and that is why 'religious integrity' can be all over the place! :bugeye:
No one said "religious integrity" is easy.
In this day and age "integrity" religious or no, isn't easy.
jan.
and that is why 'religious integrity' can be all over the place! :bugeye:
for your educationYou said "They said...bushes that burn can talk......
I don't know about burning bushes, but you got your ass singed by Photizo.
....ssssssss....
'every word in existence used by mankind to articulate was created by mankindDefine "made up"?
that goo is just a wordAnything can be funny if you put your own spin on it, to make it appear so.
One of the funniest beliefs I find is the one where everything we percieve is
a manifestation of primeval goo.
lots of metaphorsMake a list of what it is you believe, in the bible.
it makes me sad battling an unarmed person (with no integrity)Give me a shout when the contesting starts.
I disagree, your dogma prevails.
jan.
No one said "religious integrity" is easy.
In this day and age "integrity" religious or no, isn't easy.
jan.
The only people with religious integrity are fundamentalists. Everyone else makes compromises between the text and the requirements of real life. That being said, I don't believe such integrity is a virtue, as it involves being true to something with no valid supporting evidence.
for your education
Exodus 3
1And Moses hath been feeding the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, priest of Midian, and he leadeth the flock behind the wilderness, and cometh in unto the mount of God, to Horeb;
2and there appeareth unto him a messenger of Jehovah in a flame of fire, out of the midst of the bush, and he seeth, and lo, the bush is burning with fire, and the bush is not consumed.
3And Moses saith, `Let me turn aside, I pray thee, and I see this great appearance; wherefore is the bush not burned?'
4and Jehovah seeth that he hath turned aside to see, and God calleth unto him out of the midst of the bush, and saith, `Moses, Moses;' and he saith, `Here [am] I.'
that is where the torah was (OT) is supposed to have come from
21. Trumah : 61. Verse 640.
.....The Holy One, blessed be He, looked into the Torah and created the world. Man looks into the Torah and causes it to exist, so we see that the existence and the sustenance of the entire world is the Torah. Therefore, Happy is the man who is occupied in Torah, for he keeps the world in existence.
'every word in existence used by mankind to articulate was created by mankind
"made up"......... is like letters in an alphabet
try .................. gonapsyphilherpalaids
who know, maybe god is the goo and he told some dude from a non consumed burning stove top
lots of metaphors
eg... eve is said to come from adam (his rib)... i say all biology life must give a portion of itself to continue in life; cells divide
it makes me sad battling an unarmed person (with no integrity)
what dogma?
name one
Bishadi,
1) notice that the bush did not talk
2) notice that the bush did not burn
3) as pointed out by Potizio, the torah was revealed to Moses at Mount Sinai, according to orthodox rabbis.
another addendum to the revised revisions, interpreted as such.It is also stated in the kabbala that the torah was created prior to creation;
i said all words are created by man and these three lines are your rebuttalYour fraudulence would not be based on your words, but your intent.
when did i say that? that is a bold lie.You have demonstrated your intent, which is to mislead the people, we know that, because you said it.
existence itself is god to me, and so HIS laws are natures lawsHow do you know that God was the result of such intent?
So as long as it can fit with your belief, it's ok?
Are you aware that you have been wrong on almost everything you've
attempted to educate? Are you aware that you have used ad-hominems to
bolster your position?
because i understand i breath air (entangled to the environment)The belief that we are brothers and sisters of the primeval goo.
This belief is considered by you to be authoritative and undisputable.
It is the platform you base you entire philosophy on, even when attempting
to understand the bible, which clearly regards 'spirit' as the cause of the material creation.
jan.
Common sense, tells us that ribs don't make eves
Basically you are just reiterating what i said at the opening; the words came from a talking bush and that is what the 'three religions' of abraham were BORN from.
another addendum to the revised revisions, interpreted as such.
i said all words are created by man and these three lines are your rebuttal
jan said:You have demonstrated your intent, which is to mislead the people, we know that, because you said it.
when did i say that? that is a bold lie.
to me knowledge should not be for sale, nor owned;
my intent is to make sure the truth never is and it equally 'free' to all mankind
existence itself is god to me, and so HIS laws are natures laws
and that intent in all 'life' is to continue (just look around)
what belief? I learn truth (biology) and share how an analogy gives credibility to a metaphor?
Common sense, tells us that ribs don't make eves
but the metaphor can be understood
just like the adams apple, (eve,serpant,fruit;story) shares that choice was born; we became capable in awareness; consciousness was born
i am battling with selfishness and have denned with the wolves; i know you by your 'intent' (it is all about yourself as nothing you post is offering anyone anything but your attempt to discredit me; not the words or message)
i know we came from the earth; not some magical place with magic wands making things i don't understand.
i will not false witness just to be a part of the magic game
i like to enable others in equality, truth, compassion and the understanding of life.
and you have no idea what 'the light' is (the true spirit of life)
corrected on what.Bishadi,
You've been corrected.
