Cleromancy
Cleromancy, sortilege, casting lots or casting bones is a form of divination in which an outcome is determined by random means, such as the rolling of a die.
In Western culture Casting of lots occurs frequently in the Bible. One notable example of casting lots is represented by the soldiers who cast lots for Jesus' clothes (John 19:24) as he was dying on the cross. In this case, the casting of lots was implicitly looked down upon by the biblical authors.
However, in the Old Testament, there are three cases where casting lots was invoked as a legitimate means of determining God's wishes:
In the Book of Joshua, God commands that a thief is found by casting lots, first among the tribes of Israel, then among the families of that tribe, etc. Akan, the person identified in this way, confesses his guilt, and shows where he has buried the loot.
In the First book of Samuel, the people of Israel demand God to set a king over them, and God decrees a king to be found by a procedure similar to the above, leading to the selection of king Saul.
In the Book of Jonah, casting of lots is used to determin by Jonah's crew that he was, in fact, the source of the storm they were enduring. He was subsequently cast overboard, causing the storm to dissipate.
In Eastern culture In China, and especially in Chinese Taoism, various means of divination through random means are employed, such as use of the I Ching. In Japan, omikuji is one form of drawing lots.
Yes-no pens Pens which can answer "yes-no" questions are widely used in divination and fortune telling, especially by New Age adherents. Their use is similar to the usage of pendulums for the same purpose (with the diff
Monday, December 11, 2006
Saturday, November 25, 2006
Prayer
Prayer
IT WOULD BE hard to name a contemporary religion writer who hasn’t offered meaningful insights into prayer. John Ortberg wrote that, in prayer, “with simplicity of heart we allow ourselves to be gathered up into the arms of the Father and let him sing his love song over us” (“The Life You’ve Always Wanted”).
Joan Chittister said, “Regular prayer reminds us that life is punctuated by God, awash in God, encircled by God.” For her, it’s the way she is brought to encounter herself so that “the work of coming to God [can] really begin” (“Called to Question”).
Kathleen Norris learned that “prayer is not asking for what you think you want but asking to be changed in ways you can’t imagine.” Prayer stumbles over modern selfconsciousness and self-reliance, she observed.
For effective prayer, “the best ‘how-to’ I know is from Psalm 46: ‘Be still, and know that I am God’ (v. 10). This can happen in an instant; it can also constitute a life’s work” (“Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith”).
And in his most recent book, “Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference?,”Philip Yancey describes prayer as a privilege, not a duty. He says that on a website poll conducted
by his publisher, just over 3 percent of respondents felt satisfied
with the time they were spending in prayer. “If prayer stands at the place where God and human beings meet,” Yancey writes, “then I must learn about prayer.”
IT WOULD BE hard to name a contemporary religion writer who hasn’t offered meaningful insights into prayer. John Ortberg wrote that, in prayer, “with simplicity of heart we allow ourselves to be gathered up into the arms of the Father and let him sing his love song over us” (“The Life You’ve Always Wanted”).
Joan Chittister said, “Regular prayer reminds us that life is punctuated by God, awash in God, encircled by God.” For her, it’s the way she is brought to encounter herself so that “the work of coming to God [can] really begin” (“Called to Question”).
Kathleen Norris learned that “prayer is not asking for what you think you want but asking to be changed in ways you can’t imagine.” Prayer stumbles over modern selfconsciousness and self-reliance, she observed.
For effective prayer, “the best ‘how-to’ I know is from Psalm 46: ‘Be still, and know that I am God’ (v. 10). This can happen in an instant; it can also constitute a life’s work” (“Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith”).
And in his most recent book, “Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference?,”Philip Yancey describes prayer as a privilege, not a duty. He says that on a website poll conducted
by his publisher, just over 3 percent of respondents felt satisfied
with the time they were spending in prayer. “If prayer stands at the place where God and human beings meet,” Yancey writes, “then I must learn about prayer.”
Sunday, September 24, 2006
Breaking free from a false view of ourselves
Jesus had a clear sense of man and his identity
The growth didn’t belong tome.
A mental turning away.
Not giving it a foundation in my thought
Clear to me, it had no reality
God never created anything unlike Himself. We don’t have to accept anything other than His creation.
Looking for love in all the wrong places
Exchange my old life-image
God KNEW me.. and loved me. Not just as a dot in the mass of humanity.
A mistaken sense of sin was never part of me , or my mom.
-------Sandy Sanberg
Who we are as the child of God.
