Are there ANY Christians on RIU?

[eye exaggerate]

These poor christians are still getting picked on? lol Yes, I agree that what they believe in is ridiculous but all the main religions do have slivers of truth and divinity. They get a little respect from me because they acknowledge that theres more to life than what we can experience with our physical senses *cough cough monkey need to see cough cough*. This thread shows that spiritualists arent free to discuss anything without facing reticule from those die-hard atheists. Its funny how they claim that religion separates us (which it does but less so now than in the past) yet here they are in the spiritual forum causing arguments and separation lol Its almost like they are compelled to prove that there is no God... Kinda sounds like religious people being compelled to spread their religion... Im surprised these guys arent knocking on doors asking "Do you want to accept science, reasoning, skeptical thinking and utter lack of imagination as your new morals to live by? The Church of the Almighty Nothing is calling out to you! See all the things that are NOT in store for you when you die! Learn how to laugh without showing any facial expression! At the end of the year we plan to have a parade and march like Nazi's to the Vatican while chanting SCIENCE IS GOD in a monotone manner. Please take this pamphlet on how to re-program your brain so you can be a boring, calculating robot of rationality like we are, we're only being honest with ourselves is all!" ... xD I crack myself up.

...we're being asked to describe something with no bounds. It's like skeet shooting for the grounded. The believers fly and *pow*...

It's all fine, but I just can't see life like it's in a beaker.

Heh, beaker

 

[tyler.durden]

These poor christians are still getting picked on? lol Yes, I agree that what they believe in is ridiculous but all the main religions do have slivers of truth and divinity. They get a little respect from me because they acknowledge that theres more to life than what we can experience with our physical senses *cough cough monkey need to see cough cough*. This thread shows that spiritualists arent free to discuss anything without facing reticule from those die-hard atheists. Its funny how they claim that religion separates us (which it does but less so now than in the past) yet here they are in the spiritual forum causing arguments and separation lol Its almost like they are compelled to prove that there is no God... Kinda sounds like religious people being compelled to spread their religion... Im surprised these guys arent knocking on doors asking "Do you want to accept science, reasoning, skeptical thinking and utter lack of imagination as your new morals to live by? The Church of the Almighty Nothing is calling out to you! See all the things that are NOT in store for you when you die! Learn how to laugh without showing any facial expression! At the end of the year we plan to have a parade and march like Nazi's to the Vatican while chanting SCIENCE IS GOD in a monotone manner. Please take this pamphlet on how to re-program your brain so you can be a boring, calculating robot of rationality like we are, we're only being honest with ourselves is all!" ... xD I crack myself up.

Genuinely inquiring, if we only have experiences via our physical senses, how do you know there is 'more'? IOW if there is something outside our physical senses, how would we know (beside building machines that amplify our senses)?

 

[Zaehet Strife]

The idea-ers have a great advantage over the believers... you say believers shoot high, when they stop trying to soar higher and stay at a certain level, never exploring what is above their preferred altitude. The idea-ers fly further than the sky, into outer space, into different galaxies and dimensions, to unlimited heights... for our imaginations are not inhibited by preordained ideas that are grounded in certainty, rather we are continuously being lifted to astounding new heights fueled by mystery.

 

[Chief Walkin Eagle]

Yet I still look down upon you, even though I shouldnt but you make it hard not to lol

 

[cannabineer]

Yet I still look down upon you, even though I [shouldn't,] but you make it hard not to lol

 

[Zaehet Strife]

I don't look down upon anyone, but i do somewhat experience a sense of pitty sometimes towards those with so much potential, yet cannot get past the delusion of self willed ignorance in exchange for comforts of made up certainties using faith as the substrate.

(Ive been on a cubensis mushroom kick recently...hehehe)

 

[Chief Walkin Eagle]

My belief isnt ignorance. I've experienced amazing things that cemented my belief in spirituality, not that there were any doubts in the first place. When a gifted kid reads your mind and answers a question that you THOUGHT of then later on tells you that "Your faults are what define you, they are the diamond of your being" to put you at ease because your freaking out that a kid is reading every shameful thought you have, it kinda makes you believe in the impossible... Now you either think Im lying or that Im bat-shit crazy, me telling the truth just cant be possible, right? Well Im not lying and I take no shame knowing that you guys think Im bat-shit crazy xD it kinda makes me chuckle actually. I get frustrated sometimes at you atheists but then I think "oh yeah, my good friend has spiritual powers, why am I taking these sheep seriously?" haha. I really dont think that thought often enough when Im arguing on here.

 

[tyler.durden]

xD, indeed...

 

[Zaehet Strife]

May i have dudes phone number please? If you can provide me with someone who can give legitament proof of mind reading... it will change EVERYTHING we think we know about the universe, the mind, concsciousness and the way we look at thoughts.