Learn from that.
what fact? (the fact someone wrote it, perhaps?)That is your opinion. The fact still remains.
It's not intended as a rebuttal.
Can you answer the question please.
How do you know that God was the result of the same intent you had with
the 1st century people hypothesis?
''...could you imagine being back in the 1st century with walkie talkies and a friend like me, (with a mean streak)
we could have ruled the world; cuz we were 'talkin to God,' and no one would know the difference...
....but it talked and wanted girls to be all making children by me, first.
maybe i should start a religion? ''
You mean you want the people of the world to think the way you think.
existence aint going no where. and darwin won! As his gifts are alive because of a choice he himself made, to contribute to us all; he is alive in what he did. (thanks Big D)That statement has no meaning.
You will die soon therefore God as you know HIM, plus yourself, will cease to
exist. What is the point of saying God is existence?
nope, we are lives within existence; the process, just isYou've taken God out of the picture, reducing Him to the actual biological
process.
ooooopsThis means you have to do the same throughout the the bible
and other religious scripture. And that's just plain silly.
because they could not define what was seen; the true scope (just like you not comprehending what 'life' is; the true scope)Why does it have to be a metaphor?
corrected on what.
i know bushes don't talk, i said the religion was created with a foundation stating such within.
The bush didn't talk, the bush didn't burn. God spoke, and created the fire which did not consume the bush. Hence the any religion worth its salt is based on God.
what fact? (the fact someone wrote it, perhaps?)
That fact that it wasn't based on a guy talking with a bush that was being consumed by fire.
then i said 'all words are created by mankind' and you rebuting the rebuttal with
You can't rubutt something if there's nothing to rebutt.
...the word and concept 'God' in itself is the creation of mankind
it is used to articulate a concept, "the almighty everything" (i call that 'creator' existence itself; all mass, all energy all time; the total)
Err...yeah-but no-but, how do you KNOW God is a concept to articulate
everything?
I'm not interested (at this point) in your opinion, I wish to know
what knowledge/technology you have acquired which leads you to that conclusion.
no and i am sorry;
Ah ah, it's too late now, you said it, that is the stuff of your mind-set.
If it makes you feel better, that same expression is expressed by loads of
people here with the same mindset.
it meant, i could have been a moses, pharoah, quetzcoatl....etc..... for having something of knowledge, that the rest of the world did not; an object of science that is magic to another
Your point was that they would believe you are talking with God, because you say so, and they wouldn't understand the technology, and as such you could start a religion. To you, that is what religion is, which is why I asked you the question regarding God.
(a bic lighter to a person from an untouched native tribe, would be a magic thing)
But for how long?
They'd soon realise it is not much different to the way they ignite fire.
the point, knowledge could practically make someone a god back in them days; ooooops on my part
Things, objects, is what would make someone practically a god, not only back then, but today as well.
existence aint going no where.
Will YOU not cease to exist when you die?
and darwin won! As his gifts are alive because of a choice he himself made, to contribute to us all; he is alive in what he did. (thanks Big D)
Darwin is dead, get over it.
What he proposed was not a new thing.
it is that you believe conscious awareness is your life but forget that every night yu sleep; then you would be practicing death, by your own concept, each night
I don't know about you, but I am still conscioius and aware in my sleep, just different to my waking consciousness, and awareness, is all.
we are just lives that live within and have been defining existence (God) over time, with words
To you, life is nothing more than a biological process, which is why you
see things the way you do. You instinctively know that God is real, but your
atheism prevents you from the linking/binding process. Now you have a shed-load of useless information which, as an outcast of human reality, you try and put the pieces together to create the link with God.
the pinnacle is when 'mass can comprehend its existence'
(you talking to that idiot)
Are you calling me, or yourself an idiot?
nope, we are lives within existence; the process, just is
If we don't exist, does existence exist?
If yes, how so?
we (mankind) are learning how it works
How is this learning taking place?
i am not atheist nor religious
You're an atheist because you deny God His Supremity, and replace Him with a concoction.
jan.
so you know the facts; the bush didn't talkThe bush didn't talk, the bush didn't burn. God spoke, and created the fire which did not consume the bush. Hence the any religion worth its salt is based on God.
i know, i see it as moses (of the stories) would have learned what he did while living in the pharoahs house and realized the group had no laws equal to all of them to be observed.That fact that it wasn't based on a guy talking with a bush that was being consumed by fire.
so we have common ground? You agree ALL words were created by mankind!You can't rubutt something if there's nothing to rebutt.
not some dude, a god but all of existence; then yesErr...yeah-but no-but, how do you KNOW God is a concept to articulate
everything?
no pocketes for meI'm not interested (at this point) in your opinion, I wish to know
what knowledge/technology you have acquired which leads you to that conclusion.
nopeWill YOU not cease to exist when you die?
not to you, he lives in your mind; he splashed tooDarwin is dead, get over it.
nor is life; but can you define it at the level equal to nature, experience, physics, theology and philosophies?What he proposed was not a new thing.
