Sometime ago, Psychology--as a field--moved in the direction of including spirituality as an important dimension of peoples' lives, and away from the longstanding position that God [and religion] was an unimportant concept...Now there are trainings, books, college courses on addressing the spiritual concerns of clients in therapy. As I was attending one lecture on this subject It got me to reflecting on the Essentials concept...it would be foolish to reject out of hand "any good thing," such as the concept of energy meridians or recent scientific discoveries about how the body [and brain] process pain signals, or the nuances of someone's culture and how it affects their viewpoint--that having been said, I propose that holding to a set of Essential beliefs and behaviors, while helping to define a spiritual position, should not be allowed to create an unassailable, Monolithic viewpoint...there is always diversity in religion [even within denominations]...this is probab...
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Is there a God?
>>Yes.
Who is God?
>>I AM THAT I AM
What are God's Attributes?
>>God caused the Big Bang. God is present at every moment in every part of the Universe. What would be the attributes of Someone who is The Ground Of All Being? Perhaps most importantly God is the Essence of Personhood and is also Three Persons in One. That means that God is Love. As God is Relationship, all aspects of the Universe involve relationship.
>> What does God require of Us?
To do justice, to love mercy, to be in constant and humble
relationship with God.
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>> What do you want from God?
To be in ever closer relationship with him.
>>My answers are somewhat glib because if I try to respond more fully I'll end up writing a book for each of the questions.