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Originally posted by slymattb
I make this reply again. There is a heaven and hell. God and Christ are coming. Life after death is a big gamble. And where you spend it is your choice.
A king may move a man, a father may claim a son. But remember that, even when those who move you be kings or men of power, your soul is in your keeping alone. When you stand before God you cannot say "but I was told by others to do thus" or that "virtue was not convinient at the time. This will not suffice. Remember that.
I put no stock in religion. By the word religion I have seen the lunacy of fanatics of every denomination be called the will of God. I've seen too much religion in the eyes of murderers. Holiness is in right action, and courage on behalf of those who cannot defend themselves, and goodness. What God desires is here (points to Balian's head) and here (points to Balian's heart) and what you decide to do every day will make you a good man...or not.
God will understand, my lord. And if he doesn't, then he is not God and we need not worry.
Originally posted by Full_Vision
I found myself agreeing with pretty much everything said in the original post.. aspects that i have believed quite strongly for a number of years.. religion is absolutely man made for the exact reasons mentioned here.. control, programming, keeping the human race obedient through all the known 'rules'..commandments of christianity for example..guilt is also used to strongly keep people in line, to make us feel shame and guilt for our actions..anger is a natural emotional state..it does need to be controlled by individual self of course but its there for a reason..the Elites are most happy with the mass populace living life with the victim mentality.. be a victim, dont fight back, dont stand up for yourself or loved ones. cower and forgive even that which is unforgivable.. All religion and their 'holy' texts, i strongly believe were created in the earlier days of our enslavement on this planet to segregate people, to cause bias and arguments between the different belief systems to put us at a war with our own species..to keep us from uniting and becoming the powerful beings we can be.. that we should be..people need to start thinking for themselves, do not let anyone do your thinking for your or tell you what to think.. we all were given our own minds and souls for a reason!!
Originally posted by RokNinja
i'd like to add some quotes from the movie the kingdom of heaven that sum up my opinion of after life and morality in regards to religion.
A king may move a man, a father may claim a son. But remember that, even when those who move you be kings or men of power, your soul is in your keeping alone. When you stand before God you cannot say "but I was told by others to do thus" or that "virtue was not convinient at the time. This will not suffice. Remember that.
I put no stock in religion. By the word religion I have seen the lunacy of fanatics of every denomination be called the will of God. I've seen too much religion in the eyes of murderers. Holiness is in right action, and courage on behalf of those who cannot defend themselves, and goodness. What God desires is here (points to Balian's head) and here (points to Balian's heart) and what you decide to do every day will make you a good man...or not.
The last one is in regard to not following scripture when they burn the dead during the siege.
God will understand, my lord. And if he doesn't, then he is not God and we need not worry.
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Originally posted by Neo Christian Mystic
reply to post by DragonriderGal
No Heaven and no Hell? No Universe and no hot Core inside the planet? Get real! God and the "sons of God" were/are extra terrestrials, the Sumerian Annunaki were the "star travellers". And you don't have to dig far until you break the thin "shell" of the earth, before you reach magma, floating, sulferous, molten rock. How on earth can you dismiss the universe and magma/lava?
[edit on 8/10/2009 by Neo Christian Mystic]
Originally posted by Dark Ghost
Interesting article, thank you for sharing it with us. I have a few questions if you do not mind answering them.
Does this group of Shamans believe in a Creator, somebody who has given us the ability to reincarnate into new bodies and lives?
Do these Shamans believe in God or gods of some sort? If not, how do they explain the transformation or process of reincarnation? Do we all get reincarnated by random chance? When is it decided that we do not need to reincarnate any more?
How come this older Indian dude you communicated with wasn't reincarnated form his most recent life but instead was allowed, permitted or randomly landed up in this Upper Realm?
Originally posted by Maddogkull
reply to post by DragonriderGal
How do you classify enlightenment??? How do we obtain this enlightenment?? Could you give more information on this.
Originally posted by DragonriderGal
Originally posted by Maddogkull
reply to post by DragonriderGal
How do you classify enlightenment??? How do we obtain this enlightenment?? Could you give more information on this.
I think I will create a thread about this. That way I won't have to keep typing the info over and over. So keep an eye out for it! I am probably going to put it under Predictions? Any other ideas from any one where such a thread would be best suited? Thanks!
Originally posted by VergeofObscene
Originally posted by DragonriderGal
Originally posted by Maddogkull
reply to post by DragonriderGal
How do you classify enlightenment??? How do we obtain this enlightenment?? Could you give more information on this.
I think I will create a thread about this. That way I won't have to keep typing the info over and over. So keep an eye out for it! I am probably going to put it under Predictions? Any other ideas from any one where such a thread would be best suited? Thanks!
Good idea! Predictions is an okay forum to post it in, but seeing as it's related to self-improvement, it would also fit quite well in the psychology/metaphysics section!
Heaven and Hell were not such well-defined ideas in early Christian theology. The idea of reincarnation leading up to the day of judgement was not fully exised from biblical texts until the middle ages, but it first began to go out of favour with the Romans.
Originally posted by The Djin
reply to post by Karilla
Heaven and Hell were not such well-defined ideas in early Christian theology. The idea of reincarnation leading up to the day of judgement was not fully exised from biblical texts until the middle ages, but it first began to go out of favour with the Romans.
Agreed, seems like the OP has taken a topic that's been done to death on ATS and added his own twist to it like magic animals and I got the info from some invisible guides. Meds all round eh
Originally posted by TheLieWeLive
There is a Heaven, we call it outer space these days. As for Hell, I can't physically place it so I would say that it's used most likely as a fear tactic to get us to listen. It's hot in some theory's and freezing in others so it's represented as seriously painful. No one wants pain, so you listen and behave.
When I die I can only hope that you can leave this planet and go out into Heaven (space). That's cool enough for me.