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In reply to the discussion: Rumi and the Vision of the Qur'an [View all]tomp
(9,512 posts)53. OK, here goes.
So, Ive read some Rumi and while I find his language beautiful, I find his religious meaning obtuse. That is likely my puny mind at work and probably why Im still in therapy.
I believe that either the universe has always existed or some force unknown to us created it. Also if you cant tell me what happened before the Big Bang Im not so impressed with your knowledge. Anyway, it seems somehow impossible to know. That also is probably also my puny mind at work.
I believe that human beings created god/gods in their own image, not the other way around, and there are probably as many versions of god as there are people (minus the atheists, of course). Puny mind again.
Thanks for your time.
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What about the free will of people who don't want to be murdered in a religious dispute?
trotsky
Jul 2018
#7
It is not a personal attack to reference threads where your own quoted text contradicted your claim,
trotsky
Jul 2018
#20
What makes you feel that you have this insight into the mind of the Creator? eom
guillaumeb
Jul 2018
#26
It should be obvious to everyone by now that gil's rules only apply when he wants them to.
trotsky
Jul 2018
#107
It's a ridiculous apologetic made even more ridiculous by its definition of "free will".
Act_of_Reparation
Jul 2018
#77
Like the Creator, I give my children vague, non-literal, and contradictory instructions
marylandblue
Jul 2018
#9