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I think God's existence does speak for itself; it is men who hear/ read poorly in spite of creation's witness to its artist/ author.I don’t deny that there is a god. I can’t deny something that lacks evidence, does that make sense? It’s not that God doesn’t exist, it’s the evidence is lacking. I actually don’t believe anything can be proven so I have my gripes with science as well for that matter when people try to treat it like objective truth.
I don’t agree learning there is a God is instinctive, but that it’s instinctive to believe in one. Why is this? Many reasons. One of them is that man feels small.
You know what else is instinctive though? Smelling the bs from a mile away when you have all of these religions claiming exclusivity and that their God is the one true god. Why do people like Wrangler have to attach the adjective of “living” or “true” to God? If God is so real, his existence alone should speak for himself just like a tree’s existence or blade of grass speaks for itself.
Fictitious religious gods are no doubt plentiful in human history and mainstream religion does distort terribly many truths. We live in a system/ age of deception which pervades the realities of life on all levels. That said, unless the Great Spirit/ God reveals himself, we are destined to the follow through the outcome of ignorance and flawed logic by ultimately destroying what is around us, each other and ourselves.Nobody pops out of their mother's womb with an instinctive feeling that there is a God. What happens is that as people get older they become instinctively aware that there is "something" in the universe that pervades everything, that is immortal and lasting.
It is only religious indoctrination that takes those basic feelings and programs people to think of that "something" as the fictitious religious God. No human knows anything about any God until another human indoctrinates them at a vulnerable age about their personal belief systems.
Mainstream religion is simply psychological abuse perpetrated on vulnerable souls who aren't yet experienced enough and aware enough to either recognise that they are being abused or to be able to critical think and decide for themselves just what that "something" is that persists in the universe.
Not sure what you hope is in this Appeal to Majority?Nearly every religion has a form of hell.
You must be a mystic, denying the evidence right before your eyes. Sad way to attempt to evade the question of what do you live and stand for.Nobody ever dies.
Most of creation is a maelstrom of utter chaos which sees regular forms of destruction on grand scales that we can't really comprehend. Stars collapsing, supernovas, black holes etc etc. It's true that here on Earth at least there appear to be things of some design though many are imperfect and some are rather diabolical. It's entirely feasible to imagine thee being one or more creators of many of the things on Earth, engineers who mastered DNA and who tinkered with things, like an enthusiastic gardener trying to create new hybrid roses and so on. The notion of some all-powerful all-loving God on the other hand is rather fatuous and silly an to believe in such is to pretty much live an entire life of total denial of the plethora of evidence all around which shows that no such entity exists.I think God's existence does speak for itself; it is men who hear/ read poorly in spite of creation's witness to its artist/ author.
On another note, the resurrection of Jesus from the dead becomes the pivotal game changer. The evidence to support it is overwhelming to all who have courage to enquire further.
I never thought of myself that way but perhaps it's not a bad label. I've certainly peered beyond the veil that conceals the secrets and keeps humanity ignorant and thus know that the "evidence" of mainstream religion is utter hogwash. I don't mind being thought of as a mystic. Better than being an indoctrinated Sheeple.You must be a mystic, denying the evidence right before your eyes. Sad way to attempt to evade the question of what do you live and stand for.
imo you are approaching the meaning of an empty room for a holy-of-holiesI don’t deny that there is a god. I can’t deny something that lacks evidence, does that make sense? It’s not that God doesn’t exist, it’s the evidence is lacking. I actually don’t believe anything can be proven so I have my gripes with science as well for that matter when people try to treat it like objective truth.
I don’t agree learning there is a God is instinctive, but that it’s instinctive to believe in one. Why is this? Many reasons. One of them is that man feels small.
You know what else is instinctive though? Smelling the bs from a mile away when you have all of these religions claiming exclusivity and that their God is the one true god. Why do people like Wrangler have to attach the adjective of “living” or “true” to God? If God is so real, his existence alone should speak for himself just like a tree’s existence or blade of grass speaks for itself.
its nowhere in the Bible, fwiwNearly every religion has a form of hell.
i wonder if it isnt more appropriate to say that no one ever really livesNobody ever dies
..Generally, the more religious one is, the less educated they are..
Same book that claims people lived to be 900?
Unconscious. The purpose of consciousness is not merely to integrate reality but to also differentiate reality.Everything is one.
