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Newguest Posted 11 years ago
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But the action of ....

Hello

I am positive to everything but the action of God.

--- Does it mean that one has a positive attitude to everything but not to God's workings?

I'm just curious about the part "but the action of God".
  

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More context appears to be needed in order to understand this. In particular, the word "positive" seems to be used in an unexpected way. The link below might help.

— GPY

  • More context appears to be needed in order to understand this.
  • In particular, the word "positive" seems to be used in an unexpected way.
  • The link below might help.
  • com/neo/groups/infinity_hall/conversations/topics/3135
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More context appears to be needed in order to understand this. In particular, the word "positive" seems to be used in an unexpected way. The link below might help.

https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/infinity_hall/conversations/topics/3135
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Hi

I'm actually aware of that passage. I just didn't know it would be so important so I didn't give a link to it.

That last sentence is a bit ambiguous to me. It looks like one has a positive attitude to everything but not to the workings of ***. However this sounds somewhat strange to me.
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Newguest It looks like one has a positive attitude to everything
"positive" does not appear to mean "positive attitude". It is a peculiar electrical analogy. To understand the analogy, read carefully what the linked text says. "Not being positive" actually seems to equate to being receptive. Needless to say, this is likely to be immensely confusing to m
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I've just reread it a few more times and I think I get it now, more or less. Thanks. Emotion: smile
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