It's weird to me though, that you claim dude can do this... probably what happened, is that he is just a very good guesser, or maybe you just played along because you just REALLY REALLY want mind reading to be possable, so your emotions took control of what you were thinking. That happens to a lot of women, especially my girlfriend when i tell her im not going to be hanging out wih her today. She creates all these images in her mind about me going out with other girls or parties... when really, i just wanna be left alone so i can play some god damn video games without hearing someone bitch and moan the whole time! HAHAHAHA!

 

[BA142]

I get frustrated sometimes at you atheists but then I think "oh yeah, my good friend has spiritual powers, why am I taking these sheep seriously?" haha. I really dont think that thought often enough when Im arguing on here.

Thanks for the Monday morning laugh, I needed that

 

[Chief Walkin Eagle]

May i have dudes phone number please? If you can provide me with someone who can give legitament proof of mind reading... it will change EVERYTHING we think we know about the universe, the mind, concsciousness and the way we look at thoughts.

It's weird to me though, that you claim dude can do this... probably what happened, is that he is just a very good guesser, or maybe you just played along because you just REALLY REALLY want mind reading to be possable, so your emotions took control of what you were thinking. That happens to a lot of women, especially my girlfriend when i tell her im not going to be hanging out wih her today. She creates all these images in her mind about me going out with other girls or parties... when really, i just wanna be left alone so i can play some god damn video games without hearing someone bitch and moan the whole time! HAHAHAHA!

He never told me he was able to read minds before he read my mind, just that he was a creation of Archangel Michael. When he first started talking about this stuff I had the same reaction, which was BULLSHIT! then he said "Dont believe me? I can make you my slave in the afterlife for eternity" then I said "WTF? theres slavery in the afterlife? the bullshit never ends!" of course we both were joking but I still thought he was fucking crazy. But after hearing him talk a few times over the weeks I seen that he actually had some knowledge and insight on spirituality, more than I had at the time, he would say things that Buddha would say and some other divine profound shit. So I started listening to what he says but still acknowledging that hes probably nuts. Everything that I thought was crazy I told him to elaborate on and he did, very interesting and entertaining conversations we had. I was really the only one out of the circle of friends that took interest in what he had to say because I thought his material was fucking GOLD lol That and I was the only one out of the group that had an interest in spirituality... Anyways, a group of us were on a silent walk to go get a bag of weed and I got to thinking about his words. When we were talking about Auras (which I didnt believe in at the time) I told him to study my Aura and tell me what color it was, so he studied me then he got this freaked out facial expression. "what?" I asked, "I dunno man..." he said. Then later he told me that my Aura looked like his when he first realized he had gifts, to which I thought "riiiigghhtt...". ANYWAYS! on that silent walk I THOUGHT in my head "he said I could have a divine Aura like his" and a second later he said out of complete silence "no you cant, Shane" to which I said "WHAATT?!?!" I didnt know what else to say, my mind was completely blown. That is the point were I felt violated and threatend and completely helpless that someone was reading my mind. So in my head I was panicking, worried that he knows all my secrets (not that Im a freak) I was thinking stuff like "Does he know I did this? shit! well he knows now because I thought about it!" and after a while of that panicked thinking he turned to me and said "Shane, your faults are what define you, they are the diamond of your being" and I was calm after that, but it took a while for me to be comfortable around him. Tyler Durdan knows the full story and the other amazing experiences I had with my friend, I think that story is in one of the alien threads.

I guess I'll ask if hes willing to talk to you but thats a bit disrespectful on my part, drawing attention to my friend like hes some kind of performer. And I do agree that this reality changing information should be made public but I guess he just doesnt want the attention. I told him he has the ability to develop a huge following and make a difference in the world but I dont know, maybe theres some rules he has to abide to like not to abuse his power. Or maybe hes afraid of developing an ego, I simply dont know. He wouldnt even take that amazing Randi guys offer of a million dollars to show him something supernatural. Oh, he did tell me that Christians would probably make him out to be the anti-christ and that he would have an army of bible thumpers to avoid, he also said he would embrace the role of the anti-christ because he really doesnt like christians lol The closest I got to convincing him into spreading his knowledge was telling him to make a profile on the website Mindbook.ws which is a social network of knowledge and spirituality and everything in between. He has yet to do that because its not something he has motivation for I guess. He really is your typical 18 year old skater punk who just wants to chill and party. Evolving his knowledge is something he likes to do on his own I guess, he does include me sometimes but those are just talks, plus I think I know enough in order to teach myself these things (not mind reading but ya know lol)... But yeah, the best I can do for proving this is getting you to talk to him, but even then those are just his words. Theres also someone that he refers to as his master, but he is less tolerant of people so I wont bother him.

