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The "preference" introduced itself. Some (like myself) accepted the connections, while others resist and attempt to critique it. Why? Neither of which are of interest to me. Yet - iyo - can still be boring or deist in nature... Indeed I do see The Subjective God Model for more on that...

I don’t dispute that meditation can open into bare awareness - awareness without thoughts, feelings, or content. But if we take that as the ultimate ground, it reduces to a kind of deist god: existent but going nowhere, without relation or purpose. To me, that’s like a god one has when one is...

I agree that nothing about the brain itself explains consciousness. It looks more like a medium - a channel through which consciousness expresses - which would explain why damage to the brain affects expression but not necessarily the source. That opens space for out-of-body experiences and for...

I am surprised at your surprise. What do you think the UICDS is, if not real time interaction with The Source? (aka "God" et al) You are free to elaborate... :)

I wouldn’t describe what I’m saying as ‘impersonal.’ It is personal - being itself, source itself - intelligent, purposeful, and relational. The difference from Christianity is that I don’t locate this in a single Person God mediated through church, holy book, and preachers. My view doesn’t...

Yes, I think you’ve touched it well. Humans do generate and amplify much of what we call evil - often through tools or systems that could just as easily be used for good. So naming AI or genetic engineering as ‘evil’ misses the point: it’s the human application that matters. And yes, the view...

Yes. That is the best option as far as I can tell. Use The Razor to trim all excess dogma involved in theistic ideas of "God" leaves us with the sum; "IF we exist within a created thing THEN whatever created it must be conscious and intelligent That makes the Problem of Evil secondary...

The phrase “ground of being” (popularized by Paul Tillich, but with roots in older philosophy) means that God isn’t thought of as a being among beings — not a person who intervenes sometimes and ignores other times — but as the underlying reality that makes existence possible at all. So...

I think that the PoE derives from the PoG (problem of God) which derives from theism being that the claim is "we exist within a created thing". The PoG is only problematic re the definition "the existence of a perfectly good, all-powerful, and all-knowing God" which itself is problematic...

No - it is just an example of how fiction can develop. :)

Yes - and it was the Devil...luke facing his own fear mirrored back to him as his Father...in his subsequent cave trip... Or in my case, how some Christians call me the devil (or variations on that mytho) "Found someone, you have" becomes "spot the devil" and then projected out onto others...

Yes. That’s the classic doctrinal lens: Sin is framed legally, as breaking divine command. It focuses on rule-keeping, not on relationship, shadow integration, or coveting. My approach opened the question across lenses (biblical, mythic, Jungian, symbolic) In the Bible, sin is pictured as...

When you compare Star Wars with Christianity, the parallels are striking — but so are the limits. Both show sin as coveting what is already available within, seeking shortcuts outside (the Garden fruit, Anakin’s fall). Both set Light and Dark within the same field, with choice determining...

The Force is portrayed as a field of energy, but not as sovereign. It’s reactive: it “binds and penetrates,” but it doesn’t choose, command, or hold ultimate authority. Because of that, the balance of Light and Dark is always precarious, always at risk of tipping. By contrast, in the biblical...

and re the question of "sin"... If “sin” = simply choosing the Dark Side, then it’s about alignment. If “sin” = hypocrisy, then it’s about authenticity — whether your outward claim matches your inward reality. If “sin” = estrangement from Source, then it’s about relationship — separation from...

In Star Wars, temptation isn’t only external (Palpatine whispering) or only internal (Anakin’s anger, fear, desire). It’s the interplay of the two. The “dark side” gains power because inner vulnerability meets outer opportunity. he Light Side gains power in the opposite way the Dark does: From...

Thanks AB. I do not post on this forum to be judged by anyone. If I have a Lord, it is Source Consciousness aka YHVH/The One True God/Our Father. Therefore: It is not for us to say who and who isn't a child of Our Father. Our Father is the Only Lord of Lords and all other lords and ladies are...

https://williamwaterstone.substack.com/p/from-us-and-them-to-our-father

Where is this "taming" noticed? In the open door back to redemption..Darth Vader finally dealing with his demons - taking off his mask and declaring his love for Luke...Re Pharaoh the door remains open at all times as we work WITH Our Father and not against him...In Pharaohs case, he remained...

If Lucifer = Darth Vader, then instead of being a rival god or cosmic accident, he becomes a character inside the larger story — a created aspect that dramatizes the shadow. That takes pressure off the “where did evil come from” problem: it isn’t a rival force outside God, it’s a function within...