[paul.fr]

somebody agrees.....with me....maybe there is a god after all!

*sits down, head in hands, have i been wrong all this time? where's the whisky*

[jolly]

o.k I'll re-write it.

well, the sikhs believe that all religions lead to God, so you could say that each of the names the different religions use are really just different names for the same god.

Jesus and mohammid relativly said the same thing, Its each head-preists interpretation that affects the message a different religion has. I think, really they all say the same thing, treat others as you wish to treated. 'most' the main 3 use the 10 commandments, I think seeks do to. That being the case, Thou shall not kill, all should abide by.

Jesus asked us to love thy enemy, and turn the other cheek. Why? Because if you fight evil with evil you make more evil. You have to fight evil with love and you make more love. In doing so you help evil people- to become good, As there is good in everyone.

Dawkins said he's an atheist for Jesus. I agree that you dont need God to be good, If the only reason someone is good is because they are scared of God thats immoral. There are plenty of reasons to be good without God. To say I'm only good because of god, is the same as saying- "I want to kill and mame and hurt people I just dont because god will get me if I do" Good people do not harbour these thoughts, they find where they come from and remove them (they go into pandoras box which is inside each person and kick out their demons).

If you except that others exist, and they too like you, feel pain and pleasure, happy and sad, love and hate, and like you- enjoy feeling happy, love, and pleasure surely as you like it and know they like it, you should work to promote it.

God is above that If he/she exists, he/she would clearly love us and want us to be happy and free. Bottom line is evil kills itself(not talking about sucide) and others. love promotes life, evil dosnt. Evil men start wars. loving men try to stop them. The trouble with many religions is they mis-use Gods message for their own selfish, desires= vainity, power, greed etc and in doing so they try to keep there flock in ignorance- to the reality of their own hypocracy.

Noah, according to the Talmud(genesis9:18-19)was given seven basic principles by which to live. This is called the 'Noahide code' It is forbidden:-
1. Idolatry  2. Blasphemy  3. Incest  4. Murder  5. Robbery  6. Cruelty to animals  and  7. requires honesty and fairness.

The Holy Qur'an

2-the cow section 8 62.
"Lo! Those who believe (in that which is revealed unto, thee muhammad), and those who are Jews, and Christians and Sabaeans-Whoever believeth in ALLAH(God) and the last day and doth right-surely their reward is with their LORD, and there shall no fear come upon them neither shall they grieve"
75. "Have ye any hope that they will be true to you when a party of them used to listen to the word of ALLAH, then used to change it, after they had understood it, knowingly?"
Section 11
87. "And verily we gave unto Moses the scripture and we caused a train of messengers to follow after him, and we gave unto Jesus, son of Mary, clear proofs of ALLAH'S sovereignty and we supported him with the holy sprit. Is it ever so, that when cometh unto you a messenger (from ALLAH) with that which ye yourselves desire not, ye grow arrogant, and some ye disbelieve and some ye slay? And they say: Our hearts are hardened. Nay, but ALLAH hath cursed them for their unbelief. Little is that which they believe".   

Jesus in my opinion as mohammid, are both teachers as is buddha. Thou shall have no other gods before me. If anyone puts either before god they break the first commandment. Really the commandment is saying thou shall value nothing above God. So if you put money, or fame, or anthing above god you break the first commandment. So if money is more importamt to you than anything else it has become your God, has'nt it. 

Thou shall not kill has been taken to also mean thou shall not harm, But that isnt just in action, it is also in thought, as a good person shouldnt think about killing or harming someone either.

Thou shall not covert thy neibours ox, wife ect. Really means you should try not to think about what someone else has with envy. Very hard to do the moment you think about it- you have coverted. Thou shall try not to covert. after all thinking your neibours spouse is attractive, is not the same as thinking about having sex with them. That gos for everything your neigbour owns(though why you'd be thinking about having sex with your neibours car I dont know/lol just kidding). Dont envy other peoples possesions.

moses, jesus, mohammid, buddha, gandhi, guru Nanak, Bill hicks(the p~~~~d off prophet) are all teachers in a school, they are not the aministrator. You may go (pray) to them for help, guidance and forgiveness(silly really as you have to forgive yourself; for- if you cant you cant move on).

