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  1. Lisa Sims

    Is killing inherently "evil"? And vegetarianism.

    Apparently our craving for meat, and excess food in general, stems from the fall of man (the choice to be independent rather than to seek One-ness with God.) The first parents, in their exalted state, were satisfied with fruits and vegetation because of the spiritual food they received from the...
  2. Lisa Sims

    The Division in Christianity

    Jesus throws more light on his trial and crucifixion and supplies additional truths about his birth "...And the same was true of the lancer, Coriginus, as he is called, who poked his lance into my heart to determine my death: he also became imbued with my teachings in the days that followed the...
  3. Lisa Sims

    The Return of Christ

    This is the true prayer that Jesus taught his disciples: The Prayer to the Father to Receive His Divine Love "Our Father in heaven, we recognize: That You Are–are all holy and loving and merciful, and that we are the children of Your care and not the subservient, sinful and depraved creatures...
  4. Lisa Sims

    These answers to the problem of evil are unsatisfactory to me

    You are right. The story of Adam and Eve (not their real names, and from a period much older than the Bible suggests) was taken from a story of creation pre-dating Moses and can be thought of as allegory but there actually was a great sin which resulted in what the Bible calls the "first death"...
  5. Lisa Sims

    These answers to the problem of evil are unsatisfactory to me

    Matthew 7:13-14 "Enter through the narrow gate for wide is the gate and broad the way leading to destruction, and many are those entering through it. For small is the gate and narrow the way leading to life, and few are those finding it." Jesus taught moral principles to the masses because he...
  6. Lisa Sims

    Religions answers to the suffering of innocents

    I appreciate your comment, M__ A little history on Jesus' Second Coming Message Series, 1914 to present: These Messages began coming in 1914, just before the beginning of the 1st World War. Jesus selected one James E. Padgett (1852-1923), an attorney, actually the Assistant District Attorney...
  7. Lisa Sims

    These answers to the problem of evil are unsatisfactory to me

    ...Also, we all have guardian spirits as well as spirit guides (if we're on a spiritual path) and they can help keep us out of trouble.
  8. Lisa Sims

    These answers to the problem of evil are unsatisfactory to me

    I agree with your answer. As far as your question as to what constitutes "the Innocents," I would probably include all children, all adults who have perfected their "natural love," or have been perfected in "Divine Love" to such an extent that if they passed over they would begin their ascent...
  9. Lisa Sims

    Religions answers to the suffering of innocents

    God the Great Soul has a habitation in a discreet location in the heavens and is not "all in all" as some say. The Emanations of God's Attributes do flow out to all the universes. He does not however, though he created us to receive it and desires for us to have it, put any of His Own Divine...
  10. Lisa Sims

    What role does prayer play in your life, if you are religious?

    I want to thank you all for your honest, thoughtful and revealing descriptions of your prayer life--so much diversity! I have read back through all of the posts several times and, even though we are of different faiths and believes, each time I do I feel a soul connection with each one of you...
  11. Lisa Sims

    Did Jesus Teach Freedom From Religious Law

    God through Jesus gave us an ELEVENTH Commandment which paves the way to the fulfillment of the first Ten Commandments. The 11th commandment heralds the next step in the evolution of man, a transformation (metamorphosis), toward divinity, which Jesus called a re-birth (born again, born from...
  12. Lisa Sims

    What role does prayer play in your life, if you are religious?

    I am curious about prayer habits and beliefs among the various religions as well as for individuals. How much time do you spend in prayer, if any? Do you have a technique or schedule? What benefits do you find that you gain from it, if any? What prayer guidance is given in religious texts that...
  13. Lisa Sims

    The Return of Christ

    Jesus himself discusses the influence of pagan myths (and Old Testament stories) on some of the miracles attributed to him in the Christian New Testament. While he asserts his abilities to heal the sick (including cases of apparent death) and cast out evil spirits, he denies changing water to...
  14. Lisa Sims

    Religions answers to the suffering of innocents

    Jesus in his Second Coming Message Series (1914-present) says that there is no spark of divinity in us until we pray and receive the inflow of Divine Love: “...It is the Divine Love that contains in itself the divine, which the natural love does not. Many, I know, write and believe that all...
  15. Lisa Sims

    Religions answers to the suffering of innocents

    God created souls in His own image. He endowed them with natural love and other attributes that are similar to some of His attributes. There is no spark of divinity in us. However, our souls were designed to be receptacles for God's Love if and when we decide to ask for it. It is like a new and...
  16. Lisa Sims

    Religions answers to the suffering of innocents

    I do not believe in reincarnation. I do believe God created souls in his own image (as God is the Great Soul and does not have a material body.) Each soul chooses their own Earth parents and the type of life they need to fulfill their own destiny. The Earth incarnation is a very tiny portion of...
  17. Lisa Sims

    Why Jews don't believe in Jesus

    This is a more true biography and mission statement of Jesus than that contained in the Christian New Testament and will solve some of the objections. It also explains his true mission which was to teach men to be "re-born" (or to essentially undergo metamorphosis) in the Father's Love (Divine...
  18. Lisa Sims

    Why Do You Reject Jesus?

    It's a good question. To me, the sheer volume and intelligently, reasonably expressed content of this message series is completely believable. The mediums have done years of "Divine Love" meditation before (reluctantly) beginning to receive messages from the most spiritually advanced spirit...
  19. Lisa Sims

    Why Do You Reject Jesus?

    Respectfully, Isaiah has not been idle, lo, these many centuries: “May you be blessed mightily with the great gift of the Father’s Love. I am Isaiah and I come to bring my light and my prayers added to yours, to draw the great blessings of G-d upon us and upon this world of yours, so in need of...
  20. Lisa Sims

    By the way -- if you claim to be a Christian...

    Jesus’ Good News of the re-bestowal of God's Gift of his Divine Love (Essence/Nature–withdrawn after the default of the first parents), agapē in the Greek New Testament, which he taught and demonstrated in his person as the re-birth (“born again,” “born from above,” “born of God”) into the...
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