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Michael Lee Junker
3/12/2019 16:58:42
I suggest writing more will result in writing more. I'm waiting for Uncompromised. That contains within it the word PROMISED think of that when staring at a blank page for the 3rd book. One must find peace within oneself. I am retired; I have 3 advanced degrees in science and engineering and worked about 40 years teaching doing R/D and consulting. I am also an ordained minister. My personal philosophy was always to only worry about those things that you can do to effect an outcome. If you can't affect the outcome, what use is worrying about it. Worry never accomplished anything. Now if you could have affected the outcome and didn't act, then you should be very worried. When I was about 13-14, I got very interested in religion and studied a fairly broad selection of them and read comparative religion books. My conclusion after doing my study was that people seldom practice whatever religion they are claiming in the manner that the Bible, Talmud, Torah etc. taught if one read the "holy" book and fashioned an image for oneself as to how to carry out the "lessons" contained therein. I also gleaned from my studying that "god" pretty much wanted "people" to be happy and to prosper. And for the most part"god" wanted people "to get along"with other people. So most of the discord was being caused by people and not by "god". I figured out that when one finally has to confront "god" and explain him/herself that whether you tithed, faithfully attend church/synagogue/temple/mosque/etc. that wasn't what "god" wanted to know. What he wanted to know was how did you conduct your life and how did you interact with your fellow man. All the extra things that people had to wear/do to demonstrate their devoutness to their religion were strictly put there by other people, not by God, so genuflecting and even performing communion was nice or not depending upon your sect, but it wasn't a God requirement. The God requirement was how one lived their life in relationship to their fellow humans. If their fellow human could speak up in your cause to justify your existence to God, then I feel that God would pretty much listen to them as references for your value to God. I know what I've written is rambling, but I've read your words and looked at your pictures of family and sense that you're still seeking something. I just thought I'd try to add my 2-bits into mix. God Bless you and yours.
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