Eating the apple was never the first sin- as you need to be inteligent to know the difference between right and wrong. The first sin was really- running from God in fear, through inteligence.

King David was not a good man or king. He repeatedly did the wrong thing and had to repent for it and then on his death bed what did he want- what was his last request? That somone be murdered= JOAB. Even on his death bed he broke the commandment- thou shall not kill and the Noahide code also. God had place Adonijah on the throne, and again David went against God and put soloman in instead- Not that soloman was a bad person as the psalms prove he was a good king. But when you consider the psalms of David you find nothing more than a confused, scared and angry man begging for some light to help him through his darkness.
 
BILL HICK QUOTES:

"Boy, when they said anybody could be president, I didnt realise what that meant till this year, ANYBODY! A body of water, a dead body".

"This guy said, God had told him to run for office, pretty scarey, but its o.k as God told me not to vote for him".

"Jesus- murdered, Gandhi- murdered, John lennon- murdered, Reagan- wounded".

"Adam and Eve are in the garden of eden and adam says "look eve here we are, In a beautiful place sorrounded by nature, at one with god, totally happy and in love". Eve says "yeah its just not enought is it".

JUST A RIDE,
"Life is like a ride on a roller coaster, you go up and down around and around, its very load and brightly coloured, and fun for a while, and you think its real coz that how powerful our minds are. Some people who have been on the ride for a long time, begin to question is this real or just a ride. Some remember and they come back to us, saying "dont be scared, dont worrie, ever! Because its just a ride". And we kill those people.lol But that dosent matter because its just a ride. We live in a world where good men are murdered and demons run amok"
End quote.

Free will and suffering.

People suffer because they choose too(buddhism). God dosnt kill people, people do. as god made man free, so- if God stops someone evil killing he stop them being free. A condatiction so god wont stop them(all God could do is try to save the good person-after they've been shot).
If man in his freedom destroys the world god cant step in(if there is one).
If you love yourself do you not see that no matter what happens to you, you still like who you are, and dont blame yourself or feel down. Hurrican carter spent how many years in prison, and he was innocent, framed by the police.
Yet when he left prison what did he say? "in the end, I like myself". If you like yourself you dont suffer, if you dont fight you dont suffer. If you feel pain and fight it- you suffer; if you except it you still feel it- but dont suffer. God dosnt make people suffer to hurt them but to help them as getting out of suffering makes you- a happier and better person.
what doesnt kill you makes you stronger. suffering is a choice as the buddhist believe. Buddhist state: 'life is suffering'- 'unless you become enlightened'. 

God made man free and soverigns of the earth. Therefore we are free to destroy it(the earth) if we wish. If god stopped us, God would have to take our freedom away to do so. As the saying gos- All evil needs to take control, is for good people to sit back and do nothing.

With regards to evolution:

why can't you have both, we still dont understand mutation, mutation could be god playing with the dna of an embroy. If god made everything i'm sure he's a scientist. If she/he wrote the dna code. why not? maybe god just put a few animals here and the rest evolved as science says they did or maybe god just put a sponge here and we all come from that. But also it is possible that its not true and it all just happened by chance. one dosnt disprove or prove the other. There all equally likely.
You can never know both are a leap of faith. so go with what you feel. which do you prefer and why? just god did it, just evolution did it or both togther? there all equally plausable. Not talking inteligent design as thats silly; I.D tries to prove gods existance. Which if god does exist, he or she would never allow. Doesnt mean you couldnt prove it, just means god would try to stop you. Afterall with proff theres no need for faith. 

