i'd like to think of god and satan as the same power...if you like, god can be evil and the devil can be good.
it probably doesn't make much sense to you but i think as reality is as grey as it is (and not black/white), then probably the higher power(s) are/is too.
i honestly believe that thinking in terms of devil/god is not very fertile thing to do.
I'd like to think of God and Satan as the same power...If you like, God can be evil and the devil can be good. It probably doesn't make much sense to you but I think as reality is as grey as it is (and not black/white), then probably the higher power(s) are/is too. I honestly believe that thinking in terms of Devil/God is not very fertile thing to do. It easily leads to judging people to be totally good or totally evil, and that's evil i think.
Bas
jesus is speaking to his disciples and warning them about false prophets, he then says that just before the coming of the son of man the eagles will be gathered together where ever the carcass is (matt 24:29) .
jesus is speaking about when he is coming back and that the body of christ will be taken, the disciples ask where and jesus says, the eagles will be gathered together where ever the body is (lu17:37) .
both in the wilderness where the eagles have gathered .
I'd like to think of God and Satan as the same power...If you like, God can be evil and the devil can be good. It probably doesn't make much sense to you but I think as reality is as grey as it is (and not black/white), then probably the higher power(s) are/is too. I honestly believe that thinking in terms of Devil/God is not very fertile thing to do. It easily leads to judging people to be totally good or totally evil, and that's evil i think.
Bas
jesus is speaking to his disciples and warning them about false prophets, he then says that just before the coming of the son of man the eagles will be gathered together where ever the carcass is (matt 24:29) .
jesus is speaking about when he is coming back and that the body of christ will be taken, the disciples ask where and jesus says, the eagles will be gathered together where ever the body is (lu17:37) .
both in the wilderness where the eagles have gathered .
well, that's sort of intriguing. Could it mean that the body and the carcass are the same thing in the same place?
b
i was afraid people might think i was trying to "compensate" for something... ya know it's a "guy" thing.
i'm told (jnbnz) it's a black and white pic of a couple.
because i can't... i think the deemunz have possesed my 'puter.
i see a couple in colour...is that you and your wifey? you're both very well looking
b
seventh open letter to the dutch branch office and the headquarters of the watchtower society in brooklyn new york for the personal attention of brother
ted jaracz
maarssen, .
hoi Rijk, welkom op het forum
Bas
PS Shouldn't we organize a protest on april 10th?
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i have not see anyone mention this..... but it seems to me that money is the one unifying force the world over, as more and more countries become just different aspects of the corporate world world peace seems more likely than anything religion has ever been able to accomplish... war is bad for business over all which is something you dont hear with regard to drug trafficking.... the more an area is dominated by one drug dealer the more peaceful the neighborhood as he finds violence on his turf to interfer with his money.
not of all evil that's for sure but greed in general does cause some problems, even if only indirectly.
b
or is god our collective imaginary friend?
which one is it?
well, how about we imagined eachother?
or is god our collective imaginary friend?
which one is it?
or is god OUR collective imaginary friend? which one is it?
when i was a kid my dad told me that when you said "amen" at the end of your prayer, that it meant "praise to jehovah".
i was listening to howard stern this morning and they were discussing the death of the pope, and they mentioned that his last word was "amen".
robin(the woman that does the news on the howard stern radio show) asked them what they thought that "amen" meant.
I heard that when the pope's heart stopped he said "amen" with his last breath and died
b
what do you know about philosophy and philosophers?
i know many philosphers who were inspired by the bible in their writings, but .
i'm more curious about the "secular" philosophers.
Poppers, philsophies are in general, generalisations. They are tools to describe and understand reality but are of limited use in one's personal life. I agree that you shouldn't expect philosphy to solve your daily problems, they won't just as religion won't do that. But philosophy as the basis of science, for instance psychology does give us the basis for understanding alot of things, including yourself. But there's no substitute for living firsthand, I agree. Don't stare blindly at philosophy just as you shouldn't stare blindly at religion.
Robert and SeattleNG, thanks for sharing the key points of Objectivism. In fact I have subcribed to some of those points for years, just didn't know who formulated them:
the best way to live is with rational self-interest. She argues that no one truly does things altruistically anyway, so when they pretend that they do, they are not being honest.
with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life
I think to some people these observations might feel cold but I view them as absolutely true. In practice though, diffrent people have diffrent things which make them happy. I do agree this is highly fertile ground to do more research on. Never has everything been said if you go from here I believe, literally billions of practical situations which you can apply this theory on to test it. I might do a little on it myself as a matter of fact. I was getting bored by determinism as it is. (though I firmly believe in it)
well I think from now on I'll describe myself as a practical objectivist determinist LOL
Bas
