Re: --The Facts are in about Hveragerthi--

I think with Moreless and Hveragerthi, there are more similarities between them than meets the eye, in terms of positive qualities.

Not one of us are beyond being tested when it comes to discernment. You can take the outer approach or the inner one.
We can allow an organization or authority figure to tell us what to believe, & we don't really have to think for ourselves. When we let someone else tell us what is true, we don't have to make personal decisions about what is true. It's not only easier...it can also seem a lot safer.

Before accepting any of our current beliefs, we made a decision. Many of us have been brought up in a culture that conditioned us to accept a particular religious doctrine as true and infallible. Yet, somewhere in the past we had to make a decision to accept that claim, and we must continually make decisions to uphold our acceptance of that claim. Obviously there is no undeniable or absolute outer proof that a certain doctrine is true. Therefore, the acceptance of a certain doctrine is not a matter of an undeniable proof, it is a matter of a personal decision. That decision is inevitably affected by our current understanding. Typically, people cling to that which makes them comfortable. If we take the outer approach, we accept a certain doctrine and declare it infallible. So it follows that we'll never come to accept any understanding that is beyond the doctrine.

When we take the inner approach, we accept the fact that our current beliefs are not final, complete or infallible. We made a decision to accept our current beliefs, and that decision was based on our current_understanding. We can trust in God that we are following a systematic path that leads us towards a deeper understanding. As we move forward on that path, it is only natural that we'll receive a higher understanding, and this might cause a person to go beyond their current beliefs.

We have to continuously evaluate every bit of information that is given us, for some with a background in the sciences it's only natural that it must hold up to scientific rigor. For those of us without training or study it is more experiential, we apply what we've learned from others and maybe learn the science later, which is what I'm aiming to do now. We're all experimenters seeking a higher understanding and we'll recieve it I feel, if we're willing to go beyond our current beliefs.