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"I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them."-Isaiah 42:16
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oh my god !!!!!!!! i love it !!! very very very !! it so special , so beautiful !! very love !
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Haha, thanx a lot, and thanx for the fav
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wow. photo has a climate! congratulations
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Thanks 
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man! I love it! any chance of uploading it bigger? I would like you use it as screensaver, well if that's ok with you of course
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Hey, thanx ^_^ of course it's ok. i just made it bigger. if it still needs to be bigger just let me know
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Wow, I really enjoyed reading all that as a Christian myself. x3
Wasn't really expecting anything but to find an Image, and Vuala, Here it is.
Also, as for Going to Church...
A Church isn't just a Building. It is where 2 or more are gathered in his Name, there I am in the Mist of them.
I don't know what scripture that is, but i do know it is in the Bible. ^^
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awesome. looks pretty scary. the biblical passage really associates with the picture.
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Thabks! haha, yeah, i guess it is. thanks, i want my work to start going in that direction of passages with a visual
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that's a pretty nice idea. Im currently reading the Bible because my studies refer to it so often (reading critical authors like RWE Emerson and the like)
As you probably know better than me, The Old Testament is pretty dark and brutal while the New Testament is thought to bring some light in it; that might serve lots of pictures. Good luck with that!
btw, are you a Bible-believing Christian, so as to believe that the Bible is the holy word of God and therefore, without reinterpretation, stands for the absolute truth?
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Yeah, the Old Testament was pretty brutal because the people were lost in their sins because of self-will, they lost their fellowship with God, and saw the anger of God. But since God loved us so much, instead of abandoning us He sent his only son Jesus to earth to give witness to the truth to recreate our connection with God so we can know Him personally and have eternal life. The New Testament brings some light because through Jesus we see the love of God. Even though we were sinners, He longs for us to turn towards Him because he created us and loves us. Almost like how a mother or father can get anger at their child but still love them. It's the same for God and us except greater because it's truely uncoditional.For me it's amazing to know that God will forgive us of any sin and when ever we mess up or need help He's right there waiting for us to turn towards Him.
Thanks a lot.there's definitely a lot to make many pictures
I am a Bible-believing Christian. I don't believe the the whole Bible is to be taken for the literal meaning, but I do believe it is the holy word of God and the absolute truth.
I'm sorry for the rant, it's just a topic I'm very passonate about. I wish you good luck with your studies and your travels through the Bible
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thanks for your answer! I really like talking about that topic. I think, if people do believe in the Bible as the holy word of God, then it is important to reinterpret it from an accurate point of view. And as you and others do it, not to take each and every word literally.
the only thing I am pretty insecure about is that most religious people talk about religious experience. I lead a happy, quiet life, enjoy health, nice family and friends, I am particulary passionate about the beauty in nature (as most of us photographers are) and I am thankfull for everything positive in my life. of course, life has not always been easy, I had to see a good friend of mine die with 16 years and other things. But I can not say that I have experienced faith thoughout my 21 years lifetime. If I will ever feel the presence of an almighty, unerring higher being, then through the interaction of human relationships or perhaps, perceiving it in nature.
I'm ending my post with a quotation from Ralph Waldo Emerson which elegantly illustrates my discontent:
"God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose. Take which you please; you can never have both" (taken from his essay "Intellect")
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oh and prayer like i said for myself isn't the only way to stengthen faith, but also by reading the Bible, going to church, and talking with believers ...God can really reveal himself through these things ^_^
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no problem! what do you mean by reinterpret it from an accurate point of view? do you mean the Bible needs to be explain in an easy way to understand whether it be by a pastor, priest, or someone Bible literate? The Bible can be very confusing and I think we need the help of others to understand it fully, but i think for believers, what i mention before is the most important thing to know and believe in your heart.
