Jesus was a Hippie!!!!!!!!!!!!!

^all that being said, how do you feel about the ten commandments?

 

i believe in the ten commandments.
1) i think that by putting god first things of this world such as any type of material possession or addiction to negativity or even a celebrity- become less important in life. i dont think we should be overcome by things of no moral worth.

2) worshiping idols= your material posessions..basically living for your fancy cars and poodle skirts. i feel isnt right because it binds you into a money whore and also you start worshiping the wrong things in life such as greed and whatnot.

3) i try not to take the lords name in vain out of respect but i still am trying to understand this one

4)i keep the sabbath- not out of tradition or because in order to be a good christian that is what i should do..i do it as a day of catharsis and rest from all the chaos of the week..(i worship on saturday. unlike most christians)its my special day for meditative communion with his love & nature.

5)honoring my father and mother by respecting them is something i struggle with. but i have gotten a whole lot better in this area. i feel even from a non-religious point of view that respecting EVERY human being especially your parents can help mold your morals/strengthen your idenity because you start respecting yourself more.

6)i absolutely stand by this one..murder is pitiful..its an explosion of hate and anger which is why i feel we should try and control our anger& hatred by not eating meat/watching violent films etc.

7)commiting adultery..hmm- i had not kept this one in the past ofcourse but i am commiting myself to try and wait for marriage- it is more sacred and emotionally binding this way. if your soul intertwines with someone other than your husband than i think it to be unfair to him. i do not condemn others who dont keep this commandment,.however. i just think it cheapens the bauty of sex if you abuse it.

8) i use to steal a long time ago but since have discovered you lose self respect. if you steal out of hatred for a place such as wal-mart your supporting consumerism which i am against. stealing just to steal. this is a grey issue with me.. however i find it alot more fufilling to earn your possessions. so yes i believe this to be legit.

9)i feel it is not right to bear false witnesses against your neighbors. talkin shit aint cool- gossiping is low and shows insecurity. lying is rude.

10) coveting means your perhaps your ungrateful for what you have? i think we should be content. and know that our standards of living are right for us.

basically the ten commandments i try to follow to the best of my ability and i dont condemn people who dont follow every single one.
i think the point of them was just to open our eyes to what we should try and stay away from.
all religions(most) share some of these same guidlines.


how do you feel about them?

 

keep in mind that you and i probably don't agree with the same 'god'. you (i think) believe in a god with an agenda. i don't believe that 'god' is an omnipotent being who watches over us. god is within, without, everything. i am a pantheist/monist. that being said:

i think the commandments were a good way to keep a jewish society in line and under control. it was perfectly fitting in the time and age in which they lived, but the 'official ten' are of little relevance today (besides a few of course)

the first two i am inclined to agree with, but it has nothing to do with morality. morals are subjective and not universal.

taking the lord's name and keeping the sabbath are of no importance. letters, words, and sentences have no bearing on the cosmos. saying god-damn is the same as saying 'oh god', which is the same as saying 'oh gosh'. it's all just a game of semantics when you look at it, and people were punished (usually with death) by uttering the name Yahweh out loud. as far as keeping the sabbath, i agree and disagree, because every day should be the sabbath. there is nothing special about any time that occurs every seven days on the gregorian calendar that god will recognize as being of more or less importance than the other days.

honoring father and mother and murder, i don't have anything to say on this subject. moses was right about those.

as far as committing adultery, i don't believe in the institution of a religous marriage. it's no more than a ceremony and a piece of paper. if two people are spiritually married, i see no problem with them having sex. if two strangers decide to have sex, i see no problem with that either. i don't think sex even registers on 'god's' radar. it's just another act of life like eating or shitting.

stealing is morally wrong in most societies, but since i don't believe in morality, i don't see a problem with stealing to sustain one's own life. but when a person hurts others by stealing, it is wrong. like the golden rule.

lying and coveting are also based in societal morality. i dont have much to say on these. lie or don't lie. it has no bearing on anything other than your own personal situation. it could be bad, could be good.

living by the commandments can be a good guide by which to live your life. do i think it is absolute? no. do i think it could help somebody to live right? well that depends on the person and whether or not judeo-christianity is right for them...

 

very interesting views

 

I am so glad to see people that see the difference between what God gave us vs. what man created: the Church.

ps....I think Jesus had dreads, too. Im almost positive that John the Baptist had dreads

 

^john the baptist was a nazerite. he most definately had dreads. do you think he brushed his hair when he was travelling through the desert?

i also believe there is a possibility jesus had dreads. but there was nothing said of him following the nazerite tradition...at least i don't think there was...

 

There are a few documents which give a physical description of Jesus.

His hair was parted in the middle, as was the tradition of the Essenes. It was copper colored, most likely from the sun bleaching it. And it fell about his shoulders in loose ringlets.

Dreads are a stretch. Not impossible, but a stretch.


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Where are you getting this?

 

This link will show several sources. There is debate as to some of it's authenticity but it makes for interesting reading.

http://www.thenazareneway.com/likeness_of_our_saviour.htm


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