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During the recent Easter season, there was a focus on the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ.
According to the Biblical account, Jesus was betrayed by Judas Iscariot.
Jesus, who is also God, (being part of the Godhead or Trinity), knew beforehand that Judas would betray him.
God is said to be infallible, that is, he can never be wrong or mistaken.

To have free will, one must be free to do how one chooses.
Judas was not free to avoid betraying Jesus. If he did not betray Jesus, then it would mean that God was mistaken.
But God is infallible and can never be mistaken.
Therefore, in the context of God's infallibility, Judas did not have free will in the matter.

What do you think?

(I look forward to any relevant comments, criticisms, etc.)

That would mean that there is something alive and conscious around us at all times that is undetectable by us.

What if the Bible is in fact true?

Prayers are heard and pondered by this invisible life force and then determined if they shall be answered or not.

Our every move and thoughts being recorded and will be used for our judgement.

"God" as he/she/it is called knows all, including our future.

Can billions of people over thousands of years be that gullible into believing something that is in fact not real? ...seems hardly possible.

Has modern society forgotten about this being/force and will we be reminded?



Actually, I do not know for a fact...but there are times that it seems like in fact prayers are answered....etc...

Yesterday I posted comments on blogs stating that in my opinion people have been brainwashed as far as religion goes, today I read that after a break of 5 years the Turin Shroud is to go back on view, now as I recall the item was proved to be a fake & not even the church claim it to be real, in which case case why have a million people booked to go & see it why would anyone want to view a dirty old sheet from person or persons unknown

Some animals can do amazing things, but no matter what an animal’s speciality, there is usually something else that is almost as good at it. A cheetah can leave most other animals standing but a gazelle can give it a run for its money. With humans and their brainpower, though, nothing even comes close. Because of this huge gulf between us and all other living creatures we tend to think of ourselves as being very special. And we are very special; our immensely superior intelligence has enabled us to dominate our world unchallenged. Does our position at the top of the pecking order entitle us to think that nature, the Universe or God -if you must- has marked us out for a singular destiny?

In reality we seem just as subject to natural phenomena as everything else. We are no less susceptible to illness and disease than any other living thing; we are affected by gravity and every other law of physics just like anything else is. We die and decompose just like any other organism. Yet, many of us believe we have an exclusive union with some sort of spiritual dimension, and think that after death something wonderful is in store for us.

But why do we believe these things when the logical faculties we rely on every day to survive, and on which we are completely dependent, have to be suspended in order to do it? Besides intelligence, we also have imagination to tempt us into promoting hope over experience; perhaps that’s why some of us prefer not to settle for the more mundane reality.

The beliefs of some are fantastic and varied, and, no doubt, can be life enriching. I’m not at all spiritual, that’s probably why I don’t get it when people talk about souls and cosmic energies that need to be resonated with. Besides, I think our world and nature is already fantastic without projecting a mystical dimension onto it.

I was reading how trees communicate with each other; not by some sort of mystical telepathy, but through the mycelia of fungi and the intricate networks they create in the soil. Not only is that fantastic, it’s real and can be empirically verified. That’s just one of countless amazing discoveries, and we are learning more all the time. Who needs mythology? There’s nothing wrong with revering nature, but why the need to credit it with supernatural qualities to make being in harmony with it feel worthwhile. It’s good to love nature, to be in awe of it and strive to be in tune with it; after all, we are part of it and no more or less important than any other part of it.

Just my perspective.

This topic is almost as controversial as life itself and I have always maintained my own belief without necessarily be sensationalized but given all the celebrated topics on the blog lately, I am so tempted to yet again, explore a very sensitive and almost excruciatingly injurious and laborious to the mind discussion: The belief or no belief of GOD.

The question is why do you believe? Reasons? And if not, why?

Below is my personal reasons and I have maintained these reasons after so many books I have read and after so many discussions I have engaged with.

I believe because, if the collective geniuses of the world including but not limited to Dr. Neil Tyson de Grazzie, a Quantum Physicist and Dr. Richard Dawkins, both well known professors at well known Universities, can't explain to me in layman's word the origin of this universe and until today CAN'T TELL ME WHERE THE END OF THIS Vast and expanse of space, then I have to give my belief to whom I call: God, and I am just and insignificant being. Having said that, I also believe that yes, there are other planets out there similar with us otherwise, all this space would be such a waste. If we truly are just but a tiny speck on this planet among millions more of galaxies in the Milky Way. (Coincidentally, NASA reports to keep discovering so many planets that are similar to ours but can't be sure about sustainability of life yet.)

Thank you so much for your participation and opinions.


