I think you do damngrumpy a disservice there, Angstrom, he's not a preacher and doesn't believe in fairy tales, seems to me he's promoting tolerance of ideas and arguments he disagrees with.
What if your religion involves various mushrooms, herbs, roots, barks, fruits, needles, natural oils, fats and cacti flesh that not only brings you excellent heallth which is the removal of the biggest block to achieving a state of grace and respect for the powers that be?Religion is a tool to make yourself a better person but its not real
I think you do damngrumpy a disservice there, Angstrom, he's not a preacher and doesn't believe in fairy tales, seems to me he's promoting tolerance of ideas and arguments he disagrees with.
Can't argue with that, but it seemed from the context of your previous post it was damngrumpy you were addressing critically, not eanassir.
Just out of curiousity, what sort of spititual experiences or epiphanies have you had all by your lonesome without any religious influences or without drugs?. My opinion is he's been
spoon feed to belive this BS.
If that's the only way to find out why you think the Baha'is are wrong, I'd rather not know. I take it that you're still refusing to answer.
You're asking me? I would assume that if you know they're wrong, you'd also know what they are.What are the arguments or proofs of the Bahai?
What are their principles of faith?
While I have considerable difficulty with the original proposal here there are a few things
that should be clarified. Not the Koran does not regard Jesus as a monkey or a pig. In
fact in the Muslim Faith, Jesus is the number two prophet and as for Mary the mother of
Jesus, they have more space devoted to her that the Bible the Christians carry around, has.
It is alright to be critical but it is also necesary to be factual.
I could not adapt enough to include more than one wife, God help us all, nor could I subscribe
to exchanging vows with 9 year olds or children of any age. Put this in context though, If you
are to be critical of Islam, one must remember that although not sanctioned, the clergy has had
and still does have sexual relations with children. Now before you go jumping up and down,
claiming I am anti Catholic, remember there are other branches of Christianity engaged in all
kinds of disgusting behavior.
This does not mean that all Christians are engaged in bad behavior and it does not prevent
them from practicing their faith. If you are going to include all Muslims in the belief that its OK
to use 9 year old girls, then it must be true that Christ believed in slavery.
The fact is the Holy Books of time are in many cases, nothing more than historical accounts
of what life was like and reflected the social issues and answers of the day.
I don't believe that all those who subscribe to a particular faith all believe the same thing.
No I don't go to church, although I see nothing wrong with churches and people believing in
something. There is nothing wrong with faith, as long as it doesn't get carried away.
I am not big on demons and devils, and long lists of miracles but having faith in and of
itself is not a problem.
Christ said many things, and the one I always pay attention to is
"Beware of wolves in sheep's clothing" That one speaks for itself that is why I avoid
organized religion as a matter of course.
You're asking me? I would assume that if you know they're wrong, you'd also know what they are.
Your ignorance of western values and what makes western countries great countries to live in is quite astounding.So if man can afford the provision of his wives and is just with them, and they agree and are chaste, then what's the problem?
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Just out of curiousity, what sort of spititual experiences or epiphanies have you had all by your lonesome without any religious influences or without drugs?
What did you find? Did you want to share what brought you joy or did you just keep it to yourself? Did it give you faith?
You can have up to 4 wives. It sounds like Eanassir likes this marriage arrangement.Eanassir do you have any daughters?
I'm looking into buying a 2nd wife
No, that's not what I said, I said only that they're a reworking and modernization of Islam that appear to me to offer a more charitable view than Islam does. If your presentation of Islam is any guide, they're also much more coherent and consistent. That doesn't mean I think they're good, what I think in fact is that they're just more of the same mystic nonsense all religious belief promotes, from its false premise that there's at least one supernatural being that has some interest in us.You told us they are good, so almost you know their principles.
The way I see it is similar. The Universe is the ultimate living organism. Every living thing from galaxies to planets to microbes are all part of this living Universe. We are but one tiny species living on a relatives miniscule, insignificant speck of dust in this vast Universe. But every living thing has it influence on the whole. As the indigenous people saw, life is a web, all inter connected and inter dependent. Though tiny, we do influence the whole. How much is the question.I'll try to keep it simple.
I think our universe is the inside of a living thing.
Just the same as there is living things inside of our body.
And inside of those little living things there are other living things
on, and on and on.
Just the same way as we are in a living thing and that living thing is inside
of a even bigger living thing and on and on and on.
That's what I believe. Feel free to agree or disagree, I only shared it cause you asked.
To be honest at this point I see the human race more as a cancer inside whatever
body we are live in. I think a grasshopper is possibly millions of times closer to "God" then
all the humans combined together. Like all living cells inside our body they all have a
Purpose, a goal for the great good of the hole body. I think we have totally lost touch
Of what our goal as a living thing is. And I'll go as far as to say that Religion had a role
To play in messing that up.
Again that's just my personal opinion.
The way I see it is similar. The Universe is the ultimate living organism. Every living thing from galaxies to planets to microbes are all part of this living Universe. We are but one tiny species living on a relatives miniscule, insignificant speck of dust in this vast Universe. But every living thing has it influence on the whole. As the indigenous people saw, life is a web, all inter connected and inter dependent. Though tiny, we do influence the whole. How much is the question.
After everything die's all soul's return to the source. Not just a select few like religion try's to spoon feed you.
The Source is the Universe, the source of all life in the Universe. But I think this thing about people having souls is back asswards. Souls have people. Souls can have many different bodies in many different time frames, all of which are here to experience life to the fullest to add to the overall experience of the Source. Eventually all souls return to the Source from whence they came. It has been said that people are spiritual beings having a human experience and that people are the eyes and ears of god experiencing life on Earth. Religion has been keeping the knowledge of our true nature from us in order to control us, because if we knew how god like, how creative we really are, we would not need religion or control.Please elaborate on this. You believe a person has a soul, and that it returns to its "source" after mortal death?
Please elaborate on this. You believe a person has a soul, and that it returns to its "source" after mortal death?