BinghamBooks

May 06, 2009 9:56 AM EDT

Sometimes I think of evil as the absence of good -- the way darkness is the absence of light, the way cold is the absence of heat. Sometimes I think of good and evil as opposites. I think of the devil as an image, i.e., a personification of "the old deceiver".

- Roy

May 06, 2009 10:10 AM EDT

If we could figure out what Jesus meant when He talked about the "Kingdom of God" or the "Kingdom of Heaven", we would have the key to his teachings. In the synoptic Gospels, practically everything Jesus talked about was related to what He called "The Kingdom". In John's Gospel Jesus uses an equivalent expression: "Eternal Life".

It seems to me that an introverted personality will experience the Kingdom "within" himself or herself. Whereas an extrovert will experience himself as being "in the midst" of the Kingdom. In either case, it's an experience.

- Roy