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To Heal the Hurts: Misnomers of Religion Part 2
Religion and Science
"When religion, shorn of its superstitions, traditions, and unintelligent dogmas,
shows its conformity with science, then will there be a great unifying, cleansing force in the world
which will sweep before it all wars, disagreements, discords and struggles, and then will mankind be united..."
-- 'Abdu'l-Baha
Cry of our time: "NO Organized Religion Pu-lease !!"
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..."We may think of science as one wing and religion as the other; a bird needs two wings for flight..." | 
"Thee"s, "Thou"s & $%@#! O Those Wordy- Words!" The Great Teachers of the Faiths have seen their teachings last a thousand years & more ...Think of it... If You wanted something to last 1,000 years ( a period of time in which language will undergo radical changes), would you speak in the slang of the day? Or would you choose a more Classic toungue, perhaps Even one with a sense of grandeur for power, strength and feeling? Like any accent, it may at first sound strange, Yet We take the time to learn what matters: appreciation of certain kinds of music, or art; forgiving that first bitter taste of an alchoholic drink, studying physics or the workings of a computer or an automobile-- all these take time, acceptance & and willingness to learn the "lingo". The nuances of poetry or certain arts, writing styles & scholarly doctrines must be read with Knowing or "Heart"... Might we rise to this Challenge & be enriched, in Education and thought... These Writings have begun to "grow on" me :), becoming Poetic, expansive food that my soul has gratefully come to crave... To be Humble & Teachable, keeping with the Truth of who I am, Finite.. Fallible, & "Human", yet graced with the Power of Reason.... |
Science & Religion Must be in Harmony....
"Any religion that contradicts science,
or is opposed to it, is only ignorance..."
--Ab'dul Baha
"Reason is the first faculty, and the religion of God is in harmony with it. "*
"Science must be accepted. No one truth can contradict another truth. Light is good in whatever lamp it is burning!"*
"Be free from prejudice, so you will love the Sun of Truth from whatsoever point on the horizon it may arise!"*
"Weigh carefully in the balance of reason and science everything that is presented as religion.
If it passes this truth, accept it, for it is Truth. If, however, it does not, then reject it, for it is ignorance...."*
" God made religion and science to be the measure, as it were, of our understanding... Weigh all things in this balance." *
"...Religion which consists only of rites and ceremonies of predjudice is not the truth... Much of the discord and disunion of the world is created by (these) man- made oppositions and contradictions."*
"Religion and science walk hand in hand, and any religion contrary to science is not the truth... Reason is the discoverer of the realities of things, and that which conflicts with its conclusions is the product of human fancy and imagination." *
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Is God A Sexist?
In the rules of English, "he" is often meant
to include "she", but I feel the Rules should be changed.
‘Til then, I have to
live with a language shaped by men...
Will I let Human mis- application turn my face from truth?-- I will not!
Powerful woman I, No way can I let anything, big or small,
stay me from the great or monumental Gods that I and all the world must grasp.
Spirit speaks through no gender, or perhaps through all gender
I’ll do anything to hold close unto the Higher truth,
whether I change the gender readings or the speeches of the holy to keep for private knowing.
The Greater world seeks far beyond the worldly gender designations--
Our souls are male and female both at heart, so what concern this simple slight
to earthly womanhood and "mankind's" "manmade" grammar ?!
"He" to speak of God or Spirit now for me holds but little power or pain or felt transgression --
For my Soul knows Deeply this:
That
"God" or Goddess or "Source"-- and surely I myself, in Heart & Spirit..
Purely are sheer Essence: gender-free and genderless
Far greater than any "He" or "She" or It--
Grateful, I myself feel so much Freer from all that Gender is --
and freed from aggravation towards the gods or the religions,
Truly trusting Higher Voice, freed of Earthly bounds
All the answers are not yet mine, but I can trust they will be to come in proper time…
The Peace that knows my hurts are healed in wholeness, if only I allow it...
The Open Mind is our greatest
Healing
Herein is a beautiful garden
However little, or however much
our lives are touched
May all receive a measure of Peace...
…As for my Withholds, wants, fears, Opinions, etc., My
part is To be Humble & Teachable--
in keeping
with the Truth of who I am
Finite.. Fallible, & "Human", yet graced with the Power of Reason and hopefully
The open mind, trusting Spirit, and believing that there are healthy, reasonable Answers
to All my Questions & Withholds... /Top
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May you Continue your Healing Investigation into truth!
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Continue : To Heal the Hurts Part 2a/ 3 is about Shame, “Should”, Heaven, Hell, Religious Law, etc…
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Dear Friends,
I believe there is such a great & Wondrous Power
on this planet
that combines major forces of Spirit and unity,
melding diverse peoples as the "fingers of one
hand"
Showing forth amazing Miracles of
Unity in our time...
For nothing less than the Healing of our World...
Read more... Hope: A Growing Light in the World
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Much in these pages is inspired by the teachings of Baha'u'llah*, For more, click here
Baha'i Home: Bahai.org
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Is to Open the Hearts to Truth &
to the Great Possibilities & Great
Powers
That Can Be available to us With the Open Heart--
the
Worker of Miracles on earth
-- the Open Mind our greatest
Healing
Herein is a beautiful garden
However little, or however much
our lives are touched
May all receive a measure of Peace...
* The reading s on logic, science and religion are from the Faith of the Baha'i,
It is one of the fastest growing religions in the world; an independent faith that lays its own claim to Divine origins. Its teachings have inspired this work. As far back as the 1800's, these words of Baha'u'llah helped open the way for today's age of Reason
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