Masons. It's time to decide which Temple you are building?

Originally posted by AugustusMasonicus

Originally posted by EnochWasRight
The fruit of knowledge (technology) is not a bad thing. It was meant as a gift and not something to take.

I propose we go back to a true 'green economy'. You know, one where we use no technology and hydro-carbons. It would be just like, oh, say, the paleolithic era. We can even have cool neat sounding politically correct names for each other's jobs like Wood-Fuel Expert for some ding-dong who gathers kindling and Shelter Location Facilitator for the mullet-head who can point us in the direction of a damp cave we can cower in while trying not to discover fire.

You mock anyone reading this that knows better. We have the potential, under proper leadership, to express and bear fruit that heals the land. We accomplish this with four actions on our part: LINK

When Jesus said, "It is finished," the keys to the kingdom were in his hands. When do you suppose he uses them to lock the door on the abyss? He could have demonstrated on the cross, yet the cross is the very thing that frees the Earth in the very near future.

Originally posted by EnochWasRight
You mock anyone reading this that knows better. We have the potential, under proper leadership, to express and bear fruit that heals the land. We accomplish this with four actions on our part: LINK

Your 'four actions', really only two (1-3 being prayer) with the fourth being abandonment of technology, are disturbingly vapid in their recommendations.

reply to post by EnochWasRight

"Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these "THINGS" will be added unto you as well."

The tree of life is the goal for the Pagans. It will be denied, just as it was denied at Babel. Osiris/Nimrod/Apollyon was circumcised the last time. The next time is the abyss. Why follow him there if a better choice exists?

I'm not following anybody. You are the one following some ancient text, I am following my own heart and the wisdom I absorb during prayer and meditation, and the path that opens up based on my own life experiences. I don't have a plan, I'm just trying to evolve and gain something from every moment of this existence.

I'm not sure if you think living this life to the fullest is the same as seeking the tree of life, but if it is, then I'm guilty, and I'm guilty because God told me that was my purpose in this life. I talk to God often, and when I am patient and focused enough to listen, I get profound wisdom from it. I know, with 100% certainty that God wants me to stop wasting a single second of this life, and he wants me to experience it to the fullest. I also know God is not interested in worship. I'm not wasting any of my time worshiping an omnipotent being. That is a worthless use of my time, why would an omnipotent being have such a frivolous desire like worship?

I bet I could sit and tell you stories you wouldn't believe. Just opening one's self up to infinite possibilities is a miracle in and of itself. I had 2 NFL players at my father's day bbq yesterday. Total surprise, one is a friend, and he brought over his family, and a friend of his that was in town. This weekend I also watched a guy get drunk and decide to wrestle an alligator, I watched my 5 year old discover he could actually swim and lose his fear of the deepend and start jumping off the diving board all by his self. I was surrounded by friends and family from 11 a.m. until 1 a.m. last night, and then I went inside and had outstanding, porn star style sex with my little trophy wife until 2:30, and I was up at 5 to go running, and at work by 8, where I learned my extremely moody boss broke up with her boyfriend this weekend, and I spent the day getting my ass chewed as the substitute male for her boyfriend. I survived, barely, and came home, and grabbed the kids, and we visited my buddy that is battling cancer, and come to find out he hadn't eaten all day, so the dinner we brought to him was a huge pick-me-up, and now he is feeling a little better, and now I'm home typing this, and getting ready to watch a movie on the couch with my wife and kids.

I don't know how rewarding your Sunday was, but I think my last 30 hours or so had more love, and more random life experience than most people get in their entire year, and I didn't have to go to church or read a bible, or visit a lodge, or open a history book. All I had to do was live life to the fullest. I smoked a Liga Provida #9, I drank Armenian Cognac, and I chewed some Levi Garrett, and I enjoyed my friends and family and life.

My heaven is here and now, and my hell is here and now, and my goal is to experience the hell out of them, embrace every moment of joy and pain and strangle the life out of it, and evolve enough to become closer to God and join that spirit when this flesh rots away. I'm not interested in any carrot vs. stick scenario, and I'm not interested in 3000 year old text, and I don't give a damn what any preacher has to say about anything. I know what God tells me, and I go where God leads me, and one day I will be one with God. We are all Gods.

