tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740924465958245224.post2741480449249401191..comments2024-03-10T00:44:49.280-05:00Comments on This & That: God likes diversity not unity!Susannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03115294023069458287noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740924465958245224.post-37965685392787965342011-03-28T16:55:40.441-05:002011-03-28T16:55:40.441-05:00Amber, great point! I totally agree! :)
Sanil, ...Amber, great point! I totally agree! :)<br /><br /><br />Sanil, I didn't know you had just learned about this practice and wanted it for yourself! :D I enjoyed your thoughts on Babel! Very good as always!<br /><br /><br />Suroor, woooooooooooooow! That is fascinating!! Thanks for sharing this about the vultures! <br /><br />Niki, great verses - thank you for sharing! :)<br /><br />Lat, I enjoyed your comment. Nice to hear from you again! <br /><br />Thank you all for chiming in on this topic. Enjoyed all that you had to share!Susannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03115294023069458287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740924465958245224.post-1247167723832361722011-03-24T01:39:39.578-05:002011-03-24T01:39:39.578-05:00I'm back! I missed your posts so much and this...I'm back! I missed your posts so much and this one's very interesting! <br /><br />"..God is our blessing; our leaders are our punishment.."<br /><br />Yeah I think so but they are some exceptional leaders.<br /><br />i've wondered why my Hindu friend said that a dead body is polluted,tainted like a menstruating woman.So one shouldn't hold celebrations,visit the temple etc.She couldn't give a satisfactory answer and I wonder if this Zoroastrian view of death play any part in it.But they burn dead bodies so obviously they have different views.I don't know if I want to expose my dead body to vultures.Like Suroor pointed out,I think I'll let vultures live and save them from extinction :)<br /><br />And God likes diversity as seen thru' His Creative power and wants us to accept diversity in unity.We can be who we are and still be united.Latnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740924465958245224.post-19694573310488812432011-03-23T15:43:53.379-05:002011-03-23T15:43:53.379-05:00I Corinthians 12:13, 20, 25 "For by one Spiri...I Corinthians 12:13, 20, 25 "For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. ...<br />But now are they many members, yet but one body. ...<br />That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another."<br /><br />Ephesians 4:3 "Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace."<br /><br />Philippians 3:16 "Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing."Nikihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09936343470015553888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740924465958245224.post-33500204039357426402011-03-23T14:19:49.574-05:002011-03-23T14:19:49.574-05:00I think like what Amber said, God likes unity but ...I think like what Amber said, God likes unity but perhaps not homogeneity.<br /><br />Regarding the external burial practice. It is still practiced by the Parsis in India and Pakistan. In fact, the tragedy is currently that there was a shortage of vultures in India and Pakistan and hence many dead bodies were left uneaten by the scarce birds. This means the dead won't achieve Moksha so Indian biologists were forced to study why the vultures were dying. It was revealed that the two countries were using a new type of pesticide in their fertilizers. The cows that ate the grass and crops sprayed with this pesticide contained the poison in their bodies. When they died and the vultures feasted on them, they died from the pesticide's effect! India actually had import vultures for parts where Parsis are in greater numbers. Saw this all on a fascinating documentary. One of my very close friends is Parsi, btw.Suroorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07151400258859526990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740924465958245224.post-15402936551629693832011-03-23T08:48:27.109-05:002011-03-23T08:48:27.109-05:00Excarnation! :D I learned about that in history cl...Excarnation! :D I learned about that in history class once and thought it was brilliant. Recently I mentioned this to my sister, and told her I thought that was the best option and I wanted it done to me if it was legal...she thought I was being morbid and gross. Which I guess it is, but I like the idea that the body continues to be part of the earth's cycle, that other creatures benefit from it instead of just taking up space.<br /><br />His analysis of Babel makes me cringe...mostly because it seems self-contradictory. First he points out that the unity makes people stronger, then he tries to make it about fundamentalism and says that one language was about forcing people into something and oppressing them. No. Like he said first, they were successful then. <b>God</b> imposed a language and way of living on the people, and forced them to separate. Different isn't inherently better or more free. Being accepting of differences may be better, but that's not what's happening here. Actually, if we accepted the differences, we could be united again and the languages wouldn't matter. People today do connect across cultures and languages, it's not impossible and it generally makes us more peaceful and productive.<br /><br />I think Babel explains the inherent conflict between people and cultures. There's fear of the other, and that makes us dangerous to each other because we strike out and draw boundaries when we're afraid and don't understand something. But it's temporary, I do think that by being humble about it and trying to understand rather than control each other, coming together and working past those differences is possible and would make the world a better place.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07382787889525110718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740924465958245224.post-92113756227020449552011-03-23T08:05:33.266-05:002011-03-23T08:05:33.266-05:00Oops. Had a though after I hit the submit button.
...Oops. Had a though after I hit the submit button.<br /><br />I don't think it's that God doesn't like unity. He wants humanity to be united, under Him. But he doesn't want homogeneity. He did not create everything to be just the same and He doesn't want us to try to be clones of one perfect ideal. He wants us the way He made us.Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09002997517784638068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740924465958245224.post-83548409818406714392011-03-23T08:01:38.669-05:002011-03-23T08:01:38.669-05:00I find the burial (or non-burial in this case) cus...I find the burial (or non-burial in this case) custom interesting. The thought that everything was too pure for the body to be put into it is just fascinating.<br /><br />As for God liking variety, well. Duh. Look at the world He created.Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09002997517784638068noreply@blogger.com