The Desert

Las Vegas has many amazing places to visit and see outside of the city that have been formed naturally in the desert.

The dessert is a very vast and mysterious place!!

I think it shows that God can be near to us wherever we may be and in whatever situation we may find ourselves.

Hey, pal, you have many topics here that i had to think which one to tackle first. Let's begin with the desert, just because it is the title of the discussion, The desert is a pervading image in both the Old and the New Testaments. Literally, the desert is a large area of land covered with sand and is extremely hot. Figuratively, the desert is some place where when one finds his self in, either he clings to faith or simply perish. This means God will not desert you in a desert. From the land of Ur, God sent Abraham to Canaan. Traveled through the desert to a promised land, As with Joseph, bound in chains to slavery in Egypt, through the desert. As with Moses, from Egypt, in exodus, through the desert, to Canaan. Moses did't make it, of course. That is the reason Mohammad, I believe, couldn't accept Christianity, because the Patriarchs were his ancestors. Nothing terrifying there, the Old Testament is shared by many religions. In the New Testament, our Lord walked alone through many a lonely places, most especially, He had a forty day solitude in the desert, fasting, and the evil one tempted Him. Why the desert? The Little Prince once said there are millions of reasons why the desert is lovely at night, and one is - because the desert is hiding the Sun. I will not delve on the Las Vegas thing. It is of no consequence to me.

Interesting way to look at things. I think this shows deep insight. I have never walked on the desert but I have driven across it in my early travels on the highways and byways of the 70s. I was baptized Catholic and have been all my life. I am open minded and respect the varied and diverse Christian religions and also have respect for some non-Christians, for instance, the Native American Indian of which there are many nations, and the Jewish faith. I have come to accept and respect also the Jehovah's Witness people and have some good friends in all or most of these theologies. They all believe in a supreme creator, a divine and great leader, and have come to recognize the name Jehovah as God's name. The desert is a place where a person can more easily come to terms with their creator and be mindful and meditate.

I think that God is one, no matter what we call him.

I'm having trouble with your post. Israel isn't all desert. That's like saying the US is all desert. It's not. It has a lot of lush places to it. Jesus wasn't born in a desert, He was born in Bethlehem. Yes, in a stable or cave, but not in a desert. The resurrection did not take place in a desert but a garden.