CAMP

Saturday I went down town to the Magik Theatre with the kids from CAMP. It was alot of fun to walk around down town to find a place to eat and then walk back to the play house. The kids enjoyed the play alot though i found it a bit childish. There where parts of it that where trully funny. I would recomend to any one with small children to look into this theatre. The campers laughed and enjoyed themselves so it was all good. I have come to realize that I am a bit uncomfertable around the campers. I think this is due to me not knowing exactly what I am supposed to do.

poetry in religion

A poet that I am researching for my poetry class is William Blake. I found all of his poems so far to be religious and thought that I would share one.



The LambFrom
Songs of Innocence

Little lamb, who made thee?
Does thou know who made thee,
Gave thee life, and bid thee feed
By the stream and o'er the mead;
Gave thee clothing of delight,
Softest clothing, woolly, bright;
Gave thee such a tender voice,
Making all the vales rejoice?
Little lamb, who made thee?
Does thou know who made thee?
Little lamb, I'll tell thee;
Little lamb, I'll tell thee:
He is called by thy name,
For He calls Himself a Lamb.
He is meek, and He is mild,
He became a little child.
I a child, and thou a lamb,
We are called by His name.
Little lamb, God bless thee!
Little lamb, God bless thee!

According to DeLuback in order to be saved , one has to cooperate with God to take control of our lives and direct it to do only good. I have an theroy on this or rather an idea. In a sence doesn't every human being or creature on earth in some way or other already do this. I mean many people are lead by an iner force even if they dont know about God. Couldn't this force that leads them be God not the subconcious that the percieve it to be.

F.R.O.G.

Have you ever herd of F.R.O.G. it stand for " Fully or Forever Relying on God" I came to the conclusion this weekedn that this is probably why i am so obsessed with drawing frogs in any medium i work with in art.


Fully rely on God. . . He'll accept you, warts and all. His grace is free, so jump for joy!

salvation

I think that as long as you believe in God, and accept that Jesus died for you and your sins then you will be saved. I think This means I would agree with DeLuback, I think no matter what your religion is that you can go to heaven if you fallow the makers path. In other words I see it like this if you believe in God in whatever form he is to you and you fallow his teachings then you will go to heaven.

Manichaeism Mazdaism continued

This information I found on http://en.wikipedia.org.


The most striking principle of Manichee theology is its dualism. Mani postulated two natures that existed from the beginning: light and darkness. The realm of light lived in peace, while the realm of darkness was in constant conflict with itself. The universe is the temporary result of an attack from the realm of darkness on the realm of light, and was created by the Living Spirit, an emanation of the light realm, out of the mixture of light and darkness.A key belief in Manichaeanism is that there is no omnipotent good power. This claim addresses a theoretical part of the problem of evil by denying the infinite perfection of God and postulating the two equal and opposite powers mentioned previously. The human person is seen as a battleground for these powers: the good part is the soul (which is composed of light) and the bad part is the body (composed of dark earth). The soul defines the person and is incorruptible, but it is under the domination of a foreign power, which addressed the practical part of The Problem of Evil. A human is said to be able to be saved from this power (matter) if they come to know who they are and identify themselves with their soul.




Zoroastrianism is the religion and philosophy based on the teachings ascribed to the prophet Zoroaster (Zarathushtra, Zartosht). Mazdaism is the religion that acknowledges the divine authority of Ahura Mazda, proclaimed by Zoroaster to be the one uncreated Creator of all (God).
As demonstrated by Zoroastrian creed and articles of faith, the two terms are effectively synonymous. In a declaration of the creed — the Fravarānē — the adherent states: "…I profess myself a devotee of Mazda, a follower of Zarathustra." (Yasna 12.2, 12.8)

Manichaeism and Mazdaism

I understand that these two religions are dualistic meaning to have a good vs evil. With the talk we had today I understand a little more of how there different. I am still a little fuzzy on it but I am trying to remember what was said about Zorastrianism or Mazdaism in intro to World Religion. I find it interesting that these religions focus on the person knowing and choosing what is right and what is wrong. For my next blog I will try to research more of the difference in these two religions.