tomcatwarneOcean City, Plumouth, Devon, England UK17,106 posts
PRACTICAL60: We are all different,life is what you make of it, and what happens through our life, we can not control sometimes, but i also say because some does not believe in God or afterlife, it does not make them a bad person, they just simply don,t believe
I cannot disagree with that statement taken at face value
PRACTICAL60: you believe and listen to what you want, and that is your right, and i will believe what i think, that is my right,
well said...urself....
I have seen many, more stubborn, falling to his knees, for they had experiences in their lives they never had them. We all have a mouth to speak and also to eat.... And everything that comes out is what hurts us. Not what goes into it....
gozoman2: It is a matter of faith...not science......
...and science functions on fact.....
...whereas faith...is a matter of choice....
...those who believe in faith say yes....
...those who believe in fact...say no...
now "facts" are questionable
you had "facts" some 500 years ago who are quite different from the "facts" we know todays...and who knows what will be declared as a "fact" in some 50 or 100 years ... what I have found astonishing that the old Sumerians had more knowledge about life,7000 years ago,than we have now
tomcatwarne: These are very salient points but I think those who believe in facts can say they simply don't know.
..valid point....
..for all we know...as is now being theorized...we may actually have parallel universes and other issues such as black matter and so on....things we still cannot understand with the present level of scientific knowledge humankind possesses.....
...and as Boban jokingly but correctly stated earlier.....energy cannot be destroyed...it can only be transferred....so following that line of thought....and considering we are pure energy in atom form....for all we know...that energy will transfer itself to something else once this dimension has done it's course....
...but then there is always the concept of consciousness....is that something that will be transferred to another dimension to?....
...I tend to say no.....it will not....it ends with the journey...
I feel that what we believe is not as simple as just choosing.
If you beleive something and then learn new info then what you beleive can change....and it's not a choice. Say that you beleived something and then went to see for yourself and it was not so. Now with new info you change what you beleive about that....you must. I know it's not a perfect analogy b/c faith/belief is not so much physical fact, but ideas.
So....with new info/knowledge you can change/evolve what you believe. This is why I listen and learn...so as to be informed and information is what drives my belief and growth/evolution of belief.
tomcatwarneOcean City, Plumouth, Devon, England UK17,106 posts
Boban1: now "facts" are questionable
you had "facts" some 500 years ago who are quite different from the "facts" we know todays...and who knows what will be declared as a "fact" in some 50 or 100 years ... what I have found astonishing that the old Sumerians had more knowledge about life,7000 years ago,than we have now
I agree but you can only use the facts we have now, not the facts we may have tomorrow, and human knowledge is progressive, no doubt our great grand children will laugh at our concepts, if they ever read them.
We must stop being used science as an excuse. We must analyze ourselves, but well inside. A human being can not live without hope. Sooner or later, we ended up looking up and calling someone greater than ourselves, and not exactly a man on earth....
No one will see the father, if not is through the child.... You can have all the knowledge you want, power and wealth on earth.... But if you have no love, no you better... And that leads to loneliness, illness and destruction.... Love only comes from Jesus. That before, was death, and hopeless. For every blasphemy coming out of our mouths, are like sand in the sea, you can not pick up again...
tomcatwarne: I agree but you can only use the facts we have now, not the facts we may have tomorrow, and human knowledge is progressive, no doubt our great grand children will laugh at our concepts, if they ever read them.
Im gonna take an example from the days I was a pupil ... during the 80s My country was still a socialistic Country and the theory of evolution was the alfa and omega .They never told us that its got some missing links... links which could disprove this theory .Now what if there is some knowledge that isn`t available ,for some reason, to the majority ???
As you said" we cant deal with facts that we don`t have "
the point is to have an open mind to all possibilities
afterbam: We must stop being used science as an excuse. We must analyze ourselves, but well inside. A human being can not live without hope. Sooner or later, we ended up looking up and calling someone greater than ourselves, and not exactly a man on earth....
