Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Wow. my last posting was June 4th, where did the time go?
Oh yes, in June, I wrote and directed a pilot for a web series called "Townsend" about an alcoholic, former cop who gets blackmailed by the police to come back onto the force to solve a serial killer crime. It is currently in the Xbox live competition at the New York Television Festival after that it's off to brightcove.com. I am also finishing the second re-write of my first novel so that has kept me busy as well.
It appears that I left off with a reconciliation post (of sorts) over my previous post where I stated that I believe that Christianity must be destroyed in order to come back again the way that Jesus intended for it to be in the first place. Since that time I sat down with my 12 year old and watched the Scientology/Tom Cruise episode of South Park. And as much as I feel there is no plausablity nor credibility to what Scientologists believe, the plausablity of Christian doctrine is just as suspect. My son is being raised Jewish (my ex-wife is Jewish) largely because I felt that Christianity with it's virgin birth and ressurection story is amazingly difficult for grownups to grasp, so forget about a kid.
Also, I think that to me as a Christian, whether or not Mary was a virgin (which I do not believe) or whether the resurrection occurred (which I also do not believe) are not as important as the lessons Jesus taught while he preached. Religions have used mythology for centuries to explain the unexplainable. The creation story in Genesis has its own roots in the ancient Babylonians, baptism was around a long time before John started his ministry in the river.
So what?
Does it really matter, does faith in an event change the way we live or breathe or does understanding the symbolic meaning that the author was trying to convey matter more? Jesus's ressurrection shows us that we can break the bonds of the physical plane here on earth. That whatever misery we endure on earth can be released by living according to the instructions he left, love God, love our neighbor as ourself.
Do we go on to another life?
I don't know. If we do, I hope it is much the same as here, either way I won't know until I die, if then. What I do know is that as a Christian I bear a responsibility to do the best I can while here, on Earth, at this time.
There is no mythology involved in helping someone who needs it and there is none involved in loving God.
Peace,
RW
Oh yes, in June, I wrote and directed a pilot for a web series called "Townsend" about an alcoholic, former cop who gets blackmailed by the police to come back onto the force to solve a serial killer crime. It is currently in the Xbox live competition at the New York Television Festival after that it's off to brightcove.com. I am also finishing the second re-write of my first novel so that has kept me busy as well.
It appears that I left off with a reconciliation post (of sorts) over my previous post where I stated that I believe that Christianity must be destroyed in order to come back again the way that Jesus intended for it to be in the first place. Since that time I sat down with my 12 year old and watched the Scientology/Tom Cruise episode of South Park. And as much as I feel there is no plausablity nor credibility to what Scientologists believe, the plausablity of Christian doctrine is just as suspect. My son is being raised Jewish (my ex-wife is Jewish) largely because I felt that Christianity with it's virgin birth and ressurection story is amazingly difficult for grownups to grasp, so forget about a kid.
Also, I think that to me as a Christian, whether or not Mary was a virgin (which I do not believe) or whether the resurrection occurred (which I also do not believe) are not as important as the lessons Jesus taught while he preached. Religions have used mythology for centuries to explain the unexplainable. The creation story in Genesis has its own roots in the ancient Babylonians, baptism was around a long time before John started his ministry in the river.
So what?
Does it really matter, does faith in an event change the way we live or breathe or does understanding the symbolic meaning that the author was trying to convey matter more? Jesus's ressurrection shows us that we can break the bonds of the physical plane here on earth. That whatever misery we endure on earth can be released by living according to the instructions he left, love God, love our neighbor as ourself.
Do we go on to another life?
I don't know. If we do, I hope it is much the same as here, either way I won't know until I die, if then. What I do know is that as a Christian I bear a responsibility to do the best I can while here, on Earth, at this time.
There is no mythology involved in helping someone who needs it and there is none involved in loving God.
Peace,
RW
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Congrats on the "Townsend" project. I'll have to check it out. In the meantime... You say you are a Christian and yet, what defines you as such? You don't believe in any of the basic tenets. Further, while you declare that you don't believe the resurrection occurred, a paragraph or so later you write, "Jesus's ressurrection shows us that we can break the bonds of the physical plane here on earth." I'm confused. Would you clear this up for me? I'd love to continue the dialogue. Now, just one more thing before I sign off. You put forth, "That whatever misery we endure on earth can be released by living according to the instructions he left, love God, love our neighbor as ourself." I'm not sure you're right (that is, if by this you mean we can avoid suffering by following God). You see, no one followed God more closely than Jesus and, while He was here on earth, no one suffered or endured greater than He.
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Hey -- You say, "I believe that Christianity must be destroyed in order to come back again the way that Jesus intended for it to be in the first place." Does that mean you think God makes mistakes?
# posted by : 12:37 PM
: 12:37 PM
From your latest post, you ask: "...does faith in an event change the way we live or breathe or does understanding the symbolic meaning that the author was trying to convey matter more?" I'll save you what I have to say and go right to the Bible. Hebrews 11:6, "But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him." Faith matters, certainly to God. I think this may also help you with the virgin birth and resurrection (though certainly with the resurrection, I can posit "evidence" outside the Bible, too).
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