IndigoChild5559
Loving God and my neighbor as myself.
The God of Israel is not a man. The worship of Jesus is a problem for Jews. You are not going to make it less a problem for us by simply insisting you worship the God of Israel. Be well.
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Sacred and Profane
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Sheldon
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That unevidenced claim is going to be a problem for atheists, now how did you put it? "You are not going to make it less a problem for us by simply insisting you worship the God of Israel."
Oh atheists too...
My sentiments exactly.
To lessen the 'problem' for Jews was not my intent, only to clarify our form of worship. There is no Christian God. As for Jew and Christian the person of Jesus both unites and divides us.
IndigoChild5559
Loving God and my neighbor as myself.
I'm only going to say it one more time and then I'm going to drop the discussion. A man, whether it is Jesus, Caesar, or Joe Blow, is not the Jewish God. The fact that Christians worship Jesus DOES make it a problem when they say they worship the same God as the Jews.
Santa Teresa de Avila.
She is considered a profane saint because the line between mystical experience and sexual pleasure is too...fine.
She is considered a profane saint because the line between mystical experience and sexual pleasure is too...fine.
What happens when you are Catholic and you fall in love with a handsome priest?
You know...like Father Casey.
I am very serious. It is impossible to look at your spiritual guide as a guide and not as a man.
We are made of flesh, and flesh is weak.
Spiritual love, romantic love and physical attraction intertwine and melt into a powerful feeling.
Sacred and profane get mixed up when you fall in love with your priest.
I can understand all the women of his parish, who may have fallen in love with him. Who wouldnt?
You know...like Father Casey.
I am very serious. It is impossible to look at your spiritual guide as a guide and not as a man.
We are made of flesh, and flesh is weak.
Spiritual love, romantic love and physical attraction intertwine and melt into a powerful feeling.
Sacred and profane get mixed up when you fall in love with your priest.
I can understand all the women of his parish, who may have fallen in love with him. Who wouldnt?
exchemist
Veteran Member
Falling in love with someone who is unattainable is an extremely common experience, almost to the point of banality. Someone who is married, or in another relationship, like the priest in your example. Or just someone that does not feel the way about you that you do about them. It can happen in church, in the office, in sport, or just socially. You just have to recognise it, accept it and set your feelings to one side. If it's too painful to manage, avoid that person. As one of my brothers used to advise, in another context, "Don't let the little head do the thinking for big head."
As an adult, one has to manage one's feelings.
Falling in love with someone who is unattainable is an extremely common experience, almost to the point of banality. Someone who is married, or in another relationship, like the priest in your example. Or just someone that does not feel the way about you that you do about them. It can happen in church, in the office, in sport, or just socially. You just have to recognise it, accept it and set your feelings to one side. If it's too painful to manage, avoid that person. As one of my brothers used to advise, in another context, "Don't let the little head do the thinking for big head."
I think that it has little to do with the unattainability, though.
Because if he were not that handsome, I guess women would see him as a priest only, and not as a man.
His beauty is distracting.
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exchemist
Veteran Member
With an unattainable person, either one has to manage the distraction or, if it is too much, avoid that person. Being in love (if that is what you really mean) with someone you cannot have is painful. You have to do something that enables you to get over it or it can stunt your life.I think that it has little to do with the unattainability, though.
Because if he were not that handsome, I guess women would see as a priest only, and not as a man.
His beauty is distracting.