Comments on: My Daddy Can Whoop Your Daddy http://jeffrey-davis.net/blog/2007/03/01/my-daddy-can-whoop-your-daddy/ Rethinking reality as we know it Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:00:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: Jeffrey http://jeffrey-davis.net/blog/2007/03/01/my-daddy-can-whoop-your-daddy/#comment-741 Jeffrey Fri, 02 Mar 2007 20:14:17 +0000 http://jeffrey-davis.net/blog/2007/03/01/my-daddy-can-whoop-your-daddy/#comment-741 Welcome Linda, glad to have you. Interesting thoughts. Are you saying that a "system of belief" is inevitable and unavoidable regardless of whether or not a person aligns them self with a certain religion or sect? Maybe there is a fine line between a belief system (which we should probably define first) and belief in something itself. When I think of a system of belief I think of some dogma that is firm, standing, exclusive, and inflexible. I think of people who are closed-minded enough to say that they have it all figured out and their way is the best (or only) way. Maybe to simply BELIEVE something, i.e. God is Love, without constructing a rigid system around it is different...at least I hope it is. Thoughts? Welcome Linda, glad to have you. Interesting thoughts. Are you saying that a “system of belief” is inevitable and unavoidable regardless of whether or not a person aligns them self with a certain religion or sect?

Maybe there is a fine line between a belief system (which we should probably define first) and belief in something itself. When I think of a system of belief I think of some dogma that is firm, standing, exclusive, and inflexible. I think of people who are closed-minded enough to say that they have it all figured out and their way is the best (or only) way. Maybe to simply BELIEVE something, i.e. God is Love, without constructing a rigid system around it is different…at least I hope it is.

Thoughts?

]]> By: Linda http://jeffrey-davis.net/blog/2007/03/01/my-daddy-can-whoop-your-daddy/#comment-734 Linda Fri, 02 Mar 2007 14:08:42 +0000 http://jeffrey-davis.net/blog/2007/03/01/my-daddy-can-whoop-your-daddy/#comment-734 Is God a belief system? I would say no, but that our understanding of and relationship with God forms the basis of our own belief system. I know God as loving, forgiving, accepting, comforting, sheltering, providing for all our needs, and putting hope into our hearts. So, my belief system mirrors those traits. That is all I can strive to be - a reflection of God and Christ in the work I do everyday and the interactions I have with all people and creatures I encounter. Is God a belief system? I would say no, but that our understanding of and relationship with God forms the basis of our own belief system. I know God as loving, forgiving, accepting, comforting, sheltering, providing for all our needs, and putting hope into our hearts. So, my belief system mirrors those traits. That is all I can strive to be - a reflection of God and Christ in the work I do everyday and the interactions I have with all people and creatures I encounter.

]]> By: Jeffrey http://jeffrey-davis.net/blog/2007/03/01/my-daddy-can-whoop-your-daddy/#comment-730 Jeffrey Thu, 01 Mar 2007 22:01:07 +0000 http://jeffrey-davis.net/blog/2007/03/01/my-daddy-can-whoop-your-daddy/#comment-730 yeah, that's a tough one for me too Jim. I struggle with not feeling "more enlightened" as well. It's not that I want to be "right", but that this way (Love) is just sooooo much better than anything I've ever known, and I want others to experience that. Unfortunately, sometimes I transform that into some state of better-ness than another person may live in... yeah, that’s a tough one for me too Jim. I struggle with not feeling “more enlightened” as well. It’s not that I want to be “right”, but that this way (Love) is just sooooo much better than anything I’ve ever known, and I want others to experience that.

Unfortunately, sometimes I transform that into some state of better-ness than another person may live in…

]]> By: Nashville is Talking » Question of the Day http://jeffrey-davis.net/blog/2007/03/01/my-daddy-can-whoop-your-daddy/#comment-728 Nashville is Talking » Question of the Day Thu, 01 Mar 2007 17:46:55 +0000 http://jeffrey-davis.net/blog/2007/03/01/my-daddy-can-whoop-your-daddy/#comment-728 [...] “Do you think that ‘My Daddy can whoop your Daddy’ is the over-arching mantra of religion?” -Jeffrey Davis Spread It Around: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...] […] “Do you think that ‘My Daddy can whoop your Daddy’ is the over-arching mantra of religion?” -Jeffrey Davis Spread It Around: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. […]

]]> By: Jim http://jeffrey-davis.net/blog/2007/03/01/my-daddy-can-whoop-your-daddy/#comment-727 Jim Thu, 01 Mar 2007 14:50:33 +0000 http://jeffrey-davis.net/blog/2007/03/01/my-daddy-can-whoop-your-daddy/#comment-727 the other way this is working out in me is learning not to judge people, meaning quit assuming i am in a "better" and "more enlightened" place and need to help others "progress" to where i am. aren't we all aready in every moment in the perfect place - enveloped by the love of God. and perhaps we all right now are in the place we need to be to grow in our awareness of this. that doesn't mean we don't encourage and help one another along. but maybe we act/speak in love and let the chips fall where they may rather than trying to steer/control the process for others because we assume they need to be where we are. the other way this is working out in me is learning not to judge people, meaning quit assuming i am in a “better” and “more enlightened” place and need to help others “progress” to where i am. aren’t we all aready in every moment in the perfect place - enveloped by the love of God. and perhaps we all right now are in the place we need to be to grow in our awareness of this. that doesn’t mean we don’t encourage and help one another along. but maybe we act/speak in love and let the chips fall where they may rather than trying to steer/control the process for others because we assume they need to be where we are.

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