Christianity
What about holiness?
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pleasehim
God says, "i am Jehovah your God who has redeemed your sin by the saving grace of Jesus. Worship no god but me. Therefore do not make yourself idols in the form of anything in heaven above, or on earth or in the waters below. Do not worship them for i am jealous."

kingpraisebe says, "too much love for football stars, music stars, movie stars, the belief and trust in horoscope...
is it not a form of today's worship of another god than Jehovah?"

God says, "fear and serve me only. Do not worship other gods, any of the gods around you lest my anger be kindled against you and destroy you, because i tolerate no rivals."

and you what do you say?
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dewachen
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If he is god and created all then who created him? and if he created everything then why did he create if he is in fact perfect? The fact that he is jelous proves that he has psychological problems, and if he has psychological problems then he has no ability to influince beings in duality. Then what is his function? The truth is that he was made up by man as some fairy god king and is right up there with Santa Clause. It is better do do ones own work rather than relying on old myths and wives tales. Stop following the crowd and telling others what to do and work on yourself.
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jbalaam
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Your first question is based on the limit of our understanding. There are plenty of things in life that I do not understand but see the evidence of them - electricity, I don't understand the flow of something through a solid wire but do see the light on or the motor working. I see evidence of God but do not understand how He got here or where He actually is now. Trust Him and you will see for yourself.
He is jealous. If I made something I would expect it to work for me somehow but if it went wrong I would want to repair it. I may not understand exactly why it went wrong but could see that it did. God made us perfect but somehow we went wrong. Not easy to put those two statements together but He has given us the opportunity to accept the repair - Jesus Christ.
If He was made up by man then why hasn't Christianity been forgotten long ago? Most other crazes die out fairly quickly.
As for following the crowd it is my experience that the crowd doesn't follow God. If it did then 99% would be in Church on Sunday but that is not the case. For a minority to last this long there must be something in it. Every now and then there are revivals when the position tends to reverse - Welsh and Hebridean being local cases.
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dewachen
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The answer is also based on the limit of understanding. There is what we are told when we are young by our parents and the society that we grow up in. That doesn't make any religion better than the other since 99.9% of all people have no real experiences prior to the conditioning they begin to experience from birth on into adulthood, and those experiences are internalized and shaped from external conditioning. What I am saying is not that I do not believe in a higher power or what ever buzz words one wants to use to describe it, but that one can not define it in its entirety and that it is a personal journey, and that many religions restrict any deeper understanding. I know this because I was born with such an experience but because the experience was beyond the understanding of my parents and the society I grew up in, I was told that I should throw it away for fiction.
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pleasehim
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Go is from everlaying to everlasting, he is. and one day he created the heavens and the earth. God is Spirit, and he created for himself two bodies, the first is called the Father and the second is called the Son. for in the beginning was the Word and the Word was made flesh and dwellt among us. this is the purpose for what God created the earth. because he wanted to have many sons. for when you believe in Jesus, you become a son of God, the Holy Spirit coming to stay with you in your body. that why you must keep his commandments because he is with you , and you should please him or he will live you alone powerless
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dewachen
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From Parenting to Parroting, if one must read books for understanding then I would try to read some other books besides the bible. It is not good to go through life and not be able to graduate from nursery school. Start with "A cascading waterfall of nectar" which would be a good start and deals with externalism, which is what your talking about. Your more than you think don't sell yourself short, this life is too important.
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pleasehim
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What don't you understand?
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catholicapoligist
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Many examples showing God's design could be given, possibly with no end. But here are a few:

The Earth...its size is perfect. The Earth's size and corresponding gravity holds a thin layer of mostly nitrogen and oxygen gases, only extending about 50 miles above the Earth's surface. If Earth were smaller, an atmosphere would be impossible, like the planet Mercury. If Earth were larger, its atmosphere would contain free hydrogen, like Jupiter.3 Earth is the only known planet equipped with an atmosphere of the right mixture of gases to sustain plant, animal and human life.