You make statements in this post as well as others I have read of yours which are just not true. Statements asserting what the bible says or what you claim is mentioned all through the bible.Most of creation is a maelstrom of utter chaos which sees regular forms of destruction on grand scales that we can't really comprehend. Stars collapsing, supernovas, black holes etc etc. It's true that here on Earth at least there appear to be things of some design though many are imperfect and some are rather diabolical. It's entirely feasible to imagine thee being one or more creators of many of the things on Earth, engineers who mastered DNA and who tinkered with things, like an enthusiastic gardener trying to create new hybrid roses and so on. The notion of some all-powerful all-loving God on the other hand is rather fatuous and silly an to believe in such is to pretty much live an entire life of total denial of the plethora of evidence all around which shows that no such entity exists.
We should therefore think of the creators of Earth's life forms as simply more advanced beings than us, either aliens or humans that had evolved to much higher states than ourselves. Beings that seeded a planet with their DNA designs and gave it all a stir and then left it to develop under it's own steam. Perhaps rather like a fish tank. There to amuse them or as an experiment to see what would emerge as the victorious life form in a few millions years. It would be a dangerous and foolish mistake to view such beings as Gods though. They are merely other life forms more advanced than ourselves and as such we must judge them by the behaviours, works and deeds. They evidently don't care about any of us given the awful state of the world. They haven't stepped in to correct things, put right their failures, mend the mistakes. More likely they have written this planet off and long since left it and gone on to other planets.
I had the courage to search for the truth. I don't see the evidence you speak of. The evidence I see and which is mentioned throughout the Bible, hidden in plain sight as allegorical and cryptic text, is that Jesus like Noah and others before him, had the fabled Elixir Of Life, the Philosopher's Stone, Soma, Alkahest whatever you wish to call it. It is mentioned in every religious tome, every culture and has numerous names. This special substance, being a huge source of universal life energy, allowed Jesus to heal other people, to raise the dead, and allowed himself to survive in the desert for 40 days without food and water and ultimately is the thing that was used to bring him back from his death or near death at crucifixion. He taught his disciples about it, the "mysteries of the kingdom" and so it's most likely that it was they who rolled back the stone of Jesus's tomb and used the Elixir to revive Jesus in the same way that Jesus used it to revive Lazarus. Occam's Razor applies here. No need for silly stories of going to the depths of Hell and bringing back keys etc. So magical mumbo jumbo needed. Jesus simply had the incredible Elixir of life, the "tree of life". It can effectively make you immortal but if you have it you become enlightened enough to go to the next level of existence where you don't need a physical body. Given that ability who would want to stay locked into a human body? Jesus evidently didn't and so up and left to be a newly evolved human. Human 2.0.
This isn't hearsay. This "tree of life" is mentioned all through the Bible and Jesus talked about it numerous times and spoke in parables about some of the processes concerning how it is made. If only he'd loved humans enough to give us all this great substance. Then we'd all enjoy that same immortality and be rid of all our illnesses and ailments. Sadly those who have had it throughout history have kept it for themselves whilst everyone else suffers and perishes.
Perhaps the best thing would be to not say anything at all in that regard!i wonder if it isnt more appropriate to say that no one ever really lives
or few, anyway
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:Ecc 3:1
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Romanov2488 said:Same book that claims people lived to be 900?
Unconscious. The purpose of consciousness is not merely to integrate reality but to also differentiate reality.
Not one is not one with one.
Antonyms are not synonyms.
Light is not one with dark.
Right is not one with left or wrong.
Good is not one with evil.
Dead is not one with the living.
Even in your weak defense, you admit Differentia, 2 different halves - not the same half of the same thing.These things are part of the one thing. They are intrinsically 2 halves of the same thing.
Even in your weak defense, you admit Differentia, 2 different halves - not the same half of the same thing.
We obviously diagree. While eastern philosophies like Tao advocate what you do, Christianity rejects the intrinsic necessity of darkness, wrong and evil to exist. What's more Christianity claims that one day, these things will be eternally destroyed to exist no more. So, there is that.
That's because there is no such thing as this. So, I don't struggle, I reject it out of hand. The 2 manifestations are due to TWO things being manifested.You seem to struggle with the concept of ONE thing manifesting as 2 different opposing qualities.