Hey man I know what you mean, haha. I've heard people tell me about their religious experiences,and i've never had any myself. I lead a life similar to yours and of course no has a perfect life. we all are going to go through tough times one time or another. But you know what? I experience faith everyday. it's simply a full hearted trust that God is there for you. If you've excepted Him and his son Jesus into your life and have given Him your life to control then He promises to save us and prosper us. Of course as humans we always fail, but God looks at our hearts. He knows what we truely believe, and I feel that's what's most important. not having a religious experience or knowing the Bible front to back (though it's not a bad thing to study the Bible). I've excepted Jesus as my savior and believe there is an almighty God, and I want to serve him the best I can. sometimes I'm afraid and don't know where I'm going and feel like i'm failing, but I trust that God sees my heart and that's what my faith is. And though I haven't had a religious experience, I believe the positive things in my life are blessings from God. I believe it was Him who saved me in my car accident, who gave me a loving family and an amazing girlfriend, who gave me a healthy body, and who placed me in a peaceful town. And also,I believe faith isn't something you have to experience, rather it's a believing without seeing. sometimes it's scary because as humans we're so much about visual and feelings and when though times come we wonder where God is, but that's just what faith is, still believeing in our hearts that God is there for us despite this.....well at least this is how I feel ^_^
hmmm, I'm not saying i'm right, but I would disagree with this quote if I understand what Emerson means. I understand what he means by truth and I definitely feel God offeres us truth since I believe God is truth. But I also believe God can offer us repose at the same time. Repose is like peace of mind, tranquility, or freedom from worry. This is where faith comes in. God offers us truth and through faith we have repose. So I feel it is very possible to have both, though it is a difficult thing sometimes. I know Emerson and others feel this way because it is a very hard thing to give your whole life and all your cares and worries to God when he's not a human we see everyday though I feel we can see his work everyday through nature for example.
Finally, faith is always something to imporove on. Even myself who says I have faith always prays that God will strengthen me in my faith because I'm not better than anyone else and always need to be reminded of His amazing grace
Wow, thanks. this is really refreshing
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Well first of all, thanks for your answers. Unfortunately, those are statements I have already heard. Don’t take this offensive, but in fact, that’s what faithful people always tell me.
However, you told me you never had any religious experiences, but you say you experience faith. Belief and faith have to be distinguished: while belief-systems can be indoctrinated by one person to another (you can tell any child of 3 years to believe in unicorns or other fictional things, and you have a 99% chance that it will believe in those things, just because a person of authority told it to him/her) – faith can not be handed down to others, because it is an intuitive, personal and exclusive experience, a sentiment felt by faithful people. As you propose, faithful people should function as instructors, to tell others how they experience faith. While talking to them, God can reveal himself, right? When you say: “And though I haven't had a religious experience, I believe the positive things in my life are blessings from God.” Imagine these positive things just happened, without a God who planned it.Various interactions with human beings and the influence of simple coincidence; yeah coincidence is a pretty simple explanation, almost too simple, but if you think about that for a long time, is it so different to believe in coincidence rather than in God and Jesus? Only that one includes scary, uncertain doubt and the other offers secure and comforting certainty.
In order to associate positive events in your life with an almighty higher being, people have to be entirely convinced about the existence of a higher power functioning as guardian in their lives. Believing in life after death is reasonable, because if you observe nature reproducing itself on and on from the seed to the tree and from the tree to the seed, why should any life on earth be finite? People might argue that animals on the one hand reproduce each other live forth anew in their offspring’s genes, but apparently die when their life comes to an end. For the sake of evolution, existence on earth in order to survive and to reproduce your genes is enough purpose to have the right to exist. (You probably don’t believe in evolution, even though it is undoubtedly not a mere hypothesis and it is widely acknowledged by the leading scientists throughout the world) You said: “faith isn't something you have to experience, rather it's a believing without seeing” – I am not so sure about that statement because somehow, you said earlier that you experience faith everyday and now you say you just have to believe in its existence. I always say: Believing in God is a belief in believing. And it is a luxury to have faith in something in which you have to belief, but can not necessarily experience a sentiment which claims its existence. That’s, I think, what’s the Emerson’s quote is about: If you’re looking for a “truth” which can be proven, really proven, then you can not find it in God, because it is so unique and personal to every individual’s experience. What God can offer is security, it wipes out the doubt and gives you “repose”, but only a truth in which you have to belief in order to make it exist.
