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Originally posted by Utopia2012
What if all the doom and gloom in the bible (and other religious scriptures) was a creation by the historical 1% elites of those times, so that their descendent's could commit massive acts of destruction and chaos (think HAARP) , and society would be fooled into thinking it's "God's work" or "prophecy fulfilled?"
Originally posted by jjkenobi
I doubt it. The Bible is a story about redemption and love. Sure you can handpick verses here and there to make it look strange but it's still a story about Man's fall to the serpent and Jesus coming down to earth to restore balance. Does it make sense the 1% release a story book and then persecute and destroy those who believe it and follow it? Seems counter productive eh?
Originally posted by Utopia2012
What if all the doom and gloom in the bible (and other religious scriptures) was a creation by the historical 1% elites of those times, so that their descendent's could commit massive acts of destruction and chaos (think HAARP) , and society would be fooled into thinking it's "God's work" or "prophecy fulfilled?"
Two thousand years ago (and more, see Daniel,) people wrote predictions, because they figured that, at some point in the future, their elitist descendants would have the ability to cause earthquakes, floods and stuff? And they wanted to deflect attention from said descendants?
I don't think that most people view the doom and gloom as being the act of God, rather, the act of man, and the prophets were just saying "this is the kind of junk that's coming down the pike," so that their readers would be prepared.
I don't believe humanity is "on rails" that it has a fate we can't control. I believe the human spirit of God within is a lot more powerful than what any scripture or outside institution. We can make our own prophecy of bringing heaven onto earth without doom and gloom. We can create heaven on earth by getting rid of the 1% elites, and their tools of brainwashing by correcting the distortions of truth in the bible and other spiritual scriptures.
Originally posted by Utopia2012
Two thousand years ago (and more, see Daniel,) people wrote predictions, because they figured that, at some point in the future, their elitist descendants would have the ability to cause earthquakes, floods and stuff? And they wanted to deflect attention from said descendants?
The elites of the time realized that the bible & religion is an essential tool of psychological manipulation. They believed that they could elevate themselves and their descendent's to the status of "Gods" sooner or later if they properly manipulated the bible.
They figured that sooner or later, they could control natural disasters either through technology or even possibly esoteric methods, but the latter is a lot more controversial. It's probably likely they figured that later on as humanity developed they would develop methods to cause disasters. Naturally, the elites would want control over that so they could literally smite there enemies.
Originally posted by jjkenobi
I doubt it. The Bible is a story about redemption and love. Sure you can handpick verses here and there to make it look strange but it's still a story about Man's fall to the serpent and Jesus coming down to earth to restore balance. Does it make sense the 1% release a story book and then persecute and destroy those who believe it and follow it? Seems counter productive eh?
These were books written by a persecuted minority in a backwater of an empire that was barely out of the Bronze Age
Originally posted by Utopia2012
reply to post by adjensen
These were books written by a persecuted minority in a backwater of an empire that was barely out of the Bronze Age
The books were edited over time when technology was developed. They didn't necessarily create these books and prophecies. They easily could of been edited later on in the history of humanity.