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Originally posted by badmedia
Examples? While I can agree that part of rebuilding something is destroying it before hand, I can't think of any examples where 1 person needed to die in order to bring life to another area. The closest example might be Jesus.
As for the Holy Spirit, I think that is what gave me the knowledge and understanding I experienced, but to be honest I never got any physical type teachers. I had a vision once, which came before I gained a ton of understanding, but even in my vision I didn't see "features" on the being, and I didn't even ask for a name. It was more like a movie than anything, even what I said was not "me", but came from me, but it was as if I was watching it. Like what I responded with I never thought about, it just came out automatically. And the vision itself didn't contain any knowledge or understanding. It was mostly like a reassurance that it could end whenever I wanted it to(not suicidal like either). The knowledge came after in weird ways, which is what lead me to the bible to begin with, as I did not subscribe to it all before then(but always thought Jesus was a good man). So I dunno exactly, but of what I've read in the bible the holy spirit definitely fits the description.
To even talk about things is difficult to explain, because it's like you need a base knowledge before you can understand. And then it becomes difficult talking to people because I have to first get on the same level as they are. I can see why they call these things "doors".
Oh I think many will believe they have created intelligence. I'm not saying they won't create something that talks back to us and all kinds of things that appear intelligent. Just that without a soul/consciousness it is nothing more than a machine following very complex patterns. Of which contain our own biases. It by default would have to be dumbed down in ways or we wouldn't recognize the intelligence(we have a range of intelligence we can understand, just like a range in vision). They won't be a "being".
The thing that scares me is if people start to believe the intelligence created is somehow smarter than others and starts to listen to the machine rather than themselves, as that is a pattern our society seems to follow(group think).
Dead culture is just putting value into the image. We are faced with the same questions today that these people faced in that "dead culture". Our only advancements have come technologically for the most part. The images are merely the variables of an equation, you can swap them out with our culture and it's the same thing. It's the philosophy of what is involved.
You once again plainly used image as a way of describing things, rather than the philosophy and understanding. The "beast" in us doesn't speak every religion in the world etc.
Why would you want people to let it go? Do the things the anti-christ do sound like good things to you? Even if you don't believe or whatever, why shouldn't people guard against such things?
If you focus on image, you are blind/ignorant to the truth being told. Understand the philosophy of what is being said, and drop the image. There are many images that can fit. When those images fit, it's because they are following the equation/philosophy, and that is the bad part.
And if you are more scientific in nature, then look at quantum physics. Where you put a single particle of an entire wave into perspective. If you can only ever see the single particle, then we are blind to the wave(I am in this case). That image you focus on, rather than seeing all the other images which can easily be put in that same place, then you are blind to the wave/truth.
I'm a programmer, so I guess this is more natural for me to see. I create things which follow equations and the value in the variables is switched out over and over even though they still follow the same equation. If I took 1 page of the results, and acted like that was the only valid page, then I'd be lying. And that is what people do ALL the time.
You can 100% prove to me Jesus never lived and the entire thing was made up. And it would not change my opinion at all.
Originally posted by mmariebored
Examples:
1)I have a garden in my yard. The tomatoes are almost done and I'll be putting the old plants into the compost bin to give life to the new garden next year.
2)An old man builds a company from nothing. The company has a product that is now obsolete, but the old man refuses to stop making the product despite unignorable net profit decline. The old man dies. His heir decides to adjust to the times and make products that actually sell and business is, once again, profitable.
3)I hesitate to say this, given the sick minds out there who might twist or abuse this, but it's already been said over and over, even on this forum, and, for the first time, I'm saying it now. Sometimes, when a crisis happens, like a hurricane disaster, it brings communities together who were becoming stagnant and uncaring otherwise, blind to the needs of anyone but themselves.
I have had a similar experience as you and understand much of what you're saying. It seems we're on the same path of learning, for the most part, and I enjoy the exchange.
Originally posted by mmariebored
No, but today's technology gives everyone the access we didn't have before.
So, essentially, the "beast" in all of us DOES speak every religion in the world now, with the help of technology.
That's like asking me, "why would you want to let go of the boogie man? Do the things the boogie man do sound like good things to you?"
Why should I "guard" against something I feel I now understand as something entirely different than before I had a better understanding of it. It is as if someone turned on the light and what looked like a monster in my room can now be seen for what it is, a sweater draped over my chair.
I'm quite capable of understanding what you're saying on more levels that one. Are you capable of opening up to my perspective as well?
I'd never try to convince anyone Jesus never lived. Only that his message, that we all have access to God without religious rituals and beliefs directing us, was more important than worshiping the image of him.
[edit on 28-9-2008 by mmariebored]
Originally posted by mmariebored
That reminds me, badmedia , I forgot to add. Your posts are like a breath of fresh air compared to some of the people on here who purposely hold people back in a barbaric culture, like dead weight pulling them into a bottomless abyss. I thank God for people with signs of intelligent life blooming inside of them and not decaying rot from a stagnated culture. It gives me faith in mankind to see this progress.
We may not agree on everything, nobody agrees on everything, but progress is being able to trade and exchange thoughts and ideas with each other for each other's improved overall understanding.
Originally posted by badmedia
Originally posted by mmariebored
That reminds me, badmedia , I forgot to add. Your posts are like a breath of fresh air compared to some of the people on here who purposely hold people back in a barbaric culture, like dead weight pulling them into a bottomless abyss. I thank God for people with signs of intelligent life blooming inside of them and not decaying rot from a stagnated culture. It gives me faith in mankind to see this progress.
We may not agree on everything, nobody agrees on everything, but progress is being able to trade and exchange thoughts and ideas with each other for each other's improved overall understanding.
