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originally posted by: Rapha
a reply to: one4all
Your answers are all held in the (current regime) Bible.
Not many people are going to survive this coming onslaught.
originally posted by: crayzeed
If a King were here on earth with the power you describe he would just be like all the other Kings that have existed on earth. He would live a protected life. live the life of luxury, get fat and f### the populace.
originally posted by: OccamsRazor04
a reply to: Ligyron
And a King with King "powers" and complete power to do anything he wanted is not fantasy at all.
The Bible being fantasy is a opinion, but the facts are the Bible is extremely accurate. Jericho was once believed to be a fantasy too by people like you.
originally posted by: Ligyron
The Bible being nothing more than a tool a bunch of old men devised to manipulate and oppress their own people is a fact.
originally posted by: cooperton
originally posted by: Ligyron
The Bible being nothing more than a tool a bunch of old men devised to manipulate and oppress their own people is a fact.
[sarc]
Ahh yes, because the core tenets of the Christian philosophy: love others as your self, forgiveness, altruism, hope, cooperation, humility, and so forth are all traits of a manipulative totalitarian regime
[/sarc]
You don't know what you're talking about. Humble your self.
originally posted by: Ligyron
originally posted by: Rapha
a reply to: one4all
Your answers are all held in the (current regime) Bible.
Not many people are going to survive this coming onslaught.
You do understand that the bible is fantasy, right? It's like, The Lord of The rings but instead of being aimed at young adults, it's demographics are old men and women.
Not many people are going to survive this coming onslaught
What onslaught is that? Do you have any proof? Or are you taking your predictions from what a cave man wrote 2000+ years ago?
Archaeologists have consistently discovered the names of government officials, kings, cities, and festivals mentioned in the Bible -- sometimes when historians didn't think such people or places existed.
For example, the Gospel of John tells of Jesus healing a cripple next to the Pool of Bethesda. The text even describes the five porticoes (walkways) leading to the pool.
Scholars didn't think the pool existed, until archaeologists found it forty feet below ground, complete with the five porticoes.1
www.everystudent.com...
originally posted by: Phantom423
originally posted by: cooperton
originally posted by: Ligyron
The Bible being nothing more than a tool a bunch of old men devised to manipulate and oppress their own people is a fact.
[sarc]
Ahh yes, because the core tenets of the Christian philosophy: love others as your self, forgiveness, altruism, hope, cooperation, humility, and so forth are all traits of a manipulative totalitarian regime
[/sarc]
You don't know what you're talking about. Humble your self.
The Bible, the Torah and the Koran are full of violence. Christianity is replete with violence throughout history. Whoever tried to fool the masses into thinking that religion was about love, etc. did a good job. Problem is - it never worked out!
Religion is the penultimate sedative for the masses who can't face reality much less do anything about it.
I don't object to religious beliefs vis a vis god or gods, but much the philosophy is just bogus and doesn't represent reality.
It's easier to accept dinosaurs as pets than man loving man, living in peace and harmony.
The Bible being nothing more than a tool a bunch of old men devised to manipulate and oppress their own people is a fact.
Cornelius Tacitus (A.D. 55-120), an historian of first-century Rome, is considered one of the most accurate historians of the ancient world.8 An excerpt from Tacitus tells us that the Roman emperor Nero "inflicted the most exquisite tortures on a class...called Christians. ...Christus [Christ], from whom the name had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators, Pontius Pilatus...."
9 Flavius Josephus, a Jewish historian (A.D. 38-100), wrote about Jesus in his Jewish Antiquities. From Josephus, "we learn that Jesus was a wise man who did surprising feats, taught many, won over followers from among Jews and Greeks, was believed to be the Messiah, was accused by the Jewish leaders, was condemned to be crucified by Pilate, and was considered to be resurrected."1
originally posted by: one4all
originally posted by: Phantom423
originally posted by: cooperton
originally posted by: Ligyron
The Bible being nothing more than a tool a bunch of old men devised to manipulate and oppress their own people is a fact.
[sarc]
Ahh yes, because the core tenets of the Christian philosophy: love others as your self, forgiveness, altruism, hope, cooperation, humility, and so forth are all traits of a manipulative totalitarian regime
[/sarc]
You don't know what you're talking about. Humble your self.
The Bible, the Torah and the Koran are full of violence. Christianity is replete with violence throughout history. Whoever tried to fool the masses into thinking that religion was about love, etc. did a good job. Problem is - it never worked out!
Religion is the penultimate sedative for the masses who can't face reality much less do anything about it.
I don't object to religious beliefs vis a vis god or gods, but much the philosophy is just bogus and doesn't represent reality.
