What is this site about?

   A fresh look at the general subject of religion,  Jesus of Nazareth,  his miracles, and about "God". 

   Why take on such a controversial subject as religion and Jesus? Because I think we got the story wrong. Maybe it's just me who has it wrong.  If you have an interest in the subject matter and see something I missed, you may express your views by going to my web site's email address: tyjohnson@jesusthisandmore.ws to leave a private message; or leave a public message by mousing "Visitor's comments" at the top or bottom of this page.

   Much violence is committed in the name of religion.  Many wars are the result of the participants believing "my god gives me the right to commit force against you, because you are not followers of what is written in my bible".  And yet I know of no religion's "God" that does not teach love for all of that which it created.  And then we have those individuals who, on a personal level, commit violence or use force because "God told me to do it".  Whether the words of this web site touches the minds of those who are prone to violence in the name of "God", or if anyone in the majority, those who already follow the teachings of love, are  moved to a point of greater clarity concerning the correctness or incorrectness of their beliefs, as the case may be, especially if that someone be me, then these writtings will have been worthwhile.  

   First about "God", later about Jesus.  What do we know for a fact?  "What the Bleep Do We Know" is the name of a book that points out the fact that we really don't know much at all about this reality of ours.  I'll give it a go anyway.  We know NOTHING COMES FROM NOTHING.  True or false? True, because nothing is created from nothing, by definition of the word "nothing".  Therefore, since there is existence, there has always been SOMETHING.  This "something" is without a beginning. 

   Would it not also be true that this "something" is without end?  That it is forever?  What is there to cause its ending?  There would have to be a cause, a reason, for this "something" to end.  This "something", the source of all that is and all that is to come, will have no end because it had no beginning.  That which has no beginning can have no ending.  True or false?  True. 

   That which has no beginning and no ending fits within the definition of the word "infinite".  The infinite has no limits or bounds; extends beyond measure and comprehension.  Therefore it is everywhere.

   If this "something" is everywhere, then this infinite incomprehensible power is within us too; or should I say we are within IT?; or we are IT?; as is the case with every animal, insect, virus, plant, rock; all that is seen and unseen; within every universe.  It is not expanding, it is already there.  It knows not time nor distance.  It is the perpetual NOW. Is this infinite source the same thing as the "Father God" Jesus speaks of?  I don't think so, for the reasons that follow later in this writing.

  If we are this awesome incomprehensible power, then why am I broke?  Why is there pain and suffering of any kind?  Is it that  our  conscious and unconsious selves are separated from our infinite unconscious (super conscious) selves (the infinite source)?  It then appears that our unconscious mind, containing  harmful  beliefs, is the cause of our difficulties.  Although we (and everything else) are the infinite source, what occurs in our reality is all a result of our beliefs, be they, in our judgement, good or bad.  We use the infinite power at all times.  It is the law from which no one escapes.  Nor do we want to escape, unless, of course, our beliefs are not producing the reality we desire.  I myself am just waking up to this fact, so my financial condition, I believe, is about to change for the better.  It could be a matter of realizing our power, observing our beliefs, and accepting change in those beliefs (changing the "set of our sails"). 

    Now, let's move on to the story of Jesus of Nazareth.  There is a mythical story that comes out of Egypt around 3,000 BC, about this character named "Horus".  This myth has to do with astrology (if you care to read about "Horus", put that name into your computer's search box and search it out).  The story of Jesus has many similarities to the story of Horus.  The twelve disciples of Jesus are the twelve signs of the zodiac.  There is virgin birth. Dying and resurrecting in three days, and so on.  So is the Jesus story just a rerun of the Horus myth?  (Perhaps there is a planetary interconnection on the path to reality, I don't know, but I do not rule out that possibility; the possibility that astrology has merit).

  However, there are important differences between the two stories.  Enter the teachings of Jesus.  The teachings about love and the hope we feel when given words such as "Ask and it shall be given unto you, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened" and  "For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened".  Luke 11:9 & l0.

   But, would we pay attention to the teachings of Jesus if they were not backed by all the miracles he performed.  I suspect not.  Jesus told John the Baptist (via John's messenger) that John would know he (Jesus)  was the Christ because of the miracles he performed.  The healings; changing water to wine; multiplying fish and bread; knowing where the fishermen should cast their nets to harvest great quanties of fish; a coin from the mouth of a fish, water walking, calming the wind, and, well, you know.  John's messenger did not see all the miracles Jesus performed, but enough to assure John that Jesus was the Christ.

   The believing or non-believing that Jesus performed the miracles  written about in the New Testament is up to each one of us.  For me, I take the statement Jesus is reported to have said, namely "you can do this and more", refering to his miracles, as a statement that adds credibility to the Jesus story to the point of belief, because there is no self-serving interest  associated with it.  It is not an edifing statement, one in which the founders of the Christian religion might make in order to gain followers to the Christian movement.  

   Then too, the story takes place in Roman times, where people such as Herod and Pontius Pilate are known historical people, both of whom we know play a major role in the Jesus story.

   And another example of credibility: there is not just one author of the same story, but four, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.  Plus the many others who had there say after the resurrection and taking up into heaven of Jesus.

   Okay, I accept, as fact, that Jesus did live in body form and that he did perform what we call miracles.

   As for there being a Father God.  Jesus said this is where his power to do miracles came from, so I believe Jesus had a close association with one or more entities of a spiritual nature (Father and Holy Ghost).  I accept that the Father God Jesus speaks of is a loving God, because a non loving God would be in opposition to itself and would self destruct.    

  What I find troubling about the idea that there is a God, is that "God" implies a personality, and "personality" implies limitation, a "for" and "against" characteristic, and that scenerio conflicts with the idea of an infinite "something source". Also, if there is a God, and by definition that God must be a loving God,  would not an all loving God spread it's love to all of it's creation and end all pain and suffering in one divine gesture of some sort.  I told you earlier of  my belief theory , but a God could wipe out our harmful beliefs, could he not?

   Some people think we go through hardships because we are evolving into Gods ourselves, that this earth experience is a training ground.  If that be so, and maybe it is, we must conclude that not only is it likely that there is more than one God already in existence, but there is a "hands off" policy in effect in this God evolution process (otherwise a God would just create another God, with no hardship training ground being necessary).

   Another reason for my doubting, what I call "the traditional lessons taught from the pulpits", is that very little progress has been made in the miracle creation field of endeavor.  Two thousand years (or so) have gone by since Jesus said "you can do this and more", and very few miracles have been performed.  I say few, because there has been some activity in the healing arena.  A certain non preacher comes to mind.

   I take Jesus at his word concerning our abilities to create miracles, I just believe in order to create miracles, it will take  thinking efforts from outside of the traditional box. 

   Going back to my being broke.  I believe a reset of sail is underway for me.  I suspect the Jesus teachings concerning being "rich" as reported in Luke 6:20 and 24 has been lodged into my subconscious .  Those Jesus statements are: "Blessed be ye poor for yours is the kingdom of God" and "But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation".  We know there are more such statements too.  My belief system equated being rich as a bad thing to be.

   I now suspect the lesson is not so much about having money, as it is about what we do with our money.  We certainly don't want to love it, as is taught in "the love of money is the root of all evil".

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   John 14:12   "Verily,verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father."