Physical and spiritual in harmony

“Bev said- 'Physical and spiritual in harmony'..

Yes, Ben Cross in Chariots of Fire sat sulking after being beaten in a race for the first time ever by a few feet.
Then up comes coach Ian Holm and says "I can give you another two yards"..
The rest is history, under Holms expert coaching, Cross goes on to win an Olympic gold.
Likewise Jesus is the coach we all need..:)
"Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize" (1 Cor 9:24)
People who don't tap into The Force are therefore 'empty' people, mean-spirited, neurotic, humourless, like wagons without springs jolted by every pebble on the road..”

“Oh CharlieBob, we don't want to go through all that again, do we? If that's want you want to believe then that's fine by me. Hope you get better soon...”

“Jesus was no cooked-up myth, he was seen by thousands of eyewitnesses including the roman army garrison..:)
The SETI Project (Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence) has been scanning the stars for alien life, and other investigators constantly search for evidence of alien visitation on earth, maybe they should also look in the bible for clues ..:)
Jesus said "You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world...i'll tell you things hidden since the creation of the world" (John 8:23, Matt 13:35)
But he knew many peoples primitive stone age mentality would condemn them to a life of ignorance-
"You hardly believe me when I tell you earthly things,so how would you believe me if I told you heavenly things?" (John 3:12)”

“That's all you'll get from the religious. They have nothing but a bronze-age book of collected short stories to rely on. But if they get solace from it then who are we to discourage it?
They say it gives them hope but the only hope I want is in the here and now. A lottery win would do quite nicely. :-)”

“That's my understanding too, blogtodi. I was curious to hear what people who do believe in God thought on the matter - but, since all I'm getting is the usual barrage of evasive Bible-bashing mixed with sci-fi twaddle from the resident troll, I guess I'll have to take a raincheck on it.”

“@Nevman - You know when you hear a certain piece of music that stirs your heart, or watch a film that makes you want to weep? Well to me, that's spiritual. That's something that is hitting the inner soul with something its tuned to react to. Nothing external, nothing magical.
Religion deliberately confuses spirituality with God; that's their choice. A lot of people find it easy to ascribe these feelings to a divine being but it's nothing more than innate conciousness.

God doesn't do anything for me but he does a lot for a lot of people. They may be psychotic but I think these days they are harmless; at least in this country.

You know why God allows disabilities, Nevman. It's because he doesn't really exist. It's like blaming the tooth fairy for not leaving money under the pillow.”

“..Nevman said- 'you only parrot irrelevant pickings from your Bumper Book O' Bible Quotes to score points'..

I said reality is an illusion, and Einstein said the same thing, or don't you believe scientists? This is the 21st century and stone age thinking has no place here..;)
And as I also said, this illusion we call 'reality' is easily disturbed by bad vibes which trigger earthquakes and tsunamis and birth defects etc, it's not rocket science-
"From the west they acclaim the Lords's majesty. Therefore in the east give glory to the Lord, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea.
The floodgates of the heavens are opened, the foundations of the earth shake. The earth is broken up, the earth is split asunder, the earth is thoroughly shaken. The earth reels like a drunkard, it sways like a hut in the wind, so heavy upon it is the guilt of its rebellion" (Isaiah ch 24)”

“..Bev said-'It is very rare for any of us to achieve anything entirely alone..Call it Presence or Great Spirit or Cosmic Love, if you feel the word "God" has too much baggage'..
Yes, here's another way of putting it-
"The Force surrounds us and penetrates us. It binds the galaxy together, use the Force, Luke"- Obi Wan Ken-obi
"A Jedi's strength flows from the Force, you must feel the Force around you"- Jedi Master Yoda
Darth Vader said of Luke Skywalker "The Force is strong in this one", and again we can draw paralells with Jesus, buzzing with power-
"After Jesus spent the night in prayer,everybody tried to touch him because power was coming from him" (Luke 6:12-19)
Jesus said - "Someone touched me, I know that power has gone out from me." (Luke 8:46)
We too can 'touch' him, just mumbling the words "Jesus remember me" whenever we're feeling tired, lonely, fed up will 'log us on" to him and we'll get a power download..:)”

“I wasn't talking to you, CharlieBob, because I know you only parrot irrelevant pickings from your Bumper Book O' Bible Quotes to score points in your silly game whilst ducking the serious questions you can't answer - like this one.

Your vibes are clearly bent out of shape, but here on Planet Reality people are born with lifelong disabling conditions, which puts the whole 'loving god' concept in some doubt. Sensible answers only, please.”

“..Nevman said-'My expectation is that the question of why some disabilities are apparently inflicted upon the unborn by a deity which is supposed to be the epitome of love deserves to be answered, not evaded'..

Jesus bent this fragile illusion we call 'reality' in a positive way to produce miracles.
Likewise all the bad vibes out there from atheists and skeptics and unbelievers bend reality in a BAD way to trigger famine/flood/earthquakes/birth defects etc.
For example I was born almost blind in one eye, thanks guys.
Remember how Jesus had to kick the scoffers and their bad vibes out of the room before he could bring that little girl back to life? There ya go..:)
"He went in and said to them, "Why all this commotion and wailing? The child is not dead but asleep.But they laughed at him. After he put them all out, he took the child's father and mother and the disciples who were with him, and went in where the child was.." (Mark 5:39+)”