Life for people in their 20's - Page 2

its difficult to discern between things. does being as like minded as God cause you to become God? is knowledge truly power? or does God have something in which nothing else can? if so, what would that thing be?

conway- i imagine your friends simply did not understand the messege you were trying to convey. to a christian the notion of wanting to be like God is an act of sin, Envy.

Careful not to stereotype too much with the term "Christian" Wyote.

i think the idea of wanting to be like god, depends entirley on why you want to be. i had forgotten that Satans crime was that of wanting to be God. but religion tells us to seek truth and understanding, so from that point of view, it is an admirable wish. though i find the point of view that you would be challenging god understandable. i will however conceed that the power would be interesting, it would be nice to make a universe, to understand what was involved, but that truly would be enroaching on gods territory.

Another revelation I had when I was 25 was that, as much as I devoutly believed that truth (to the purest extent) was the single best friction reducer for interactions between people on any level, It simply did not make sense for me to demand it of people. I found that various pressures, perceived or otherwise, prohibit many people from getting past a fear of judgement or retribution for telling the truth. Therefore, I concluded that a far better action for me to take would be to make it easier for people to tell the truth so that truth would be the natural course. If people had no fear of being punished for being honest, many good results could follow. Trust in each other being the first...