Science and religion are not at odds. Science is simply too young to understand.
There comes a moment in history when ignorance is no longer a forgivable offense... a moment when only wisdom has the power to absolve. - Bertrand Zobrist
We are the masters of our own universe.
Misunderstanding a culture's symbols is a common root of predujice.
Nothing captures human interest more than human tragedy.
But who is more ignorant? The man who cannot define lightning, or the man who does not respect its awesome power?
The Pentacle - The ancients envisioned their world in two halves - masculine and feminine. Their gods and goddesses worked to keep a balance of power. Yin and Yang. When male and female were balanced, there was harmony in the world. When they were unbalanced there was chaos.
Human thought can literally transform the physical world .. we are the masters of our own universe
Because most Christians want it both ways. They want to be able to proudly declare they are believers in the Bible and yet simply ignore those parts they find too difficult or too inconvenient to believe.
Angels and demons were identical--interchangeable archetypes--all a matter of polarity. The guardian angel who conquered your enemy in battle was perceived by your enemy as a demon destroyer.
But believe me, just because the human mind can't imagine something happening...doesn't mean it won't.
The information was kept hidden for the same reason we keep matches from children. In the correct hands, fire can provide illumination... but in the wrong hands, fire can be highly destructive.
I've learned never to close my mind to an idea simply because it seems miraculous.
Terrorism is not an expression of rage. Terrorism is a political weapon. Remove a government's facade of infallibility, and you remove it's people's faith.
It's not about what you tell the reader, it's about what you conceal.
One could argue that there exist certain questions that are best left unanswered.
Fear cripples faster than any implement of war.
sometimes to find truth one must move mountains -Kohler
Telling someone about what a symbol means is like telling someone how music should make them feel.
Truth has power. And if we all gravitate toward similar ideas, maybe we do so because those ideas are true...written deep within us. And when we hear the truth, even if we don't understand it, we feel that truth resonate within us...vibrating with our unconscious wisdom. Perhaps the truth is not learned by us, but rather, the truth is re-called...re-membered...-re-cognized...as that which is already inside us.
Perception is transformed, and a new reality is born.
Wealth is commonplace but wisdom is rare. I beg you to remember that wealth without wisdom can often end in disaster.
The blind see what they want to see.
Until man is nothing, God can make nothing of him. - Martin Luther
Sometimes, divine revelation simply means adjusting your brain to hear what your heart already knows." Angels and Demons p. 484
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