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Got love his logic “We object to that narrow-souled theology which will not allow the old ladies to have dreams because the prophecy says, ‘your old men shall dream dreams;’ and that will not allow young women to have visions because the prophecy says ‘your young men shall see visions.’ These stingy critics seem to forget that ‘man’ and ‘men’ in the Scriptures, generally mean both men and women. The Book says that it is ‘appointed unto men once to die.’ Don’t women die?” (James White, Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, February 25, 1862; Spiritual Gifts, vol. 3, p. 24). ANYONE else see where I am going with this?

Circular reasoning, all the way through.

I see religion as being static, a set of information proscribed by a church or an institution, comprised of creed or beliefs, or doctrines. I see spirituality as relational, something dynamic alive and growing. Meaning may also readily become cataloged in that static stack of what is religion as soon as it is determined and added to the fixed and compiled. Raison d'tre seems to be something so easily springing from the ego and satisfying the ego... what is my importance. It seems to me that spirituality is about experiencing being moved by higher impulses, being engaged in a relational dynamic greater that one's self . But in my experience to reason with God is something that occurs through moments and brings responses of hope and comfort, assurance, cleansing, and humility. what amazing loving, understanding, kind, restoring, and healing God.

Thanks to Christianity Today for the following:

Pam, I will accept your answer as correct. A golf cart could not have legally been driven to the shopping center. Yes, I did drive my NEV which can be driven where a golf cart can not be driven. You must remember my August posting when I purchased the NEV along with a photo of it. How is it going: Well, I like it. When I added it to my automobile insurance policy I estimated that I would drive it 100 miles a month. So far, I have not driven it that far in a month. The actual energy costs to drive it for one mile are less than it costs to drive my full size vehicle. However, my fixed costs of purchasing it as a used vehicle plus my insurance costs (even though they are much less than my full size vehicle) result in my per mile cost to drive as more than my SUV. My wife has driven it. Although it does not appear that she will drive it on any kind of a regular basis. However, she has often gone with me when I drove someplace in it.

I have thought that the word religion used to refer to one's faith. Now it seems religion refers to the brand of faith. You didn't take on a person's religion because it was what was in their their heart. this was sacred domain. Now religion seems to be defined as what is in your head, and spirituality is what is in your heart. There seems to be less sense of the sacred ground of a person's conscience and inner sanctum where only God and angels would tread. This is how there is spiritual abuse. I think spiritual abuse is as common as any other kind of abuse, because if you do not recognize spiritual boundaries you can most likely be blind to many other kinds of boundaries. Only Jesus had every boundary in place within himself, in His relationship to His heavenly Father, and in his relationship to all people, and all His creation. And as Jesus comes into our hearts he brings those options to us, that we would not otherwise see.