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beenwize;3676899 said:Those interested in what Hell means in the New Testament please view this video. Brings some very important thoughts to mind that all so called Christians should ask themselves.
[video=youtube;6fakYohScLE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fakYohScLE&feature=related[/video]
alissowack;3679203 said:There is a certain aspect in which I agree in respect to name/reference of who this adversary is, but to say that God and The Adversary are siding with each other is a bit too much; that it is The Adversary's "job" to deceive.
And as far as "Hell" goes...this place does exists, but not in a way that suggest that it is an consequence to immorality...which I think the guy in the video pointed out.
alissowack;3679203 said:There is a certain aspect in which I agree in respect to name/reference of who this adversary is, but to say that God and The Adversary are siding with each other is a bit too much; that it is The Adversary's "job" to deceive.
And as far as "Hell" goes...this place does exists, but not in a way that suggest that it is an consequence to immorality...which I think the guy in the video pointed out.
judahxulu;3679258 said:ask yourself this: does sin exist because of the adversary or does the adversary exist because of sin? either the most high all powerful or not. there is no competing with omnipotence...
christhehighguy;3682049 said:all i know is that eternal hell is a LONG ASS FUCKING TIME like infinity/eternal/4life/forever all combined god damn that would suck
beenwize;3682699 said:its all mind control programming thru fear tactics... studying deeper into Bible scripture will disprove hell.
alissowack;3683314 said:Just because people use "Hell" as a scare tactic doesn't mean it doesn't exist. To me, Hell is not a place where people are tormented knowing they have abandoned God. It is a place where people are tormented and don't know they have abandoned God...spending an eternity searching for something that will never satisfy.
beenwize;3676899 said:Those interested in what Hell means in the New Testament please view this video. Brings some very important thoughts to mind that all so called Christians should ask themselves.
[video=youtube;6fakYohScLE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fakYohScLE&feature=related[/video]
beenwize;3683399 said:"hell" is a fear tactic that does not exist... its a tool to keep people in control. humanity will begin to heal and progress when we realize that the Creator of the Universe did not give us religion.
This book the king james "version" of the Bible was forced upon the indegenous people of the world with threats of accept a white man god and go to heaven after death or if u dont believe go to hell. What makes matters worst is that the people that placed religion on us dont have to defend it anymore since they have people controlled by religion defending it now. But the powers that be put up a powerful illusion with all this drama about Satan and the End of the World to keep u STUCK and blinded from seeing.
"hell" is rooted in PAGANISM just like Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny... do your research.
alissowack;3683661 said:You are right...the Creator of the Universe didn't "create" religion, but still doesn't get rid of Hell. And what good is doing research if it doesn't change your heart? There is this sense that you praise knowledge more than the One who allows it to exist.
its over: 2012!;3683757 said:Peace
Thousands of years ago, in the Book of Revelations, the bible pretty much told us that we Earthlings are not alone...and I believe there are at least 3 other types of living, homo-erectus type of organisms, on other planets
beenwize;3683691 said:God is within all of us he is not some external entity that needs praise or worship... meditation is better than prayer. we live in a infinite universe just like we have insects, sea creatures, and birds we also have life in other worlds, dimensions and etc seen and unseen. There is life out there jus like us and there is also life out there much more powerful than us and some that feed off of our energy. There are deities out there that want worship and praise. Wen you look at the history of ancient and some modern religion most of these deities were real entities from other worlds. Some of these deities have helped humanity while some of these deities have manipulated humanity. There is good and evil and things out there much more powerful then us. Most of our religions have been given to us from these other worldly entities that seek control, power, and worship in exchange for technology and other things. In my opinion most of the modern advances in technology have been given to us from otherworldly beings. This might sound out there and foriegn to most people but thats typical sense we have been conditioned not to believe anything other than what we are programmed to believe. Just know that alien and other worldly beings are real and they have visited earth in ancient times and I wouldnt doubt that they still visit earth in modern times. This is also one reason why we are controlled and are required to have passports and etc to limit where we travel on earth. And there is UFO reports all the time all over the world... Remember we live in an infinite universe just like earth is teaming with life the universe is also teaming with life.
We are all on our own spiritual journey... The Creator does not require us to be robots.
Religion requires us to be robots.
