51. Notes - What writing allows

9 February 2019

       Kim and Paul are at a birthday party for Joey, Paul's sister, Cathy's, husband. The boys are home from the nineth birthday party of Noah, one of Owen's friends and classmate. They are about to go upstairs for their baths. Kim and Paul will come home late via Uber or Lyft. - Amorella

       1951 hours. I have a question in my head but I don't know how to form it into words. 

       You are interested in what your soul is doing while you are transfixed between your fingers and my 'voice' being transcribed as in presently. - Amorella

       1955 hours. I suppose this would be a good question even if the question was about the soul in relationship to the everyday living of the heartanmind. 

       Not so good a question because general everyday living as you call it does not involve the soul at all. Specifics draw the soul into the mix. For instance, for you one of the best early examples of your soul being drawn into a conflict/event was when you were inwardly defying the Apostle’s Creed when jointing the Presbyterian Church. You were to pledge positively to the Creed while joining but you secretly did not because you did not believe the Apostle's Creed to be true. Here are the specifics.

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Apostles’ Creed

 

I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
the Maker of heaven and earth,
and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord:

Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost,
born of the virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, dead, and buried;

He descended into hell.

The third day He arose again from the dead;

He ascended into heaven,
and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Ghost;
the holy catholic church;
the communion of saints;
the forgiveness of sins;
the resurrection of the body;
and the life everlasting.

Amen

Above copied online from a recent Presbyterian Newsletter. 

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You had a few doubts at twelve years of age, however you readily accepted as plausible the first seven lines. "He descended into hell" cast a much stronger doubt because how did anyone know Jesus descended into Hell? You never heard or read or remembered Jesus ever saying he descended into Hell and then say '(then) he ascended into Heaven' in the next line. - Amorella

       2015 hours. That was the key to me that this was not true, certainly not as written. I did not have any real depth of research -- it did not ring true then and it does not ring true now. This is certainly so if we have no words that are written as far as I know that Jesus did say, "I descended into Hell and on the third day I ascended into Heaven." I would ask Jesus if I could, "What did you do while in Hell, particularly on the second day? And, what happened on the third day that put you in Heaven? What was the difference between Heaven and Hell? Those are the kinds of questions I would have asked because those are the kind of questions I was asking then anyway. No one much liked those kinds of questions, particularly adults like my mother, so I just learned to keep my mouth shut. Everyone had/has their right to their opinion just as I do but religion and politics do not argue will because opinions tend to come to the surface before the facts, many opinions driven by arrogance and pride. That's what I remember -- the seven virtues and the seven sins -- they are valid virtues and valid sins both socially and for individuals -- I still feel this way but again, that's my opinion. It isn't worth the energy to argue with people about opinions alone. One needs facts to back an argument. 

       You are getting carried away with a bit of arrogance in hand are you not? - Amorella

       2035 hours. I know. I could feel it in my fingertips. Sometimes I just need to shut up. 

       Writing allows that. Post. - Amorella