obstreperousubiquity

This is probably more scientific than things which I normally post, but borders on the Metaphysical. Freud explained that we have different identities and different drives. Unlike animals, humans are immensely nuanced and subtle in their paradoxical "God-like" qualities. Here is a list of these drives and how they correspond, with parallels between the cocaine-induced theories of Freud and Scripture (I realize that this will be controversial across the board): Three Identities: 1. Id, 2. Ego, 3. Superego Impulses: 1. Death (extreme pleasure) drive, 2. Life (avoidance of extreme pleasure, seeking to work for money, build a society, language) drive, 3. Unconscious (seeking extreme displeasure for the sake of endurance) drive. Biblical parallels: 1. Id: Animal instinct (procreation, murder), short-term focus 2. Ego: Humanity- Eating of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and evil, which separated us from animals and made us "like God." (seeking what is good for the sake ...

I am unsure what to think. I feel like I dragged a corpse out of the grave and now it has stunk up my home. Grabbed a Religious Science book from Barnes and Noble and thought it said Jesus was God, but that was merely an ensnaring titular coincidence. The book is about our oneness with God. Christ is the husband of the church, do the two become one? If Jesus is God, does that mean that we are to join in the personhood of God? Regardless of the answer to this question, which is likely beyond us, the motive of the book is queer and it sees Jesus as only one manifestation of “the Christ” of which we can be another. It quotes him selectively, avoiding references to his substitutionary atonement. It highlights the times where he bestows power on his followers, and that betrays the motive of the whole book: power. It is why I picked it up and it is what I crave too often. Power of this sort is beyond what I can understand, and it is playing with fire. True and lasting power is found only in ...