The Theory of All Apples

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“If you buy an egg thinking it's a goose's egg, and when it hatches it is actually a bird of paradise; no manner of convincing and reproach will turn the bird of paradise into a goose. Even if you make it go to goose church and goose school and eat goose feeds and only hang out with geese! In the end, it will still belong to paradise.”




The above is something which I wrote and shared some time back. I wanted to discuss this with you, since I am pretty sure people don't really grasp what I'm really talking about here. 




When I wrote this, I was thinking of how differently I turned out, from the way my parents raised me to be. I was raised by people who believe that the greatest evil that exists is "being worldly." I wasn't even allowed to go to birthday parties, because birthday parties were supposedly a "worldly way" to enjoy life! I was supposed to be in church, that's where I was supposed to be! I was expected to compete with all the other "church girls" to see who was really "more godly" (a recognition that could be gained by 1. Always attending youth meetings, prayer meetings, and Bible studies, 2. Smiling all the time, 3. Participating in church ministries such as the music team, the worship team, the prayer team, and etc., 4. Frequently offering to say grace before meals during congregational gatherings.) Of course, my mother was probably always ashamed of me, because I had no interest in such competition, while her friends' daughters gladly embarked on the challenge of upstaging each other in the hopes of gaining the admiration of all for being"most godly." Meanwhile, they were having affairs with married men and etc. Hahahahahaha. Sorry, I just had to laugh, I know it's rather crude, but I just had to laugh! 




My parents certainly did not foresee me writing about the things that I'm writing, or sharing the things that I know, and they're definitely the first ones to think How does she know this, anyway? I'm sure nobody is very proud of me, since I don't write "Christian" literature! And since I write words like "bitch" and "dammit." Of course, I am on the path to hell, am I not? Let me answer that one moment- NO! I am most certainly not, but, we cannot prevent people from thinking the things that they are thinking. My Father will forgive them, seeing as they know not what they do.




My mother tells people that she is afraid to talk with me, because, in her own words "Everything that she says is right." (!!!)




But like an unstoppable spring of water bursting forth, I have become me, against all odds!




I was always taught that many things are wrong, many things are bad, many things are evil, and that the only way to stay far away from evil would be to avoid these things/ these people. I teach my son the opposite. I teach my son that things are neutral; things have no essence of good or evil, but the essence of good or evil is produced by the soul! I teach him the theory of "all apples" (my own theory) in which I state that everything is like an apple in your hand. The apple is neither good nor bad, it does not possess the essence of good nor of evil! But it is the hand in which the apple sits, that dictates the outcome of that apple! An apple in your hand can be put to good use; it can be eaten at a right time while fresh and ripe and juicy, or, it can be allowed to spoil and rot in your hand and become infested with mold, mildew, worms! It is what you do with the apple that dictates the outcome of that apple! YOU have given the essence to the apple; the essence of either good or evil doesn't come from the apple itself. It is not the apple that has done good for you but it is you who has done something good with the apple and it is not the apple which has spoiled you, but it is you who has allowed the apple to spoil! And so, all that are things, are simply things. Your Wii games are not evil nor good, it is your discernment for playing that makes your Wii games have either a fulfilling or a detrimental affect on you. That means, if you play your Wii games from day until night when you could be going out and playing sports, being with friends and family, studying, and enjoying life; then you have given the essence of bad to your Wii game. But if you put sports and friends and family and life and laughter first and foremost before your attention to your Wii games, then your Wii games have become a joyful additive to your life! (This also applies to X-Box) So, it is you who has created something good out of your having Wii games, or an iPad, or an X-Box, or etc! My son understood this as I explained this to him, and from his understanding of this, was able to revolutionize the way he plays games on iPad and Wii. 




People have not overcome sin, rather, they live in fear of sin! If you live in fear of something, and constantly live in a way as to avoid the thing, let me ask you, does that mean you have overcome the thing, or does it mean that the thing has overcome you? People live in such a fear of homosexuality, that they want to burn all homosexuals to death. People live in such a fear of going to hell, that they shun anybody who doesn't go to church! People live in such a great fear of being "left behind" at the rapture, that they will turn the cold shoulder on their loved ones if their loved ones don't share the same beliefs as they do. And what has become of all of this? A doctrine of fear and hate, that is what has become of all of this "Christianity." Certainly NOT the doctrine of God! If anything, the Son of God was sent to earth to OVERCOME sin, so that man would not need to live in fear of it!




Truth is as vast and as endless as the universe. It goes on and on. If you have a truth that stops at the laws you live by, this is either not the truth at all, or is only a tiny, tiny chip off the very tip of the iceberg! And I do not need to stop believing in God just because the people who say they know Him, represent the very thing that cannot, that must not be Him! No, if I stop believing what people say about Him, that does not mean I have stopped believing in Him! Because I know that I know Him better!




And so, here I have discussed with you more than one dimension of the origin of my short writing at the very top of this post! There is also one or two other dimensions that fit into this, but this is all I want to discuss with you. Remember my Theory of All Apples!







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*As an end note, I want to add more detail into my Theory of All Apples; let's suppose you have been the victim of an evil thing and why is this? you will ask. Well, I believe that there are things created by people who have injected into it the essence of evil. For example, let's say there is a game on X-Box in which you play a psychotic killer who goes around hacking other people up to bits and pieces, what kind of a mind created such a game? What kind of an evil would inject such an existence into a game? And so the thing has been corrupted, and you, eating the corrupted apple, will catch typhoid fever, or dysentery, or die like Snow White! 




So, it is possible for an apple to be corrupted by another, and fed to you. Simply refuse to eat the apple!