Pathways to God

Religion is a major part of almost every culture, but they can't all be right can they??? I believe in a god, and I personally accept Jesus Christ as my savior, but I don't think that that is the only solution. To explain this I'll try to explain with a very good example I heard recently. First, clear your mind, and draw a circle in your mind, now draw a circle around that circle so you now have a small circle within a larger circle. From the larger circle draw lines connecting to the smaller circle. Now think of that outside circle as humans, and the inner circle as god. The lines connecting them are examples of the religions across the globe. So we as people can choose any one of these pathways and end with the same result, a pathway to god. I don't believe that any religion is greater or more perfect than another, and that we choose to be followers of a certain religion based on our environment and personal preferences. But no matter what pathway we choose, we secure our faith in god. That, I believe is enough, and the fight over which religion is right is complete nonsense.

Then if none of the religions are right and choosing any one will lead to god, why would you have to choose one at all. Would you concider that just leading a good life is enough and bowing down to an authority figure unnecessary.

You just created a circle in your mind and called it god.

That's how easy it is to make one up.

It's harder to make a good ham sandwich than to come up with something for people to worship.

I want what Jack is smoking.... Holy shit.

morgentaler said:

You just created a circle in your mind and called it god.

That's how easy it is to make one up.

It's harder to make a good ham sandwich than to come up with something for people to worship.

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Word. Just look at what L.R. Hubbard accomplished. Jesus Fucking Christ some people are stupid. (That is not to say that all believers are stupid.) But most people simple can't live without a god.

And He makes their world so much smaller than it has to be. That's what's so ironic, to me anyway. Having served as a full-time ordained minister, I can tell you your universe expands exponentially when you finally are free from the god myths.

You don't have to be an atheist. But for fuck's sake just understand that powerful, invisible, spirit people watching over us- do not exist. It just a scary story to keep us in line and give you a bit of hope in our life of slavery - financial or physical- to the man.

Are we even remotely aware of the unfathomable size of the universe? Of our tiny, insignificant role in it and of how many other civilizations MUST have evolved in its long space-time?

In the words of the Budda: 'IF there are gods out there, they have little interest in our puny lives.'

There was a time when mankind all spoke one language,they were building a tower that would reach heaven. These people all had bits of truth, and were in harmony with one and other.but for whatever reason GOD didn't want them to continue, so he made them all speak different languages.everyone went their own way, became a country, became a religion..so all religions have bits of truth. But no religion knows what those bits of truth are..they think theirs is the truth. It's up to us to gather those bits of truth.....peace my FRIEND

morgentaler said:

You just created a circle in your mind and called it god.

That's how easy it is to make one up.

It's harder to make a good ham sandwich than to come up with something for people to worship.

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I have no use for any gods but I do adore a good ham sandwhich

420IAMthatIAM said:

There was a time when mankind all spoke one language,they were building a tower that would reach heaven. These people all had bits of truth, and were in harmony with one and other.but for whatever reason GOD didn't want them to continue, so he made them all speak different languages.everyone went their own way, became a country, became a religion..so all religions have bits of truth. But no religion knows what those bits of truth are..they think theirs is the truth. It's up to us to gather those bits of truth.....peace my FRIEND

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I think what this story teaches us is that the god in the story is a real asshole.

Well said Stonerman but I believe your use of the word 'your' is not correct. The correct word would be 'you're', it is a contraction of the two words 'you are' as in 'you are a real asshole'. I hope this helps you to better communicate your deep thoughts with others in your life. With the exception of the grammatical error I feel that your post was insightful and well considered. I also have developed, during the course of writing this post, a serious attraction to you. Would you be willing to meet me somewhere and instruct me on the truth about god and maybe punish me a little?. Please? You can PM me if you're a bit shy. TTFN

jessy koons said:

I think what this story teaches us is that the god in the story is a real asshole.

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......you are right about that..sometimes; I can be a real asshole.

420IAMthatIAM said:

......you are right about that..sometimes; I can be a real asshole.

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...funny you say that. When I read jk's post, I thought "wow, man, take it easy on yourself - we can all be like that sometimes"

Modern humans evolved from the last common ancestor of the Hominini and the species Australopithecines some 2.3-2.4 million years ago in Africa... as the hominid evolved around different parts of the world simultaneously, it is to be expected that different languages were made up in order for them to communicate.

In the Hominini tribe, several species and subspecies of Homo evolved and are now extinct or introgressed, and only one species remains. Examples include Homo erectus (which inhabited Asia, Africa, and Europe) and Neanderthals (either Homo neanderthalensis or Homo sapiens neanderthalensis) (which inhabited Europe and Asia)

Anatomically modern humans evolved from archaic Homo sapiens in the Middle Paleolithic, about 200,000 years ago. Behaviorally modern humans developed around 50,000 years ago according to many although some view modern behavior as beginning with the emergence of anatomically modern humans.

Evidence suggests that several haplotypes of Neanderthal origin are present among all non-African populations, and Neanderthals and other hominids, such as Denisova hominin may have contributed up to 6% of their genome to present-day humans.

There is no all mighty being dictating the world according to his plan, thats a foolish and primitive way of thinking. One being cannot decide whats best for billions, the president of the United States is a perfect example of that, hell, one man cant even decide whats best for another man, so how is it logical that one can decide the fate of billions?... However, I do believe that theres some amazing spiritual beings (that are not perfect) that probably contribute something to the world, but definitely not the way religious people think... I think for the most part we were given morals, and rules like gravity and spiritual science and mathematics and then "God" (dont know what else to call it) set us free to see what happends... I also believe SOME things in your life are destined to happen... I guess I'll end my jibberjabber right there lol