How the Universe looks from here for Tuesday, January 2, 2007

By Ciel - About Me - E-mail this page - Add to My Favorites - Add to Blog List - See other blogs in Religion & Spirituality

Tuesday, January 2, 2007

Part Two: The False Messiah

Jim Jones... Charles Manson... David Koresh... Adolph Hitler... They all fit the qualifications for a messiah, in their own minds. A messiah feels that the truth he/she shares is absolute. The certainty that stands behind the assertions gives the messiah the weight of authority. People who are not so certain of their own truths gravitate to those who seem to really know, and they follow. If a messiah is enlarged by being followed, feeds on the energy of devotion, seeks this kind of gratification... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by Ciel at 2:37 PM | add or view comments (11) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

Getting a Handle on Messiahs-- part one

"Jesus Christ, Superstar-- Do you think you're what they say you are...?" (from the rock opera by A.L.Webber) A messiah is a saviour: someone who comes along and through word and deed swings humanity, or a culture, or an individual from a state of benightedness to one of comprehension. Or from a path of self-destruction to one of self-realization and life. Who would not want to be a messiah? What a great thing, to be so right about things that the whole of humanity is brought to joyful... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by Ciel at 6:20 AM | add or view comments (3) | leave calling card | link to this | view only this entry

January 2007
SMTWTFS
31123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031123
45678910
Dec | Newest | Feb
About this Blog

I've been asking the Universe to explain itself to me since I was about 11 years old. I asked specifically how to reconcile God with Science. Now and then, I seem to tune in on an answer. All that I write here represents not Truth, but what I believe to be true.I have my reasons, and I like to believe, my reason. ///Everything of my own words and/or pictures that I post on Blogit is copyright by CLRedding 1972-present, all rights reserved.///

Recent Entries
People
Blogs

Headlines (What is this?)