Who we’ve always been.
Kingdom is within you. And is Intact.
J saw them through the lens of Truth
Behold yourself as the perfect man.
Saturday, September 09, 2006
Evan Mehlenbacker lecture
Evan Mehlenbacker lecture
The mountain climber was in terrible visibility and slipped. As he was falling he grabbed on to a rope and clung there.
While not a religious man up to that point he reached out in prayer and said, “ This is the time to show me that you are here.’
A voice came to him, “ Let Go”
He didn’t listen but repeated his plea.
Same response.
Again .
This time the voice was so loud that he was shocked and let go of the rope and fell…. 8 inches to a ledge.
The laws of God as laid out in the Bible and Science and Health are reliable
S&H explains what was at work in Jesus’ teachings. They are the fulfillment of Jesus’ prophecies
Can we trust the message of S& H: Absolutely
Shaken baby syndrome:
The mother held to no residual effect of -- no resentment
The baby totally recovered.
The reliable laws underly an atmosphere of thoughts that supports healing
What are you waiting for?
Drop our anthropormorphic views of God
We don’t need him anymore in the production.
Better healing through radical transformation.
Are we following his commitment, his radical journey?
- Let go of the love of this world
Every healing is letting go of something.
When Evan was considering going in the practice, he thought, “ I’d have to think about God all the time.”
------ in fact God is All.. There is nothing else.
In grading a bunch of math papers:
- same content in the classes
- Same laws of math
- What varied: the application of the God’s law
You’re living your eternal life right now.
Remember you have these laws undergirding you.
Truth is always the victor. The devil is the liar.
This thought is apprehended slowly.
Basic theology of CS:
God is All
God is good
Evil is not real.
Researchers were living in a village in a jungle area of Papau New
Christian Science is a marvel and a miracle
The story of the light bulb and the closet.
We have to live the allness of God.
Saturday, August 26, 2006
Prophets and their purposes
Micah
The purpose of writing the book was to express disdain for the corruptions and pretensions of Jerusalem and its leaders. In an era of urbanization, he championed the traditions of early Israel. Micah condemned religious practice untethered from ethical performance (3:9-10,6:3-5,6-8). Micah was probably not a professional prophet. He criticizes the prophets who give oracles for money (3:11) or tailor their messages according to their clients' generosity (3:5). His credentials are divine inspiration and his unflinching stand for moral truth (3:8). His strong sense of call is exhibited in virtually every line. Fervently yet concisely he speaks to the issues of his day in terms of Israel's covenant obligations. Behind the covenant, in spite of Israel's failure to maintain that bond, is the God of the covenant who yet will lead his people to future glory...
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Isaiah
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Caananite practices:
Used male and female prostitutes to act in ritual plays about gods helping the earth:
They thought the rainfall was a god impregnating the earth.
Child sacrifice
Kleitarchos, a Greek from the third century B.C., described this sacrifice as the heating up of a bronze statue with outstretched arms. Infants placed into these red-hot arms quickly perished.
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Samson
Samson and Delilah, by Francesco Morone
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The purpose of writing the book was to express disdain for the corruptions and pretensions of Jerusalem and its leaders. In an era of urbanization, he championed the traditions of early Israel. Micah condemned religious practice untethered from ethical performance (3:9-10,6:3-5,6-8). Micah was probably not a professional prophet. He criticizes the prophets who give oracles for money (3:11) or tailor their messages according to their clients' generosity (3:5). His credentials are divine inspiration and his unflinching stand for moral truth (3:8). His strong sense of call is exhibited in virtually every line. Fervently yet concisely he speaks to the issues of his day in terms of Israel's covenant obligations. Behind the covenant, in spite of Israel's failure to maintain that bond, is the God of the covenant who yet will lead his people to future glory...
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Isaiah
Isaiah is concerned with the connection between worship and ethical behavior. One of his major themes is God's refusal to accept the ritual worship of those who are treating others with cruelty and injustice.
Isaiah speaks also of idolatry, which was common at the time. The Canaanite worship, which involved fertility rites, including sexual practices forbidden by Jewish law, had become popular among the Jewish people. Isaiah picks up on a theme used by other prophets and tells Judah that the nation of Israel is like a wife who is committing adultery, having run away from her true husband, God.
An important theme is that God is the God of the whole earth. Many gods of the time were believed to be local gods or national gods who could participate in warfare and be defeated by each other. The concern of these gods was the protection of their own particular nations. Isaiah's God is conceived as the only true god, and the god of all humankind, not just the Israelite nation.
