T-10.V

The Denial of God

Chapter 10 — The Idols of Sickness

Denial of God is exposed as devotion to sickness and other idols that breeds separation, then undone by remembering Love and shared sinlessness, returning projection to the mind.

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Sickness Rituals of despair reveal devotion to a false god. Separation The fatherless fantasy: denying the Source makes Love seem dangerous. Idols Symptom-idols demand allegiance; self-forgetting keeps them meaningful. Love Nothing but the eternal can be loved; arrogance withholds and starves.

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Sinlessness ▲ Milestone Creation makes sin impossible; learn reality by seeing perfection. Authority Problem Feeling fatherless: idols after an imagined attack on God. Sin / Error Denial is a mistaken thought—sin against God is impossible.

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Creation / Extension Sharing cannot create the unlike; idols and sickness are not God-made. Death / Suffering Denying God makes suffering seem earned; creation’s innocence undoes the logic. Time Time lasts only where the mind still chooses it. Cause and Effect What you deny becomes your experience; you receive the message you send. Giving / Receiving The message you give is the one you receive. Projection Denial is sent outward and returned as judgment. Sonship God’s call is heard through every part of the Sonship. Changelessness Only the eternal is lovable; love and creation’s conditions are fixed. Ego Denial becomes religion when the ego sacralizes sickness and loss. Healing Healing acknowledges God, not sickness; denial is corrected without retaliation. Memory of God Listening to God’s call teaches you to remember eternity. Oneness Denying God denies the self He cannot be separate from.

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Defenses Blame defends denial by making others responsible for lost joy. Fear of God Freedom, not punishment: God does not retaliate for “attack.” Illusions To perceive guilt and suffering as real is to deny God’s creation. Invulnerability Accepting how God created you undoes the logic of suffering. Judgment You judge by what you give, not by what you think you receive. Attack The imagined attack on God breeds fatherlessness; God does not coerce. Kingdom Heaven waits as your dwelling; the Kingdom is restored by giving. Peace Looking with peace on brothers opens the heart to God.