It's easier to accept dinosaurs as pets than man loving man, living in peace and harmony.
Once we re-build the Onion layer by layer we find that the Mother/Father source of all doctrinal writings and beliefs IS WITH A 100% CERTAINTY espousing love and co-operation and tolerance and generosity and education and equality.
Your observations remain correct...but they are all in direct conflict with the impetus of their own origin...bastardised if you will.
People like me? You mean people who put the proper admiration and fascination for science, technology and medicine? It was men and women who made everything possible, not the religious leaders of the Jews or of the Chistians. Despite all of the delays and blocks religion created to ensure it's control over Mankind, we've finally reached a level of quality of living for the average middle-class person that not even all-powerful kings ever had, for themselves.
originally posted by: SeaWorthy
originally posted by: Ligyron
originally posted by: Rapha
a reply to: one4all
Your answers are all held in the (current regime) Bible.
Not many people are going to survive this coming onslaught.
You do understand that the bible is fantasy, right? It's like, The Lord of The rings but instead of being aimed at young adults, it's demographics are old men and women.
Not many people are going to survive this coming onslaught
What onslaught is that? Do you have any proof? Or are you taking your predictions from what a cave man wrote 2000+ years ago?
if I were you I would make sure since it is not little thing to take the wrong road on this.But are told we must look or we will not find!
I actually can hardly believe there are people who feel as you do know all we do. What did it take to make a piece of writing "paper" what did it take and how long to make enough ink for a book? Would anyone spend that kind of effort thousands of years ago in order to spend all of that in one book in simply tracing human lineage?
Here is a small example of what will happen when all is revealed, but to late at that point to change paths!
Archaeologists have consistently discovered the names of government officials, kings, cities, and festivals mentioned in the Bible -- sometimes when historians didn't think such people or places existed.
For example, the Gospel of John tells of Jesus healing a cripple next to the Pool of Bethesda. The text even describes the five porticoes (walkways) leading to the pool.
Scholars didn't think the pool existed, until archaeologists found it forty feet below ground, complete with the five porticoes.1
www.everystudent.com...
The Bible being nothing more than a tool a bunch of old men devised to manipulate and oppress their own people is a fact.
originally posted by: Phantom423
originally posted by: one4all
originally posted by: Phantom423
originally posted by: cooperton
originally posted by: Ligyron
The Bible being nothing more than a tool a bunch of old men devised to manipulate and oppress their own people is a fact.
[sarc]
Ahh yes, because the core tenets of the Christian philosophy: love others as your self, forgiveness, altruism, hope, cooperation, humility, and so forth are all traits of a manipulative totalitarian regime
[/sarc]
You don't know what you're talking about. Humble your self.
The Bible, the Torah and the Koran are full of violence. Christianity is replete with violence throughout history. Whoever tried to fool the masses into thinking that religion was about love, etc. did a good job. Problem is - it never worked out!
Religion is the penultimate sedative for the masses who can't face reality much less do anything about it.
I don't object to religious beliefs vis a vis god or gods, but much the philosophy is just bogus and doesn't represent reality.
It's easier to accept dinosaurs as pets than man loving man, living in peace and harmony.
Once we re-build the Onion layer by layer we find that the Mother/Father source of all doctrinal writings and beliefs IS WITH A 100% CERTAINTY espousing love and co-operation and tolerance and generosity and education and equality.
Your observations remain correct...but they are all in direct conflict with the impetus of their own origin...bastardised if you will.
Not sure what your point is, but the history of this planet speaks for itself up to and including today. The literature may project a desire for peace and harmony, but the reality is quite different. Survival of the fittest is a genetic trait which translates to violence. It's not just my opinion. As I said, one need only read history or read the world news today to know that violence is a genetic trait that's not going away any time soon.
originally posted by: Ligyron
a reply to: ManBehindTheMask
You know what I mean, dude. Don't try to be cute.
originally posted by: one4all
originally posted by: crayzeed
If a King were here on earth with the power you describe he would just be like all the other Kings that have existed on earth. He would live a protected life. live the life of luxury, get fat and f### the populace.
Maybe not.
Why not be the best you can be.
Usually delusions of Grandeur require a great deal of well...GRANDEUR...meaning a lot of things must move...I mean could you imagine if a King could redistribute people Globally...wherever he wished them to be....doing whatever he wished them to do....imagine all of Humanities wealth combined....then imagine that 100x over....6+ billion people with high technology on a Planet full of resources....no poverty only productivity...even Elon Musk cannot wrap his beanbag around that kind of a world-changing power.What if a King was a Humanitarian above all else...a real King.