No one can defeat God; if God's people suffer defeat in battle, it is only because God chooses for that to happen. Furthermore, God is concerned with more than the Jewish people. God has called Judah and Israel His covenant people for the specific purpose of teaching the world about Him.
A unifying theme found throughout the Book of Isaiah is the use of the expression of "the Holy One of Israel". This is a title for God that is found 12 times in chapters 1-39 and 14 times in chapters 40-66. This expression is unique within the Old Testament to the book of Isaiah which suggests that, although scholars believe that the book of Isaiah was written in various sections by different authors (on which, more below), the work was intended to be a unified body evidenced with the attention to literary consistency.
A final thematic goal that Isaiah constantly leans toward throughout the writing is the establishment of God's kingdom on earth, with rulers and subjects to who strive to live by the will of God.
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There is no one section that clearly defines idolatry; rather there are a number of commandments on this subject spread through the books of the Hebrew Bible, some of which were written in different historical eras, in response to different issues. Taking these verses together, idolatry in the Hebrew Bible is defined as either:
- the worship of idols (or images)
- the worship of polytheistic gods by use of idols (or images)
- the worship of animals or people
- the use of idols in the worship of God.
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| 1. | pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct. |
| 2. | being in accordance with the rules or standards for right conduct or practice, esp. the standards of a profession: It was not considered ethical for physicians to advertise. |
Used male and female prostitutes to act in ritual plays about gods helping the earth:
They thought the rainfall was a god impregnating the earth.
Child sacrifice
Kleitarchos, a Greek from the third century B.C., described this sacrifice as the heating up of a bronze statue with outstretched arms. Infants placed into these red-hot arms quickly perished.
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Joshua, Josue or Yehoshúa (Hebrew: יְהוֹשֻׁעַ, Standard Yəhošúaʿ Tiberian Yəhôšuªʿ, Yehoshua (Arabic: يشوع) is a Biblical character, much of whose life is described in the Book of Joshua.
Joshua was the son of Nun, of the tribe of Ephraim and the successor to Moses as the leader of Israel. See also History of ancient Israel and Judah.
"Born a slave in Egypt, he must have been about forty years old at the time of the Exodus. Attached to the person of Moses, he led Israel in the first decisive battle against Amalek (Exd. 17:9, 13), while Moses in the prayer of faith held up to heaven the God-given 'rod.' It was no doubt on that occasion that his name was changed from Oshea, 'help,' to Jehoshua, 'Jehovah is help' (Num. 13:16). And this name is the key to his life and work. Alike in bringing the people into Canaan, in his wars, and in the distribution of the land among the tribes, from the miraculous crossing of Jordan and taking of Jericho to his last address, he was the embodiment of his new name, 'Jehovah is help.' To this outward calling his character also corresponded. It is marked by singleness of purpose, directness, and decision...He sets an object before him, and unswervingly follows it." (Bible Hist., iii. 103)--------------
Samson
Samson lived when God was punishing the Israelites by putting them under the Philistines. At this time an angel from God appears to Manoah, an Israelite from the tribe of Dan, in the city of Zorah, and to his wife, who is sterile. This angel predicts that they will have a son who will begin to deliver the Israelites from the Philistines. In accordance with Nazaritic requirements, she is to abstain from all alcoholic beverages and all unclean meat, and her promised child is not to shave or cut his hair. In due time the son, Samson, is born; he is reared according to these provisions.
When he becomes a young man Samson leaves the hills of his people to see the cities of the Philistines. While there, Samson becomes so infatuated with a Philistine woman from Timnah that, overcoming the objections of his parents, he decides to marry her. The intended marriage is actually part of God's plan to strike at the Philistines. On the way to ask for the woman's hand in marriage, Samson is attacked by a lion and kills it. He continues on to the Philistine's house, winning her hand in marriage. On his way to the wedding, Samson notices that bees have nested in the carcass of the lion and have made honey. He eats a handful of the honey and gives some to his parents. At the wedding-feast, Samson proposes that he tell a riddle to his thirty groomsmen (all Philistines); if they can solve it, he will give them thirty sets of clothes and undergarments. The riddle is a veiled account of his encounter with the lion (at which only he was present). The Philistines are infuriated by the riddle.
