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originally posted by: 19Bones79
Your God is a God of fear, hence your current predicament. Try going cold turkey and realize that it is an archaic mindset that believes you can't be good without God. Instead of begging for answers take responsibility for your own life and if it turns out to be a bit mundane find out what it is that you enjoy. Take control and own your situation man.
Having said that its not always as easy as typing this out. I struggled a lot with religion when I was in my teens but somehow you break through that wall and its the most liberating feeling you might ever experience. To use your matrix example, you wake up and realize the world around you is ugly, but beautiful too.
originally posted by: Valar God
I asked for help and this turned into macho-alpha-male contest.
The only way you can help me is by telling the truth I asked.
If you "don't know" what I am talking about - DON'T POST ANYTHING.
Can you control yourself ?
originally posted by: NerdGoddess
Dear God, if you can hear me- I'm rooting for you this time. Win the battle. Win it swiftly.
-Alee
originally posted by: Scorpiogurl
a reply to: Valar God
Okay... I don't believe in alien robots so let's take that out of the equation. And keep in mind that my thoughts on this are simply that, thoughts. I don't have an answer for you but can maybe help you to look at the game or the plan from a different perspective. I've ranked in Muay Thai and as a result of that I have a specific mind-set when fighting an opponent. It doesn't matter what they know, what they can do, what they can see, how strong they are or what perceived super powers they might employ.
Try directing the focus to any and everything except the opponent: the task at hand, the weather, your shoes, other people, the sidelines, music... anything but him. Don't allow him in your thoughts at all, it doesn't matter what kind of power he previously had, it's clear by your writing here that he doesn't control your mind. So don't let him in your thoughts because that will cause a trigger a response that you definitely needed to keep under wraps.
Without a doubt, it's mentally exhausting, but it will do the job. Baby steps... this approach will help a lot as you won't be focusing your attention on him any longer. Eventually you'll believe that he doesn't even exist without your mind believing he does. But that comes later.
Focus on your game. You make the rules for yourself, focus on those rules, your movements, my overall court so to speak and select what you want to change or convey. Remember, your mind, your focus, your rules.
The idea is to de-clutter and eliminate the space occupied by your opponent and how badly you want to beat him by re-directing your internal energy on things that won’t distract you.
You're convinced that you're there to play his game but you're not. Your new game should be how to focus on and exploit his weaknesses one by one. That's the only portion of your opponent you should focus on. Believe me, there are weaknesses and breaking points in everything, in everyone, even in those who seem un-beatable.
You'll lose a bunch of times, seems like you already have. But with each loss comes new knowledge. Don't look at the big picture, focus on yourself, figure out what to do differently next time. The very smallest changes of pattern or behavior matter, they add up to the greatest victory in the end.
If you stop worrying whether you're going to win or lose, you'll be able to focus on your game...
You should take this approach whenever you face any problem. It doesn’t matter whether you’re playing chess or playing for your life; just remember that everything lies in your mind and you have full control over your emotions.
Starting With A Clean Slate: Look at each game or day or hour or second as a new beginning, and don’t bog your mind down with any negative events that happened prior to that new chance. That will only send you sprinting losing direction at full speed. Dwelling on the past just adds clutter.
For example, if you lost yesterday, it means nothing to you today. Understand me? What’s done is done. You can only control what is in front of you. Nothing else deserves your attention but that opponent and the strategy and positioning. Yesterday doesn't matter, tomorrow doesn't matter. Today is the day you need to beat him.
Visualize yourself winning, breaking free, see yourself attaining your goal. We tend to do or at the very least gravitate towards whatever we focus our mind on and again, you are in control of your mind so if you see yourself being less cariing of his plan and more about yourself, making the right choices for yourself, driving him into fits... you'll see his weaknesses coming to light.
On the other hand, if you see yourself losing this match and wondering how on earth are you going to beat this guy? You’ll probably find yourself moping around afterward feeling like # and ranting about it on a public website.
Focus on YOU. All you have to focus on is playing YOUR game and executing your moves, thoughts, ideas... Don’t allow yourself to think about the opponent.
