Once there was a "divine" race on earth. "The Nephilim were on the earth in those days-and also afterward-when the sons of God went to the daughters of men and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown." - Genesis 6:4
The 'story' of the nephilim comes from earlier Sumerian texts about the Anunnaki. However, in the original they were not 'gods' in the sense that many would understand the word, but were long-living, (but mortal), aliens.
The main point is that you can't say "there was", as if stating a fact - when all you have to base the notion upon is because of something you read. If it was like that, you'd also have to state every other sentence ever written by anyone was true.
This is why there were also evil "witches"
And what did they do exactly? Don't tell me... they flew on broomsticks and turned people into frogs ...
I see people as living thinking beings, not as a "thing" which wants to store information, not the one that knows exactly what it does and wants, not like a machine. This is why the words of Ezekiel might answer something to you, even if none of that was included in your question.
All very wonderful, but entirely irrelevant to anything. Lori said he has a personal relationship with jesus, I would like him to provide further details of 'his' relationship with jesus. Do you understand yet, or need I repeat myself another five times?
O...k, although theres a bunch of religions, (past and present), that would disagree with you. What makes you think you're right? But, here's the funny thing...
Maths was never your strong point heh?
In just one sentence you completely contradicted yourself. You said there's ONE, even going so far as to use capitals, and then with your very next breath said there's also 2 others.
1 + 2 does not = 1, no matter which way you try to look at it.
Now, before you accuse me of cutting your quote short, I shall include the ending..
You recognise each of them with their own unique names which shows individuality - and thus separate entities. Now if you cannot quite grasp that, I shall use your weapon of choice to make some points:
Firstly we could look at Hebrews where god clearly states that jesus is just a high priest, who has taken over office from melchisedek. Surely the very existence of melchisedec would imply that god is actually a quadrinity? Lets look at the text...
7:3 Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the son of god.."
Seems Mel has been around forever, making him just as old as god - and there right at the beginning. jesus never had that luxury.
Lets look at Hebrews 5 where god says:
".. thou art a priest for ever after the order of melchisedec". jesus was made a priest
of god. god didnt turn round to himself and say "hey you, im going to make you a priest, wait wait you're me, so no... actually you'll be god, because uhh, you and i are one and the same... wait wait.. why the f*** am i talking to myself?"
From there we can look at where jesus says not even he knows when 'judgement day' will come, but only the father knows.
If he is the father, because they're the same bloody being, there's no way he can't know. It's like saying;
"I don't know when the end of days will come, only I know when."
Face it man, the whole trinity invention is the daftest thing ever devised by man. Can't blame them, it was sometime around 300 that they thought it up - but its 2004 now - you have no excuse.
What is "One part of you wants to do the stupid thing, but the other doesn't" and why is it like this?
Because the brain has different sections that deal with different things. It's the best way for organisation. However, it has some side effects such as this. Let's say the creative side of the brain wants to run through the street naked, it will often conflict with another area of the brain that deals with lets say rational aspects.
It's hard for people to grasp because they instantly image it like there's "two people" in the head fighting about things.. but there isn't.. When you look at it as little more than electrical impulses it's not quite so hard to understand. Well maybe it is, but then you need to study it.
Small children usually ask "why" all the time, until we can't answer them anymore. You could say: It is a "mental conflict", or something else. But it is not a real explanation.
Completely different subject matter.. Pay attention. We're not discussing a child learning about things by asking someone else.
we must first answer the first questions, the most deep and most natural; like, what is the meaning of life, really?
Meaning? Why does life require a meaning? Would you say life needs a meaning if you were pond slime? a frog? a rabbit? You think because you have the ability to ask the question that your life has any more meaning than a cow, pig, goat, or hedgehog?
If you and I were to take a long walk all over the planet paying attention to all the animals that inhabit this planet, what will always be noted?
1) Food.
2) Sex.
Why need it be anything more than that? Let me guess.. if that's the case then life is worthless and you might aswell just jump off a cliff? It is that "insecurity", that lack of understanding that life need not have a reason, that keeps you firmly attached to space daddy. Once you open your eyes and look at "life" all across the planet, you'll notice it doesn't need any reasons at all.