Everything in the Bible is not literal most of it is astrological. The earth goes through different ages and cycles all the time. We are in an age of evil right now. Soon we will be entering a type of golden/enlightenment age this is why most of humanity is beginning to awaken. When you read the Bible and it speaks about that wicked one being revealed thats talking about the wicked rulers of this world being revealed case in point the illuminati. This evil age is coming to an END and this is one reason why the evil rulers of the world are doing all this fear and war mongering. They will attempt to destroy most of humanity as this evil age comes to an end. The earth goes through cycles on its own as well it is a living organism and it cleanses it self in cycles.
peace
alissowack;3685228 said:Maybe to you, but this "God within" stuff is not what is suggested in the Bible. In the Bible, because of our disobedience, mankind is God's Enemy and that we can't and won't seek God willfully without God intervening.
judahxulu;3685416 said:its pretty clear that Yah is within us per the scriptures. Examples:
Gen 41:38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find [such a one] as this [is], a man in whom the Spirit of God [is]?
Exd 35:31 And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship;
Num 11:29 And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD'S people were prophets, [and] that the LORD would put his spirit upon them!
1Sa 10:6 And the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.
1Sa 16:14 But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.
Pro 20:27 The spirit of man [is] the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
Eze 37:12 -14 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
And ye shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,
AND I SHALL PUT MY SPIRIT IN YOU, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken [it], and performed [it], saith the LORD.
...and probably the most basic example-
Psa 82:5-7 I have said, Ye [are] gods; and all of you [are] children of the most High.
But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
the worst thing you could do to yourself spiritually is not overstand the context of the afore-mentioned scriptures. YHWH is not like the greek spook gods who sit somewhere far off and play with mens lives. Yah gave us His power bruh....
judahxulu;3685416 said:its pretty clear that Yah is within us per the scriptures. Examples:
Gen 41:38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find [such a one] as this [is], a man in whom the Spirit of God [is]?
Exd 35:31 And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship;
Num 11:29 And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD'S people were prophets, [and] that the LORD would put his spirit upon them!
1Sa 10:6 And the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.
1Sa 16:14 But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.
Pro 20:27 The spirit of man [is] the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
Eze 37:12 -14 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
And ye shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,
AND I SHALL PUT MY SPIRIT IN YOU, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken [it], and performed [it], saith the LORD.
...and probably the most basic example-
Psa 82:5-7 I have said, Ye [are] gods; and all of you [are] children of the most High.
But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
the worst thing you could do to yourself spiritually is not overstand the context of the afore-mentioned scriptures. YHWH is not like the greek spook gods who sit somewhere far off and play with mens lives. Yah gave us His power bruh....
alissowack;3685228 said:Maybe to you, but this "God within" stuff is not what is suggested in the Bible. In the Bible, because of our disobedience, mankind is God's Enemy and that we can't and won't seek God willfully without God intervening.
alissowack;3688788 said:But, then you would have to look at the scriptures that put man in a state in which we are not God's Equals. I'm for equality if it is in respect to the image God has us to bear, but to say that in our sin that we can work towards that equality is to deceive ourselves. Besides, anybody can say they serve God or that they are "Christian". That is one of the reason for the strife that comes from religion...too many people claiming "God".
Yeah I had the nag hammadi library. seems like they lump together gnostic writings that dont go together though. it was some wild jumps in influence and doctrinal standpoint (so to speak) in the volumes i read but its been a long time and my book has been permanently borrowed...u know how that go...beenwize;3689133 said:1 Corinthians 3:16-17
16Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
17If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20
19What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
20For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
I'm not sure how true they are but you should do some research into the gnostic gospels if interested. They are said to have spiritual teachings for humanity but had been suppressed by the powers that be.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnostic_Gospels
The Gnostic Gospels are a collection of about fifty-two texts supposedly based upon the ancient wisdom teachings of several prophets and spiritual leaders including Jesus, written from the 2nd to the 4th century AD.[1] These gospels are not part of the standard Biblical canon of any major Christian denomination, and as such are part of what is called the New Testament apocrypha. Recent novels and films that refer to the gospels have recently increased public interest.[2][3]
The word gnostic comes from the Greek word gnosis, meaning "knowledge", which is often used in Greek philosophy in a manner more consistent with the English "enlightenment". Some scholars continue to maintain traditional dating for the emergence of Gnostic philosophy and religious movements.[4] It is now generally believed that the evidence suggests that Gnosticism was a Jewish movement which subsequently reacted to Christianity or that Gnosticism emerged directly in reaction to Christianity.[5] The name "Christian gnostics" came to represent a segment of the Early Christian community that believed that salvation lay not in merely worshipping Christ, but in psychic or pneumatic souls learning to free themselves from the material world via the revelation.[6] According to this tradition, the answers to spiritual questions are to be found within, not without.[2] Furthermore, the gnostic path does not require the intermediation of a church for salvation. Some scholars, such as Edward Conze and Elaine Pagels, have suggested that gnosticism blends teachings like those attributed to Jesus Christ with teachings found in Eastern traditions.[1]