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  1. Luke Morningstar

    Help me find a religion

    Why is this evil spirit allowed to do this? Is evil a natural force? Does that mean certain things are evil and must be destroyed? That's a tricky path to label things as good and evil. What if you disagree with someone? Does that make them evil? Be careful with personifying evil into beings...
  2. Luke Morningstar

    Beginning to grow Disillusioned

    If you are looking for an answer, you will not find one outside. Everything about us is an illusion. Our words, our ideas. They may lead us somewhere, but they are not answers. No religion is an answer. They all lead us somewhere. It is entirely in your power to choose where you are being...
  3. Luke Morningstar

    Lost Years of Jesus

    This is my favorite story. I love the idea that "Christ" came from Indian "Krishna" instead of Greek "annointed one." Or even the idea that Buddha was called anointed, and the term landed in Jerusalem 500 years later. It creates a poetic bridge between two seemingly different cultures and...
  4. Luke Morningstar

    Is hell too harsh?

    The same two choices. Expand, open yourself to love and compassion and reason, expand outward towards heaven. Or contract, restrict ourselves, close our minds, build barriers, close connection, hoard ideas, shrinking every smaller, inward, and into hell. I've been there, it's horrible. I...
  5. Luke Morningstar

    Tell Me About Your God...

    She is everything. Everything we can see, and especially, everything we can't see, we don't know, and haven't discovered yet. God has no gender, but I call her female because she was first and she creates. If I'm going to pretend she's a person, I'm going to pretend she's female, just like the...
  6. Luke Morningstar

    The "I'm humble to be straight" thread

    I am straight and extremely humble. Even though I have the choice not to struggle with my sexual identity, I make an effort to struggle with it so that I can join my fellow human beings in their struggles and hope, one day, to have a glimmer of understanding of how hard it must be to be...
  7. Luke Morningstar

    The I'm proud to be straight thread

    Well, when your entire culture tells you that you are different, people find that they need to remind themselves that their identity is not something to be ashamed of, but something to be proud of, something that is a part of them to be embraced. It's not just a preference, it's a way to...
  8. Luke Morningstar

    God's gift to mankind: The Ability of Nouns and Taxonomy

    This fits in with my way of looking at it too. Language is what separates us from everything else (including each other more often than not), but especially the non-human world. Are dolphins intelligent? Are sheep? Are octopodes? Are the signals that SETI receives? We have no idea, unless we...
  9. Luke Morningstar

    A possibly offensive question for anybody worshiping Jesus.

    Actually, you can consider that Jesus was never born. There's some evidence that points to that. All the earliest writings of the messiah Yeshua focus on the crucifixion. This was a hot punishment in Judea because it was a distinctly Roman punishment. And for centuries, they tried to get Rome...
  10. Luke Morningstar

    How did it all begin?

    Sorry, Storm. robo is on the right track. You're playing with semantics. When do you start making a cake? Is it when you buy the ingredients, when you combine the ingredients, or when you put it in the oven? Maybe it's before all of that, when you first start learning how to bake. Does your...
  11. Luke Morningstar

    How did it all begin?

    Hey, I'm doing this too! How far back do you want to go? If you're thinking this observable universe, then you can start with the big bang, and turn the current objective understanding into metaphor. If you want to go before that, well, good luck. All I remember is infinite wholeness. There...
  12. Luke Morningstar

    Why I admire Christianity with my heart and soul and yet not become a Christian?

    I like your style.
  13. Luke Morningstar

    In some places in religions, animals are not treated as highly.

    If you want to follow a holy book to the letter instead of to the spirit, make sure you are looking for the most compassionate interpretations. "rule" is commonly presented as "dominion." And dominion doesn't mean the unchallenged mastery over, but responsibility for the protection and care...
  14. Luke Morningstar

    Different religions

    Why do we have different languages? Do they refer to the same ideas? Why do we have different clothes? Do they cover the same nakedness? Why do we have different names? Do they cover the same mind? Why do we have different nations? Do they seek the same desire for unity? Why do we have...
  15. Luke Morningstar

    Where the hell is hell?

    Yes, pretty much. We say hell is down and heaven is up, what does that mean on a globe? Or in space, where there is no up or down? The universe is expanding, and in that image, heaven is the direction of that expansion. That's also how you can "up" on a globe. An expanding bubble. It's...
  16. Luke Morningstar

    Which Choice Best Describes Your Faith (or lack thereof)?

    Other: all of the above.
  17. Luke Morningstar

    Seeker Storyteller

    Usually mythological realist mixed with my own compassion and reason focused devotion. Things like a blue collar dragon and his human buddy at a bar philosophizing about marriage. Or a poem seeking a response from God. Sometimes I can't tell if I'm writing non-fiction or fiction, until I...
  18. Luke Morningstar

    Seeker Storyteller

    I'm Luke, I live in the western USA. I've tried the variety and instead of picking a favorite, I picked them all. I just like stories about truth wrapped in pretty lies. I think each person chooses their own path, but that doesn't mean we can't keep in touch and tell each other our stories...
  19. Luke Morningstar

    Does it matter if the Devi/Devas are real?

    I myself debate what are Gods every day. In one conversation, Gods might be the compassion in my heart. In another, Gods might be the unknown force that began the observable universe. In another, God might be a trickster getting into nothing but trouble. Whether I call them God, gods, devas...
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