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Kabbalah is an aspect of Jewish mysticism. It consists of a large body of speculation on the nature of divinity, the creation, the origin and fate of the soul, and the role of human beings, written and oral.
Can it be that we should 'stupify' ourselves?
Originally posted by Gazrok
Can it be that we should 'stupify' ourselves?
You must understand that this is what the early church wanted. It was a tool of control, and that control was easier with uneducated masses. This is why all learning was done through the church. You even see it today in some degree, as the largest percentage of private schools are religious in nature...
Originally posted by dnero6911
"They" Stole the Knowledge of Right and Wrong
instead of being patient and being taught, we decided to decide what was right and wrong on our own, without realizing everything just .is. it isn't right or wrong.. it just .is.
Oh yeh, God formed us out of the cells in mud. he used that as his "plasticene" which makes sense if you look up some scientific stuff on mud.
Originally posted by TomSawyer
Many of these chemicals are considered poisonous. So maybe that is why they were forbidden to eat it. Maybe God was suppossed to be "the other person in the room", in case they had a "bad trip".
Tom Sawyer
Originally posted by Leveller
Originally posted by dnero6911
"They" Stole the Knowledge of Right and Wrong
instead of being patient and being taught, we decided to decide what was right and wrong on our own, without realizing everything just .is. it isn't right or wrong.. it just .is.
Oh yeh, God formed us out of the cells in mud. he used that as his "plasticene" which makes sense if you look up some scientific stuff on mud.
They were tricked into taking the fruit - they didn't steal.
And the god made us from dust - not mud.
Originally posted by godservant
I don't take the bible litterally. Many say that God isn't, because the creation story is immpossible. They may be right - well, about the creation story.
What if there really isn't an Adam and Even, nor a tree, nor a snake? What if the apple is just knowledge?
Then Adam would symbolize man, Eve woman, and their desire for knowledge would be the sin that God warned them (us) about. It would mean that pictures of Adam and Eve that we grew up with led most to think of it too literally.
Can it be that we should 'stupify' ourselves? Do we think too much and learn too much for our own good? Does todays society make it too hard to simplify our lives? Wasn't today's technology supposed to simplify things?
Just wonderin'.
Originally posted by dnero6911
Originally posted by Leveller
Originally posted by dnero6911
"They" Stole the Knowledge of Right and Wrong
instead of being patient and being taught, we decided to decide what was right and wrong on our own, without realizing everything just .is. it isn't right or wrong.. it just .is.
Oh yeh, God formed us out of the cells in mud. he used that as his "plasticene" which makes sense if you look up some scientific stuff on mud.
They were tricked into taking the fruit - they didn't steal.
And the god made us from dust - not mud.
Yes, sure they were tricked... but by who? Satan? you ever seen him?
Originally posted by Leveller
Originally posted by dnero6911
Originally posted by Leveller
Originally posted by dnero6911
"They" Stole the Knowledge of Right and Wrong
instead of being patient and being taught, we decided to decide what was right and wrong on our own, without realizing everything just .is. it isn't right or wrong.. it just .is.
Oh yeh, God formed us out of the cells in mud. he used that as his "plasticene" which makes sense if you look up some scientific stuff on mud.
They were tricked into taking the fruit - they didn't steal.
And the god made us from dust - not mud.
Yes, sure they were tricked... but by who? Satan? you ever seen him?
What a stupid comment. Have you ever seen the fruit that the story refers to?
Treating the Tree of Knowledge as factual and then stating Satan doesn't exist is crass. The whole Biblical story is created to allegorise Satan's relationship with mankind. You can't pick and choose which bits you want to be true.
As I've already stated - it's a symbolic story. It's based on an older Babylonian legend as many things in the Bible are.
Originally posted by dnero6911
God uses stupid people to tell smarter people whats really going on