Members rudywoofs (Pam) Posted January 20, 2016 Members Share Posted January 20, 2016 If everybody got along we would soon lose much of our humanity. Light needs darkness or it ceases to be light, since darkness defines it. Humans define themselves by being just a little different from everyone else. Actually, our DNA forbids us all from getting along. Not everyone cottons to everyone else, and it's not just a matter of culture, environment, or how one was raised. (While I don't think heaven will be a place of bickering, I *do* think people will have preferences with whom they choose to associate.) comments? Quote Pam Meddle Not In the Affairs of Dragons; for You Are Crunchy and Taste Good with Ketchup. If we all sang the same note in the choir, there'd never be any harmony. Funny, isn't it, how we accept Grace for ourselves and demand justice for others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoAspen Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 How would you define 'humanity' vs 'God'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rudywoofs (Pam) Posted January 21, 2016 Author Members Share Posted January 21, 2016 not sure I understand, CoA... God is not "humanity", in my view Quote Pam Meddle Not In the Affairs of Dragons; for You Are Crunchy and Taste Good with Ketchup. If we all sang the same note in the choir, there'd never be any harmony. Funny, isn't it, how we accept Grace for ourselves and demand justice for others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoAspen Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 If we are created in the image of God would that mean that feelings, likes, dislikes, etc, are also from God? Will our DNA have changes for heaven that are different from original DNA? What makes us human? just questions....as you have proposed something that I think is quite complicated... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rudywoofs (Pam) Posted January 21, 2016 Author Members Share Posted January 21, 2016 hmm... does God have DNA? I'm not so sure He does. We were made in His image....not necessary in the same *composition*, however.. Quote Pam Meddle Not In the Affairs of Dragons; for You Are Crunchy and Taste Good with Ketchup. If we all sang the same note in the choir, there'd never be any harmony. Funny, isn't it, how we accept Grace for ourselves and demand justice for others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoAspen Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Which brings about another question... what does in the image of God mean? Do we even have a clue! rudywoofs (Pam) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pierrepaul Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 DNA is necessary in humans and all other forms of life because life on earth as we know it depends on a process of death and regeneration. DNA is required to create the protein chains to build new cells and cell parts. The only life we know is a life of death and regeneration. The Bible does indicate that food consumption was part of the perfect pre-fall Edenic paradise, so parts of the biological cycles (food consumption, digestion, respiration, energy production, waste, excretion, etc.) are likely part of a perfect "death-less" world, and perhaps DNA and RNA were part of that. Quote God never said "Thou shalt not think". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellen Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 I guess Jesus has DNA now that he has been born, whether He had it before, who can say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoarrge Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Does "getting along" mean joining all together in a monolithic commune, or everybody respecting each other's autonomy? Quote To be an agent of creation is to serve the Creator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rudywoofs (Pam) Posted February 2, 2016 Author Members Share Posted February 2, 2016 *getting along* has nothing to do with a monolithic commune, as even in such an environment here on earth, there would be bickering, in my opinion. Quote Pam Meddle Not In the Affairs of Dragons; for You Are Crunchy and Taste Good with Ketchup. If we all sang the same note in the choir, there'd never be any harmony. Funny, isn't it, how we accept Grace for ourselves and demand justice for others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeMo Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 God is beyond understanding. If it was the Holy Spirit who impregnated Mary, doesn't that mean that God contributed DNA? Of course the Spirit could have just "created" the DNA to make Mary pregnant. God appears to have volatile emotions, just like people. He loved Jacob and hated Esau. He was so mad at the Hebrews in the wilderness sometimes that He as ready to wipe them out. Before the flood, He regretted making man. Jesus pitched quite a fit in the Temple whipping people and overturning tables. Pam has a permanent saying in her posts: If we all sang the same note in the choir, there'd never be any harmony. I say AMEN to that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Tom Wetmore Posted February 3, 2016 Administrators Share Posted February 3, 2016 If God is real, why couldn't he have DNA? We know that we have common DNA with most all living things. (Science oriented people correct me if I am wrong...) Much of DNA is not necessarily activated or the combinations of it result in different formations of life. The DNA in the cells of my foot are the very same as one will find in the cells of my eye, or my blood or my hair or... If we share common DNA with other creatures, why not the Creator too? What if His DNA is programmed to allow whatever physical form or forms he may appear in or even the ability to change that appearance? Think in terms of color changing ability among certain animals. JoeMo and rudywoofs (Pam) 2 Quote "Absurdity reigns and confusion makes it look good." "Sinless perfection is such a shallow goal." "I love God only as much as the person I love the least." *Forgiveness is always good news. And that is the gospel truth. (And finally, the ideas expressed above are solely my person views and not that of any organization with which I am associated.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoAspen Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Oh-oh...my mind is going to areas that bring up other questions.....where did Gods DNA come from?? (Not exactly on topic...sorry Pam) rudywoofs (Pam) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeb Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Bickering, or in other words "fighting" is traceable to only one place of origin: sin. What is sin, at least in this respect? selfishness. So, once sinful egos are under control why would there be bickering in heaven? There difference of opinion on something minor, for we will all agree on the big stuff such as obedience to God, God first, the rest of us accepting our places in whatever the hierarchy of heaven is like, etc... will be no big deal. There will be respect among all of God's creatures. None of us will see ourselves as better than anyone else, and the attitude of "I'm better/more important than you so my opinion is worth more" is the main cause of "bickering". Quote Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.Alexis de Tocqueville Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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