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Posted on 09/10/2016	by aj vosse
Well, Ailsa has really got me thinking with her challenge this week. Her post begins with a few questions about what’s happening in the USA’s presidential race. It’s simple really… when democracy is left to the devices of the politically correct and values are screwed up so far that human dogma becomes the new faith then we must expect to get what we’ve got! Yep… one man’s gospel is another’s treachery. Delusion?
It seems anything goes in the quest for enlightenment. We each and every one of us think we have a right to expect to have our wants met. So… if I believe in choice and my neighbour is a pro-lifer then he is wrong. Is he? No… he may well be right and I am wrong. However, because I’ve decided I have the right to make my own decisions then who is he to tell me what I can do or not do? I mean… after all, I’m enlightened, am I not?
That’s just one example. Give mankind choice without values or basic principles to live by and chaos will ensue. The more individual choice the more potential for chaos! Maybe, just maybe, we should have a look at ourselves, a long hard look before we claim to be enlightened. We should establish from where we draw our reference… on what we base our values.
Ailsa strikes the key. If we base our values on LOVE we’re on the correct path. Only then can we begin to learn tolerance and acceptance. Only then will our values match those of the basic truths we need to embrace!
Yesterday my good lady shared a quote. I don’t know where it came from but it may just explain why mankind is in such a mess!!
If being hurt by the Church causes you to lose faith in God, then your faith was in people, not GOD!
I’ll leave you with another quote… this time one of mine…
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15 Responses to Enlightened?
09/10/2016 at 06:21
Verlig deur die Lig!
Ja, die Lig van die wereld!!
09/10/2016 at 06:19
O beide die laaste twee aanhalings raak my hart.
09/10/2016 at 13:25
09/10/2016 at 05:59
Mooi gesê,maar ek stem nie heeltemal saam nie…ek het nie geloof nie,en beslis ‘n vaste fondasie en so is daar vele ander ongelowiges ook met vaste beginsels,morele waardes en liefde vir hul naaste.
Baie goed gestel. Dis verblywend dat jy bereid is om jou opinie te lig in ‘n positiewe manier, sonder om my aanteval! Dankie!!
09/10/2016 at 13:29
Ek haat dit om mense aan te val oor dinge waarin hulle glo,behalwe as dit ‘n debat is.Blogs is persoonlik en nie die plek om te stry nie.Ek geniet altyd jou pragtige foto’s en respekteer jou sienswyse.
09/10/2016 at 13:33
Dankie! Ek’s nuuskierig? Mag ek uit my kassie klim vir ‘n ooblik, asseblief? Daai sterk waardes? Is hulle miskien van vroeg af aangeleer in ‘n huis waar die Goeie Boek so nou en dan aangehaal is??
Nee,my pa was ‘n ateïs en my ma was baie lou godsdienstig…ook maar net omdat dit van haar verwag is.Hulle was die wonderlikste ouers met die beste waardestelsel waarvoor enige kind kon wens.
Dis so goed om te hoor almal se waardes kan en moet werk! Dankie weer vir die positiewe interaksie. Soos ek gesê het in my pos… ons moet mekaar wardeer en duld, met liewde!! 😉 OK… ek is nou terug in my kassie!! 😀
09/10/2016 at 13:57
Lekker om gedagtes te deel met iemand wat my nie oordeel nie!😄
09/10/2016 at 14:00
OO gonnas!! Jy’t my gellukking op die heilige Sondag gevang!!! Wha ha ha!! 😉 Ja… ek stem… dit is lekker!! 😀
09/10/2016 at 02:42
Dankie heer! 😉
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