Oh! Deepak,

God is to Light, as color is to a Rainbow.

The prism is a tool, not the Son. Don't you think?

Well the religions were created by man, not God, so we might expect some flaws.

Not that they didn't play a role in our evolution and serve a divine purpose.

But that was then and this is NOW.

It is about as ridiculous as discriminating against people that drive red vehicles.

Fiction filled minds... the notion of racism or difference is a tool to divide the general population and disempower, divide and rule.

There is an interesting quote though on Buddha.me

"Life is a challenge fit for a God"

The title of this post reminds me of the rainbow that is made up of all the colors of the white light, which is caused by separation and distance. The rainbow is also a promise of oneness...as I ponder upon her colors.

Love, Char

Aloha Deepak and Everyone

The meek are ready:) Children see God in the image of their parents and with maturity of I am that I am, they acknowledge they did the best they could with what knowledge they had. All colors are inclusive as all emotions. Everyone, everything is a fractal. You just have to look at the mother and child. It is all allowed. Adversity leads to Spirituality. Love everything like the mother and when someone/religion excludes you, draw a circle around them. love patty

This is such an interesting topic. Without man, there would be no religious beliefs at all, would there?

Codified law is always interesting to consider. I recently saw a movie about Genghis Khan in which he reminded me of Moses, as both were given to making laws for their followers.

Due to a study in reincarnation, I came to learn of many famous people in history, and the one constant theme is that of making laws, or enforcing laws. Were it not for my spiritual guides, I would never have known of any of these famous historical persons, but now that I have come to realize their importance to the world, it is interesting to note the kind of religious beliefs that they endured during their individual lifetimes, and the way that those religious beliefs propelled them into action.

I find it interesting to consider that a God whose image it is that has created the universe, and man apparently after his image, must have created man in such a variety of racial stereotypes, whether by skin tone or hair structure, or blood types.

Since we are taught that there are five racial families, does that mean that this God is like the pentagon, with five different facets to him/her/itself?

The materialization of such an entity would be something to consider if materialized at all, as most believe that this God is a spiritual entity, and not of flesh anyway. But who dreamt that idea up?

But in answer to a few of these questions which we persist in finding, I did once have the occasion to learn that not only was Moses given instructions on the way to do sacrifices, but also Alexander the Great was likewise given the same kind of instructions by the oracle of Siwa.

(Granted, I know that supposedly the oracle's instructions are known only to Alexander but I have come to learn of them. So it fascinated me to see the connection between Moses and Alexander and then Genghis as well. Amazing at what one can learn when under the care of spiritual guides and going back in time to discover truths about one's self.)

So from my perspective in examining this question, one should not attempt to reduce Deity to a materialized status until that Deity makes itself known to mankind at large, which apparently in days of yore, many had tried to do.

Whether mankind can ever accept a Deity when it makes itself known is something that undoubtedly is yet to be tested. For a fact, few in this generation would want to do that. All are still either in a state of total conviction of their own religious faith due to family tradition, or just plainly unable to accept any organized people dominated and controlled faith.

Again, were it not for man, would religion exist at all?

Imagine God amoeboid, ebbing and flowing in an infinite void. Imagine Man and consciousness the same. Let the dead bury the dead.
Thus spake ye burning bush.
Think that and then a-void it!

As Richard has said, "Religions were created by man, not God, so we might expect some flaws".

Mankind is very talented about distorting truths and about creating organized movements to further the interests of his ego self for wealth and power.

It has been a long time since mankind has actually recognized his actual identity as an embodiment of the creative life force and has known of his true relationship to nature and to all life forms.

If the teachings of the spiritual masters had not been discarded by those who wished to have power over their fellowmen, more than they wished to edify them, then we would have no racism and we would identify with the Law of One.

If the real teachings of Jesus had been revealed and the Unity of all life through the Cosmic Ocean had been preserved for all to know, then it would be clearly evident how ridiculous it is to even entertain the idea that one race is better than another.

Best Wishes,

"Betsy" S.

Dear Deepak,
Religion initially spread amongst a particular tribe or clan and once that basic need is fulfilled, the religion set out to conquer new frontiers just a like a Emperor/Imperialist would do.Thus a religion which is supposed to provide direction, becomes self limiting and parochial in its approach and ultimately comes in conflict with a different faith/religion similar to a conquest of a new kingdom.