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  1. Hermit Philosopher

    Have you ever encountered a ghost of a human that didn't want to cross over because they feared God's judgment?This if for all the ghost hunters.:)

    I think it’s more common for people to describe them as “stuck” between realms because of being unable to let go of their individual perception, their ego, their worldly conditions and attachments. It is not possible to “go back to source” or “reunite with ‘loved ones’ ” or “rest in peace” or...
  2. Hermit Philosopher

    Have you ever encountered a ghost of a human that didn't want to cross over because they feared God's judgment?This if for all the ghost hunters.:)

    You’re right, sorry. You used “conversation with”. Humbly, Hermit
  3. Hermit Philosopher

    Have you ever encountered a ghost of a human that didn't want to cross over because they feared God's judgment?This if for all the ghost hunters.:)

    I am non of those either but “ghost seeker” seems an interesting term to me; why not. I know that there are many who say that they “speak” with ghosts …angels …gods …demons, etc. and, though I would not like to dismiss their experiences (it is not my place to do so in my opinion), I do often...
  4. Hermit Philosopher

    What is the role of the Spirit of God (The Holy Spirit) in Trinitarianism?

    Putting Divine [God’s] Will into words is always tricky, because human language is both limited and limiting, but one way of phrasing it could be that Divine Will is the will to “understand” the experience of the Word.
  5. Hermit Philosopher

    What is the role of the Spirit of God (The Holy Spirit) in Trinitarianism?

    No, the Holy Spirit is of course not confined to the examples I gave. I apologise if that’s how my examples came across. But I do not see contradiction between my comment and Job 33:4 and Isaiah 11:2. On the contrary; I’d say that my view harmonises with the verses. Humbly, Hermit
  6. Hermit Philosopher

    The Consent Argument Is No Argument

    Wow. In a bad way.
  7. Hermit Philosopher

    What is the role of the Spirit of God (The Holy Spirit) in Trinitarianism?

    The role of the Holy Spirit is to bring Divine inspiration into that which is manifested/incarnated. It is from the Holy Spirit that such things as below (and the mind-frame to recognise them with) are received: • Divine experiences • Divine perspective • Insights into Divine Will • Callings...
  8. Hermit Philosopher

    What is the role of the Spirit of God (The Holy Spirit) in Trinitarianism?

    God is Father and Son and Holy Spirit Father and Son and Holy Spirit are in God Father is not son, not spirit, not god Son is not father, not spirit, not god Holy Spirit is not father, not son, not god God is not in Man; Man is in God Humbly, Hermit
  9. Hermit Philosopher

    Have you ever been seriously harmed by reading a book?

    I cannot think of a book or story that I’ve directly and seriously been harmed by. But indirectly, people are harmed by books/stories all the time. Any book that insights hatred for someone, has the potential to indirectly harm that person via the perspectives and actions of others. Also...
  10. Hermit Philosopher

    Is Belief (or Lack Thereof) a Choice?

    Good. So, we can have thoughts that we don’t believe in and it would not be accurate to call those thoughts “beliefs”. But can we have beliefs that are not also thoughts? Even belief-systems are made up of “thoughts” (that we believe in). Humbly, Hermit
  11. Hermit Philosopher

    Is Belief (or Lack Thereof) a Choice?

    Good question! In English, for example, we distinguish slightly between saying “I believe” and saying “I think”. Yet, some languages have only one word for both [“believing” and “thinking”]. We know that though thought happens automatically, we can change our way of thinking; not only by...
  12. Hermit Philosopher

    Mystic Induction

    I don’t know this for a fact but, intuitively, I believe it would be quite difficult. Even if we by means of suggestion during successful hypnosis, induced the experience of emptiness, of being free from self and seamlessly united with everythingness; when we’d introduce concepts as those...
  13. Hermit Philosopher

    ‘Jesus was WITH GOD’ therefore Jesus WAS GOD?

    Above, we read you asking me if I can expand on my comment about why Jesus is not God, despite God being Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. To that request, I reply that I am happy to try to expand on it but, that in order to do so in a manner that may make more sense to you, it would help if I knew...
  14. Hermit Philosopher

    ‘Jesus was WITH GOD’ therefore Jesus WAS GOD?

    No, you misunderstood what I was asking for. But that’s okay. No problem. Humbly, Hermit
  15. Hermit Philosopher

    ‘Jesus was WITH GOD’ therefore Jesus WAS GOD?

    Pardon, I don’t think I follow. Did you per chance accidentally respond to someone else’s comment here? I’m the one you asked for an elaboration from, on why I believe it not quite right to say that Jesus is God. Humbly, Hermit
  16. Hermit Philosopher

    Do you forgive (the Abrahamic) God?

    Do you from time to time ask yourself what impact your anger towards the god you believe in, has on you, Xavier? How does that anger affect your actions and your outlook on what is before you? Humbly, Hermit
  17. Hermit Philosopher

    ‘Jesus was WITH GOD’ therefore Jesus WAS GOD?

    I don’t know your background so it will be difficult to choose words and parables that make sense to you, but I can try. May I first ask what age you are roughly, which country you grew up in, and what line of work you are in or what your schooling is? Just to give me an idea of which concepts...
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    ‘Jesus was WITH GOD’ therefore Jesus WAS GOD?

    Apparently, not a so short debate. I’d say that it is not quite right to think of Jesus as God, because Jesus posses the perspective of the Son, whiles God has the overall outlook of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. God, if you will, is the “full picture” perspective. Humbly, Hermit
  19. Hermit Philosopher

    Conscious Universe

    Yes. And different religions have different terms for this consciousness, use different parables to explain our relation to it and reach different conclusions about how best to live accordingly. Christian scripture, for instance, says that Man is in God and exists in God’s image. In context...
  20. Hermit Philosopher

    A Christians Duty and Financial Gains

    There are no material comforts in Heaven. But Heaven [in Christianity] is not a material state so luckily, that makes no difference [to Christians]. Humbly, Hermit
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