Those of you who were raised in any sort of religion were usually told what to believe and why. Many heard that the bible is infallible and the absolute source of God's authority. The messages on Sunday were directed at what to believe and the consequences for not doing so.

How do we know if anything is true? Can our thoughts and perceptions be trusted? I could use a passage of scripture in the bible to rationalize and justify pretty much anything.

Let's take a look at perception so we can then reexamine our experience with religion.

<strong>"Man is intrinsically innocent because he can only choose what he perceives to be good." - Socrates</strong>

<a href="http://provoketive.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/YoungOldWoman.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1976" src="http://provoketive.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/YoungOldWoman-210x300.jpg" alt="" width="210" height="300" /></a>Is this your wife or mother-in-law?
Which perception is real?
Does one negate the other?
Do both exist simultaneously?

I John 2: 9-11 Anyone who claims to live in God's light and hates a brother or sister is still in the dark. It's the person who loves brother and sister who dwells in God's light and doesn't block the light from others. But whoever hates is still in the dark, stumbles around in the dark, doesn't know which end is up, blinded by the darkness.

Look around the room you are in. Is it possible to see the light? Or can you only see that with which the light illuminates?

A persons way of speaking, behavior and thought process simply reveals what they are aligned with. Light doe not judge or condemn, its simply reveals what is. God is light and in Him there is no shadow or darkness. So evil is not the opposite or antithesis of God, but simply his absence.

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