I respect all other's belief (except those that are bent to harm and kill others) and no way am I imposing mine to anyone as I expect them not to impose their beliefs on mine.

Thank you all for your contribution and or reading.

And for the fellow members of the Christian world, may we all have a Happy and Joyful Easter.

It cannot be seen or measured and there are no scientific instruments that can observe it. So how do we know we have a soul? Well we’ve been told so, that’s how. But is there anything about the soul that we can work out for ourselves?

Well a soul can’t be the same thing as consciousness because our consciousness can undergo changes that a soul cannot; or at least I presume it cannot. Is a soul susceptible to dementia, or the same kind of changes that the consciousness might face after a brain injury? If so, it seems a depressing thought that the soul could spend eternity in that state. Although I can’t say it with certainty, I’m going to conclude that the soul is not the same thing as consciousness.

Is it safe to assume that consciousness ceases to be after death? Consciousness certainly seems to be very dependent on brain function so it probably is safe to assume that it vanishes when the brain stops functioning. Consciousness, then, must be purely a mortal phenomenon, while the soul, it is said, is immortal. We can now then say that only the soul is subject to anything that might happen after physical death, and that consciousness will not be involved.

But what is the connection between consciousness and soul? Well we know that the soul will be held responsible for the choices we consciously make so our soul must be constantly influencing us, even though we don’t seem to have any insight into its process of doing so. It would seem as though we are merely vehicles being driven by our souls.

When I think about what the entity me actually is, obviously my physical body plays a part in my concept of self identity, but primarily I am thinking of my attitudes and opinions, my likes and dislikes, my emotions and what gives rise them, my memories; my personality and character. Are all these things mirrored in my soul? If so, I can’t imagine what the reason for this duplication might be. In the light of the conclusions I have already come to, I can’t seem to avoid the further conclusion that my soul and I are two separate entities that have an intimate coexistence but will, at some point, go our separate ways. This controlling thing I call the soul may well be accountable for its actions once we have parted company, but, during our coexistence, it seems to consider itself completely unanswerable to me.

While I might not have fully answered the original question, ‘what is a soul’, I have come up with perhaps a more pertinent question; why should I give a toss what happens to it after it has left its mortal coil?

Thought....The realm of consciousness is much vaster than thought can grasp. When you no longer believe everything you think, you step out of thought and see clearly that the thinker is not who you are.
Eckart Tolle...from Stillness Speaks..

Now....I don't know....this is just shear speculation...nothing more. I am writing this as to see what you think and maybe what you can add or disprove.

Back in the late 1990's, I have a very deep and long conversation with an elderly gentleman who believed the end was near us. He said from when the time, in the bible, when the hand wrote on the wall....the writing, the old man told me, was a number. He told me, add that number to the year when the hand wrote it on the wall and you will have the year when everything will end.

In addition, he told me that our whole money system will be reset and we will be forced to accept a number. If a person does not accept that number, it will not be good. For starters, you will not be able to buy or sell. Also, if you do accept it, you are in essence accepting Satan.

Here comes the politics. Trump has claimed that he was going to bankrupt our nation. This would basically reset our whole financial system. If he bankrupts our country, what will he replace money with? What will it do to the world? What will be our new way of buying and selling?

The Anti-Christ is suppose to be a very charismatic person and is said to have the answer for everything...all of the problems we face.

There is technology out there that would allow us to be all individually tracked and with databases, individually monitored.

In the Book of Revelations, it said in the end, the seven trumpets will sound....and there are seven Trumps.

If you look at all the seals each of the trumpets are said to break....it is interesting when you look at today's day.

Just something I was thinking of.

write blogs about muslims...one after the other...spread hatred about them..one after the other..then ill say I don't hate all muslims, just wanna nuke them...then people will disagree with me..and so ill delete those bloggers because they have an opinion..the correct one.

Then what I will do is say those bloggers are racists..then because my sanity is getting out of hand and very few people are commenting now because it boring..ill close that blog.

For centuries (if not longer) the Anti-Christ has been talked about. We have been led to believe that the Anti-Christ was going to be a figure-head (person) and he would at one time or another in our future come. When he has arrived, it was supposed that it would not be a good thing for humanity, and some would say he would bring outright evil.

Now, talking with a friend, it had occurred that with the turning away from the Christian religion...I am not saying that everyone should convert to Christianity...but I am talking about the decline in people being part of the Christian religion. I think I heard one time, about 10 years ago, there has been a 40% decline in people proclaiming to be Catholic, compared to the 1950's.

With this decline, people, by default, are turning away from the Bible. The Bible is the teaching of Jesus Christ (Word of God). Does it not make sense, if you are turning away from the teaching of Jesus Christ, you are therefore an anti-Christ?