The problem: how do us lowly humans distinguish legitimate Divine Revelation from claimed Revelation?
I'd argue for Divine Inspiration- genuine experiences with God twisted by human bias. And unfortunately, while I know my experience with God was real and my Divine works are perfect, I assume you're influenced by Satan/lying/insane.
And whatever we desire can be fulfilled... interesting. I'd have to ask what exactly we desire in religion? Answers? Meaning? Love? Comfort? Community? A sense of superiority? Hope? An end to fear of death? A sense of connection with God/the unknown? Some of those can be fulfilled, but I doubt we can ever find, for example, definite answers. I'd say that religions were created for this exact reason- people desired things that couldn't be fulfilled, so they created their own answers to fulfill them.
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Re: Divine Revelation
Date: 2005-06-08 09:04 pm (UTC)I'd argue for Divine Inspiration- genuine experiences with God twisted by human bias. And unfortunately, while I know my experience with God was real and my Divine works are perfect, I assume you're influenced by Satan/lying/insane.
And whatever we desire can be fulfilled... interesting. I'd have to ask what exactly we desire in religion? Answers? Meaning? Love? Comfort? Community? A sense of superiority? Hope? An end to fear of death? A sense of connection with God/the unknown? Some of those can be fulfilled, but I doubt we can ever find, for example, definite answers. I'd say that religions were created for this exact reason- people desired things that couldn't be fulfilled, so they created their own answers to fulfill them.