A new name, and an old question
It seems the older I become and the more wisdom I see, the more I find one thing is constant. That is the human ability to fail others. I have seen many efforts to spread success and motivation in such fiscal terms, but never had I found any reason to trust humans. This may lead you to believe that I have trust issues and my relationships are haunted by such apparitions. In fact, the opposite is true. I go into every interaction with a clean slate. I hold no preconceived notions and find that I am rarely taken off guard for doing so. With no prior conceptions of a person’s morality or code of ethics, I give them full undue trust. I take what they say for face value, and if what they say aligns with their behavior, then my trust will continue to be earned. I can see the flaws in my logic, since this way of proceeding only takes my perception into context, but as it is that two people can not perceive two occurrences in the exact same details, I leave this flaw swept under the rug. But, As a resonate my reasons for my statement, I can surmount to say, I have found no reason or proof that would lead me to believe in the good nature of human beings. More specifically, in their inability to act accountable or choose responsible decisions based on the situations they are presented. In conclude simply, I have too many people let me down throughout my life, that I am seeing the patterns arise before me and all I see are flawed humans wallowing that they are flawed. I for one, believe that mistakes are past tense, irreversible, and fully accountable to anyone effected,
BUT striving towards perfection and falling short of the prize, still places one high above all others who have become content with their given lot and chosen to not try for something better. For answers I turned to the much plugged source of guidance, the Bible. Recently I have been immersed in biblical scripture, it says seek and you shall find, well I have sought and this is what I’ve found. From a literary stand point I can see the progressive implications underlying the scriptures, especially in the new testament. Just as well, I see that the reasoning stops there.
The most common argument I hear is “The bible is written by man, and man has sinned making his works flawed. Therefore, the bible must be flawed.”
I dismiss this as poppycock and dribble from people who have yet to delve into the bible.
This is what I have found though, which perplexes me due to its poor translation in all the copies I have found. Basically, if you are ‘IN’ both Father God and Jesus Christ God, you will know much and be wise. The ambiguity arises, does ‘IN’ mean I have achieved salvation as in Romans 10:9-10 or does it mean in my acts. Will I find this Christ given knowledge if I lead a good life such as Christ has led and follow his examples and the commandments given to Moses? Is my salvation a prerequisite to attain wisdom and knowledge? If so, where in the holy book should I search? As of now, I have found no proof to conclude that wisdom is attained through salvation AND the convoluted state of being ‘IN’ the Father and Christ. And this being the case, I believe that men who have led noble lives, men I would stand beside and name them honorable and righteous, men such as these, I do believe gain wisdom through their trials and tribulations. Even if they have not yet read Romans 10:9-10. Also, I feel I have led an honorable life, I’m happy with the decisions I have made whether they have led me to joy or ruin, for I have gained wisdom, and will chance do such consequential things again. Colossians 2: 2-4, 8-10 “both of the Father and of Christ, 3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. 4 Now this I say lest anyone should deceive you with persuasive words.”…
The next issue I run into is the interpretation and translation of the bible resulting in sentences such as this. ”8 Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ. 9 For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; 10 and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.”
So is it good to follow the basic principles of the world, or is that comma a typo? Either way, the bible accounts man’s ways of being full of deceit and connecting it back to my first dilemma. Believing this to be the truth, in a completely theoretical sense, this implies ‘the philosophies of the world will fool you, thus is the way of man, thus is the basic structure of the world, and thus not appropriate of Christ.’ I consider the Bible and Christianity to be in part a tradition of man, we created the bible, the Ten Commandments were etched in stone by Moses, we created countries that allow us to believe the will of God due to the traditions and efforts of man. Therefore, are out efforts in vain, is the work of propagandating the bible across the globe not a cause of man’s traditions. AND NO, you cannot, say God did it. That God was the exception and his book, was made to outsell JK Rowlings because he had a 1000yr jump on her, and it’s obvious that therein is the proof that God is the big cheese in this equation. I’m sorry but I cannot believe what I hear from avid readers of scripture that adhere and believe, to a drone like degree, that
“The Bible must be true because the Bible says the Bible is true.”
Instead of resurrecting the Flying Spaghetti Monster for this one, I’ll make my own. Keep an eye at how the underlined words align with the previous quoteThus I say/scribe this statement,
“I, Midus, King of the Sea and All the Water-Dwelling Folk therein” must be true because “I, Midus, King of the Sea and All the Water-Dwelling Folk therein” says “I, Midus, King of the Sea and All the Water-Dwelling Folk therein” is true.
That really got butchered in an attempt to be humourous, a little translation
Because “I, Midus, King of the Sea and All the Water-Dwelling Folk therein” say that “I am Midus, King of the Sea and All the Water-Dwelling Folk therein” because “I, Midus, King of the Sea and All the Water-Dwelling Folk therein” say it is true.
That’s a little better, but that’s all from me. Signing out and going under,
Midus, King of the Sea,
And of all ye wee cute water habitating sea monkeys.
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