"Novel"Thoughts...
I just finished the novel"Christ The Lord Out of Egypt"by Anne Rice.(an author I enjoy)It is an admittedly fictional book depicting the life of Jesus as a seven year old boy and his quest to learn of the meaning of His life.It is written as if Jesus Himself is telling His story.I won't go into details for any who wish to read it.But Jesus 'revelation as to why He was put on earth,for some reason,grabbed me.
Surprisingly the authors note and paper back addition "extra" touched me as much as the book itself.The amount of research done to create the closest account to realizm is amazing.As well as Anne's road to writting this book.I have marked a few books used as research that have now become must reads for me.
I am also looking for answers,not only for me but for my oldest son.He questions religion and we have had many talks in this area,but he wants concrete evidence of Jesus and God.But I am not knowledgeable enough to provide him with exactly what he's looking for to open his heart and mind to God and Jesus..With my new must read list I'm hoping not only to strengthen my beliefs,but give him the answers he's in search of.
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In Blind Faith...
As children we believe in blind faith our parents love us and will keep us safe.
Catch us when we fall.
Teach us,guide us to know right from wrong.
As we grow we believe in blind faith that ,
the knowledge and lessons we learn from our teachers is real and true.
In adolescence we believe in blind faith ,
that our true friends will care and be there for us through thick and thin.
We also believe in blind faith,
that scientific tests and results created by man and their calculations(DNA for example)
are true and fact.
When we meet our soulmate ,
we believe in blind faith that they were sent to us to love till the ends of time.
So why is it so hard to believe in God and Jesus?
Why is it so hard to believe their love for us and the incredible wonders they have
performed and blessed us with?
Why do people need concrete proof,
more than the scriptures and gospels and teachings handed down?
These were written by man as were text books,science books and folk lore we are so
quick to believe.
Why can't we just believe in God and Jesus if we know it to be true in our hearts?
In blind faith...
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I guess working night shift and having little to no sleep and much time to think inspired that thought.I got to thinking of my son searching for truthes and the scientific aspect of evolution etc. and the song "blind Faith"popped into my head from no where.Then my mind started to race.Thinking of the marvels of nature,God and His son.And the wonders of science that was created by man.Hence the example of DNA.But also what of A=lxw...or how to calculate caloric intake,testing samples of solid components by adding liquid to a test tube?
I thought... what if I were to create a formula in my mind for some bizzare reason,ensure I test it to have the desired results each time and give it a name and a reason.But with no backing,scientific or otherwise or without a following of believers or a "higher power"would it fly?Not a hope in hell!
So my point I guess is this...there has to be a God a "higher power" than us.Someone who creates these calculations and sends them through man for us to use.Because I really truely disbelieve "any" human individual could make a whole earth or nations believe that these experiments,etc,have any truth or meaning otherwise.And to most of us though we believe it in blind faith, have no way to have these formulas and tests make sence or know how factually correct or incorrect they may be.
Think about it...How can there not be a God,a Creator?
I'll gladly take it on blind faith!
Surprisingly the authors note and paper back addition "extra" touched me as much as the book itself.The amount of research done to create the closest account to realizm is amazing.As well as Anne's road to writting this book.I have marked a few books used as research that have now become must reads for me.
I am also looking for answers,not only for me but for my oldest son.He questions religion and we have had many talks in this area,but he wants concrete evidence of Jesus and God.But I am not knowledgeable enough to provide him with exactly what he's looking for to open his heart and mind to God and Jesus..With my new must read list I'm hoping not only to strengthen my beliefs,but give him the answers he's in search of.
____________________________________________________________
In Blind Faith...
As children we believe in blind faith our parents love us and will keep us safe.
Catch us when we fall.
Teach us,guide us to know right from wrong.
As we grow we believe in blind faith that ,
the knowledge and lessons we learn from our teachers is real and true.
In adolescence we believe in blind faith ,
that our true friends will care and be there for us through thick and thin.
We also believe in blind faith,
that scientific tests and results created by man and their calculations(DNA for example)
are true and fact.
When we meet our soulmate ,
we believe in blind faith that they were sent to us to love till the ends of time.
So why is it so hard to believe in God and Jesus?
Why is it so hard to believe their love for us and the incredible wonders they have
performed and blessed us with?
Why do people need concrete proof,
more than the scriptures and gospels and teachings handed down?
These were written by man as were text books,science books and folk lore we are so
quick to believe.
Why can't we just believe in God and Jesus if we know it to be true in our hearts?
In blind faith...
_______________________________________________________________
I guess working night shift and having little to no sleep and much time to think inspired that thought.I got to thinking of my son searching for truthes and the scientific aspect of evolution etc. and the song "blind Faith"popped into my head from no where.Then my mind started to race.Thinking of the marvels of nature,God and His son.And the wonders of science that was created by man.Hence the example of DNA.But also what of A=lxw...or how to calculate caloric intake,testing samples of solid components by adding liquid to a test tube?
I thought... what if I were to create a formula in my mind for some bizzare reason,ensure I test it to have the desired results each time and give it a name and a reason.But with no backing,scientific or otherwise or without a following of believers or a "higher power"would it fly?Not a hope in hell!
So my point I guess is this...there has to be a God a "higher power" than us.Someone who creates these calculations and sends them through man for us to use.Because I really truely disbelieve "any" human individual could make a whole earth or nations believe that these experiments,etc,have any truth or meaning otherwise.And to most of us though we believe it in blind faith, have no way to have these formulas and tests make sence or know how factually correct or incorrect they may be.
Think about it...How can there not be a God,a Creator?
I'll gladly take it on blind faith!
posted by Darcy | 8:08 AM
1 Comments:
While I never read Anne Rice's book yet, I too have always wondered how Jesus grew up and what things He did, knowing He was going to die for the world... I challenged my mother on God when I was growing up and no imperical evidence could of disuayed me from believing for God. My heart was set against it and no arguing was going to change my mind. Faith is well, a faith issue and science is science, you cannot prove God exists to someone who refuses to believe in Him. He has to be experienced for one's own self to be real unfortuantely and until a person is at that place no amount of talk is going to change that. Yes this world is too wonderous and amazing for me to say that there is not a God... Too many "co-incidences" to just shrug my shoulders at. To say there is no intelligent designer of our universe would have to be a larger step of faith than to actually believe in God because at least He is more plausible for all the design we see in the earth. We have yet to see order out of chaos but we are more likely to see chaos spin out of order winding down.
Even people who profess to be athiests take things on a measure of faith. They have faith that a chair will hold them, that the food they buy from a burger joint is good, that everyday things are supposed to behave as they have gotten used to. They would not name it faith, but it is.
As one quote I heard, an athiest arguing with a Quaker, saying there was no God. Pointing to a globe he asked if there was a maker for that. The reply was yes. How then, could there not be a maker for the real thing inherently more complex that a globe? The athiest said he could touch and feel the globe and do scientific tests on it. The Quaker asked if the athiest had brains. The answer was yes. The Quaker asked if he had ever touched, smelled, or done scientific research on his own brains. The answer was no. And yet the athiest said he had brains and knew so. By faith.
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