Can a human being change .

[AnnaG]

Why do these gods keep intruding into our lives and threads? It's annoying.

 

[AnnaG]

Humans are still sacrificing to gods. They give up responsibility for themselves, they give up their curiosity about how the universe and life works, they give up time & energy, and they give up a fair whack og their memory banks and leave little room for change. For what? A book and a hope that some day a god might actually pay them some attention. lmao.

 

[china]

AnnaG

Which one is you . If you can't figure it out, that's too bad.

Not much to figure out , know; many posts ago ; just wanted to see if you can say it it here on the forum ; too bad.

 

[AnnaG]

I'll give you a hint. Within a couple days of registering here, I knew how to use the quote button and how to do multiple quotes and how to add the codes for quoting.
Anytime you want to quit trolling and attempting to insult me, feel free. You don't have the right ammunition to insult me and once you do figure it out, it'll be too late, because I would have changed..

 

[china]

AnnaG
Anytime you want to quit trolling and attempting to insult me, feel free. I HAVE NO DESIRE TO INSULT YOU ANNA ,if you think that I am insulting you than there is something wrong in the way you think.

You don't have the right ammunition to insult me

You are so right Anna G ;I don.t have any insult ammo.
Unlike you I will not insult you with sending you pictures of naked ,rubber blow up girls .

 

[AnnaG]

AnnaG
Anytime you want to quit trolling and attempting to insult me, feel free. I HAVE NO DESIRE TO INSULT YOU ANNA ,if you think that I am insulting you than there is something wrong in the way you think.

You are so right Anna G ;I don.t have any insult ammo.
Unlike you I will not insult you with sending you pictures of naked ,rubber blow up girls .

Balogna, you've been sniping at me or my husband for a couple weeks. Why do you think I posted that pic and told you you should save your breath? If you aren't trying to insult me then why did you say there's something wrong with the way I think? lmao
Want to quit posting off topic and get back to the thread now?

 

[china]

alleywayzalwayz

If God doesn't exist, and we're purely biological, is "freedom" a real thing?

Freedom is not a reaction; freedom is not a choice. It is man's pretence that because he has choice he is free. Freedom is pure observation without direction, without fear of punishment and reward. Freedom is without motive; freedom is not at the end of the evolution of man but lies in the first step of his existence. In observation one begins to discover the lack of freedom

For if there is no god, what are you appealing to when one stands up for his or hers absolute right to freedom of speech?

First , what is God -beside it being a word ?
Is God known or unknown entity ?
-if he is an unknown who is it that you are appealing to for right to freedom of speech ? If you know Him ,go and ask Him...(probably going to get better answers).


Is there God?_you bet your cotton pickin Jesus sandals .

 

[china]

AnnaG

Why do these gods keep intruding into our lives and threads? It's annoying.

Well this is my thread and and all god s are welcome here...that's ahoy G O D S. ....they are always welcome in my threads ,
and they are never annoying

 

[El Barto]

I have in my worldy observation seen people change and seen some stagnate. I look at some like my father and grandfather , they haven't changed much, very set in their ways. They don't look at themselves very often.
The ones that do change question themselves of who and what they are, looking towards where they are going .

 

[Cliffy]

I have in my worldy observation seen people change and seen some stagnate. I look at some like my father and grandfather , they haven't changed much, very set in their ways. They don't look at themselves very often.
The ones that do change question themselves of who and what they are, looking towards where they are going .

If god is eternal and unchanging, it must be one stagnant cess pool.
As for humans, change is what happens when they are busy making other plans. If we don't change in a sea of constant change, we die. Our bodies may go on moving but our essence cease to function, our minds and hearts atrophy.

That is why to me religion is dead. It is stuck in a two thousand year old time warp, the worship of a lifeless corpse. Trying to find spiritual nourishment in a two thousand year old book is like trying to suck milk from the breast of a woman who has been dead that long. Spiritually, religion is like sucking dust.

 

[china]

Cliffy

If god is eternal and unchanging, it must be one stagnant cess pool.
As for humans, change is what happens when they are busy making other plans. If we don't change in a sea of constant change, we die. Our bodies may go on moving but our essence cease to function, our minds and hearts atrophy.
That is why to me religion is dead. It is stuck in a two thousand year old time warp, the worship of a lifeless corpse. Trying to find spiritual nourishment in a two thousand year old book is like trying to suck milk from the breast of a woman who has been dead that long. Spiritually, religion is like sucking dust.

