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Conference lgp30::christian-perspective

Title:Discussions from a Christian Perspective
Notice:Prostitutes and tax collectors welcome!
Moderator:CSC32::J_CHRISTIE
Created:Mon Sep 17 1990
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1362
Total number of notes:61362

1228.0. "Where to find God" by CSC32::J_CHRISTIE (Psalm 85.10) Wed Apr 24 1996 14:40

Where might one find God?

Shalom,
Richard

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1228.1my gut reactionCASDOC::CHARPENTIERWed Apr 24 1996 14:5911
    Find God?
    
    God isn't lost.
    
    One might sit still
    and become receptive
    to God.
    
    Tough to do sometimes.
    
    Dolores
1228.2My reaction is similarCPCOD::JOHNSONA rare blue and gold afternoonWed Apr 24 1996 17:357
    Where ever you are, that is where God is.  God is transcendent over
    time and space.

    How to be aware (concious) of God's presence is much harder I think.

    Leslie

1228.3CSC32::J_CHRISTIEPsalm 85.10Fri Apr 26 1996 13:1216
    Well, I was kind of expecting to see answers such as:
    
    	"In a cool Spring forest morning,"
    
    	"In an ocean breeze on an isolated beach at sunset,"
    
    	"In the face of a kind stranger,"
    
    	"In a magnificent cathedral with Bach playing in the background."
    
    I realize God is everywhere.  But we are more aware of God's presence at
    times, are we not?
    
    Shalom,
    Richard
    
1228.4THOLIN::TBAKERThe Spirit of ApathyFri Apr 26 1996 14:1416
    "God exists as much in the transmission of a motorcycle and
    the circuits of an electronic computer as He does on a 
    mountain top or in the pedals of a flower.  To say otherwise
    is.... to demean God."
			paraphrased from _Zen and the Art 
					 of Motorcycle Maintenence"
					Robert Persig

    No, the place seems to have more to do with what *we* need
    for "props" than with finding a place where God is.

    A side question: is it ethical to do something to feel closer
    to God?  Is it right to climb a mountain in hopes of communing
    with God?  Or should we only perceive God if He comes to us?

    Tom
1228.5CSC32::J_CHRISTIEPsalm 85.10Sun Apr 28 1996 17:569
>    No, the place seems to have more to do with what *we* need
>    for "props" than with finding a place where God is.

Thee has spoken truly.  At the same time, Elijah's mystical experience
pointed to where Adonai wasn't in addition to where Adonai was.

Shalom,
Richard

1228.6ADISSW::HAECKMea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa!Mon Apr 29 1996 10:224
    > God isn't lost.
    
    Actually, I read it more along the lines of finding God they way one
    would find there way home.