Re: There is a lot of baggage in the word God
Hi Mia,
I always knew there was a loving God beyond the man made God since I was little child. I just new it. I was dragged down into believing God only loveg people who believed as I believed, looked like me, and spoke in my language... When I was baptized, while I was coming up out of the water, a light opened up over me and Spoke to me as angels cheered,,, and God said; "He is set aside." I didn't know then nor do I know today what I was set aside for since age 11, but the voice was so full of love that I should have followed it... but I was being indoctrinated into a faITH THAT offers one light but then takes it away... and replaces the light with darkness... saying God's love was an exclusive deal... That it was only for those just like me....
I hated Communists, Atheists, Homosexuals, Homeless people, Liberals, Catholics.... because God hated them too...or so I thought as I had forgotten my very brief moment with God...
but even before then I prayed to a God who loved me and everyone... but there were two sets of rules... God loved only those who loved God...
After my NDE, I saw that almost human had a soul, and God loved everyone with a soul because souls are made out of God... and I don't know if you are a parent but parents love their children even when their children don't love them... If I had a child who was an Atheist who didn't even know I existed... I might show them hell(this world) without the protection of the soul... but when it came time to bring a soul home... there would be an open door... We all of us decide if we want to come home when we die... Some of us choose right away to fall again....back into hell... and for some we slink away and get caught up planning to return to hell with help of our ancestors... plotting and scheming... for our escape from perfect love to hell again... But I hope above hope that I have made my last trip to hell... I am ready to move on to where time has lost its spell... I want to see my family and friends... but only in a world where my flesh does not burn...
I am not saying I believe in reincarnation per sey but we give a drop of our soul to those who are to come... I am saying... There is a greater place to go than time... In timelessness... and I will not return to a world where men die...