I don't know about you, but I am still conscioius and aware in my sleep, just different to my waking consciousness, and awareness, is all.
nature showed me and you tooTo you, life is nothing more than a biological process, which is why you
see things the way you do.
i know i am a part of existence, nature, the garden and never separate no matter which idiot tells me; that is reality of my factual experienceYou instinctively know that God is real, but your atheism prevents you from the linking/binding process.
i trust that i can understand better than the idiots who hold a book and then not follow what it saysNow you have a shed-load of useless information which, as an outcast of human reality, you try and put the pieces together to create the link with God.
"i am therefore i exist"If we don't exist, does existence exist?
knowledge evolves (words evolve)How is this learning taking place?
i know god by what he has revealed to all of mankindYou're an atheist because you deny God His Supremity, and replace Him with a concoction.
so you know the facts; the bush didn't talk
but still fall on a magical rendition of a separate being from the event (total compiliation of everything to bring moses even up there)
the separation is to consider a god did it, rather than all that occurred as god (mass, energy, time; the total of everything at once)
see the difference
i know, i see it as moses (of the stories) would have learned what he did while living in the pharoahs house and realized the group had no laws equal to all of them to be observed.
walked up the hill and began chiseling; (my opinion) (he can talk to himself or the genus euonymus plant that perhaps ignited naturally)
after not eating when he got his wits back he realized what he (Moses) create, tablets!
so we have common ground? You agree ALL words were created by mankind!
that's a big step for any who hold theistic views as law (real)
wonder how many others finally realize that fact
not some dude, a god but all of existence; then yes
I am finding that the best way to be able to represent your integrity is good, would be to read the material.
what is 'religious integrity'?
I am finding that the best way to be able to represent your integrity is good, would be to read the material.
Meaning; if any person wanted to support or disagree with any theology; would it seem correct to have read all the material and understand it?
where i am coming from is many share information based on what they were taught and point to the verifying source but for some reason to actually read through the provided material it contradicts what was represented by the very party.
what is 'religious integrity'?
The burning bush ...
You are implying that God is nothing more than a man.
Bishadi,
So YOU know the facts; the bush was never thought to have spoken, by those who have read and understood the text.
So why knowingly allude to that idea, if not to purposely discredit
because ANY phenomenon not UNDERSTOOD is still 'magic' to the uneducated.When you use the term "magic" i imagine a magician on stage with an attractive assistant, conjouring up rabbits out of a hat, and sawing a member of the audience in half. Then it turns out that they're ok.
Why would you use such a word to describe Gods' activeties?
that is the integrity of the politically correct or believers; not reality.It would show integrity to at least use relevant description, such as "creator", or "original cause".
i represent what i know.Of course there is a difference, but yours is a belief just like the other, as
you do not REALLY know.
as that is how honest people work at truth. As they do not hold an idea and say, it was magic that told him. (god talking to him by a bush)You are rationalising it. Fair enough.
show us something rational about god talking to one person over another?But you are still in the same position as anyone else who doesn't
actually know, be they theist, agnostic, or atheist. You believe it
because it is a rational explanation, not because you have any
knowledge which can validate your hypothesis.
YES!The problem is a rational explanation can only come from what
we percieve with our senses, and our senses are'nt perfect. Such an explanation can only be in alighnment with what we understand of nature, at all times (past, present, and future).
Do you feel confident that we have sufficient data to be certain of your ideas?
Actually no, I don't agree, but if can show me why you agree, I may well
change my mind.
are you not aware of the adam and eve stories?Again, because of your mindset, you have no choice but to believe that
alphabets, words, and forming words to communicate, have been created by
man.
The theist may well hold this opinion also, but may consider that there is an intelligent force which has the ability to make sure some beings have this ability, who in turn impart it to mankind.
the total of existence; all mass, all energy all timeThe difference between the two understandings is the theist operates from the understanding that the 1 is the the root of everything, including the zero, which is only relevant in light of the 1.
No one can witness, the beginning nor who 'created' the first 'words'It is of no real importance, whether or not that is a fact.
The fact is, we do not have the capability to actually know, unless
we can somehow travel back through time and witness it.
sorry, charlie.... it would be like saying jesus is god, and most know that aint trueYou are implying that God is nothing more than a man.
Why do you try to belittle God?
The only way to represent your integrity is through your actions.
An oxymoron.
Religions make claims which are either false outright or at least unsupportable.
This is good reason why religion is BS.
i am not expecting anything but folks to be honest (at least with themselves: don't have to tell me (the forum) anythingYou're expecting that to be religious is to be part of a religious text that is thousands of years old.
knowledge evolves (too)It doesn't take me to tell you that most scripture has been made redundant, because we have progressed.
It obviously makes some people feel good to have a thing to 'belong' to, but they obviously can't think for themselves - and above all, be honest.
Who needs to believe in a jewish zombie if you can actually think for yourself?