Do you believe in God and why

[save the frogs]

41 minutes ago, Hummin said:

Always link your sources please.

 

[ozimoron]

I thought Christianity was beyond animism.

 

The head of St. Peter’s Basilica performed a special rite Saturday after a man stripped naked and hopped on the main altar with the words “Save children of Ukraina” written on his back.

Cardinal Mauro Gambetti performed the penitential rite following the desecration of the altar with other priests and members of the faithful.

 

https://apnews.com/article/vatican-ukraine-altar-st-peter-desecration-98c8f3e617c922c2d4939fbf254283af

[save the frogs]

sunmaster, you might like this ... he talks about psychedelics with movies as a reference ... and the connection between how the brain works ie the EGO. 

 

he theorizes the following: "over time, our ego can develop pathologies that trap us within ourselves, that keep us stuck in unproductive, harmful, or undesired patterns ..."

 

 

Edited June 4, 2023 by save the frogs

[save the frogs]

I'm taking a break from the forum.

Wasting a lot of time on here.

 

One for the road ...  I just learned this

whirling dervishes ... DMT gets released in their brains ... that's why they twirl. or one reason.

 

 

 

[save the frogs]

Sorry, I just have to get one more jab in. 

The name of "The Godfather of AI" is Yoshua something.

Wasn't another name for Jesus Yeshua?

Odd, no?

 

Edited June 4, 2023 by save the frogs

[Tippaporn]

7 hours ago, save the frogs said:

I'm taking a break from the forum.

Wasting a lot of time on here.

The boy who cried wolf.  555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555

[save the frogs]

9 hours ago, Tippaporn said:

The boy who cried wolf.  555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555

dude, you have NO CLUE man.

a lot of stuff going on ... i actually may be relocating suddenly due to some sudden catastrophic occurrence.

which happened, incidentally, RIGHT SMACK DAB on the FULL MOON on Jan 3rd ...

coincidence? no ... the gods are at play once again ... pulling strings, manipulating my reality, jolting me out of my complacency ... 

I know I haven't done justice to your posts ... I haven't read your posts carefully enough .. and I haven't responded enough ...

Like I said, I'm in the midst of a hurricane ... so I'll take a break and maybe check back in in a few months.

And I'll try to re-read your posts more carefully.

See-yaz. 

 

 

Edited June 5, 2023 by save the frogs

[Hummin]

3 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

dude, you have NO CLUE man.

a lot of stuff going on ... i actually may be relocating suddenly due to some sudden catastrophic occurrence.

which happened, incidentally, RIGHT SMACK DAB on the FULL MOON on Jan 3rd ...

coincidence? no ... the gods are at play once again ... pulling strings, manipulating my reality, jolting me out of my complacency ... 

I know I haven't done justice to your posts ... I haven't read your posts carefully enough .. and I haven't responded enough ...

Like I said, I'm in the midst of a hurricane ... so I'll take a break and maybe check back in in a few months.

And I'll try to re-read your posts more carefully.

See-yaz. 

 

 

Take care, wish you all the best

[thaibeachlovers]

On 5/23/2023 at 9:04 AM, save the frogs said:

yes, plausible theory.

god could be plotting to obliterate us all.

possibly waiting for specific planetary alignments. 

Don't take this as a return to the fray, as it's not, but I've had quite a while to think about that very subject, and I have a a strong opinion on it.

As regular posters will know, I am of the opinion that God created the universe and then left it to get on with it, but to those that like to complain that God doesn't exist because "he" allows children to die of cancer, IMO if God had human emotions God might look at what mankind is doing to the wonderful planet we were given for a home, and how we as a species spend much of our time killing each other and exterminating other species and decide that it's time for another comet event so the planet can start over.

 

Perhaps the unbelievers should be grateful that either a/ God does not exist, or b/ God doesn't interfere in planetary affairs.

 

[Sunmaster]

3 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Don't take this as a return to the fray, as it's not, but I've had quite a while to think about that very subject, and I have a a strong opinion on it.

