First of all, in reaction to Norgy2010's comment, perhaps it's not that we're blinded by sin, but that we have a different understanding of the world than you do.
Think of it this way. If Satan is zero and God is one, and the world is a digital computer, then without both Satan and God, there is no signal, only a static perpetual voltage which, without something to compare against, says nothing, means nothing, and is nothing.
Information can not exist in a vacuum - it needs other information to echo off of, reflect off of, and build against. And it can neither be created nor destroyed. God can not have created you - he can have created the phyiscal matter that your body is built out of, but the information that is truly you, the knowledge that makes your soul yours and not someone else's, this not even God can create or destroy. This is eternal and beyond the scope of any being to do anything to.
Beyond that, I think this song is about a different interpretation of our daily actions and thoughts - looking at it as information - a particular type of information, a song.. each choice we make adds another note, each movement, each step, perhaps even each thought..
As far as the 'true meaning of christianity', I'm not sure there is such a thing. Reality is different for each participant, and you and I may take totally different things away from the Bible. (In fact, we almost certainly did. I think it's a awful book, that it constrains God and shows the pettiness of it's authors, and that the reality is far better than a diety who will allow you to be tortured for eternity for not following one particular stripe of beliefs). There isn't a 'true' meaning of any given word that can be said to hold true for all the people who use that word, and perhaps that's not important. What's probably important is what truth is, to you.
I no longer look at it this way. But, I also encourage people to sin, rather than doing nothing.
I no longer look at it this way. But, I also encourage people to sin, rather than doing nothing.
The word sin literally means "miss". It isn't something to be horrified at and live your life in chains of guilt and shame about. If you sin, stand up and try again! Sooner or later you will hit the target, instead of missing.
The word sin literally means "miss". It isn't something to be horrified at and live your life in chains of guilt and shame about. If you sin, stand up and try again! Sooner or later you will hit the target, instead of missing.
I also believe that the contrast between God and the Devil may be needed to preserve free will.. it may be the tension between those two things helps us to be free.
I also believe that the contrast between God and the Devil may be needed to preserve free will.. it may be the tension between those two things helps us to be free.
At some point, I'll...
At some point, I'll probably write a blog post explaining my latest version of beliefs on this - but they're subject to change, again and again - as I search for and discover my spirituality, I seem to change my mind a lot.
First of all, in reaction to Norgy2010's comment, perhaps it's not that we're blinded by sin, but that we have a different understanding of the world than you do.
Think of it this way. If Satan is zero and God is one, and the world is a digital computer, then without both Satan and God, there is no signal, only a static perpetual voltage which, without something to compare against, says nothing, means nothing, and is nothing.
Information can not exist in a vacuum - it needs other information to echo off of, reflect off of, and build against. And it can neither be created nor destroyed. God can not have created you - he can have created the phyiscal matter that your body is built out of, but the information that is truly you, the knowledge that makes your soul yours and not someone else's, this not even God can create or destroy. This is eternal and beyond the scope of any being to do anything to.
Beyond that, I think this song is about a different interpretation of our daily actions and thoughts - looking at it as information - a particular type of information, a song.. each choice we make adds another note, each movement, each step, perhaps even each thought..
As far as the 'true meaning of christianity', I'm not sure there is such a thing. Reality is different for each participant, and you and I may take totally different things away from the Bible. (In fact, we almost certainly did. I think it's a awful book, that it constrains God and shows the pettiness of it's authors, and that the reality is far better than a diety who will allow you to be tortured for eternity for not following one particular stripe of beliefs). There isn't a 'true' meaning of any given word that can be said to hold true for all the people who use that word, and perhaps that's not important. What's probably important is what truth is, to you.
I no longer look at it this way. But, I also encourage people to sin, rather than doing nothing.
I no longer look at it this way. But, I also encourage people to sin, rather than doing nothing.
The word sin literally means "miss". It isn't something to be horrified at and live your life in chains of guilt and shame about. If you sin, stand up and try again! Sooner or later you will hit the target, instead of missing.
The word sin literally means "miss". It isn't something to be horrified at and live your life in chains of guilt and shame about. If you sin, stand up and try again! Sooner or later you will hit the target, instead of missing.
I also believe that the contrast between God and the Devil may be needed to preserve free will.. it may be the tension between those two things helps us to be free.
I also believe that the contrast between God and the Devil may be needed to preserve free will.. it may be the tension between those two things helps us to be free.
At some point, I'll...
At some point, I'll probably write a blog post explaining my latest version of beliefs on this - but they're subject to change, again and again - as I search for and discover my spirituality, I seem to change my mind a lot.