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Originally posted by arpgme
His God that told him that there is only *ONE* god of heaven turned out to be the same God of The Jews/Bible (Yahweh)!
King Cyrus worshipped Ahura Mazda The Dragon and Ruler of heaven, The Bible says he was following The Right God "Yahweh"!
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Originally posted by ctophil
Originally posted by arpgme
His God that told him that there is only *ONE* god of heaven turned out to be the same God of The Jews/Bible (Yahweh)!
King Cyrus worshipped Ahura Mazda The Dragon and Ruler of heaven, The Bible says he was following The Right God "Yahweh"!
edit on 7-8-2013 by arpgme because: (no reason given)
You are correct that the Old Testament god was Yahuwah or Yahweh. However, Ahura Mazda was a different god altogether, which was the Lord of Light and Wisdom in the Iranian area (originally in the Indo-Iranian location).
Originally posted by BlueMule
When you get right down to it there are no different Gods. There are just different cultural, semi-autonomous, psycho-physical manifestations of archetypes of the collective unconscious in symbolic, poetic, mythological form. The form and name that a cultural manifestation takes is secondary to the archetype, which is formless.
That's what 'God is One' means. Not that the God of a particular culture is the only God among imposters, devils, etc.
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Originally posted by ctophil
Originally posted by BlueMule
When you get right down to it there are no different Gods. There are just different cultural, semi-autonomous, psycho-physical manifestations of archetypes of the collective unconscious in symbolic, poetic, mythological form. The form and name that a cultural manifestation takes is secondary to the archetype, which is formless.
That's what 'God is One' means. Not that the God of a particular culture is the only God among imposters, devils, etc.
edit on 7-8-2013 by BlueMule because: (no reason given)
The separate gods in all of history were individuals in respect to their free will of experiencing all of existence. We are the same way. We exist as individuals in this world to experience it, knowing what it is to be in the physical universe. We are manifestations of God's own consciousness experiencing the Material Universe. We are God in all forms, We are One with Source. Separation is only an illusion created by the Material Universe. Do you really understand what is an illusion? Means it isn't real. Though we think that we are individuals, thinking these gods are separate from us; in reality, we are One with them, One with all creation. That is what is meant by "collective consciousness." We are of One mind, One Consciousness.
Originally posted by lonewolf19792000
reply to post by arpgme
After reading more in depth, Cyrus was not talking about Ahura Mazda at all, he was talking about Yahweh. In Hebrew it actually says Yahweh Elohim told him to build him a temple in Jerusalem not Ahura Mazda. It's a pretty large leap to say Yahweh Elohim and Ahura Mazda are the same.
Originally posted by BlueMule
Originally posted by ctophil
Originally posted by BlueMule
When you get right down to it there are no different Gods. There are just different cultural, semi-autonomous, psycho-physical manifestations of archetypes of the collective unconscious in symbolic, poetic, mythological form. The form and name that a cultural manifestation takes is secondary to the archetype, which is formless.
That's what 'God is One' means. Not that the God of a particular culture is the only God among imposters, devils, etc.
edit on 7-8-2013 by BlueMule because: (no reason given)
The separate gods in all of history were individuals in respect to their free will of experiencing all of existence. We are the same way. We exist as individuals in this world to experience it, knowing what it is to be in the physical universe. We are manifestations of God's own consciousness experiencing the Material Universe. We are God in all forms, We are One with Source. Separation is only an illusion created by the Material Universe. Do you really understand what is an illusion? Means it isn't real. Though we think that we are individuals, thinking these gods are separate from us; in reality, we are One with them, One with all creation. That is what is meant by "collective consciousness." We are of One mind, One Consciousness.
OK, fine. So we aren't altogether different from each other.
So neither are the gods that you said were 'altogether different' from each other.
No gods are 'altogether' different, despite appearances.
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Originally posted by arpgme
reply to post by occrest
I don't know if that is the true name. That name with the four letters has connections to the occult.
reply to post by iSomeone
God ordered the killing of animals and infants.
It is controlling to say "follow me" or "go to hell". That is basically saying do what I say or suffer. The hot stove is a different idea, but imagine if a parent was forcing their child to put their hand on a hot stove for not doing whatever they say... Imagine if they told them to keep their hand on the hot stove and never take it off for disobeying them...
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Originally posted by Sonny2
reply to post by lonewolf19792000
So you think that muslims worship black stone in the middle of desert?
You should tell this to this woman, FAST before is too late, maybe u will save her with your ignorance
Originally posted by guitarplayer
Would you please show me in the bible were God sends people to hell. Or just show me the place of hell in the bible. It is not there.
Originally posted by guitarplayer
reply to post by undo
The bible does speak of an outer darkness a separation from God. The bible says that hell was created for the devil and the angels that rebelled.
This may sound off but here goes it seems like Satan thought that God could not do anything against him because of the law of balance. By that I mean if God had smote the devil and his angels there would be less in creation an unbalanced universe. So God created man to fill that void.
When Christ came it was in the fullness of time, I believe that the end will come when there is a fullness of balance between what was created that will be thrown into the lake of fire and what was created that will spend eternity in the presence of God. Just my 2 cents worth.
Originally posted by undo
reply to post by guitarplayer
it's there. the followers of the beast system are condemned to the grave (hell) then hell is thrown in the lake of fire. to me, this would be better interpreted as the end of death, as death is also thrown in the lake of fire and death is what puts a person in the grave (hell). so it's more like saying no more death nor the place you are put when you die (the grave). but some translate that to mean, that the spirits of the condemned are there as well, and some translate it to mean, the spirits of the condemned just permanently cease to exist. the latter makes no sense to me and neither does the former. so i have decided to just consider the whole thing a misunderstanding.