'Fighting' Evil:

If you see someone trying to harm someone else you should try to stop them. But useing restraint. You hold them down till the police arrive, to take them to prison. If you kill them trying to restrain them, then you never intended to kill them or harm them, it would be accidential.

The frog and the scorpion:
The frog helps the scorpion to go over the river and the scorpion sting the frog half way across; the frog asks why? and the scorpion says "it's in my nature".
Evil kills itself=scorpion frogs= help people and sometimes die trying.
the scorpion could still of stung the frog on the river bank/ either way (helping or not) the frog could have died- surely its better to die helping.
So if you die trying to fight evil- hopefully God would'nt let you. But if you do, atleast your death would be for something you believe in/somthing positive. Like spook in star trek 3 where he enters the reactor and kills himself to save the ship and everyone on it. The needs of the many out weight the needs of the few, or the needs of the one. 

HABAKKUK 2.6-20

"woe to him who piles up stolen goods and makes himself wealthy by extortion! How long must this go on? Will not your debtors/creditors suddenely arise? Will they not wake up and make you tremble? Then you will become their victim, because you have plundered many nations, the people who are left will plunder you! For you have shed human blood; you have destroyed lands and cites and everyone in them".
"Woe to him who builds his realm by unjust gain, to set his nest on high, to escape the clutches of ruin! You have plotted the ruin of many peoples, shaming your own house and forfeiting your life. The stones of the wall will cry out, and the beams of woodwork will echo it".
"Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by a crime. Has the LORD Almighty not determined thats people's labour is only fuel for the fire, that nations exhaust themselves for nothing?"....
"Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbours, pouring it for wineskin till they are drunk, so that he can gaze on their naked bodies. You will be filled with shame instead of glory. Now it is your turn! Drink and be exposed! The cup from the lords right hand is coming round to you and disgrace will cover you glory. The violence you have done to lebanon will overwhelm you, and your destruction of animals will terrify you. For you have shed human blood; destroyed lands and cities and everyone in
them".
"Of what value is an idol, since someone has carved it? or an image that teaches lies? For those who make them- trust in their own creations; they make idols that cannot speak. Woe to him who says 'wood come to life!' Can it give guidence? It is covered with gold and silver; there is no breath in it. But the LORD is in his temple; let all the earth be silent before him." A-MEN.

Judgement is reserved for God alone. Who are you or anyone else to judge others. Ofcourse if you catch a person commiting a crime then you may and do judge them and sentence them to pay their debt to society(prison). But spritual judgement is for god alone, Let he who is with out sin cast the first stone! We are all free under god to decided if we are going to be good or bad. God wants us to choose life or death, good or evil, no slaves in heaven please.

SHABBAT:

"That which is hateful unto thee do not do unto thy neighbour. This is the whole of the Torah(and all the books). The rest is commentary. Go and study". I agree- SO WALK. 

HH DALAI LAMA:

"Sometimes when I meet old friends, it reminds me how quickly time passes. And it makes me wonder if we've utilized our time properly or not. Proper utilization of time is so important. While we have this body, and especially this amazing human brain, I think every minute is somthing precious. Our day-to-day existence is very much alive with hope, although there is no guarantee of our future. There is no guarantee that tomorrow at this time we will be here. But still we are working for that purely on the basis of hope. So we need to make the best use of our time. I believe that the proper ultization of time is this: If you can, serve other people, other sentient beings. If not atleast refrain from harming them. I think that is the whole basis of my philosophy.
So, let us reflect on what is truely of value in life, what gives meaning to our lives, and set our priorites on the basis of that. The purpose of life needs to be positive. We Weren't born with the purpose of causing trouble, or harming others. For our lives to be of value, I think we must develop basic good human qualities-warmth, kindness, compassion. then our lives becomes meaningful, and more peaceful- happier". 

The Lord Buddha said:

"Salvation does not come from the sight of me! It demands strenous effort and practice, so work hard and seek your own salvation diligently".  

Guru Nanak:

"Remember God, work hard and help others. God is pleased with honest work and truthful living".

