I think the more you look at your beliefs in their historical context you will find far more meaning in the words, the myths, the understandings the represent, and you will find a path to a more authentic connection to the mystery non-anthropocentric entity/energy/process that we refer to as “God”.

Deception kicks in when an “authoritative” interpretation is declared “truth” and questioning is discouraged (or worse, such as the suppression of conflicting ideas eg Galileo).

When questioning stops, deception takes over. Keeping an open mind, and seeking understanding-in-context, I think, is the key to understanding oneself, and our human notions of what lies beyond…

Let us just suppose (for those who do not have faith), that even if you argue and debate, and finally, even if it is a long shot, and you finally are logically convinced (by the way, there are many books,eg by thomas equinas that logically prove the christian faith) that there is a God, and that He is the christian God. Does it mean you are going to heaven, just because you are mentally or intellectually convinced that Jesus is God??????

Not at all. Not unless you have a spiritual experience called being born again.A logical belief in Christianity will prevent you from experiencing the Real Deal, that is a Spiritual Salvation in Christ in the following ways:

The devil was once a mighty archangel, and presently with billions of demons, evil spirits, unclean spirits, etc with a far superior intelligence than humans.Each human being is assigned to tens, if not hundreds of evil spirits and demon hordes, that would love for you to deny their existence. For if you deny their existence, then surely you will deny God’s existence. It is extremely easy, 1,2,3 steps for Satan to deceive humans in more than a thousand ways.

Don’t even think you can compete with satan intellectually. However, he has no control over your heart, and what you choose to believe.And that is the loophole, which God has opened up for you. The faith route is the only way you can bypass Satan,and his cronies who guard the intellectual gates of the human mind.

When you get in to the logic debate about God, few important things to consider in SPIRITUAL WORLD which is what actually matters:

1) You could be tempted to fall into the dungeon of SPIRITUAL PRIDE, as you are tricked into judging Almighty God, which is a fool’s folly.Spiritual pride was the reason, for satan’s downfall. Also for man’s downfall, in garden of eden, as eve sucumbed to the temptation about being as knowledgeable as God.

This could also result in the person who is logically convinced that Jesus is God, as an intellectual knowledge of the truth, will become a STUMBLING BLOCK for a real SPIRITUAL SALVATION experience.

2) It could also lead to DECEPTION as the person, cannot find God in the intellectual domain, but only in the Spiritual domain. God’s thoughts are far higher than yours, mine and the devil’s, so you have to trust Him at His word. As it is written in the bible:
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.

God is spirit, only a spiritual born again experience can save the person, and the first thing to do is to humble ourselves. Second, we need deliverance from demonic spirits of unbelief that hold people as captives. This can be done if the person humbles himself/herself and receives Jesus Christ into the heart. Deliverance can be done even online, and specific prayers can set the captives free.

I speak from experience. Not here to argue with anyone.

Simple challenge for those who are sincere: Ask God to open your eyes, and to reveal Himself to you.Ask in JESUS name.Simple. Try it. IT WORKS

I think there is proof that God is indeed a fractal. (I’m taking biblical references here because that’s what I’m most familiar with.) According to the bible, we were made in his image. If you look at the human body you’ll see that the arms, legs and head are all branches of the torso. Those branched also have branches which are the fingers. There are similar patterns in nature as well. In this way maybe all like of earth and the universe could be made in his image. We are all tiny finite fractals.

My second piece of evidence is the symbols that the bible uses for God as well as many specific stories that are told. In Exodus Moses is addressed by a flaming bush. The bush has a series of branching branches and so is a fractal. The flame as well because it can be split up and continuously split for all eternity as long as it had enough fuel to stay lit. The story of Pentecost has flames splitting and falling above each apostle. Even Jesus himself when feeding the multitudes split the fish and loaves of bread thousands of times.

There are probably more biblical references to fractal-like behavior in both the bible and other religious texts but I just can’t think of any. I’ve been up all night and am too tired. I do like this post though. It’s very interesting and seems like it could be likely or at least possible.

Liam

It is very rare to see people think like you have. I would really like to find out more about you.

Best Regards
Panos