The only force in this world is dna.
That why dna is the force,we eat and drink it.
It's not that drink the blood and eat the body thing again is it?
Better to be a Buddhist.
I can relate to that (perhaps not as well as others less fortunate than myself) because i get hungry, and i know that there is food that will satisfy my hunger. I get thirsty, and i know there is some drink that will satisfy my thirst. There is a *censored* drive, and i know there is marriage.
Are certain people lesser in the eyes of god and will he not indirectly help them like he has helped those in the bible? Once again I point to the fact that there seems to be no godly presence in 2005.
If all our other desires have some good way to be fulfilled, why not these as well? But the only way these desires may be met, is if there is a heaven
Dragons of Eden was an excellent book.
Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives....... Ann Druyan suggests an experiment: Look back again at the pale blue dot....... Take a good long look at it. Stare at the dot for any length of time and then try to convince yourself that God created the whole Universe for one of the 10 million or so species of life that inhabit that speck of dust. Now take it a step further: Imagine that everything was made just for a single shade of that species, or gender, or ethnic or religious subdivision. If this doesn't strike you as unlikely, pick another dot. Imagine it to be inhabited by a different form of intelligent life. They, too, cherish the notion of a God who has created everything for their benefit. How seriously do you take their claim?
Why has your god forsaken us? Why has everything happened thousands of years ago and is his presence nowhere to be seen? You could say that god is in all of us but then why do I see no magical events happening? I have tried to read the bible, and I am still doing so, but I have a feeling that someone who has been dead for over thousands of years is pulling my leg. I'd rather live according to something more solid and down-to-earth such as the Hagakure. ...
One answer may be that it doesn't accomplish His purpose, which is to save as many of us from *censored* as will allow Him.
I prefer to keep things Military as I find most civilians to be most uncivil.
If God's love encompasses the whole world and if everyone who does not believe in him will perish, then surely this question needs to be asked: When, after two thousand years, does God's plan kick in for the billion people he "so loves" in China? Or for the 840 million in India? ...
The Jehovah would say "We have a good god, he would create no *censored*, therefore, people do not go to *censored* they are merely not among the 254.000 resurrected to live along side Jesus his side."
There are several things wrong with both views:
1. Why would god want his creation to suffer if souls take up no room (They have no matter?) and heaven is a creation by 'God'?
2. Why 254.000 people? What if all these seats have now been reserved with the billions of people that live on earth?
3. Why could someone as powerful as 'God' now simply destroy *censored* and instill 'goodness' into everyone's hearts? Why does he rely on his own creation to do his work for him and say that they will go to *censored* if they do not? Did he create *censored*? He must have created Satan or any other evil deity if he is the 'only' true god.
I agree that the Jehovah's Witnesses are wrong.
Besides, i kind of like you guys and would enjoy spending time with you in heaven!
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I still like to think that I will go to Valhalla. ;D
...I have been inclined from time to time to believe that the Antichrist resides within my PC... God bless you in your faith. Remember where we left off!
Each to their own beliefs doc.........the reasoning in the dna,is the world is over 65 million years old, and had life life on it! and still does till the sun burns it out,also by a fluke the moon has help the earth survive ,and the search for et is futile<and a waste of cash when this world cannot feed itself,except for war<weapons>this is the last planet in the universe,why you may well ask, why are there so many strange species found below the sea that survive without light,this planet is the last ,in the big bang left. if you can understand my views.Another twist is that someone saw this happening a place dna on the earth........
I'm really curious, and i hope you don't mind if i ask, do you consider yourself an atheist or a pagan? I mean, do you see the earth as uncreated? or do you see the earth itself as a living god? or are you still trying to figure it all out?
I dont think that anybody can,explain ,why we are here,<to breed maybe> we are suppose to be above animals so why do we act like them?humans that think and have a brain to act proper<thats a joke> and to have wars for thousands of years and its still happening why?no one has any rights to kill people,/kids goverments should be held accountable for this outrage,all humans have right to life.......dispite there thoughts...i enjoy the old joke but why are people killing people!is it greed or just to prove that their country rules the world.........or so they think it does..thwe world need to grow up.........and look after people that need looking after.....forget the mbe,medals etc...
Can i asked a question: to whom it may concern...if i was cremated does it matter,rather than being buried east to west.
I'll let you know when I'm pushing up daisies. Do you have an after-life E-mail where I can reach you?
I think that you can read all the books you want, speak to all the religious people you can find and never discover what created you, me or this world. In the mean time, I'll just kill time by speaking to all the religious people I come across and reading all the books I want.
ok doc...........just proves people have,a different outlook on living..best to leave things as they are i feel.
Openview world, let people think on.
I did forget to ask about Hagakure. What did he write in relation to the topic of discussion?
What is - your - professional view?
and while it may be of some importance to some of you ......I fail to see what this sort of discussion has to do with assisting people with their computer issues .
I think i like those Hagakure. It would be interesting to spend an evening with one of their members sipping coffee out under the stars and discussing some deep topics.
I am typing away here in my shelter deep underground.
If the entire planet were to be populated by psychiatrists do you think that things would get better?
...The Hagakure was originally only meant to be read by a certain few. The book was released as historial material when the feudal period in Japan ended. Kamikaze pilots in World War II carried a copy of it. The Hagakure cure is also known as the 'Bushido', or way of the warrior. I can send you a copy....
We'd have a lot of comfortable chairs.
I understand why some are willing to die to save many lives. Such men are heroes. But i've often wondered what drives some to commit suicide in order to kill many. I found some clues in reading the Koran, which speaks of men who die for Allah as having endless sex in paradise with their own personal harem.
...I think that blowing up others is rather uncompassionate and an act of cowardice. Therefore, you will probably find no justification regarding the acts of these men in the Hagakure...The hagakure is strongly influenced by Buddhism, the Koran is not.
So if we remain as people why convert people to people when we are people already?
Doc doesn't seem so tortured to me.
...Why bring a child into the world to be tortured by 'religion'?...
...Thank you for the passage from Matthew. There is another famous quote from Matthew. Do you remember which one? I seem to remember that it is something to do with not having need of priests and other 'holy men'.
We might be needing a religious category.
63 million years without christ...<bc>........how come.?
Commonsense maths........ the earth 65 million years old est...
Year of christ birth>>> 2000 millions year ad
63 million years without christ...<bc>........how come.?
no ranting or moaning just,require the answer? bible question.
FOOTNOTE: to the human species.
Maybe huxley/darwin.........had the answer of the why the human being is here.
??? ??? ??? What the heck are you guys talking about? ...
I just want to know what this topic is about.
I just go with the flow........maybe its a new movie.
I just want to know what this topic is about.
Life after death is a bit heavy........what about space and time lost.Or belief or doubt.........another war ensues
Something to do with Katrina?