 

[Doer]

Independent theologies and decentralized organizations have replaced the Church/State monopoly. With the loss of government support (money) the Church has revealed its true nature as the giant predatory profit-motivated scam that it is. The theological monopoly has been broken and now any faith is just as valid as any other is. History will rate the separation of Church and State as one of the most critical pivots of the modern era. The secondary effect of this is that the national population doesn't know which faith to choose, and although religion can't be eliminated it can be easily replaced. Now all the addicts to God will have to make do with a pluralistic methadone.

Perhaps in the 1st world. But, the Mideast Spring is looking more and more like a Jihad Ice Age.

 

[Zaehet Strife]

It very well could be cheif, that your friend may have anticipated what you were thinking, or maybe he just said it to see what effect it would have on you... and it just so happened you were thinking something that retained some relevence to what he had just said.

But im not sure if that thought crossed your mind, because that is just as plausable as someone reading your mind... actually more plausable in my opinion.

Sometimes it seems as if my little brother can "read my mind" but this is merely the expectation and anticipation of a thought that i was going to have... and he guessed right.

 

[eye exaggerate]

The idea-ers have a great advantage over the believers... you say believers shoot high, when they stop trying to soar higher and stay at a certain level, never exploring what is above their preferred altitude. The idea-ers fly further than the sky, into outer space, into different galaxies and dimensions, to unlimited heights... for our imaginations are not inhibited by preordained ideas that are grounded in certainty, rather we are continuously being lifted to astounding new heights fueled by mystery.

...uh, divine mind and ideas go hand in hand eh? *scratches head*

 

[GanjaGod420000]

Great to hear your answer, urbangroop... Watch out though, itz a snake's den in here...

ANother believer here!

 

[GanjaGod420000]

Thanks for the post, Smokey... Itz nice to not feel so alone in here... We have a whole lotta un-believers on this one taunting us and mocking us for our beliefs in Jesus... Itz pretty sad that I asked if there were any Christians on RIU, and I have only seen about ten out of a hundred + people, mabye, on here that actually are... The rest have just questioned our faith, and bashed our God, and apparently there must be something to this whole "God-thing", because if they really believed He didn't exist, I really doubt they'd have so much to say in responce to the things myself and others have said...

I'm Christian.

 

[GanjaGod420000]

U get 0 respect from me Chief Walkin' Bunny... Why dont u try to prove to me that there is no God, big boy? That'd be funny to read thru... I'm the one Christian on here that won't back down from any of u heathens... I don't care what the cost is... I'm ready to die, are you?

These poor christians are still getting picked on? lol Yes, I agree that what they believe in is ridiculous but all the main religions do have slivers of truth and divinity. They get a little respect from me because they acknowledge that theres more to life than what we can experience with our physical senses *cough cough monkey need to see cough cough*. This thread shows that spiritualists arent free to discuss anything without facing reticule from those die-hard atheists. Its funny how they claim that religion separates us (which it does but less so now than in the past) yet here they are in the spiritual forum causing arguments and separation lol Its almost like they are compelled to prove that there is no God... Kinda sounds like religious people being compelled to spread their religion... Im surprised these guys arent knocking on doors asking "Do you want to accept science, reasoning, skeptical thinking and utter lack of imagination as your new morals to live by? The Church of the Almighty Nothing is calling out to you! See all the things that are NOT in store for you when you die! Learn how to laugh without showing any facial expression! At the end of the year we plan to have a parade and march like Nazi's to the Vatican while chanting SCIENCE IS GOD in a monotone manner. Please take this pamphlet on how to re-program your brain so you can be a boring, calculating robot of rationality like we are, we're only being honest with ourselves is all!" ... xD I crack myself up.

 

[GanjaGod420000]

Shut the fuck up... Howz that for sum wisdom?

I don't believe a wise man would say 'chiggety' or even 'wreggety'.

 

[GanjaGod420000]

You're about a stupid sumbitch, aren't you?

Well, there you have it. Total conDAMMnation for a person you don't even know. I know nothing of your cult because I don't beleve in the cult. If I believe in the cult then I have fear of your damnation. And then the implied threat of damnation at the end. In the middle is the butt sandwich. We don't really want to damn you, buttttttttt....

BTW, "he gave his son to be slain" is not a fact and was not postulated by Jesus. More Cult logic.

I fear no evil, as I am quite comfortable with my growing Knowledge of Self.

 

[GanjaGod420000]

Itz not us that will damn you if u die in sin... Hello! I've only said that like ten times on this ridiculous thread... Do you only read certain words, or do u just pick out the ones u think u can sound smart responding to? BTW, it is fact... I think u r in for a big ol' surprise...