I know your Bible has that ridiculous Abraham story, and I know God and I talked about that particular story, and God doesn't need me as a friend, and God doesn't want me as an enemy. God and I have a mutual understanding and respect, and God wants me as a peer, not a servant, and it is my job to learn to exist as that peer and seek beyond what this flesh limits me to, but in the meantime God wants me to EXIST in all the glory I can exist in.

Rant over, going to my movie now.

Originally posted by getreadyalready
...and then I went inside and had outstanding, porn star style sex with my little trophy wife until 2:30...

I cleaned house selling tickets to that performance.

Originally posted by AugustusMasonicus

Originally posted by getreadyalready
...and then I went inside and had outstanding, porn star style sex with my little trophy wife until 2:30...

I cleaned house selling tickets to that performance.

I've been trying to convince her to get a webcam.

Two weekends ago I gave her a bikini wax on the back deck. That was interesting, you might be able to find it on Google Earth.

Originally posted by getreadyalready
reply to post by EnochWasRight

 

"Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these "THINGS" will be added unto you as well."

The tree of life is the goal for the Pagans. It will be denied, just as it was denied at Babel. Osiris/Nimrod/Apollyon was circumcised the last time. The next time is the abyss. Why follow him there if a better choice exists?

I'm not following anybody. You are the one following some ancient text, I am following my own heart and the wisdom I absorb during prayer and meditation, and the path that opens up based on my own life experiences. I don't have a plan, I'm just trying to evolve and gain something from every moment of this existence.

I'm not sure if you think living this life to the fullest is the same as seeking the tree of life, but if it is, then I'm guilty, and I'm guilty because God told me that was my purpose in this life. I talk to God often, and when I am patient and focused enough to listen, I get profound wisdom from it. I know, with 100% certainty that God wants me to stop wasting a single second of this life, and he wants me to experience it to the fullest. I also know God is not interested in worship. I'm not wasting any of my time worshiping an omnipotent being. That is a worthless use of my time, why would an omnipotent being have such a frivolous desire like worship?

I bet I could sit and tell you stories you wouldn't believe. Just opening one's self up to infinite possibilities is a miracle in and of itself. I had 2 NFL players at my father's day bbq yesterday. Total surprise, one is a friend, and he brought over his family, and a friend of his that was in town. This weekend I also watched a guy get drunk and decide to wrestle an alligator, I watched my 5 year old discover he could actually swim and lose his fear of the deepend and start jumping off the diving board all by his self. I was surrounded by friends and family from 11 a.m. until 1 a.m. last night, and then I went inside and had outstanding, porn star style sex with my little trophy wife until 2:30, and I was up at 5 to go running, and at work by 8, where I learned my extremely moody boss broke up with her boyfriend this weekend, and I spent the day getting my ass chewed as the substitute male for her boyfriend. I survived, barely, and came home, and grabbed the kids, and we visited my buddy that is battling cancer, and come to find out he hadn't eaten all day, so the dinner we brought to him was a huge pick-me-up, and now he is feeling a little better, and now I'm home typing this, and getting ready to watch a movie on the couch with my wife and kids.

I don't know how rewarding your Sunday was, but I think my last 30 hours or so had more love, and more random life experience than most people get in their entire year, and I didn't have to go to church or read a bible, or visit a lodge, or open a history book. All I had to do was live life to the fullest. I smoked a Liga Provida #9, I drank Armenian Cognac, and I chewed some Levi Garrett, and I enjoyed my friends and family and life.

My heaven is here and now, and my hell is here and now, and my goal is to experience the hell out of them, embrace every moment of joy and pain and strangle the life out of it, and evolve enough to become closer to God and join that spirit when this flesh rots away. I'm not interested in any carrot vs. stick scenario, and I'm not interested in 3000 year old text, and I don't give a damn what any preacher has to say about anything. I know what God tells me, and I go where God leads me, and one day I will be one with God. We are all Gods.

I know your Bible has that ridiculous Abraham story, and I know God and I talked about that particular story, and God doesn't need me as a friend, and God doesn't want me as an enemy. God and I have a mutual understanding and respect, and God wants me as a peer, not a servant, and it is my job to learn to exist as that peer and seek beyond what this flesh limits me to, but in the meantime God wants me to EXIST in all the glory I can exist in.

Rant over, going to my movie now.

edit on 18-6-2012 by getreadyalready because: (no reason given)

so just exactly what are you trying to say?