I am tired of moving from one discussion to the other posting messages here and there based on my opinistic views. There are people here that thing I talk shit. Why is that? Is it because my views are different perhaps skeptic towards yours? Obviously, that is the problem here with some people. Here, I am not going to put down anyone of discriminate their views - only because they are intitled to their opinions. ----------------------------------------- First off, I would like to say that what I talk about here is not shit. I look at things in perspective and go from there. If you believe in things I don't, then good; you can believe it for all I care. ----------------------------------------- Today, our topic will be of god and the devil. However, because each topic takes up a certain amount of space on here, I will slit this post into two sections The first one will be about the devil and the second one will be about god. ----------------------------------------- 1) The devil. I devil is easier to explain than god since god is far more complex and harder to talk about. I would like to know what people conceive to devil to be. Being a christian, I know that the devil is seen as an invisible man; an evil being trying to influence us to do evil. Basically, that's how the christians think. To most, it can't get any simpler; the devil is just a very, very bad man who's out to get you. Beware and resist him, worship and prey to god, and everything will be fine. My way of thinking is different. The scenario as I see it is totally different. In truth, the devil does not exist. There is no giant, two horned, flaming red boogy man out to get you when you step out of line by sin. In truth, the ultimate evil in the universe cannot be a man. It doesn't make sense. Thoughts like that relate back to the time when people thought the universe revolved around earth and that humans were absolute. As for hell, I believe that it does exist, but as for christian beliefs, my opinions differ in many ways. Hell is the state of sufferment whether it be eternal or for a set amount of time. When you suffer, feel pain in any physical or emotional way, that is what you would call living in a state of hell. 1) Eternal hell is not being put into a furnace in a cavern deep underneath the ground where you are burned forever and stabbed by naked, two-horned, red men using over-sized tridents. Think of your soul being ripped out of existence. Now take that further and think of a constant state of non-existence where you don't existence, nor will you ever come to exist again. Since we are all connected to god in some way and can never be disconnected, such a scenario is unlikely ever to occour. 2) If you are being greatly ridiculed to an existence where it hurts you emotionally, that can be seen as a state of sufferment, thus you would be in hell. I now come to a close on what hell is (in relation to my opinions). I will discuss this later as I talk more and more, but not at this momment. -------------------------------------------- 2) What is god? That is the old-age question that has remained unanswered for countless centuries. What is God? Again, being a christian, I know how christian thinking works. The bible tells that a man created adam and eve which were banished from the eternal garden of eden and put onto this earth to live out their lives in sufferment. If you wanna relate back to my statement of hell, this would mean that they were cast out into hell for disobeying god. That in a sense plays somewhat in relation to the bible's views of hell. My opinions on this matter are different. Although I am a christian, I find it extremely hard to believe that the highest, evolved, ultimate form of the universe is a planetary-sized deep-voiced man with a beard. In my opinion, he looks much like Neptune, roman god of the sea does he not. Christians actually say that no one knows that god looks like yet they call him names such as "Lord," and "Father." Infact, I have never met a christian that hasn't used the pronoun fixations, "He," and "Him." Christians do not know if god is a man, yet they assume that he is. Infact, they back this all up with quotes such as "Man was created in God's image." In truth, that seals the fact that the bible is ignorant in its own way; it relates back to the times when men dominated, and women had no rights." Though people may not recognize it, the bible indirectly states that the universe revolves around earth and that humans are absolute. That is what I would call 3rd dimension thinking. My perspectives lie somewhat in the 5th dimension and 4th dimension; I think that way on that level. I have to end this now, but I will continue it later. I'm sorry, but it's taken me an hour to write this and my brother needs to go on to do his homepage. -Dan
Hi Dan, I would like to know how you came up with your beliefs? Is it a theory or what are you using for an absolute for the bases of your beliefs? Bruce
