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Monday, July 7, 2008

Responding to another Blogger...

Javaret has some wonderfully eloquent ways of saying some of the things I have pounded out into this blog over the past several years. And he gets me thinking and rethinking some of those notions... This was a response to one of his, until I began to feel as if perhaps it would seem as if I were trying to hijack his blog. I do heartily recommend taking a look at his, too-- http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Spirit_Global_Inspires/ Sinfulness --as defined by religious traditions--seems to me... Sign in to see full entry.

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The Emotion Zone (continuation of previous three posts)

We know now that some of our emotional responses and sensations occur in the presence of certain combinations of brain chemistry. That's how the physical body does emotion. This does support the notion that emotion is the medium through which our body's consciousness communicates to our thinking consciousness--how it tries to bring our attention to changes in our physical condition, or situations we need to respond to with a conscious choice. But I don't believe that's the whole story. It might... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, June 29, 2008

Do you mind...? Sure you do...

No other creature on this planet uses the mind quite as much or the way we do. We question and observe, we know and believe, we imagine, plan, analyze, learn, realize, idealize, judge, strategize, invent, communicate, design, deceive, dream... We acquire, process, store and retrieve information... We use consciousness to make decisions, to exercise free will, to be self-aware... We maintain personalities and relationships; we perceive and manage time. We think about things. We think about... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, June 27, 2008

Knowledge and Faith: an ongoing conversation with Nautikos

What began as a reply to Naut's comment in my previous post just kept going and going and going... I believe in what I call God, though it is not what most people mean when they use the word. And I believe things happen that many people would call miracles... because they misunderstand the nature of God. If I just flat-out stated that I don't believe in miracles, I suspect many people would assume that I don't believe that things like instant healing can happen. I do believe it can happen, but... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, June 26, 2008

Why I believe we don't need Miracles

In the previous comments, Naut left a link to a post and discussion about miracles which I heartily recommend to anyone who may have missed it originally, in July of 2006. The post itself is quite interesting, and the discussion in the comments is well worth a perusal, too! Just because something seems impossible doesn't mean it is impossible. I define 'miracle' as an event that can only be accomplished by divine intervention... A 'miracle' is a proof of the existence and interest of God. For... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Dark Moon's prize for being the first clicker of the next 1000 in this blog

Dark Moon suggested a photo of the ocean, to be shared with all of Blogit... Not sure what the coastline is, but it's somewhere in Asia, on the way home from Singapore to Seattle Sign in to see full entry.

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One more click... Whose is it going to be?

The next click will be the 4000th viewing of this blog... The very first post I ever posted on Blogit was the first item of this blog. It is the one I maintained, when I cut down to one only... It is the one I consider the most significant, the one in which I share what is most important, in my own estimation. There have been some great discussions on some of the posts, and others that never got a comment or a click... I have met quite a few of you here, that I consider soul-relatives, even... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, June 21, 2008

That thing aboutNASA and the Bible... I did a little research...

http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/j/joshuaday.htm Quantum physics really is bringing about a reconciliation between science and truths long recognized by spirituality, in some fascinating areas, which is very gratifying to those of us who try to perceive the Universe intuitively rather than scientifically. Scientific rules of exploration are finally able to show how certain spiritual truths can be true without relying on magic or miracle. That is the real breakthrough! Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, June 16, 2008

Reconciling God With Science: part one: Evolution in Eden:

This post is a return in this blog being more directly about spirituality and religion. While other things I've placed here over the past months rather pushed the edge of the title, now I will be posting those more personal items in other blogs. Believing in humankind's evolution need not deprive anyone of the lessons of the Eden origin stories. It is possible to reconcile the mythic/religious tale with the scientific realities of natural selection. Here is a retelling of the Garden of Eden... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, May 23, 2008

Now I've done it...

Okay, it's back to the gold account... 5 blogs to more neatly (or at least less chaotically) subdivide my thoughts, rants, travels, and now, writers' workshop/playground. That's 4... still deciding what #5 will be. Journal? Poetry? I recommend the new one to all of you who write for fun and/or money, who want to challenge your word-skills. It is for poets and story-tellers, philosophers, and... well, what kind of writer are you? I am hoping that it will flourish and bear fruit, and that someday,... Sign in to see full entry.

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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.///

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