Thanks, I've enjoyed it. I've tried to talk about this kind of stuff before, but normally I just get called names(not that it bothers me or stops me), but it is nice to get decent debate on the topic.
It is my belief that in the end we all wake up. It's just a matter of how hard the shaking is going to get before it happens. I think it is truly like a door, and once you go through it, or wake up, people will start to think more intelligently.
Originally posted by badmedia
That is just 1 mans stubbornness. However, on this topic I do have something I realized as to why communities and even death has to exist in order to create actual intelligence.
As for Jesus. If Jesus would have fought back and not died for the cause, it would have given people the wrong example. It would have said that in order to defeat the evil, you needed to become evil yourself. But he sacrificed himself just to show people how to get into heaven. It doesn't mean you personally have to die as such, but if you hold true to his path that is enough. I do think that is the closest we will ever get to where someone "needed" to die in order to save others. However, as we all die, I look at it as he didn't waste his death.
See, even if the anti-christ isn't real, the things said are really things that can happen. Plus, there are these crazy people in the world who actively work towards making the things come true. It's like - how do they get the power to make these things happen that makes me go hmmm. Even if it is like self fulling prophecy, then how in the world are these people able to make it happen?
Originally posted by mmariebored
My point there was, most likely the heir was thinking the old man "needs" to die, for the future success of himself and that company. In this case, someone thought someone "needed" to die in order to bring change or "life in another area", as I stated.
In this case the barbarian culture who brainwashed their people into thinking sacrifice was the only way to accomplish anything, were the cause of Jesus "needing" to die. He would not have "needed" to die if those morons didn't think someone "needed" to die. Really, no death was necessary at all! If those people could have been retrained on a grand scale, like is possible today, no death would have been "necessary".
In fact, the ONLY example I gave that fits the "need" category is the garden one because we all know those nutrients "need" to come from somewhere...somebody has to give them up.
You're not suggesting the world is secretly run by hidden controllers, are you? Because, if you are, you're not alone.
Originally posted by badmedia
Now this is where we go to another level. We having been talking good vs evil. But on a higher level there is no such thing. In Genesis it says we must learn both good and evil. This is so we are no longer ignorant/naked. We can always be good, but we couldn't understand it unless evil was present. And we could be evil but we could never understand it without good. You must have them both to understand them. Just as you need to experience both hot and cold temperatures to understand the difference in them.
I believe it is the hindu religion where are the end of each age, the devil and the angels embrace each other. Because they are working together in order to teach a lesson.
It's hard to explain really, but the universe will automatically change the lesson based on what the people need to learn. Because it is our/my ignorance that allows the evil to happen. And the only way we/I can learn it is to experience and see it, and then understand it. Once that lesson is learned then the universe will move us along because we will no longer allow/need that lesson. It's like the old cycle that starts out with theology and ends up with democracy before deteriorating and then comes a rivial of theology.
It seems that is what Paul is talking about to justify his own power. And when he talks about removing the corruption, it is talking about removing the need for the lesson IMO.
So while evil on 1 level, it's a lesson on another level IMO. I personally view the earth as a school. And I feel the earth is under quarantine until the lesson is learned, to protect life in the rest of the universe.
There IS a God, and he doesn't HAVE a religion.
Sorry if I went a bit off topic but my points have everything to do with why the whole "rapture" belief is bogus.
Originally posted by badmedia
Oh I didn't mean to give the impression that I am a believer in the whole rapture thing. I am not. I don't rule it out, but I certainly don't count on it either.
As I said before, I don't get my knowledge from the bible, but the knowledge I have gotten definitely helps me understand. There are many dogmas in religion that I outright reject, and can prove they are wrong.
Like the entire concept of an eternal hell for example. It makes 0 sense. A temporary hell, sure. And someone having a chance of being in hell for eternity, sure as well. But being sentenced to eternal hell makes 0 sense. I love my kids. I punish my kids merely to teach a lesson. I do not punish my kids for eternity however. If they keep making the same mistake, I keep punishing them.
Originally posted by heliosprime
reply to post by mmariebored
You are almost right......hell as "sold" in typical context does not exist, except, those who do reject God's law will die forever. This is the "second death". Those who do not repent are cast into the lake of fire to perish...........not be tormented for all eternity. The "gift" of eternal life is for those who accept God and do his commandments, repent their sins through Jesus.
The torment is the realization eternal life "was" possible and they blew it.......
The rapture is a false myth to trick those unprepared...........
God sent his only "human" son to die a horrible death, why would he spare "you"?
Originally posted by Fromabove
Apart and separate from the issue of the rapture, which by the way God has chosen to make sure no one knows when it shall happen, someone mentioned about the red color for enemies of the state. I heard last night on a video, that yellow is meant for "believe it or not" the dumb, or "sheeple". Those who have no idea what is going on. Among these people are Christians who, as they claim, would just simply jump on the trains believeing all is well. The trains will go straight to the crematories. People never leave the train as the cars are brought in and the people are killed (gassed) right away. Then they are put into incinerators for disposal. No one ever lives very long in the camps and those that go there are there to be exterminated. The goal is "population stabalization" to reduce the overall population of the Earth to a minimum of 500 million. There is a monument to this in the state Georgia about the 500 million.
The rapture does not have to happen before all this. many dictators have tried to rule the world. Hitler had his day on the Earth. Evil is on the uprise. It is going to get a lot worse before it gets better. remember, the key is to never give up. In the end Christ will return and we who know him will be restrored.
Originally posted by mmariebored
There's fault in that logic.
If it is true, we all have eternal souls, than an eternal soul cannot cease to exist. But an eternal soul CAN be retrained, if it takes what feels like an eternity................