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Genesis 9-12/Mark 2:1:17 (Covenant)

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"Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for God made man in his own image." Genesis 9:6 I like how God learned from his mistakes from the previous "Adam and Eve" experiment and is laying down the rules to Noah right away. I think the covenant between God and the people and the expectations of God is important.  These rules help guide people because they are now scared of Gods wrath and don't want what happened to Adam and Eve to happen to them.  As parents we do the same, we set rules to keep our children safe and behave appropriately.  These "good" habits become a part of them and we hope that they grow into a righteous person.  My kids say all the time that they need to be good because then they can go to heaven and see our dead dog. Kinda sad and morbid but I guess it sets a goal for them. "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick; I came not to call the righteous, but sinners....
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Genesis 3-6/Mark 1:14-39 (Creation)

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Growing up as a Buddhist I never really questioned how we were created- ever!   I learned how the world was created by watching this Indian show called the " Mahabaratha ".  It was a soap opera about the Hindu Gods, the battle between good and evil and how the world was created through the eyes of Hinduism.  At that time, I feel like every Indian kid watched it on Sunday with their parents while drinking tea and eating roti.  For the longest time I thought this was God and how the Universe was created When I got married and learned about Catholicism, the stories of Adam and Eve were like DC/Marvel stories- fiction, myths, tales. I just couldn't believe it.  So logically as I read Genesis 4:1-26 (too long to write out), I starting drawing a family tree of Adam and Eve.. Cain and Abel  Seth and none of it made sense.  Then from 5:1-32 I didn't understand the math, how could Adam live up to 930 years? I spent 2 days researching and askin...
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Genesis 1:2/ Mark 1:1-13 (We are born good)

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Read: My Daily Catholic Bible (Genesis 1-2, Mark 1:1-13) "And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good." Genesis 1:1 "Thou art my beloved Son; with thee I am pleased".  Mark 1:1-13 In the Old Testament, God made the universe, including heaven, earth and all it's creatures in 7 days. At the end of each creation God was happy with what we had created as it came out of good intentions. In the second passage from the New Testament,  shows how happy God was when Jesus was baptized by John in the Jordan River.  When we give birth to our children, a mother, will look at its' child in pure aw. We say to ourselves, look how beautiful the child is and our hearts are filled with pure joy, pride and love. Simple. For those who don't see childbirth in this way, let's take out our insecurities out of this equation.. insecurities may include: 1) I'm fat.. when am I losing this mom weight? 2) I'm so tired.. how am I g...
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Before we start

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Few things you need to know about me before we get things started: 1. I am a Punjabi Buddhist 2. I am married to a Catholic 3. My two daughters are baptized 4. My sister recently converted to Islam 5. My brother is married to a Hindu/Muslim The topic of God vs. No God is a constant thing in my house, at church/temple, my in-laws house, my friends house, and sometimes at work. I go to church at least twice a month and I go to the temple at least once a year.  That's a big difference! Let me explain. As mentioned above my whole house is made up of Catholics, my kids are being raised as Catholics at school... now I can either confuse them and teach them about Buddhism or understand what they are learning at school about Catholicism. I know my Buddhism really well so I try to integrate the "way of life" when raising them. I will speak to this throughout the blog. In this blog I will be reading "My Daily Catholic Bible" and commentate.  (I have re-written...
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