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Purification — Deification — Theosis. 6 Remember him—before the silver cord is severed, and the golden bowl is broken; before the pitcher is shattered
by tylershuster 4y ago
Purification — Deification — Theosis.
6 Remember him—before the silver cord is severed,
and the golden bowl is broken;
before the pitcher is shattered at the spring,
and the wheel broken at the well,
7 and the dust returns to the ground it came from,
and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
8 “Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher.
“Everything is meaningless!”
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13 Now all has been heard;
here is the conclusion of the matter:
Fear God and keep his commandments,
for this is the duty of all mankind.
14 For God will bring every deed into judgment,
including every hidden thing,
whether it is good or evil.
- chasingthewind 4y agoThis is also my answer as you can see from my username.
- metabagel 4y agoBetter to have your own internal framework of morality than one which is externally imposed. Otherwise, when your god tells you to sacrifice your son, you might actually do it.
- IYasha 4y agoGood words! I usually cut it down to "I don't need a religion to be a good person". )