Don’t worry about the what ifs. What if I lose? What if I don’t win this game? Deal with what IS happening. Concentrating on the gray area that may never happen in the first place is a big waste of your time, and mental energy. Whatever happens, you still have to keep fighting anyway so be careless. Whatever happens will happen. The less you care, the less control he has over the outcome. Get it? Don't ever panic. Just analyze, adjust and move on. Remember, it's a game but it doesn't have to start until you get there and it can't truly be won without your consent.
Hope this helped just a little bit. It's a place to start and it's a processes.
Good luck.
originally posted by: Valar God
You don't find anything wrong or troublesome that, for every new product that you make, you have to make one fake for the commercial in which you have to install an usb slot for fake charging, or fake battery or other fake features ?
Are real product features listed on the other internet or you too have to sort trough the lies ?
Yes, you know what is a lie, ..... yes, ok ...
originally posted by: Ghost147
"God" is quite easy to beat, actually.
If the god you're referring to is the one from the Abrahamic religions, then all you need to do is disprove what they claim their god to have done.
That goes for any god within any religion. If that god had some sort of influence on the material world, then it becomes disprovable because it becomes testable.
A god without any defining principles is inherently unfalsifiable, in which case it would be irrational to believe it exists in the first place because there could be no proof for or against such a being.
You've already claimed that the god you refer to is male, so I assume you're referring to Yahweh/Allah. If that's true, then I can explain to you how that particular god does not exist, thus making you "Win" against this battle.
originally posted by: Ghost147
originally posted by: Valar God
You don't find anything wrong or troublesome that, for every new product that you make, you have to make one fake for the commercial in which you have to install an usb slot for fake charging, or fake battery or other fake features ?
Are real product features listed on the other internet or you too have to sort trough the lies ?
Yes, you know what is a lie, ..... yes, ok ...
I don't know if this was a response to me or not, but in any case... Believe it or not, but a single individual doesn't need to perform experiments in which that person learns the truth about something in order for knowledge to be formed.
Subjective observation is a massively flawed way of determining reality, because there could plausibly be an infinite amount of external factors that have an effect on that individuals perspective.
This is why the best way of determining what reality is based on a particular subject is through objective reasoning. In this form of study we can cross reference several experiments, which can be repeated by anyone, and all have them come to the same conclusion. We can control the experiment in order to ensure no external factors produce a biased outcome, or were at all influenced by some other forces. This is why Objective Observation is far superior to Subjective observation.
originally posted by: Valar God
To whom I have to "disprove" that God, if I am fighting against God himself ?
originally posted by: Valar God
I say "him" because of the rules in my language.
So, how would I address God neutrally, without referring to any gender ?
originally posted by: Valar God
If you can't prove something, or disprove it, in no way it means that it doesn't exist.
originally posted by: Valar God
You couldn't prove that warp drive is possible, nor that is impossible, and yet I made it.
originally posted by: Valar God
Furthermore, the ability to prove something doesn't even apply to visible things.
You saw a bird on your window yesterday.
Prove it !!!
originally posted by: Valar God
You can't.
It doesn't mean that it didn't happen, and yet it is a simple everyday thing.
originally posted by: Valar God
Furthermore,
the sky is obviously blue, right ?
It is "obvious" because everyone can see it, right ?
But what if someone doesn't want to come out of ..... house, cave, ... and can't SEE it for themselves.
How would you prove to someone that the sky is blue, a thing that everyone will agree that is obvious ?
originally posted by: Valar God
The God would have no power if people would stick together.
originally posted by: Valar God
Yes, he can do a lot of things, flood everyone, kill them in a lot of ways, invent new diseases, fake some aliens, alien attack, etc etc etc.
It is God, he can do ANYTHING.
originally posted by: Valar God
But if you do the right thing, what is it that you have to fear ?
If he is malicious, you can't avoid it, no matter what you do.
Will you be a slave all your life in order to please him ?
Well, that's how people behaved before I destroyed religions.
originally posted by: Valar God
And yet, you behave like none of that happened and like you know nothing.
Why ?
originally posted by: Valar God
I would like to know the story.
originally posted by: Valar God
You failed on both first and second step.