God is neither old nor new, or, God is the most ancient, because only God is. God is non-temporal; it does not belong to the dimension of time. Hence you cannot call it old or new ,it is fresh, virgin. You need not go into the scriptures. You certainly have to go into the breeze that is passi ng through the pine trees, you certainly have to go into the fragrance that is being released by the flowers. You have to go into This moment with your total being Cliffy, you have to relax herenow, and all the scriptures will be revealed to you. The Vedas and the Gitas and the Korans and yes the Bible will be sung in your deepest core of being. Then you will know that all the scriptures are true; but first your own inner scripture has to be known, understood.

 

[Cliffy]

Cliffy,


God is neither old nor new, or, God is the most ancient, and as fresh as the dewdrops in the early morning sun -- because only God is. God is non-temporal; it does not belong to the dimension of time. Hence you cannot call it old or new ,it is fresh, virgin. You need not go into the scriptures. You certainly have to go into the breeze that is passing through the pine trees, you certainly have to go into the fragrance that is being released by the flowers. You have to go into This moment with your total being Cliffy, you have to relax herenow, and all the scriptures will be revealed to you. The Vedas and the Gitas and the Korans and yes the Bible will be sung in your deepest core of being. Then you will know that all the scriptures are true; but first your own inner scripture has to be known, understood.If you know what I mean ,Clifffy .

Now you are talking spirituality, not religion. Religion is the dead brother of spirituality. The only way to know life is to live it in the here and now.

 

[china]

The only way to know life is to live it in the here and now.

For that very reason everyone needs 'inner space' where there is no one directing you, telling you where to go and what to do. We have been given that space so that the confusion and chaos around us will dissolve. You must never surrender that space to anyone, except your true self. Meditation is really a journey back to that space to find peace and happiness.

 

[Cliffy]

Living in the present can be a meditation. I try to treat each day as if it were my last. Tomorrow will take care of itself.

 

[Cannuck]

That's exactly right, successful people adapt to conditions and environment, if you aren't changing you aren't learning.

"Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to themselves. All progress, therefore, depends on unreasonable people. - George Bernard Shaw

 

[china]

Cannuck

"Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to themselves. All progress, therefore, depends on unreasonable people. - George Bernard Shaw

.................and Jesus Christ who also carries some authority said
"Be in this world but don't be of this world".Now , figure that out , eh?

 

[china]

Cliffy

Living in the present can be a meditation.

Cool .

I try to treat each day as if it were my last.

Last day of what......? does life end , begin ?

Tomorrow will take care of itself.

Smart James .

 

[china]

There is an evolution of the primate to the so-called man. There is evolution from not-knowing to knowing. Evolution implies time; but psychologically, inwardly, is there evolution, a change ? From the primitive hut to the modern building, mechanics from the two-wheel cart to the motor, the jet plane, going to the moon, and all the rest of it—it is there, obviously there is no question whether these things have evolved or not. But is there evolution inwardly, at all? Do not say “there is” or “there is not”. I think that merely to assert is the most foolish thing . Now, psychologically, is there evolution? That is, I say “I shall become something”, or “I shall not be something”; the becoming or the not being involves time,right? “I shall be less angry the day after tomorrow”, “I shall be more kind and less aggressive, more helpful, not be so self-centred, selfish”, all that implies time—“I am this” and “I shall be that”. I say I shall evolve psychologically—but is there such evolution? Shall I be different in a year’s time? Being violent today, my whole nature is violent, my whole upbringing, education, the social influences and the cultural pressures have bred in me violence; also I have inherited violence from the animal, the territorial rights and sexual rights and so on—will this violence evolve into non-violence? Can violence ever become love?

 

[Cliffy]

Last day of what......? does life end , begin ?

The last day my ego inhabits this vehicle and this vehicle functions as a vehicle.

 

[china]

Cliffy

The last day my ego inhabits this vehicle and this vehicle functions as a vehicle.

Why do you need the vehicle ?