Bishop Appointments Have Nothing to Do With God

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A person of Truth, one at least sincerely trying to be one with it, is certainly imperfect. A killer chanting the name of RAMA can be enlightened even if he starts off wrong. Once we leave behind the baggage of dogmatic religions, those whose core is the book they worship, then we can engage in allowing imperfect humans to help us other imperfect humans on our quest. But if you chose the book, well, you chose the book.

As to the question of homosexuality being imperfect, that is really irrelevant to the one seeking Truth as it is - Tat Sat. To such a person, who would then be honestly religious, and who could then perhaps have a position of authority, the sexuality is the imperfection (hetero or homo). This is a biological signal that is determined by exogenous forces (in the scientific model) or karmic forces (in an endogenous model). Regardless, it represents a prakrit based soma-form manifestation of the base reality. (It is the tree of the knowledge of maya.) But the spiritual quest is to cut down that tree and transcend that attachment. Even in tantric systems the use of sexuality is to transcend the sexuality.

Thus, with a broader spiritual understanding, a priest that is incompletely enlightened can have a sexuality that is either homo or hetero, and can teach others. But if that priest thinks that their sexuality is spiritual, then there is confusion between maya and vidya (true knowledge). The love we share for each other is the vidya, the manifestation is avidya (untruth) as we express it as imperfect media of the divine totality.

But again, if your religion claims that all of sexuality is bad, then the authoritative priests of that religion should abstain from all sexuality. That is the yoga they have chosen.

hariaum

Opppps. Correction;

"if, IF only the World [THIS] today/future can Learn-To-Say/sing the Sweet word "IT" INSTEAD OF blurting gods name to being as if a "HE"/HIM or a "SHE"/HERs ... then "PEACE.... La La... Cometh All real quick!

The AWAKENiNG! EURIKA! UTOPIA!...

Hello again Mr. Gandhi; I missed You.

if, IF only the World [THIS] can Learn-To-Say "IT" INSTEAD OF god(s), Then The UNITY of that long, awaited, yet Prophecied/Promised "ONE WORLD RELIGION" Book; will cometh faster than what, The Thief Of Time (Procrastination), prevented!

According to the "Holy GEETA" @ 8:26 et seq, that Stanza/Pasik/Script/Sura.. sings,

"The Path of Photon + the Path of "IT"s Opposite ,available for The-[This]World are verily thought to be both ETERNAL; by the EK-UNO-Source1-"IT" (not a HE nor a SHE mentioned by 1000+ names today [for the-New "AQUARiUS"-AGE; nomore old "PISCES"-Age; and not by the old 99 names anymore] ...

... the Path of KINDALAH (Fricht/light..); a [Biofinite & Carbon-Based] HU{eMATE, not Human goes to return not; by the other, the Path of No-Photons, HE/SHE returneth again..."

Note: Even The BEETLES will Resing and say, "SEX is Not LOVE; but LiFE [via Holy PHOTONS & ITs opposite] Is Love!

Reality: [WE] was never Created nor can [i] be Destroyed! Only DUE-TO-BE [again], as Promised Us ALL via All, this-Worlds Old Time GEETAs, Kangyurs, Chumashs, Bibles, Qurans, Korans etc..!

WE [i] are each in the Holy Cosmic, Nebula Delivered, ETERNiTY AVOiDING LONLiNESS thing via "IT"s blesseth Stuff; not Curseth/Sin/Sufferuings-Desires!!

The New-BRAHMA has Spoken; nomore via our be-loved "Mr. VYASA [pbuh], Mr. GUATAMA [pbuh], Mr. CONFUCUS, Mr. MUHHAMAD, Mr. JESUS, Mr. MOSES, , Mr. ZEUZ et al!

"WE [i] shall Truly (opposite Myth) go beyond the scriptures of TiMES Past & Still To Come" And

"When your inntelect crosses beyond the mire of Dellusion, THEN Ye shall attain to indifference as to what has been HEARD & what is Yet to be Heard.."

- GEETA @ 2:52.et seq. Also please see 'Glorious Quran' @ 16:89 et seq. and see Bibles @ Isiah:52:15 et seq!

AHIMSA, PEACE, ZINGHYU, SALAAM, SHiLOM, MIR, PAZ, SHANTIth.....

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

I like most of it but the following bothers me.

"I think if we look deeply, sincerely and truthfully we will find that there are not many in this world who can claim to possess a character that is impeccable and unblemished."

To be sure, none or few of us are perfect but it would be a little naive to say that we are equally moral or immoral - that would erase the difference between Hitler and Mahatma Gandhi.

The second thing which bothers me is the implication that if we are not perfect we have no right to punish. That also makes no sense.

If we insisted on perfect cops and perfect judges, we would have no law and believe me it would not be nice. Imperfect cops and judges enforce the law, and they are often wrong, but it is still far better than NEVER enforcing the law.

If you said instead that gays have done no wrong and that it is silly (and mean) to punish them for being gay, THEN I will agree.

So, you gave a good conclusion but a bad argument for it.

With all due respects to your grandfather, it is not man that has declared we are made in the image of God, it is God that has revealed that to us. A brief review of the bible would tell you that.

On the other point, I will agree that if a church appoints an openly gay person to a position of leadership, it is an act of man.

That is not to say that an appointment inspired by God is a person that is perfect. It is however, a person that will lead God's people in the way that God wants.

Mark
Always seek the truth.