Living in Truth.

@fmf said
Doubt and uncertainty are not confining.

They provide a basis for open-mindedness.

@secondson said
Doubt and uncertainty, if abused, can cause closed-mindedness.

@secondson said
You're being ridiculous. You asked a question and kelly gave you his honest answer.

And now, you and FMF seek to trivialize and diminish the answer by use of the term "bumperstickerism" simply because you can't come up with anything better.

@fmf said
Religious certainty and close-mindedness, if abused, can lead to mass murder.

Living in the truth is acknowledging how we came to exist, acknowledging the demands made upon us by existence, acknowledging the inherent worth of every being and striving to love them all as you wish to be loved. Jesus did and does all this better than anyone, so I seek to follow His example with His help.

@caljust said
@CalJust
Here is another example to elaborate what I mean by the statement Living in Truth.

For years I was a devout (and I would almost say fanatical) supporter of YECreationism and the literal interpretation of the Bible. I would speak at youth camps about the six days and against evolution. In fact, if you can retrieve my early posts in this forum from about 2005 to 20 ...[text shortened]... openly and honestly in the way that I believe is right for me. No more fooling myself and hiding it.

@secondson said
Knowledge of the Truth is the basis of open-mindedness, and a filter for false information.

@caljust said
OK, “bumperstickerism” may to you sound offensive, but to me it paints the picture. Just saying some words that sound religious.

@fmf said
RHP's Spirituality Forum has long been dominated by talk the talk Christians who believe they are saved by thinking the think and who show little interest in what walk the walk Christianity entails or what it produces.

@secondson said

Does that mean you believe God initiated evolution?

@CalJust

To secondson and KJ:

OK, I accept your bona fides that for you living in truth means living with Jesus. No arguments there.

All I ask if you could please fill in the picture, so that I can understand how that works for you.

For example, it could mean that every morning in your quiet time of prayer you seek guidance for the day, and then you try to the best of your ability to follow those directions.

Or it could mean that you study his words and ascertain how you should behave that day. Or something along those lines.

This is not a frivolous question, nor a path for arguments, but a sincere seeking to understand how "living for Jesus" plays out in your life.

@secondson said
So what you're saying is is that "living in the Truth" has facilitated the transformation from believing in the literal interpretation of the Genesis account of creation to faith in the scientific theory of evolution

@fmf said
RHP's Spirituality Forum has long been dominated by talk the talk Christians who believe they are saved by thinking the think and who show little interest in what walk the walk Christianity entails or what it produces.

@fmf said
Capitalizing the T in "truth" when you are asserting you "know" about "intangible and unknowable" things, and generally channelling Dasa day in day out, makes me think you probably lean more towards the pez dispenser-religionist end of the spectrum rather than the open-minded truth seeker end.

@caljust said
No, KJ did not give me an honest answer, he gave me a slogan.

OK, “bumperstickerism” may to you sound offensive, but to me it paints the picture. Just saying some words that sound religious.

Please, can you really not understand my post? I (and fmf) DID give you a whole lot of suggestions and alternatives to what we think is living in truth. It has nothing to do with b ...[text shortened]... what you do on Monday morning.

And you both evade answering that by hiding behind pious sayings.