Reinterpreting the Bible from an accurate point of view should mean: Looking at those passages with speculation. Not only does it contain tale-like, fictional stories (like Jonah and the whale, Samson the strong (who somehow reminds me of Herkules), you name them) but also the worst ever possible passages to derive your morals from. If you look at the Ten Commandments, they do display rules which fit for the society in which they were written. I don’t think today’s society would function if it was fully depending on these laws. For today’s society, the commandments would certainly include a law against child abuse, or a law that prohibits people being allowed not to pay for stuff they ordered at Ebay. What I mean by that is, that the Bible is an ancient scripture fitting the society in which it was written, but not today, if you take it literally. Furthermore, If you don’t kill just because you read the Bible passage that forbids you to do it, that’s pretty alarming. So I don’t really think mankind has derived his morals from the scripture but actually by everyday experience which shows how people can live together and survive in the best way possible. Unfortunately, people never seem to learn something of their mistakes in the past and just keep on acting dead wrong.
As a conclusion, I need to tell you that I have a certain feeling in my heart which tells me that there is something good in all of us: something that can be nourished with life’s experiences, in order to guarantee the wealth of the self and of those living around you. Some people call that feeling God, others don’t. I would too if I could, but my heart longs for evidence. Evidence I do not have, perhaps because I am blind, but evidence, no other being can ever offer to me. I look at the past and present and all what is reasonable in today’s society is doubt. No more retrospection but introspection. Questioning the accuracy of old scriptures written by erring, human beings, is a must.
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I agree that belief and faith are two seperate things. The belief is the acknowledgmnet that there is a God and he sent His son Jesus to erath to die for my and everyone elses sins. This I believe can simply be past from one person to another from an authority figure. But like you said faith is the personal accepting of God into your heart and life trusting He will lead and guide you in a life to serve Him and when you die join Him in Heaven.this is something that no one can force you to do. it's a personal choice. so i don't see the disagreement. But I do believe that faith isn't something that someone suddenly gets one day and becomes a faithful person. I believe it's a choice for anyone at anytime.
I don't think that people who have faith tell people how to experience faith. People who have faith tell non-believers The Gospel and then it is that persons personal choice to accept God into their hearts and lives. At this point, if they have accepted God then the people with faith will guide then in ways to strengthen their newly accquired faith which came from themselves. And through these things like prayer, reading the Bible, and going to church they can start to see God more clearly.
Actually it says in the Bible that God blesses believers and non-believers alike. So i do believe the positive things in my life are blessing from God. As i believe positive things in non-believers' lives are blessings as well. The difference i believe is when we die. The real blessing of eternal life will be given to believers.
As for life after death and our purpose on earth, i can't imagine we're here just to reproduce our genes. For animals who can't even think about deep questions like if there is an almighty creater (or at least I don't think they do) maybe their purpose is only to reproduce. But for humans who have the ablity to even think and question that there is a God that created us says that there must be more. And actually I don't think that evolution is impossible. I think it could be possible with almighty creator behind all of it of course.
What I meant by I experience faith everyday is that I have faith everyday. I didn't mean it as if something is happening everyday that makes me have faith. sorry for the confusion. And i didn't say it's a believeing in the existance of faith. It's the believing in your heart that God truely exsits.
I think the truth of God is proven all around us. just look at nature and the intracacy and uniqueness of every snowflake. God's work is plain to see. I feel it's not a belief in the truth since truth is right in front of our eyes.
I agree that the whole Bible shouldn't be taken literally because it was written for a certain audience at a certain time. Many of the commandments applied to people in Isreal at that time, so it's understandable that those commandments that have to do with land and harvesting won't apply to people now who don't even live there. However, i don't see what you mean by the 10 commandments not fitting into today's society. They 10 commandments can be followed by anyone in any time period. Like you said, they Bible did fit into that society at the time, but the Meassages of the stories and the history it presents is what is important.
I believe there is something good in everyone as well. I believe that it's God tugging at peoples hearts.I feel that's why humans are always searching for an answer whether in God or science or something else. I agree that no other human being can give you proof. I believe only God can do that wether it be through people or Himself. God wants believers to spread His word, but only He can change their hearts.
I'd like to finish by just talking a little about people and faith in the Bible. When Jesus was on earth at one time he was in a boat with his disciples. there was a storm and the disciples were afraid. Jesus eventually calmed the storm and was upset at how little faith his disciples had. they didn't believe that Jesus would protect them. At other times there were people with amazing faith. some people had so much faith that they believed if they just touched the clothes of Jesus that they'd be healed of their sickness and they were! their faith pleased Jesus.
I wish you good luck on your journey, you're in my prayers
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thank you very much
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Thank you as well
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haha, it is kinda scary, but i see hope in it because of the verse
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