tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27292086.post5664838938561129181..comments2023-10-21T04:20:20.452-04:00Comments on iAm(A)ga(Y)te-keeper is SEXUALITY, LOVE, LIFE...: ¿WHAT MANNER OF FAITH?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14948903601663342276noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27292086.post-38762085713081357802009-09-10T10:54:36.594-04:002009-09-10T10:54:36.594-04:00As best one can, I suppose. I have to confess I a...As best one can, I suppose. I have to confess I am not really big on faith, 'cause I am not really big on belief. Faith and belief are intertwined and extend beyond intellect, which is why I have such a problem. <br /><br />I understand them but to OWN them you have to travel beyond intellect to intuition.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637348814580923399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27292086.post-12300817054789237782009-09-09T10:03:06.025-04:002009-09-09T10:03:06.025-04:00THOMAS - HOW DOES ONE DEAL WITH THIS MONSTER?THOMAS - HOW DOES ONE DEAL WITH THIS MONSTER?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14948903601663342276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27292086.post-6487319479919736892009-09-08T21:52:34.397-04:002009-09-08T21:52:34.397-04:00Faith is such a monster because people really do n...Faith is such a monster because people really do not understand it by its very definition. "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." Hebrews 11 talks about faith. <br /><br />It was faith that allowed the woman in Matthew 9 to understand that if she but TOUCHED the hem of Jesus' garment she would be healed. It was the same with the Centurion in Matthew 8. They KNEW that Jesus could heal them without any questions or reservation.<br /><br />That is Faith, no questions or reservations, no doubt or hesitancy. Jesus constantly chided his disciples with "oh, ye of little faith." It supercedes intellect and reason and touches on something universal, Spirit. Most of do not have contact with Spirit so we do not understand the essential nature of faith. Without a relation or connection with Spirit we cannot access faith. Though Jesus' disciples walked and talked with him, only John, the Beloved, truly understood him.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637348814580923399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27292086.post-4077692385528219172009-09-07T13:15:50.119-04:002009-09-07T13:15:50.119-04:00MISS SHALLOTTE - I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE TA...MISS SHALLOTTE - I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT FAITH EITHER, BUT THIS IS WHERE THEY ARE SO I WANTED CLARIFICATION....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14948903601663342276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27292086.post-37584871798513333552009-09-07T04:03:04.759-04:002009-09-07T04:03:04.759-04:00I don't think we should even be talking about ...I don't think we should even be talking about faith, if it's in reference to another human being. The word 'faith' sounds so misplaced in such a situation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27292086.post-54583409342173724032009-09-07T01:18:29.853-04:002009-09-07T01:18:29.853-04:00What you are talking about here is faith in a man,...What you are talking about here is faith in a man, it has nothing to do with God and that's pretty dangerous if you ask me.<br /><br />But I think people who blindly follow what a man like them tells them, are the ones with lack of knowledge, and those are the ones more likely to be bound by fear. <br /><br />I think true faith (in God) has nothing to do with fear. The two cannot go hand in hand. Faith does not equal stupidity. Faith goes hand in hand with knowledge and understanding. There is nothing to fear there. IT IS CONSCIOUS LIVING. So I would disagree with the statement: "When you practice faith instead of conscious living, you live under a cloak of fear".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com