The thirty groomsmen tell Samson's new wife that they will burn her and her father's household if she does not discover the answer to the riddle. At the urgent and tearful imploring of his bride, Samson tells her the solution, and she tells it to the thirty groomsmen. When they solve his riddle, Samson flies into a rage, saying that they would not have been able to solve the riddle if they hadn't "plowed with [his] heifer." Filled with the spirit of the Yahweh, he kills thirty Philistines of Ashkelon for their garments, which he gives his thirty groomsmen. Still in a rage, he returns to his father's house, and his bride is given to the best man as his wife.
When Samson returns to Timnah, he finds his father-in-law has given his wife to one of Samson's companions. Her father refuses to allow him to see her, and wishes to give Samson the younger sister. Samson attaches torches to the tails of three hundred foxes, leaving the panicked beasts to run through the fields and vinyards of the Philistines, burning all in their wake. The Philistines find out why Samson burned their crops, and they burn Samson's wife and father-in-law to death. In revenge, Samson slaughters many more Philistines, smiting them "hip and thigh."
Samson then takes refuge in the rock of Etam. An army of Philistines went up and demanded from 3,000 men of Judah to deliver them Samson. With Samson's consent, they tie him with two new ropes and are about to hand him over to the Philistines when he breaks free. Using the jawbone of a donkey, he slays one thousand Philistines. At the conclusion of Judges 15 it is said that "Samson led Israel for twenty years in the days of the Philistines."
Later, Samson goes to Gaza where he has sex with a harlot. His enemies wait at the gate of the city to ambush him, but he rips the gate up and puts it on top of a hill.
He then falls in love with Delilah at the Brook of Sorek. The Philistines approach Delilah and induce her to try to find the secret of Samson's strength. Samson tells her that he can be bound with fresh bowstrings. She does so while he sleeps, but when he wakes up he snaps the strings. She persists, and he tells her he can be bound with new ropes. She binds him with new ropes while he sleeps, and he snaps them, too. She asks again, and he says he can be bound if his locks are woven together. She weaves them together, but he undoes them when he wakes. Eventually Samson tells Delilah that he will lose his strength at the loss of his hair. Delilah calls for a servant to shave Samson's seven locks. Since that breaks the Nazarite oath, Yahweh leaves him, and Samson is captured by the Philistines. They gouge out his eyes. After being blinded, Samson is brought to Gaza, imprisoned, and put to work grinding grain.
One day the Philistine leaders assemble in a temple for a religious sacrifice to their god Dagon for having delivered Samson into their hands. They summon Samson so that he may entertain them. Three thousand more men and women gather on the roof to watch. Once inside the temple, Samson asks the servant who is leading him to the temple's central pillars if he may lean against them.
- "Then Samson prayed to the LORD, 'O Sovereign LORD, remember me. O God, please strengthen me just once more, and let me with one blow get revenge on the Philistines for my two eyes' (Judges 16:28)." "Samson said, 'Let me die with the Philistines!' (Judges 16:30) Down came the temple on the rulers and all the people in it. Thus he killed many more as he died than while he lived." (Judges 16:30).
The person of Jonah
His personal history is mainly to be gathered from the Book of Jonah, traditionally ascribed to the prophet himself, although this is not stated in Scripture. In the book, Jonah is a reluctant and uncompassionate prophet. This story contains a two-fold characterization of Jonah: (1) a reluctant prophet of doom to heathen Nineveh, and (2) a "Son of man" type. The character of Jonah, who wants Nineveh destroyed, is contrasted with that of God, who is compassionate toward Jew and Gentile, human and animal.
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God ordered Jonah to preach at the city of Nineveh. Jonah did not want to, and tried to avoid God's command by sailing to Tarshish. A huge storm arises. The sailors, realizing this is no ordinary storm, cast lots, and learn that Jonah is to blame. Jonah admits this, and states that if he is thrown overboard, the storm will cease. The sailors throw him overboard, and the seas calm. Jonah is miraculously saved by being swallowed by a large fish. In chapter two, while in the great fish, Jonah prayed to God and asked forgiveness and thanked God for being so faithful, and the result was, God commanded the fish to vomit Jonah out.
God again orders Jonah to visit Nineveh and preach to its inhabitants. He therefore went there and walked through it, crying "In forty days Nineveh shall be destroyed." The Ninevites believed his word, and appointed a public fast, from the meanest of the people to the greatest; the king himself putting on sackcloth and sitting in ashes. God had compassion and did not bring His wrath against the city at that time.
