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Matthew 24:36
But of that day and hour no one knoweth, not the angels of heaven, but the Father alone.
Steve Miller
Time keeps on slipping,slipping, into the Future.
Originally posted by charles1952
Matthew 24:36
But of that day and hour no one knoweth, not the angels of heaven, but the Father alone.
Originally posted by Tw0Sides
reply to post by charles1952
Pink Floyd
Time keeps on slipping,slipping, into the Future.
reply to post by GreeneLight
We trusted some self would post it.
I cannot help but notice that you are referring to yourself as "we". Are you in a room full of Haitian immigrants or part of the Borg collective?
I find it distracting... yet comforting at the same time.
The real problem is that human beings are so wrapped up in themselves, as to think that they're cosmically important; that the Universe concerns itself with their trivial day-to-day existence. It's comical really. The Universe does not care about us. It does not care if our team wins the Superbowl, or if we find love, or whether we get into that prestigious school; only we care about us. At the end of the day, the sun will supernova, enveloping the Earth and all living forms on it. We'll disappear in a flash of light, and no other living form out there will be any wiser to our existence, than we were to theirs.
Originally posted by Wandering Scribe
reply to post by GreeneLight
When you take into account the nearly incalculable ways in which universal phenomenon can destroy us: asteroid hits us, roaming black hole, hyper-velocity stars, a sun goes supernova, solar radiation, a renegade planet collides with us, a renegade galaxy swallow us, the moon stops orbiting and our planet fries, a vacuum meta-stability event, and so on...
It is clear that the universe is amoral.
Life occurred by chance, and we're living in a single, beautiful moment in time... but it's no more important to the Universe than Pluto, or the star Aldebaran. Live it up while you can, make it meaningful; live authentically. But don't waste your precious time kidding yourself into thinking that the universe cares about your trivial desires. The new iPhone doesn't matter to a nebula.
~ Wandering Scribe
Originally posted by Wandering Scribe
reply to post by GreeneLight
Glactic cannibalism has happened; and Andromeda will swallow us whole one day. Assuming of course that our own sun doesn't supernova first and burn us to nothingness. As for supernovas, yes, numerous stars have exploded and been recorded down. The super massive black hole at the center of our own galaxy is also an example of black holes, roaming or stationary, which exist within the universe. Solar radiation is leaking in through the hole in the o-zone. Our moon's craters are from asteroid and meteor collisions; several craters on Earth are testament to the same thing. So, yes, there's a lot of evidence for the occurrence of many of the events I described.
As for spiritual good-feelings... do you think a random planet in the Andromeda galaxy cares about Jesus? Or thinks about an All-Father? Do you think that their planet was flooded globally 4,000 years ago with ours? Human beings crave something more to life, because a meaningless existence without an afterlife both depresses and terrifies them. Our fear of death is what helped us develop these beliefs in higher frequency, ascendance, and spiritual goodness. If we learn to no longer fear death, than we do not need promises of a better, happier, more wonderful existence beyond this one. We can turn our hands towards making those good things accessible here, and now; and not later or through some rigorous Yogi's special rituals.
~ Wandering Scribe
Originally posted by Wandering Scribe
reply to post by GreeneLight
God didn't even know the Andromeda galaxy existed. Much less, that the stars in the dome of Heaven were the same things as the "greater light" which governed the day. What you're doing is ascribing knowledge to God which, no where else, is God given. You know more about the scope of existence, of the universe, than God ever did. So, my new question is this: why do you feel the need to be subservient? If you're clearly more knowledgeable, wise, and understanding than the God you subscribe to, by what measure do you deem Him greater than yourself? Is it only because He said He was? By that same token, if a thug says he is your superior, do you believe him too?
~ Wandering Scribe