You see really all the prophets say the same thing. I say be good and be happy, live and love, love and learn, life is too short to waste time fighting- so go find out who you are and make your life amazing. It is in the end merely a choice- You are and you live, as you choose to. Be free and be godly.x   
    
Lets face it the corporations have put money(profit) at the top of there agenda. and as a result greed is now the only thing people seem to work for- its involved in every transaction you carry out. They have made money more important than people- and even products more important than people.
The corporations sadly today control the world as the market has been allowed to take control of all areas- this includes science. Polticians are now mere puppets who realativly are told what to do and say, But they've not been bribed- oh no they have been seduced.lol I say death to fascism and all the hate they stand for.
Lets revoke the charters and give power back to the people- Freedom for everyone. lets end this plutocratic totalitarian nightmare we currently call the free market. There is no invisable hand. So stop just thinking about you and start thinking about others for a change maybe heaven might dawn. Do unto others as you wish to be done unto you- the rest is comentary go study.   

      

[that mad man]

What I find difficult to understand is why it is necessary to believe in a religion in order to have a belief in God. From an outsider is seems to be out of a desire to belong to a "tribe" and to be different and exclusive from others.

In the 3 main religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam the same arch angel Gabriel was involved so in my reasoning they must all have the same God.
Its a strange warping that somehow the prophets now become more important than the God that is to be worshipped.

The idea of a God or God's pre-date the organised religions of above so just worship God (if you feel the need to) and cut out the excess baggage.

TMM

[paul.fr]

ok, this may be nit picking but:

in term of numbers, Hinduism is the third largest organised religion, with an estimated 851 million members.

No single creed or doctrine binds Hindus together. Intellectually there is complete freedom of belief, and one can be monotheist, polytheist, or atheist. Hinduism is a syncretic religion, welcoming and incorporating a variety of outside influences.

The most ancient sacred texts of the Hindu religion are written in Sanskrit and called the Vedas (vedah means “knowledge”). There are four Vedic books, of which the Rig-Veda is the oldest. It discusses multiple gods, the universe, and creation. The dates of these works are unknown (1000 B.C.?). Present-day Hindus rarely refer to these texts but do venerate them.

[paul.fr]

I agree If God makes you free, you have to make up your own mind about whats what. The only thing I think that is concrete is that you should be good not evil. But how do you know the difference, afterall the devil could ask you to give a hungry person a cheese sandwich, and you thinking its a good thing, give that poor/hungry person a cheese sandwich, that person then dies as they were alergic to cheese, and the devil laughts at that 'good' persons stupidity. You can know the difference between good and bad; you cant know if what your doing will have a good or bad outcome untill after the fact. So a good person should always consider the concequences of their actions and stop if they see somthing bad happening.

If you were a god fearing person, would you do the devils bidding by giving the sandwich?

[Mjhavok]

It just occured to me, but nobody has quoted anything from south park!

The only place to truely learn about life and god, here are quotes from an episode:

Stan: “Why would God let Kenny die, Chef? Why? Kenny’s my friend. Why can’t God take someone else’s friend?”

Chef: “Stan, sometimes God takes those closest to us, because it makes him feel better about himself. He is a very vengeful God, Stan. He’s all pissed off about something we did thousands of years ago. He just can’t get over it, so he doesn’t care who he takes. Children, puppies, it don’t matter to him, so long as it makes us sad. Do you understand?”

Stan: “But then, why does God give us anything to start with?”

Chef: “Well, look at it this way: if you want to make a baby cry, first you give it a lollipop. Then you take it away. If you never give it a lollipop to begin with, then you would have nothin’ to cry about. That’s like God, who gives us life and love and help just so that he can tear it all away and make us cry, so he can drink the sweet milk of our tears. You see, it’s our tears, Stan, that give God his great power.”

Stan: “I think I understand.”

:-D Paul.

[tony6789 (OP)]

hahaha omg south park rocks my socks!!!