The Earth is located the right distance from the sun. Consider the temperature swings we encounter, roughly -30 degrees to +120 degrees. If the Earth were any further away from the sun, we would all freeze. Any closer and we would burn up. Even a fractional variance in the Earth's position to the sun would make life on Earth impossible. The Earth remains this perfect distance from the sun while it rotates around the sun at a speed of nearly 67,000 mph. It is also rotating on its axis, allowing the entire surface of the Earth to be properly warmed and cooled every day.

And our moon is the perfect size and distance from the Earth for its gravitational pull. The moon creates important ocean tides and movement so ocean waters do not stagnate, and yet our massive oceans are restrained from spilling over across the continents.4

Water...colorless, odorless and without taste, and yet no living thing can survive without it. Plants, animals and human beings consist mostly of water (about two-thirds of the human body is water). You'll see why the characteristics of water are uniquely suited to life:

It has an unusually high boiling point and freezing point. Water allows us to live in an environment of fluctuating temperature changes, while keeping our bodies a steady 98.6 degrees.

Water is a universal solvent. This property of water means that thousands of chemicals, minerals and nutrients can be carried throughout our bodies and into the smallest blood vessels.5

Water is also chemically neutral. Without affecting the makeup of the substances it carries, water enables food, medicines and minerals to be absorbed and used by the body.

Water has a unique surface tension. Water in plants can therefore flow upward against gravity, bringing life-giving water and nutrients to the top of even the tallest trees.

Water freezes from the top down and floats, so fish can live in the winter.

Ninety-seven percent of the Earth's water is in the oceans. But on our Earth, there is a system designed which removes salt from the water and then distributes that water throughout the globe. Evaporation takes the ocean waters, leaving the salt, and forms clouds which are easily moved by the wind to disperse water over the land, for vegetation, animals and people. It is a system of purification and supply that sustains life on this planet, a system of recycled and reused water.6

The human brain...simultaneously processes an amazing amount of information. Your brain takes in all the colors and objects you see, the temperature around you, the pressure of your feet against the floor, the sounds around you, the dryness of your mouth, even the texture of your keyboard. Your brain holds and processes all your emotions, thoughts and memories. At the same time your brain keeps track of the ongoing functions of your body like your breathing pattern, eyelid movement, hunger and movement of the muscles in your hands.

The human brain processes more than a million messages a second.7 Your brain weighs the importance of all this data, filtering out the relatively unimportant. This screening function is what allows you to focus and operate effectively in your world. The brain functions differently than other organs. There is an intelligence to it, the ability to reason, to produce feelings, to dream and plan, to take action, and relate to other people.

The eye...can distinguish among seven million colors. It has automatic focusing and handles an astounding 1.5 million messages -- simultaneously.8 Evolution focuses on mutations and changes from and within existing organisms. Yet evolution alone does not fully explain the initial source of the eye or the brain -- the start of living organisms from nonliving matter.

what made LIFE:God, The trinune God, The Eternal God, Begotton not made, ect, ect.
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pleasehim
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Jesus made life, for it is written, "out of jesus was nothing made that was made
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jbalaam
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Holiness goes beyond being "spiritual". In Genesis we are told to subdue the earth but also to replenish it. We can therefore make use of design that you mentioned.
We have to be careful to avoid disturbing the fine balance that everything is in and this is an area where we, as humans, have clearly gone wrong. Global warming, along with disturbed weather patterns and their serious consequences, is apparently down to us. However we have probably got it right, for exmple, with use of chemicals for medicine, which leads to the point of replenishing the earth. Some take this as referring to populating it with people but there are those who also think of it as repairing something that we have got wrong or putting something back where we have taken out. We take oil out and use it. We cannot put the oil back but we can act on cleaning the exhaust that it produces. We can look to wind and wave power to prevent environmental destruction.
I believe that God requires us to be responsible in our use of His design and for me this is part of holiness. Revelation 11 v 18 tells us that He will ultimately deal with those who destroy the earth.
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