God Beyond The Bible

This week we come to the table and present our own ideas for what a meeting of seekers would look like -- and what it wouldn't.

How do we find other seekers? How do we gather without becoming a church? How do we respect everyone's beliefs equally?

Why do we struggle to let things go? How can we start moving forward from those things that have a hold on us?

Why do we hold on to things for so long? Why do those embarrassing moments from our childhood haunt us throughout our lives? Can we let it go?

This Episode is a bit different, instead of our usual conversational style, we take a few moments to listen to a moment of spiritual enlightenment that Alan experienced recently.

What is Peace? Do you have it? Do you know someone who does? Does your peace change with circumstances? How can we have MORE peace?

Is there a cut and dried plan for prayer? Is there a way to guarantee your prayers are answered? Do you ever feel like giving up on the idea of prayer completely?

What is prayer to you? What is prayer after deconstruction? How do we move forward with effective prayer?

What is victim mentality? Do you suffer from it? Does someone in your life? Can victim mentality be overcome? What causes it?

What is victim mentality? Do you suffer from it? Does someone in your life? Can victim mentality be overcome? What causes it?

What are parables? What are we supposed to glean from them? Why did Jesus use parables so often?

Do we evolve spiritually? Is the modern church encouraging us to grow spiritually? What happens when your spiritual growth leads you beyond the confines of the church doctrine?

Can we manifest things in our life? Do we do it unknowingly? Can we do it with intent?

Please Don't Write it Down by God Beyond The Bible

Should we hold the words of Paul in the same esteem as those of Christ? Should the words of Jesus mean more than the words of those who are telling us what Jesus said, and why he said it?

Why do we automatically believe the ancients had it all figured out? That they were closer to God? Why do we automatically presume the future is bad? That it's the end of it all? If God is always the same, isn't he communicating with us just as was them? Won't he be communicating with our descendants just as he did us and our ancestors?

What is a mystic? Why are mystics villainized? Was Jesus a mystic? Are we mystics? Are you...?

What will life look like after Covid-19? Will our "normal" return? Are we truly facing a "new" normal? What might a "new" normal look like? Does "new" have to be synonymous with "bad"?

How often do we say "I believe..?" | Do we realize what we are saying when we make that statement? | Is it okay to change our beliefs?

What is time? Why do we measure it? Could society as we know it exist without accurate time measurement? How accurate is our time measurement?

Why do we feel so competitive? Do we really compete in everything we do? Is that level of competition healthy?

Does Christmas come with positive or negative emotions for you? What could change the way you look at Christmas? Are we mindful of the way we treat those having a hard time during this season?

What are some dangerous and harmful doctrines that the modern church endorses? "Us Against Them" Mentality? Male Authoritarianism? Guilt and Shame?

What are some of the most dangerous Doctrines that the modern organized Church teaches? Why are these teachings clung to despite their being toxic to individuals and people as a whole? What can we do to move forward from them?

What are the hardest parts of leaving organized religion? Does it get easier? How do you know if it's time to move on?

What does it look like to take control of your spirituality? What does it change? Is it worth it?

Who or what do we have faith in? What is faith? How do we have faith? Can faith be learned?

Are we mentally exhausting ourselves with a never ending feed of news that we can do nothing to change? What can we do to change our need of media? Do we have an addiction to "Being in the Know"?

In this last look at the book of Job we will summarize what we have learned and what we believe the intentions were for this unique book in the bible.

It's time to look at the dialogue of the book of Job. His friends are going to speak, and Job is going to listen. We are probably going to glaze over reading. Thankfully, for the sake of time we won't read each dialogue word for word. But we will highlight the points each person makes concerning Job's trials and tribulations.

What was Job's Dilemma? Did Job believe that religion would protect him from anything bad? Do we ever follow the same line of thought? If something bad happens, do we believe that we deserve it?

What is the storyline of the book of Job? What is happening in the book that we should be aware of before we move farther into it?

Let's take a look at the book of Job, starting with the very basics. Throughout this series we will look at the book of Job, hopefully, in a new light. So let's Say, Hello, Job... And Get Started.

We need a paradigm shift. A fundamental change of belief systems to move forward with spirituality. How can we move forward in our spiritual walk if we are chained to the ideas that organized religion have implanted in us?

Does a loving God truly condone killing for any reason? Does he truly request we commit genocide? How does this idea of God fit with our personal view of God? Could we be mistaken?

Are we born the enemy of God? Did a mistake 5,000 years ago doom every person born in the future?

Have politics become a religion within themselves? Is there a way forward from the division between us that political views have caused? What do American politics look like from other countries looking in?

Let's look back at another Episode. IS hell eternal torment? Do we still believe what we believed then? How have our beliefs changed?

In this episode we revisit the idea, Are We Alone in the Universe? Is there other life out there? Will we ever meet beings from another world? How would it change our lives to prove we aren't the only intelligent life out there?

Were Adam and Eve alone on the earth? Were there others? Were they truly the first creation of God? In this episode we take a look back at one of our early episodes and discuss the changes in our beliefs and understanding since that recording.

In this Episode we look back on the concept of reincarnation, and the development and changes in our belief system over the last few years since we first discussed the topic.

Today we take a look back at Episode 6, the Conflict between Paul & James in the Bible. What difference does it make? What effect does it have on us? How has it changed Christianity since?

In this Episode we take a look back at the Lost & Forbidden books in our Bible, Where our Bible came from, And why it matters.

We continue our look back at some of our earliest episode, with this look back at Episode 2: Angels, God's Messengers on Earth.

In today's episode we take a look back at the episode that started it all, and we discuss the evolution of our belief system over the past several years.

In this episode we take a look back at our very first episode, "The Bible is not the Sum of God"

In this last installment on fear, we ask, What is healthy fear? How do we overcome unhealthy fear? What steps can we take to make our future a calmer one, with less fear? What is the root all of this fear around us?

We have established that fear is detrimental to our health. But can we do anything about it? Can we change the way we perceive fear? Can we limit how much we take in? How do we move forward once we know that fear is hurting us?

Is Fear a tool used against us? Can we over come it? How can we recognize it?

What is fear? How does it effect us? How do we learn to deal with it? Can we remove fear from our lives?

In this episode about meditation, we discuss ways that we can learn to improve our meditation skills, and the possible benefits of learning to meditate. We also look at some of the stigmas attached to meditation.