It looks like you're using an Ad Blocker.
Please white-list or disable AboveTopSecret.com in your ad-blocking tool.
Thank you.
Some features of ATS will be disabled while you continue to use an ad-blocker.
Originally posted by The Matrix Traveller
reply to post by juveous
I am not trying to appose you thoughts, but I am interested in what you wrote.
Quote:- There is so much fear towards the unknown, and our only defense is hope and faith.
Jesus said "The Fearful shall Not enter."
Why are you or others fearful ?
Who made you feel this way ?
For in Love there is No fear at all!
Faith is Trust!
Not believing in an interpretation or any unfounded belief.
[edit on 21-10-2008 by The Matrix Traveller]
Originally posted by jd140
Originally posted by The Matrix Traveller
reply to post by juveous
I am not trying to appose you thoughts, but I am interested in what you wrote.
Quote:- There is so much fear towards the unknown, and our only defense is hope and faith.
Jesus said "The Fearful shall Not enter."
Why are you or others fearful ?
Who made you feel this way ?
For in Love there is No fear at all!
Faith is Trust!
Not believing in an interpretation or any unfounded belief.
[edit on 21-10-2008 by The Matrix Traveller]
Fear of death is a very human feeling. Even Jesus was fearful of his being made a martyr.
Jesus on the night of his arrest prayed to God and said that he is frightened and if there was another way please deliver him from this punishment. He went on to say that he gives himlelf completely to Gods will.
I don't know the exact phrasing, but that was the jist of it. Fear is not a sin as long as you trust that God has a plan for you.
I don't know which verse you took your quote from so I can't really comment on the complete text. I do know that in the Bible it says those who die with sin will fear the presence of God and those souls cannot enter. God is a being without sin, therefore a soul with sin cannot stand to be in his presence, therefore will be unable to enter heaven.
[edit on 21-10-2008 by jd140]
Originally posted by jd140
reply to post by The Matrix Traveller
What does that have to do with my answer to your question about what jesus said about fear? I'm not exactly sure what your reply is intended for.
Originally posted by AlexG141989
It isn't carnal minded thinking, its logical thinking. You wouldn't believe a defendant is guilty if there was no evidence against him would you??? In this case there is no evidence for God, so why would I believe in him???
I can't touch, or taste gravity, but there is evidence that it's there. In fact we KNOW that it is there. We can't however say that about God.
If you dont believe he wont come and dwell with you
Do you not know how childish this sounds???
Jesus said "No Man hath ascended into heaven, save him who came down from heaven"
How can the Soul go to heaven if it is already there?
The Primate or flesh is on earth.
Originally posted by psychedeliack
Jesus said "No Man hath ascended into heaven, save him who came down from heaven"
How can the Soul go to heaven if it is already there?
The Primate or flesh is on earth.
This is a prime example of how Jesus is teaching the same things that Buddha or Krishna teaches.
Let me try to expound. From my experience with eastern teachings/practice, it is that we must over come ego and seek the true self. It is held, that we are really all enlightened "Buddha's" or essences that simply chose to forget.
They method of remembering is a letting go of human perceptions, which is why I believe, in meditation, one is to seek stillness from the human senses and emptiness of the mind so that human or ego based thoughts do not pervade the journey unto realization. The more one becomes accustomed to this state of nothingness, the more the truth reveals itself. You find an inner guide which at first seems like god because it has all the answers, yet you soon realize that this teacher is really you without the mind game of human perception to cloud its vision. It can be looked at as ascending the tree of knowledge unto pure unbiased realization.
Ultimately, you realize you are always in heaven, and to be on earth is a mere act of free will/hypothetical illusion of perception. You realize that your time here whether it be a moment or a century, is all the same, relative, the ego dies, and you are eternally humbled with whatever experience becomes you.
The only difference I can tell is the idea of hell, its different for each person, some believe 3-d is where hell is possible so you can acquire demons here, and some believe hell is a place you go if you dont live right. I look at it both ways, that if you dont live right, just meaning, if you dont question, contemplate and reason until content answers are arrived at for the deepest of questions, then you simply have to try again, this can be looked at as another incarnation into the realm where hell is possible, so in a sense, you go through hells until you finally realize you were in heaven the whole time.
This is also easy to look at in the sense that, God is all there is, if god or source created everything, then, quite literally, God or source is all there is. We imagine that we are disconnected and create our own labels for things that in turn creates our sense of realities when really, its all going on inside god's head in absolution so to speak.
As far as the after life, I cant speak on that, as Im sure ultimately everything gets cycled back into source, yet I am not sure of what hypothetical hierarchies there may be afterwards, perhaps it is up to our will what we do after this life; after all, we are the source. That is the greatest mystery for me.
Originally posted by karl 12
What if Polynesian,Rastafarian or Eskimo religion is the right one?
[edit on 02/10/08 by karl 12]
Originally posted by Simplynoone
He does show himself to every individual ..it is just that some do not see it ..or they give it a shrug as coincidence ..or they just dont see it period .
NO ONE told me about the Lord and no book was read to me about him ....I saw him when I looked at Nature in Alaska and I swear when I asked who did this ...I heard him say I DID >...I just looked up at the sky and knew who it was .....when I was only about 4 years old ...It was not until later that I learned more .
I know it sounds nuts ..but true ..