Jonah is embittered by this. He questions the need for his journey, stating that since God is merciful, it was inevitable that God would yield to the Ninevites' entreaties--what need, then, for Jonah's journey? After this he retired out of the city and made a shelter for himself, waiting to see if the city would be destroyed or not.
The Lord caused a plant (in Hebrew a kikayon) to grow over his shelter, giving Jonah some shade from the sun. Later, a worm bit the plant's root and it withered. Jonah, being now exposed to the burning heat of the sun, became faint and desired that God would take him out of the world.
The Lord said unto him, "Do you have reason to be concerned at the death of a plant, which cost you nothing, which rises one night and dies the next; yet would you not have me pardon such a city as Nineveh, in which are 120,000 persons not able to distinguish their right hand from their left, and many beasts besides?"
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
Elijah details
What is Ba'al
Elijah means “yhwh is God”
a prophet, an official spokesman for God to remind his people of the agreement they netered into with him, and to call them back to Him.
Ahab is the idolatrous king of Israel. This is not a big deal in a democracy, but under God’s Old Testament arrangement with Israel, its kings were obligated to lead and protect the worship of God. In fact, Ahab has led the Israelites away from God in an unparalleled way (16:29-33). He not only permitted the worship of false gods; he also married the Sidonian princess Jezebel and they established the worship of Baal as Israel’s official religion, also executing God’s prophets (18:4).
First dramatic entry:
He stormed into Ahab's presence in Samaria to announce that because Ahab had broken this agreement, God was bringing a drought on Israel as a disciplinary consequence. This was part of the original agreement (Deut.11:16,17)—Elijah was simply announcing it beforehand so that Ahab and the people (hopefully) turn back to God when it happened.
( won’t rain until you change your ways)
Conflict/ tension begins between Ahab and Elijah.. that culminates on Mt Carmel 3 yrs later.. the Baal/ God showdown [Elijah challenges Ahab]
Elijah sent to hide in the wilderness with no provisions.
Ravens brought him bread and meat twice a day, and he drank water from the creek. But after a while, it dried up because there was no rain.
Elijah Helps a Widow in Zarephath
Who had but a little flour was set to starve.
“ make me a cake, and your supplies won’t run out’.. and they didnt
I Kings 17”17
Later he helps heal the woman’s son who had stopped breathing
24 The woman said to Elijah, "I see it all now—you are a holy man. When you speak, God speaks—a true word!"
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1 Kings 18
Three years after their first encounter:
Elijah goes to meet Ahab. Sets up a meeting through Obadiah, a faith servant of God.
( who had disobeyed Jezebel’s order to go out and klll the prophets .. and he hid hundreds in caves
Who is the ‘troublemaker?’
the challenge on Mt Carmel is set. The pet prophets of Jezebell are invited
At the end... Elijah’s servant sees a cloud in the distance.
and send a message to Ahah to come down from the Mt before he’s stuck there by the rain
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Life is threatened
Jezebel immediately sent a messenger to Elijah with her threat: "The gods will get you for this and I'll get even with you! By this time tomorrow you'll be as dead as any one of those prophets."
3-5 When Elijah saw how things were, he ran for dear life to Beersheba, far in the south of Judah. He left his young servant there and then went on into the desert another day's journey. He came to a lone broom bush and collapsed in its shade, wanting in the worst way to be done with it all—to just die:
Suddenly an angel shook him awake and said, "Get up and eat!"
6 He looked around and, to his surprise, right by his head were a loaf of bread baked on some coals and a jug of water. He ate the meal and went back to sleep.
Hears the still small voice
Then he was told, "Go, stand on the mountain at attention before God. God will pass by."
Told to annoit his successor, Elisha.
Ascended in a chariot
So through these two events, Elijah learns that God will provide for him and protect him. Elijah also learns that God is superior to Baal.1 Finally, he learns that God will work through him to influence others toward him.
Sunday, May 28, 2006
Daily Preparation
It shall be the duty of every member of this Church topray each day: "Thy kingdom come;" let the reign of divine Truth,
Life, and Love be established in me, and rule out of me all sin; and
may Thy Word enrich the affections of all mankind, and govern them.
Manual p.41*
A Rule for Motives and Acts. Neither animosity nor mere personal
attachment should impel the motives or acts of the members of The
Mother Church. In Science, divine Love alone governs man; and a
Christian Scientist reflects the sweet amenities of Love, in rebuking
sin, in true brotherliness, charitableness, and forgiveness. The
members of this Church should daily watch and pray to be delivered
from all evil, from prophesying, judging, condemning, counseling,
influencing or being influenced erroneously. Manual p.40
The Lord's Prayer
Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom
come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this
day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our
debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil;
for Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever.
