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Originally posted by the sloth
reply to post by akushla99
Yeah, I feel way lucky, righteous, and to a certain degree knowledgeable. Let me hip you to a few of my SUBJECTIVE BELIEFS: There's nothing more beautiful than science and knowledge. They're both fundamental precursors to planetary progress. That what we're here for: Enlightenment and Progress.[opinionated input end].
What people don't get is that only through helping and educating each other will true lasting happiness ever be obtained. That's where the internet comes in. But there's a difference between helping someone and tip toeing around their convictions to avoid conflict. Especially when those convictions have been killing and dividing human beings since the dawn of time. If you keep feeding everyones erroneous egos, we'll have fifty more religions before the decade is through. WTF will that accomplish? Why doesn't anyone ever question the need for worship at all. If you look at the situation objectively there is basically no difference between a god fearing man and a white fearing house slave.edit on 31-7-2013 by the sloth because: used since instead of sense lol
Originally posted by the sloth
reply to post by Deetermined
Now there's an opinion i can respect. I'll have to disagree wholeheartedly, but I respect it nonetheless. I never said religion was the sole perpetrator for mankind's woes. It's just a huge chunk. It's stupidity itself that is to blame. I'm no idealist either, I don't think the day where everyone will be holding hands singing songs around campfires will come even if religion disappears for good. That's obvious. Look at nature. Animals don't pray and they're just as predisposed to violence as any person. But there exist conditions on this planet that are just unacceptable. Death from hunger is running rampant. Completely avoidable wars manifest periodically. The ice caps melt as species go from endangered to extinct through unnatural causes. This planet's days are numbered. Personally I don't want to wast another second indulging in any belief that relies on waiting for angels, demons, aliens, gods, or prophets to come down from outer space and show us the light. What the hell are they waiting for? And am I detecting a defeatist attitude emanating from your post? People aren't hopeless. Just infinitely stupid.edit on 1-8-2013 by the sloth because: b
Originally posted by greyer
It may be a small voice but there is a voice here - the OP is false.
I promise the world wouldn't be as mixed up if everyone understood that there is a good, there is a bad, there is a right and there is a wrong.
My only suggestion to you OP is to do something to enhance your mind, something needs to be done in order to bring realization instead of just drifting away psychologically.
but, we're more interested in being right,
Originally posted by jhill76
reply to post by akushla99
but, we're more interested in being right,
This needs to be said again, I do not think anywhere heard you!
Originally posted by greyer
reply to post by akushla99
By the way I love poetry, but in this subject I think it is very straight forward - although I am ready to admit this is a subconscious straight forward, an unconscious straight forward. Emotions are the essence of what is true, there is a small percent chance the emotion could be distorted but in general we do not observe the cause of our emotions and the cause of society, but if we did it would lead to the real truth. So if you have someone avoiding emotions altogether then it would lead to this world of believing whatever you think as foundation could be accepted as reality. I am here to say it is fake, and that love is the only thing that could be equated to truth amongst separate consciousness, anything else would be regarded as a choice to separate physical from consciousness.
Originally posted by jiggerj
reply to post by jhill76
I believe that human males and females were not designed to engage in long lasting relationships. I believe that men are ruled by their genitals and women are ruled by materialism. I believe that men and women should never marry or even live together.
Is this true?
Yes, for you it is true. For another who disagrees with you it would not be.
Because you believe male and females were not designed to be in long lasting relationships, any experience that you see of a male and female couple will be filtered through that belief, and those who believe opposite of you will be filtering through THAT belief, when in reality it is just a male and a female in a relationship.
What is happening is real, but you are free to believe whatever you want about it and in your experience it will be true FOR YOU. There is much freedom when it comes to belief systems.
Personally I don't want to wast another second indulging in any belief that relies on waiting for angels, demons, aliens, gods, or prophets to come down from outer space and show us the light. What the hell are they waiting for?
RevelationGeneration
reply to post by jhill76
Not true, not true at all. This is called relative truth. Basically not truth at all.
If you believe in the Bible then you wouldn't make a thread like this.edit on 23-11-2013 by RevelationGeneration because: (no reason given)
greyer
It may be a small voice but there is a voice here - the OP is false. I promise the world wouldn't be as mixed up if everyone understood that there is a good, there is a bad, there is a right and there is a wrong.
vethumanbeing
The OP is not false; everything you believe is true (Im NOT speaking of this worldly tangible grossness as a 3d human entity).
VETERANhumanbeing
The OP is not false; everything you believe is true (Im NOT speaking of this worldly tangible grossness as a 3d human entity).
gryer
Those words are false, because I don't believe in anything. To choose judgement over the universe as being what others have said based on their intuition and not their ego is logical, it is taking an educated guess. That is what makes us different (spirit and ego), You choose to stand by something and say that you are right. Well most people that have done that are proven wrong by the experience of another person. I wish that we knew for sure, but mother earth is a mysterious sphere of matter.