As regular posters will know, I am of the opinion that God created the universe and then left it to get on with it, but to those that like to complain that God doesn't exist because "he" allows children to die of cancer, IMO if God had human emotions God might look at what mankind is doing to the wonderful planet we were given for a home, and how we as a species spend much of our time killing each other and exterminating other species and decide that it's time for another comet event so the planet can start over.

 

Perhaps the unbelievers should be grateful that either a/ God does not exist, or b/ God doesn't interfere in planetary affairs.

 

Or c) "God" exists and there is a reason for everything, regardless if we can see/understand it or not. 

[Hummin]

6 hours ago, Sunmaster said:

Or c) "God" exists and there is a reason for everything, regardless if we can see/understand it or not. 

Even bad happens, it can be good, just not in our view or understanding. 

 

We also kill living beings to create good for humanity, and we are part of Everything. 

 

Yin Yang

Edited June 6, 2023 by Hummin

[Acharn]

On 4/10/2023 at 6:45 AM, mauGR1 said:

Really?

According to this reasoning, non-predatory animals would be extinct. 

 

??? Why on earth would that happen? Evolution is random. Species produce more complex and less complex variants all the time. It's just that evolutionary pressures on predators seem (to me) to be more likely to favor intelligence in predators than in prey species.

[save the frogs]

I don't have time to watch it, but this popped in my feeds.

What science says about coincidences ... 

Might be worth a watch as coincidences/synchronicity is a sign of higher forces pulling strings.

 

 

[save the frogs]

perspective on death and the afterlife from this guy named Hans Wilhelm ...

 

 

[save the frogs]

A lot of people are afraid of these topics.

So that needs to be respected, I guess.

But still, people need to overcome their fears at some point. 

[Tippaporn]

[Sunmaster]

[Tippaporn]

 

 

[Tippaporn]

[Tippaporn]

[Hummin]

Do not need to shout Tippaporn ????

 

We get the message, you are convinced you got all the answers, and so do many others, we just try to live our lives without to much noise and to much preachers pulling our legs ????

 

Im out fishing again ???? Oh Nature give and take, Oh nature is everything. 

Edited June 13, 2023 by Hummin

[save the frogs]

aren't giant fonts against forum rules?

 

[save the frogs]

yeah, the Bible and fiction ...

although there are several reasons I am not a fan of the Bible ...

the Bible is largely mythology.

and modern society dismisses mythology as nonsense.

but actually, mythology is essential in order to understand the universe. 

 

[Tippaporn]

On 6/13/2023 at 6:13 PM, save the frogs said:

aren't giant fonts against forum rules?

 

You've been fooled.  They're images.  On a white background.  Just goes to show that things aren't always what they seem to be.  What else gotcha fooled?   

Edited June 17, 2023 by Tippaporn

[save the frogs]

4 minutes ago, Tippaporn said:

You've been fooled.  They're images.  On a white background.  Just goes to show that things aren't always what they seem to be.  What else gotcha fooled? 

me? nothin'.

i won't get fooled again.

 

 

[Tippaporn]

On 6/13/2023 at 6:00 PM, Tippaporn said:

I would have added:

"For better or worse."

 

Seeing as how a lot of folks are willing to live with even the worst bankrupt ideas imaginable as long as they believe them to be true.

[save the frogs]

Ok, so mainstream media article asks ...

 

Does the moon exert influence over our behavior?

 

I didn't even read the article ... but what do you guys think?
 

Is the moon a sort of God? 

 

[Tippaporn]

Just now, save the frogs said:

me? nothin'.

i won't get fooled again.

 

 

"me? nothin'"

 

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I know you're just pullin' my leg so I don't take it seriously.   
 

 

[Tippaporn]

3 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

Ok, so mainstream media article asks ...

 

Does the moon exert influence over our behavior?

 

I didn't even read the article ... but what do you guys think?
 

Is the moon a sort of God?

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”

 

― Albert Einstein

[save the frogs]

7 minutes ago, Tippaporn said:

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”

 

― Albert Einstein

so I'll take that as a NO?