No one will see the father, if not is through the child.... You can have all the knowledge you want, power and wealth on earth.... But if you have no love, no you better... And that leads to loneliness, illness and destruction.... Love only comes from Jesus. That before, was death, and hopeless. For every blasphemy coming out of our mouths, are like sand in the sea, you can not pick up again...
...you are assuming that people who do not have the same beliefs as you do not know love nor are they capable of being fully integrated intelligent and honest human beings....
..a bit un-Christian that don't you think?
...I respect your right to believe in anything you so wish....but will not accept your looking down on others who do not....
tomcatwarneOcean City, Plumouth, Devon, England UK17,106 posts
Boban1: Im gonna take an example from the days I was a pupil ... during the 80s My country was still a socialistic Country and the theory of evolution was the alfa and omega .They never told us that its got some missing links... links which could disprove this theory .Now what if there is some knowledge that isn`t available ,for some reason, to the majority ???
As you said" we cant deal with facts that we don`t have "
the point is to have an open mind to all possibilities
Very wise answer, I concur. Have another Finnish Vodka, I'm just going out for one, laters.
gozoman2: ...you are assuming that people who do not have the same beliefs as you do not know love nor are they capable of being fully integrated intelligent and honest human beings....
..a bit un-Christian that don't you think?
...I respect your right to believe in anything you so wish....but will not accept your looking down on others who do not....
I don't juge...if u feel love inside in ur heart..this make u better than others???...
tomcatwarneOcean City, Plumouth, Devon, England UK17,106 posts
afterbam: sure...it is like to recycle all the garbage that other want to teach....
I'm sorry you are upset Afterbam, but I am not going to change my opinion just because of that. Conversely I don't expect you to change your faith. and I don't disrespect you for it.
afterbam: sure...it is like to recycle all the garbage that other want to teach....
thats how a human brain works and learns ... I could have believe my mothers word and not put my finger in the socket.. but noooo I had to learn the hard way....
Where is the strong circumstantial evidence that we do not move on after physical death? Oh, there is none suckas!!!!
I'll be coming back here in my next physical incarnation. Won't stop until I am a major league baseball star or American football star who has a famous pop singer as my wife
pierrot_le_fouRiyadh, Ar Riyad Saudi Arabia582 posts
Boban1: Im gonna take an example from the days I was a pupil ... during the 80s My country was still a socialistic Country and the theory of evolution was the alfa and omega .They never told us that its got some missing links... links which could disprove this theory .Now what if there is some knowledge that isn`t available ,for some reason, to the majority ???
As you said" we cant deal with facts that we don`t have "
the point is to have an open mind to all possibilities
Wowo... and I thought only Greeks used that expression
Absolutely, there is life after death , and it will be pay back time when we all leave here. but who goes to hell and who goes to heaven. i know who generally ,eventhough it is HIS command????
StressFree: Where is the strong circumstantial evidence that we do not move on after physical death? Oh, there is none suckas!!!!
I'll be coming back here in my next physical incarnation. Won't stop until I am a major league baseball star or American football star who has a famous pop singer as my wife
I thought you had already lived that life??
As to the question, I see it two ways...
No, there is not and I can concentrate on living the present one to its fullest..
Yes there is, as then I can see all my loved ones who are no longer here, including pets..
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WE LOGICALLY BELIEVE THAT THERE IS LIFE AFTER DEATH AS U CAN SEE WHEN A MAN DIE EVERY PART OF HIS BODY REMAIN THERE EXCEPT SPIRT,U KNOW WHERE IT GO,IT GO TO GOD SO TO SEND HER IN HEAVEN OR IN HELL .SO CAN SAY THERE IS SECOND LIFE WHERE SPIRTS LIVE.THAT IS SECOND LIFE.EMAIL ;AKBARMONIN@YAHOO.COM
tomcatwarne: I'm sorry you are upset Afterbam, but I am not going to change my opinion just because of that. Conversely I don't expect you to change your faith. and I don't disrespect you for it.
don't hurry...The hammer 's not on my hand...we're not perfect...
shape74: Absolutely, there is life after death , and it will be pay back time when we all leave here. but who goes to hell and who goes to heaven. i know who generally ,eventhough it is HIS command????
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I cannot disagree with that statement taken at face value