It rages in a man between the personality and the Soul, sensual and the Spiritual, the evil and the Good, sorrow or Joy. It is man against himself, and the battle can be lost or won Let us all hope for Love of the Good.
Because they are not "Religion" they/we are ignorant "traditions," thus erroneously call themselves Religions. They condemn any others who don't think like they do. They dogmatically go to war against each other, after all, Dictators do, do that.
No one of this world could make such a judgement.
Sammy - Don't hang out in labels that require meaningful thought. Go to another labels and select from those more suited to worldly interests. There are plenty of them. :-)
Wonderer - Gods Celestial "IDEA," became the momentum of His WILL which in turn became the Big Bang, the great power by wihich all manifest or Cosmic Universes, are born and ever WILL be. Enjoy the Pondering of this ;-)
In the first place one must be strong and never enter into a relationship blind. Therefore if one, man or woman does not want to date or is not ready to share time with another who has kids, thats ones own choice. There is nothing to be fair or unfair about. In fact it is honest respect for another. For some, where kids are concerned, man or woman, this is something they would prefer to do for themselves.
And also . . . Sin would seem to be practically the whole of the fundamentalist's, misconstrued doctrine of faith. For their faith, seems to be in "IT" - as they ever declare IT. They even call themselves Sinners with some twisted pride veiled in fained humility.
Sadly, being fault finders, they are become blind and can see no Good, they are possessed of the Evil Eye. For leave it to the fundamentalist to feed their fantasies of Sin ever seeking for all its many dark shades and colours. It seems Foggy wishes to continue the tradition of Crucifying the sincere and innocent seekers, mentally, heartfully, phycologically.
The Christ:said regarding such dark mentors; "do as they say but do not do as they do for they say and do not". They have knowledge but they simply do not Understand, what the Spirit of Love hath said; what the Christos sayeth.
Remember forgiveness restores Innocence the more.
The Movie "Being There" (Peter Sellers) was a wonderful expression of this. It actually put me in a most Peaceful state of Mind. I bought it for that cause.
INDEED BY THIS VERY QUESTION - Fundamentalists; this fundamentalist is actually encouraging others to preceive sin in others; seeking to nuture this so called sin. This by asking people to expand the Sin of fault finding; by asking the innocent to look for it; to see it. Is this the teaching of Jesus the Christ !? I think not!
Just in case you missed it, most Foggy One, the Evil Eye is the Eye that sees only fault in and of most everyone and everthing that doesn't agree with dark ignorant misconstrued doctrines of faith.
Foggy I hereby offer you a most powerful Spiritual KEY: "I come in judgement, that those that see not might see - and - those that see might be made blind." This is one of the most profound teachings of the Christos, through the Master Jesus.
It is thus I also here offer you its higher Spiritual solution: Love comes in judgement, that those that cannot see the Good that they might see it -- and those that see not but fault that they might be made blind to it." Only by this may one preceive (the Single Eye of perception) the Good our God in the world of men
"For when thine Eye be Single then thine whole body shall be full of Light!" - the Christos.
Let us see the Good that we may know God in the World of men; let us see the Love Spirit that we might know the Christ in the hearts of men.
Let all hear and receive it who can now in this time of the promise of this glorious New Age, of Aquarius, wherein the Mysteries of God shall be made plain. Amen
FUNDAMENTALISM
God is the Father of Love, it is His Son the Christ or the Christos, mortalized in the man Jesus, clearly and openly, that He might help mankind find Christ in themselves also. Only by this acceptance may men accept their Sonship, if not they dare not call themselves children of God for danger of hypocracy.