Matthew 6: 9-13
( with spiritual interpretation from Science and Health)
Our Father which art in heaven,
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread;
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us fromevil;
And God leadeth us not into temptation, but delivereth us from sin, disease, and death.
For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever.
Alertness to Duty. It shall be the duty of every member of this
Church to defend himself daily against aggressive mental suggestion,
and not be made to forget nor to neglect his duty to God, to his
Leader, and to mankind. By his works he shall be judged,--and
justified or condemned. Manual p. 41
The Scientific Statement of Being. There is no life, truth,
intelligence, nor substance in matter. All is infinite Mind and its
infinite manifestation, for God is All-in-all. Spirit is immortal
Truth; matter is mortal error. Spirit is the real and eternal;
matter is the unreal and temporal. Spirit is God, and man is His
image and likeness. Therefore man is not material; he is spiritual.
Science and Health p. 468:9
The Sixth Tenet. And we solemnly promise to watch, and pray for that
Mind to be in us which was also in Christ Jesus; to do unto others as
we would have them do unto us; and to be merciful, just, and pure.
Science and Health p. 497:24
Life, and Love be established in me, and rule out of me all sin; and
may Thy Word enrich the affections of all mankind, and govern them.
Manual p.41*
A Rule for Motives and Acts. Neither animosity nor mere personal
attachment should impel the motives or acts of the members of The
Mother Church. In Science, divine Love alone governs man; and a
Christian Scientist reflects the sweet amenities of Love, in rebuking
sin, in true brotherliness, charitableness, and forgiveness. The
members of this Church should daily watch and pray to be delivered
from all evil, from prophesying, judging, condemning, counseling,
influencing or being influenced erroneously. Manual p.40
The Lord's Prayer
Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom
come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this
day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our
debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil;
for Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever.
Matthew 6: 9-13
( with spiritual interpretation from Science and Health)
Our Father which art in heaven,
Our Father-Mother God, all-harmonious,
Hallowed be Thy name.
Hallowed be Thy name.
Adorable One.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy kingdom is come; Thou art ever-present.
Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Enable us to know, — as in heaven, so on earth, — God is
omnipotent, supreme.
Give us this day our daily bread;
Give us grace for to-day; feed the famished affections;
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And Love is reflected in love;
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us fromevil;
And God leadeth us not into temptation, but delivereth us from sin, disease, and death.
For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever.
For God is infinite, all-power, all Life, Truth, Love, over
Alertness to Duty. It shall be the duty of every member of this
Church to defend himself daily against aggressive mental suggestion,
and not be made to forget nor to neglect his duty to God, to his
Leader, and to mankind. By his works he shall be judged,--and
justified or condemned. Manual p. 41
The Scientific Statement of Being. There is no life, truth,
intelligence, nor substance in matter. All is infinite Mind and its
infinite manifestation, for God is All-in-all. Spirit is immortal
Truth; matter is mortal error. Spirit is the real and eternal;
matter is the unreal and temporal. Spirit is God, and man is His
image and likeness. Therefore man is not material; he is spiritual.
Science and Health p. 468:9
The Sixth Tenet. And we solemnly promise to watch, and pray for that
Mind to be in us which was also in Christ Jesus; to do unto others as
we would have them do unto us; and to be merciful, just, and pure.
Science and Health p. 497:24
Saturday, April 29, 2006
Golden Rule: Ethic of reciprocity passages
Some "Ethic of Reciprocity" passages from the religious texts of various religions and secular beliefs:
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| Shinto: "The heart of the person before you is a mirror. See there your own form" | ||||||
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| Sufism: "The basis of Sufism is consideration of the hearts and feelings of others. If you haven't the will to gladden someone's heart, then at least beware lest you hurt someone's heart, for on our path, no sin exists but this." Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh, Master of the Nimatullahi Sufi Order. | ||||||
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| Unitarian: "We affirm and promote respect for the interdependent of all existence of which we are a part." Unitarian principles. | ||||||
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| Wicca: "An it harm no one, do what thou wilt" (i.e. do what ever you will, as long as it harms nobody, including yourself). One's will is to be carefully thought out in advance of action. This is called the Wiccan Rede | ||||||
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