quote:Originally posted by zippadeedoodah:
I don't know what God believes. I know what others tells me He believes; and I know what I think He believes. There are some large variations between the two.
Maybe the path toward being Godly is peeling away the hate, deceit, and character flaws away from the places where perhaps only you can see them. Continuous self-evaluation. Am I the best I can be? Am I making progress toward some ideal? Perhaps your ideal is being more Christ-like; it's not up to me to say. As long as you're not standing still or looking backwards, you're making progress. If you're there telling yourself and all around you how wonderful you are, you're not making forward progress. A quiet, purposeful striving for bettering yourself, at least in my opinion, is a necessary element in your personal, independent pursuit of God. I firmly believe that the content of your heart, where only God can see, is much more important than walking an aisle and uttering an incantation. But that's just me.
Zip,
From what you say you feel that you are responsible for your own behavior, character, well-being, achievements, influence upon others and society and ultimate path through life.
I may have told you this before but, "You are a humanist," and that is the highest of compliments.