You proved it by refuting yourself.
originally posted by: Valar God
I don't wanna argue with you, I am looking for someone to tell me the truth I ASKED, not for fake concern filled with lies.
originally posted by: Ghost147
originally posted by: Valar God
To whom I have to "disprove" that God, if I am fighting against God himself ?
You disprove it to yourself.
originally posted by: Ghost147
originally posted by: Valar God
I say "him" because of the rules in my language.
So, how would I address God neutrally, without referring to any gender ?
You could simply say "God" and not attribute a gender to it
originally posted by: Ghost147
originally posted by: Valar God
If you can't prove something, or disprove it, in no way it means that it doesn't exist.
If you were to disprove something, then yes, of course that would mean it doesn't exist.
If someone was unfalsifiable, however, then there would simply be no reason to believe it in because you could never show it existed in the first place.
originally posted by: Ghost147
originally posted by: Valar God
You couldn't prove that warp drive is possible, nor that is impossible, and yet I made it.
Ah, I didn't realize I was dealing with a psychotic individual...
We actually do have evidence that a warp drive is possible, by the way.
If you made a warp drive, then obviously you would know that it is possible to make one.
originally posted by: Ghost147
originally posted by: Valar God
Furthermore, the ability to prove something doesn't even apply to visible things.
You saw a bird on your window yesterday.
Prove it !!!
That's why I went into Objective Observation... because Subjectivity is effectively useless.
originally posted by: Ghost147
originally posted by: Valar God
You can't.
It doesn't mean that it didn't happen, and yet it is a simple everyday thing.
Actually, I could, because I could have video evidence of it. I could also have multiple people view the same incident and confirm that I was there, witnessing that same incident.
Right now you're effectively claiming that no murder could ever be solved because you apparently aren't aware of what Objective observation is.
originally posted by: Ghost147
originally posted by: Valar God
Furthermore,
the sky is obviously blue, right ?
It is "obvious" because everyone can see it, right ?
But what if someone doesn't want to come out of ..... house, cave, ... and can't SEE it for themselves.
How would you prove to someone that the sky is blue, a thing that everyone will agree that is obvious ?
Through objective measures.
Firstly, the sky isn't blue to everyone. There are people who are colorblind, for example.
Secondly, The sky isn't blue all the time, it depends on the refraction of the suns light on the atmosphere.
Thirdly, We can prove that with a standard human eye, we perceive the color Blue due to the light wavelengths emitted by the sky and can actually measure how long those wavelengths are, thus placing them on visible light spectrum.
This is actually quite easy to prove objectively
originally posted by: Ghost147
originally posted by: Valar God
The God would have no power if people would stick together.
The god you're referring to doesn't exist, so it's only "power" is through the individuals who wrongly believe it exists.
originally posted by: Ghost147
originally posted by: Valar God
Yes, he can do a lot of things, flood everyone, kill them in a lot of ways, invent new diseases, fake some aliens, alien attack, etc etc etc.
It is God, he can do ANYTHING.
And what evidence do you have that this being can do these things? or has done these things?
I never claimed that I have evidence, nor I claim that it is provable.
I claim that it is the opposite - unprovable
We are talking about God and you discuss it like any other material subject.
if God wanted to be revealed he would do so.
If proving God needed some "evidence" or "proof" it would mean that God didn't want to be seen in that way and he would take measures of ensuring it to be so and nothing you, mortal human who lacks basic argumentative skills, could do to prove that otherwise.
The same example with the sky, whose allegory you don't understand.
No one can prove you that the sky is blue, which would be OBVIOUS to you if you would only bother to look at it.
This is still not enough for you, is it ?
*** Wait for second part ...
originally posted by: Ghost147
originally posted by: Valar God
But if you do the right thing, what is it that you have to fear ?
If he is malicious, you can't avoid it, no matter what you do.
Will you be a slave all your life in order to please him ?
Well, that's how people behaved before I destroyed religions.
What religions have you destroyed, exactly?
originally posted by: Valar God
Did you mention "the evidence of possibility of warp drive" because you wanted to full me or because you truly believe in that ?
I always assume that you people know things and try to lie to me,
but it might be very possible that you are in a bigger delusion than I though you to be.
I saw trough every fake newspaper article, confirming my assumptions or whatever, seeing what it is about,
and you know s*** ????
Seriously ?