By Coralie Raia Darsey-Malloy
God enters by a private door into every individual.
--Ralph Waldo Emerson
This blog is an adaptation of a response I made to someone on Mylot who was told that they would go to hell because they did not accept Jesus and Christian doctrine. The person lives in Thailand and with only a small percentage of their population being Christian. They were dismayed to think that a supposedly loving God would spend sixty million people to hell.
I am always amazed when I hear things like this. For whatever my opinion is worth I do not believe that the Creator I know and love will condemn human beings to hell because they exercise their right of free will to be Christians...or not. If the One who spun beings from His/Her great Being did not want us to explore...to learn, to agree, to disagree we would never have been given the right to choose our soul path and learn from the choices we make.
My question to those who rant that a portion of God's 'children' are going to hell for not following their dogma...is this..."Why would anyone want to worship a God that is so judgmental and...Unloving?" It is, if you stop and think about, rather illogical. If this Supreme Being creates us...gives us the right to choose...and then say..."Bad, very bad!" All because you exercise that God-given right. HUH? Say again? Who on earth in their right mind says...worship this God...in this way only...or you will be condemned to hell? Nice message eh? Really draws you into the light...or does it?
Anyone who studies Christianity...(and I was raised with that doctrine)...knows the basic tenements that Jesus taught was...first and foremost to not judge. Equally important is to love, honor and respect each other. His great commandment and the one that is bigger than all others is to; "Treat each other as we'd like to be treated...the Golden Rule."
As an emissary of love, light and forgiveness those who teach anything different are not honoring Jesus’ message. Who on earth wants to be treated like a sinner because they are not walking the same path as the one who 'dictates?' To me love is the common thread in any religion. If the person touting ideologies does not deliver a theological perspective of love, compassion, forgiveness, respect, understanding, assisting those in need, way-showing with love, honor, respect...then it is not a message based on Source-centered awareness.
So..in my view HOW we live our lives is far more important than whatever religious doctrine we follow. Once again, have the right of free will to exercise it...and choose. It is through choice-making that we eventually grasp that there choices have consequences. As we learn to love with greater acceptance and accountability we usually become more enlightened. If this Law of Reciprocity had not been set up...then how else could we learn?
Perhaps is we could all 'get over ourselves' and become less judgmental and more loving all our human rights concerns could eventually be resolved. Sadly, that won't happen as long as extreme fundamentalists con volute a message of love to one of bigotry and arrogance to make themselves right and others wrong. Judgments polarize...love and acceptance of differences brings unity.
To me love is the force that brings unity, wisdom, enlightenment and the way to advance us along our soul path. It is the one force that has the power to turn enemies into friends. If we strive to emulate teachings of love...then everything else will follow...eventually. To me there is a Still Small Voice within all of us...and that is the place where true wisdom and spiritual Knowing resides.
Our challenge is to find a way to access that inner dynamic and trust what we are given. In quietness and confidence there is strength. From there who we are and what we are meant to do will be revealed. The clarity and guidance we seek is there...and from that place we can walk in true self-worth that allows us to withstand the rejection of our ideas by others. Good luck with this perplexing challenge. It is one most of us have faced at one point or another along the discovery trails called life.
God enters by a private door into every individual.
--Ralph Waldo Emerson
This blog is an adaptation of a response I made to someone on Mylot who was told that they would go to hell because they did not accept Jesus and Christian doctrine. The person lives in Thailand and with only a small percentage of their population being Christian. They were dismayed to think that a supposedly loving God would spend sixty million people to hell.
I am always amazed when I hear things like this. For whatever my opinion is worth I do not believe that the Creator I know and love will condemn human beings to hell because they exercise their right of free will to be Christians...or not. If the One who spun beings from His/Her great Being did not want us to explore...to learn, to agree, to disagree we would never have been given the right to choose our soul path and learn from the choices we make.
My question to those who rant that a portion of God's 'children' are going to hell for not following their dogma...is this..."Why would anyone want to worship a God that is so judgmental and...Unloving?" It is, if you stop and think about, rather illogical. If this Supreme Being creates us...gives us the right to choose...and then say..."Bad, very bad!" All because you exercise that God-given right. HUH? Say again? Who on earth in their right mind says...worship this God...in this way only...or you will be condemned to hell? Nice message eh? Really draws you into the light...or does it?
Anyone who studies Christianity...(and I was raised with that doctrine)...knows the basic tenements that Jesus taught was...first and foremost to not judge. Equally important is to love, honor and respect each other. His great commandment and the one that is bigger than all others is to; "Treat each other as we'd like to be treated...the Golden Rule."
As an emissary of love, light and forgiveness those who teach anything different are not honoring Jesus’ message. Who on earth wants to be treated like a sinner because they are not walking the same path as the one who 'dictates?' To me love is the common thread in any religion. If the person touting ideologies does not deliver a theological perspective of love, compassion, forgiveness, respect, understanding, assisting those in need, way-showing with love, honor, respect...then it is not a message based on Source-centered awareness.
So..in my view HOW we live our lives is far more important than whatever religious doctrine we follow. Once again, have the right of free will to exercise it...and choose. It is through choice-making that we eventually grasp that there choices have consequences. As we learn to love with greater acceptance and accountability we usually become more enlightened. If this Law of Reciprocity had not been set up...then how else could we learn?
Perhaps is we could all 'get over ourselves' and become less judgmental and more loving all our human rights concerns could eventually be resolved. Sadly, that won't happen as long as extreme fundamentalists con volute a message of love to one of bigotry and arrogance to make themselves right and others wrong. Judgments polarize...love and acceptance of differences brings unity.
To me love is the force that brings unity, wisdom, enlightenment and the way to advance us along our soul path. It is the one force that has the power to turn enemies into friends. If we strive to emulate teachings of love...then everything else will follow...eventually. To me there is a Still Small Voice within all of us...and that is the place where true wisdom and spiritual Knowing resides.
Our challenge is to find a way to access that inner dynamic and trust what we are given. In quietness and confidence there is strength. From there who we are and what we are meant to do will be revealed. The clarity and guidance we seek is there...and from that place we can walk in true self-worth that allows us to withstand the rejection of our ideas by others. Good luck with this perplexing challenge. It is one most of us have faced at one point or another along the discovery trails called life.
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