMScott Starrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13830800584331515286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26269839.post-22495765325087823012007-09-02T13:07:00.000-05:002007-09-02T13:07:00.000-05:00>From: S. Starr> To: D.S. Martin> Subject: RE: Glo...>From: S. Starr<BR/>> To: D.S. Martin<BR/>> Subject: RE: Glory<BR/>> Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 14:02:49 -0500<BR/>><BR/>> Yeah....lke I said Mr. Badke does this topic right. I understand what you are saying here. With me I have quit trying to stifle it. I have tried to share the feeling and done a terrible job of it apparently. I cannot go back to the drab world of before..so its like being stuck between worlds..that short story I wrote "Raw Revelations.." is basically about this. I call it "the great rift".Scott Starrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13830800584331515286noreply@blogger.com