Fishers of Men.

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Harbal wrote:
Question: "What does it mean to be 'fishers of men'?"

Answer: The phrase “fishers of men” was spoken by Jesus when He was calling two of His disciples, Simon Peter and Andrew, to follow Him. “As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. ‘Come, follow me,’ Jesus said, ‘and I will make you fishers of men.’ At once they left their nets and followed him” (Mark 1:16–18; see also Matthew 4:19).
Things have changed a lot in the last 2000 years, what would you say is the best way to get a man to follow you in 2017?
What makes you believe things have changed?

Man still follows the Man even today...although man is about 3-4 steps behind Man...man is never in the front seat...he's only a passenger in the back seat.

As for your idea, there's no way I'd ever follow a man, no man could ever take my Man. He'd be a poor substitute, for I prefer A real reliable Man.

My Man has to be all Man.
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Dontaskme wrote:My Man has to be all Man.
How about 2/3 of a man (.666)?
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bobevenson wrote: How about 2/3 of a man (.666)?
Or two fat ladies: 88
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bobevenson wrote:
Dontaskme wrote:My Man has to be all Man.
How about 2/3 of a man (.666)?
Sorry, Bob, but I don't understand these equations. But if they are coded messages from the Just ONE ...they're okay with me, I'll trust in them.
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Two little ducks: 22
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Dontaskme wrote:But if they are coded messages from the Just ONE ...they're okay with me, I'll trust in them.
That's right, Dontask, just accept it, don't question it. :?
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Harbal wrote:
Dontaskme wrote:But if they are coded messages from the Just ONE ...they're okay with me, I'll trust in them.
That's right, Dontask, just accept it, don't question it. :?

I never question what is JUST honest, reliable,good,right. Why would any one do that? truth stands alone all ONE .. it cannot be refuted.
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Dontaskme wrote:
I never question what is JUST honest,
If you don't question things you cannot know whether or not they are "JUST honest".
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Harbal wrote:
Dontaskme wrote:
I never question what is JUST honest,
If you don't question things you cannot know whether or not they are "JUST honest".
No, you wouldn't question genuine honesty, you would just know it without question.

We only question what we are not sure about or don't know.

You KNOW you exist...there is NO QUESTION about that.
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Dontaskme wrote: No, you wouldn't question genuine honesty, you would just know it without question.

We only question what we are not sure about or don't know.
Okay, Dontask, it's your lookout.
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Harbal wrote:
Dontaskme wrote: No, you wouldn't question genuine honesty, you would just know it without question.

We only question what we are not sure about or don't know.
Okay, Dontask, it's your lookout.
You'd know honesty without question because you also know dishonesty to be a lie. We only question lies because we already know they are not the genuine truth.


What is TRUTH ...the ONE question to all our answers.
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Dontaskme wrote:
No, you wouldn't question genuine honesty, you would just know it without question.
Does your God demand that you be credulous?
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Belinda wrote:Dontaskme wrote:
No, you wouldn't question genuine honesty, you would just know it without question.
Does your God demand that you be credulous?
No person has a God..God is THE PERSON as a physical aspect / attribute of himself. People live in spacetime duality. God is beyond spacetime cause and effect duality. God is the creator of spacetime duality but not in spacetime duality. God is the Formelss Nondual Infinite eternal giver of spacetime cause and effect duality aka finite life forms as received...A person is the receiver of the giver not the giver ..the giver is God.
Basically, a person is Gods Child, a gift from himself to himself.

You can give without receiving, but one cannot receive without being given something. God does not receive, because he doesn't need or lack anything, he is the eternal giver..he gives life.

God does not demand anything, God is unconditional Love. All Allowing.
The receiver has been given another gift from the giver in the form of Free Will ..the chance to choose a right action or a wrong action. The consequences of an action becomes self-evident in the action taken as evidenced in the experience witnessed as Love begets Love. Evil begets Evil.

If the choice is evil, an evil life will be the result. If the choice is love, a lovely life is the result as evidenced in the experience witnessed.

The Child of God being the ego.Where ego I go.
The I is God not the Child.

He travels with whoever looks for Him,
and having taken the seeker by the hand,
He arouses him to go in search of himself.
— Al-Ansârî


The wild geese do not intend to cast their reflection,
The water has no mind to receive their image.


Intention is the rider of the will.
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Dontaskme wrote: The wild geese do not intend to cast their reflection,
The water has no mind to receive their image.
Ah, you're a Zen Buddhist, that explains even more.
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thedoc wrote:
Dontaskme wrote: The wild geese do not intend to cast their reflection,
The water has no mind to receive their image.
Ah, you're a Zen Buddhist, that explains even more.
Nope, I'm not a Buddha ..if I was I'd have to kill him. For what I am cannot be seen or known by another.
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