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  1. Luke Morningstar

    Pan

    The first question is very subjective. I think there's a clear common understanding in theology and divinity of all-is-god, a oneness with everything, and embracing everything. But there are very popular religious groups who make money from teaching different interpretations. I can speak from...
  2. Luke Morningstar

    We call it gut feeling or instinct; it's not, it's the devas at work (really long)

    You had me at the title. I recently came to understand that emotions, all emotions, are messages from Gods. We can learn from them, and grow and heal, or we can reject them and create injustice and disaster. Gut feeling is the working of emotion (of the body) and mind (of the Self) in harmony...
  3. Luke Morningstar

    believe it or not

    It's cool with me. But if you want to know why you do it, just ask me. I can point you in the direction to figure it out. It's pretty awesome people able to decide when you virtually kick the poop out of people, and when you roll with their punches so you can find out how they fight and why...
  4. Luke Morningstar

    Depression

    Dude, what? Why are you getting all dogmatic, deciding what's good, what's bad, what's pathetic, what's lazy. I'll tell you why it's awesome for me. I suffered from depression for over two decades of my life. Maybe you could tackle yours without help from anyone or anything but your path, but I...
  5. Luke Morningstar

    Are You Hedonistic?

    You can develop and be hedonistic. It just depends, do you stop worship yourself and start worshiping your experiences? There's much more to learn why and how you pursue pleasure, and what it gives to you, than the pleasure of the act itself. It's all about triggering the emotions that end...
  6. Luke Morningstar

    Belief in the Trinity

    I voted no, because I don't follow Church doctrine. A relationship with Jesus is constantly evolving from nation to nation, generation to generation, day to day. We can't map Eternity. However, the Trinity is a perfectly fine way to look at things. Personally it's too limited. God is so much...
  7. Luke Morningstar

    Indian American threatened for not behaving according to hindu norms.

    Maybe. I'm uncomfortable with the idea of exclusive religions. We should be moving together, not apart. Especially with the people who most need love and compassion. I think the best way to check them is to find a way to embrace them and heal them. That might mean helping them get medical help...
  8. Luke Morningstar

    Indian American threatened for not behaving according to hindu norms.

    Man, if you expect me to explain feminism and sexism to you, you're in for disappointment. Do you know her? Is she your lover? Did she ask for your opinion? Did she tell you that she considers being called "cute" a high form of respect? No? So then, you don't respect her enough to have a...
  9. Luke Morningstar

    Is Islam "untrue"?

    Under those terms, I think it's untrue. Islam is not a book. It is not words. It is the submission to God's plan to bring peace and compassion and healing into the world. Books are imperfect. Words are imperfect. Even if Arabic is the best language for God's message, it is still limited...
  10. Luke Morningstar

    why can't we have a relationship with other men?

    Not any religion I know. In America there are a lot of people who claim that is religion, but I don't accept they are following religion. They are following a political ideaology. Religion is a practice of faith and compassion. They might be religious most days, but those times when they tell...
  11. Luke Morningstar

    Truth in religion?

    Because humans are divine. Because our path might be too the divine, and God wants to make sure that we can solve a puzzle too complex for Her to solve, and that is how we reach God. I'm not sure divinity can be taught human to human. I've been helped by other humans, but those huge...
  12. Luke Morningstar

    Religion and Lore: What started it...

    It's a mix of imagination and perception. When the first signs of definite religion appear in cave paintings and carvings, those people were exactly as evolved as we are today. Just as intelligent and capable of processing the same levels of information. Take away traffic, cities, and pretty...
  13. Luke Morningstar

    i know where the church is if i need it

    If your door is closed to strangers, maybe you might want to see what happens when you open up and pretend that a stranger with the audacity to ring your security phone isn't trying to ruin your day, but is just trying to get through his. I know. Kinda like people who are certain that they...
  14. Luke Morningstar

    Indian American threatened for not behaving according to hindu norms.

    I think you are right to put more blame on the follower than the organization, although ISKCON does not have the cleanest of hands. They definitely don't support violence, but they support a dualistic world view in a way that encourages conflict and division. They remind me of some of America's...
  15. Luke Morningstar

    Death of loved one

    By seeing that there is an afterlife. I mean, I tell stories. If I tell positive stories of loved ones, I will strengthen or create positive memories. If I tell hurtful stories, I might strengthen bitterness and hatred. Some people need one, some need the other, and it can be the same person...
  16. Luke Morningstar

    God Bless You

    I try to follow Jesus' two commandments. I pray in private. I witness by challenging people to be compassionate with me, and forgiving them when they fail to do so in return. I do not believe that church or the bible are the most important things for faith, but they can be helpful. CS Lewis...
  17. Luke Morningstar

    The New Message from God

    I can vouch for that. I don't even have close to 9,000 pages, but it is a pretty brutal process at times. I hope he's doing well after all that. If God is everywhere and everything, then even shattered pieces are parts of the Great Puzzle. The problem isn't the source, usually. It's...
  18. Luke Morningstar

    Godless Religions?

    Tantric (left-hand) Hinduism often takes the position that there are no gods, just stories that help us see the divinity within us. Although that, along with things like shamanism, can get murky. If everything is a God, and there's nothing to do except figure out your own path, then is that...
  19. Luke Morningstar

    why does a religion have to be ancient for people to follow it?

    All religions are new at every moment. Christianity in America now is unlike it in past centuries, and very much unlike it in the 2nd and 3rd centuries. The history doesn't matter to me. But it matters to most people because there is safety in numbers. If you worship Gary the Deathbringer...
  20. Luke Morningstar

    What would the agnostic look for in a God

    One who makes me find my own answers.
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