I really don’t understand the Christian need to bash other religions.
Believe in your religion. Know doctrine. Don’t worry about what you don’t know about other religions.
In all my experiences, no one, other than the person who believes and practices their own religion, KNOWS that religion.
The worst thing you can do, is tell me what I believe. No one knows what I believe more than I do.
If you want to know about what I believe, ask me. No one else can tell you.
Just as I wouldn’t go ask a baker how to change the oil, in my car, I would not go to a particular leader, of any church, and ask about another church.
Its not insulting to my religion.. its insulting to my intelligence.
In my own “lifetime student” way, I told the story of who Israel is, last night.. and was all wrong in my genealogy.. So before I get into what I’ve learned, about Theosis, I should fix my error..
Abraham and Sarah -> Isaac and Rebecca -> Jacob (twin Esau) is later “Israel.” The 12 Tribes of Israel (Israelites or “House of Jacob”) are Jacob’s 10 sons and 2 grandsons (through Joseph.)
OK. Now Theosis. My own word, for this, in the past, is “Eternal Progression.”
Today, I would call it “My Walk with God” or better “Life’s Purpose: My Walk to God.”
Honestly, I’ll keep calling it Eternal Progression, but I loved this book Theosis: The True Purpose of Human Life.
I, especially, appreciated the Glossary[PDF], at the end.
“But one thing is needful..” (Luke 10:42) really gets my attention. Its personal to my “Martha” world.
I shall keep striving to be as a little child.. and pray for the patience I don’t have.