[tony6789 (OP)]

i no i just skimmed it but i saw south park and i just had to say somethin lol

[Mjhavok]

Prove Jesus and God are in fact real.

Define your definition of god. Is god the Christian tyrant in the sky. Is he the vengeful Islamic god? Is he Love, Nature or something ambiguous like this?

[tony6789 (OP)]

if jesus is real then so is god...if god is real then so is jesus

[Seany]

Yes.. I'm afraid these questions cannot come out with a strict "ONE" answer. But I must say one thing to you all..

I am the Living Messiah

[Mjhavok]

HALLOWED ARE THE ORI.

[Seany]

Yes. Let us proclaim the mystery of faith!!

Christ has died..
Christ is risen..
Christ will come again!!

AND HERE I AM!!

[Ben6789]

Yes. Let us proclaim the mystery of faith!!

Christ has died..
Christ is risen..
Christ will come again!!

AND HERE I AM!!

No offense, I think that blasphemous.

Many of you feel that Jesus is God. This clearly is not the case Jesus is Gods greatest prophet.
JOHN 1-  4.7-12
'Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves is born of God(born again) and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, BECAUSE GOD IS LOVE. This is how God showed his love among us: he sent his one and only son into the world so that we might live through him.......12 None has ever seen God; but if we love one another , God lives in us and his love is made complete in us'.

It is quite clear that Jesus was not god. It is the father God, The son- the prophets and the Holy Sprite- your soul. GOD- JESUS- PEOPLE. THE FATHER-SON-HOLY SPRITE.

Please reject hatred, and embrace LOVE.   

No, Jesus is God, who is also the Holy Spirit, who is Jesus. Jesus, God, and the Holy Spirit are all one person.

[Seany]

Yes yes.. Sorry my bad.. [:-'(]

[Ben6789]

People say "Prove God is real! I can't see him!" Sometimes you beileve in things you can't see. Like wind for example, people beileve in wind even though they can't see it.
Then they say "Yeah! But we can feel wind!" Just as I can feel God working in my heart to make me a better Christian.

You can't feel the wind if you put a coat on. That's what the people who question God's existence have done. They put a "coat" around their heart to keep him out.

[tony6789 (OP)]

idk but all of u had better strighten up....the myans have predicted that we would have cars, we would fly around in machines, and that we will go into space and on the moon. they were right about all those things but another prediction is yet to come...they predict that in 2015 there will be en epic event. this huge event could be the end of the world where we will find out if god is real or not...but it could also mean other things like a huge plague that kills millions or first contact with aliens or WW3 no1 knows

[Ben6789]

idk but all of u had better strighten up....the myans have predicted that we would have cars, we would fly around in machines, and that we will go into space and on the moon. they were right about all those things but another prediction is yet to come...they predict that in 2015 there will be en epic event. this huge event could be the end of the world where we will find out if god is real or not...but it could also mean other things like a huge plague that kills millions or first contact with aliens or WW3 no1 knows

First, I don't beileve aliens. Second, WWIII is entirely possible, just ask Seany! []

Third, maybe the mayans did predict we would have cars and fly around and go into space and the moon..but were there visions the same as ours?

What if they imagined, sorry visualized cars had 2 or 6 wheels instead of 4? What if they visualized airplanes being box-shaped (which wouldn't make sense.) What if they visualized it was someone besides Neil Armstrong who landed on the moon. What if they visualized me or some monkey landing on the moon?

Sorry about all the "what if's".

[tony6789 (OP)]

it doesnt mattter how they invisoned them to be..of course they had there own imaginations but the main reason is that they still predicted that we wud go to space(humans) we wud land on the moon, we would go around in cars no matter how many wheels, and that we wud fly in huge machines no matter wat shape.

[Ben6789]

I think it does matter, because if their visions are different from ours, they could a little off about the 2015 thing..who knows? It, whatever "it" is, could happen in 2115.

That's the longest song ever by the way. 2115. It was made by Rush.