Is This the Kingdom of God? by Brian E. R. Limmer - HTML preview

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What are Spiritual attributes?

When questioning, ‘Are gods relevant?’,23 Greeks revisited the subject of ‘Spirituality’. But as long as: ideas, creativity, motivation, design, desire and morality, remain firmly within the category of ‘Spiritual attributes’, and for as long as ‘Spiritual attributes’, lay within the gift of the gods, there was little argument. Gods remained relevant but not respected. When Heracles questioned why the gods behaved so badly, he did not dismiss the influence of spirituality on the physical, merely questioned the moral choices they made. He taught we should judge and choose between them. Alexander-the-Great taught, man should live better lives than the gods and strive to be greater. He still recognized the need of the spiritual powers the gods provided. Principalities provided moral principles and energies needed to energize humans. They also set the laws that keep the physical realm returning to Chaos. To achieve the higher standards, which he judged should become universal, He set up an education system to teach them.

 

We should also add to the list of spiritual attributes mentioned in the last paragraph : Existence, Life, Consciousness, Purpose, Motivation, Creativity, Insight, Thought, Intention, Wisdom, Unity, Beauty, Emotion, Timelessness, Love, Order, Authority, and other intangible, but observable characteristics functioning in the Physical realm.

 

 

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