Comments on: Spirituality and Wisdom http://macengr.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/spirituality-and-wisdom/ An Engineer Poet explores the world Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:19:09 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: james craig http://macengr.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/spirituality-and-wisdom/#comment-64 james craig Thu, 30 Nov 2006 03:55:53 +0000 http://macengr.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/spirituality-and-wisdom/#comment-64 1 John 4:1 says "Test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world." The Holy Bible is the only source of Truth. The other world religions ultimately come from Satan the author of all lies. Satan will put a little truth in each religion; don't steal,lie etc. This serves to confuse people. Even a drunken beggar may stumble onto a deep truth now and then, but would you go him to look for it when your pastor has so much more to offer? Why look for diamonds in a dung heap? Truth is like food; where you get it from matters. Why walk past a fine eating establishment then dive into a dumpster looking for steak? 1 John 4:1 says “Test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.”

The Holy Bible is the only source of Truth. The other world religions ultimately come from Satan the author of all lies. Satan will put a little truth in each religion; don’t steal,lie etc. This serves to confuse people.

Even a drunken beggar may stumble onto a deep truth now and then, but would you go him to look for it when your pastor has so much more to offer? Why look for diamonds in a dung heap?

Truth is like food; where you get it from matters. Why walk past a fine eating establishment then dive into a dumpster looking for steak?

]]> By: Pretty Lady http://macengr.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/spirituality-and-wisdom/#comment-32 Pretty Lady Thu, 02 Nov 2006 21:06:00 +0000 http://macengr.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/spirituality-and-wisdom/#comment-32 I draw my dichotomy somewhat differently; I believe that texts are either ego-inspired, or divinely inspired. Ego-inspired work fetishes the small Self at the expense of everything else--it is, quite literally, sh*t. As such, it may properly be ignored. Divinely inspired texts, on the other hand, point to things much larger than themselves; they connect, they heal, they point to the order underlying chaos. They may, upon occasion, be deeply challenging. You may have a visceral response to them which says, 'No, no! This is dangerous! It must be evil! I must suppress it!' But the fact that you are having such a reaction means that at the very least, it must be examined more closely. So your rule of thumb, 'as long as it doesn't contradict Scripture, it's useful' seems like a good place to start. But sometimes things that apparently contradict Scripture may point to deeper truths nevertheless which must eventually be considered. My rule of thumb is, 'don't be hasty.' I draw my dichotomy somewhat differently; I believe that texts are either ego-inspired, or divinely inspired. Ego-inspired work fetishes the small Self at the expense of everything else–it is, quite literally, sh*t. As such, it may properly be ignored.

Divinely inspired texts, on the other hand, point to things much larger than themselves; they connect, they heal, they point to the order underlying chaos. They may, upon occasion, be deeply challenging. You may have a visceral response to them which says, ‘No, no! This is dangerous! It must be evil! I must suppress it!’

But the fact that you are having such a reaction means that at the very least, it must be examined more closely.

So your rule of thumb, ‘as long as it doesn’t contradict Scripture, it’s useful’ seems like a good place to start. But sometimes things that apparently contradict Scripture may point to deeper truths nevertheless which must eventually be considered. My rule of thumb is, ‘don’t be hasty.’

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