God, the Devil and Job

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“The thread by which our fate hangs is wearing thin. Not nature, but the “genius of mankind,” has knotted the hangman’s noose with which it can execute itself at any moment. This is simply another façon de parler for what John called the “wrath of God.” 735”
― C.G. Jung, Answer to Job: (From Vol. 11 of the Collected Works of C. G. Jung) (New in Paper)
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Make peace with the universe. Take joy in it. It will turn to gold. Resurrection will be now. Every moment, a new beauty.
Rumi

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Where did we come from?

This is probably a fair, perfunctory question before the next one:

Where are we going?

A projectile’s trajectory is, in a fair amount, determined by its origins at the very start.

We are, to some measure, a function of where we began….

Luckily, just to some measure…

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First of all, let’s set the record straight.

That poor serpent in the Garden isn’t Lucifer.

At least, he doesn’t have to be.

There’s absolutely  nothing in the Bible to justify that.

No, he’s a poor snake, trying to raise his kids:

Just listen to God:

So the LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, “Cursed are you above all livestock and all wild animals! You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all the days of your life.

And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and…

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