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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	Those are some really good questions there, argo. Are they for personal research or for a group or just because you were bored at work and decided to ask some theological questions? Well, whatever the reason, I'll try to answer you as best as I can: Many people use religious beliefs, as Webshamman stated, to answer the questions of purpose in life. Others use it to direct morals and codes of conduct. Some people use it for comfort. Others for greed and control. Personally I think I'm one of those who explored "religion" in search of truth. Unfortunately there's a ton of tradition, mystery, and foreign vocabulary in the way of truth. So it does get a bit disappointing sometimes. However, it is cool being able to work through it with the one who created it... About revelations...are these special revelations about universal truths or about personal truths? The one I accept and embrace, the other I am leery about. Personal revelations are both wonderful and exciting. They are the "ah ha!" points in a person's life. Points where God shows them something to do, or points them in a direction that seems like a breath of fresh air in contrast to where they had been. I personally have had several of these "ah ha!" moments, and pray for more in this life to come. I have also seen many others who get those moments, and I'm not worried about it at all. As for universal truths...those can be tricky. When a person says that they have been given a special "revelation from God." Personally I'm under the impression that God doesn't change. I could be wrong, but if I were I doubt I would still be sitting in my chair. I would be floating since He decided to change the laws of gravity and physics. So if He doesn't change, if He doesn't mess up what He has already set forth, then the "special revelation" should fit into what has already been deemed as revelation. If God doesn't change from one point to the next, then His revelations shouldn't be contradicting or changing each other. I hope these thoughts from Gideon has helped your religion search. "For reason is a property of God's...moreover, there is nothing He does not wish to be investigated and understood by reason." ~Tertullian [i]de paenitentia[/i] Carthaginian Historian 2nd century AD Loading...
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