Sunday, March 22, 2009
When would you go down the unfamiliar road?
Any religious text presents its self as all knowing, and offers itself to guide you on the path they have set for you. They tell how the earth began, to how it’s going to end including everything between. We are presented with their precise morals and guided with strict rule in which you will live by. All of these beliefs brought unto you are designed to keep us from asking questions, because they are already answered these questions. We may argue that there was no science to explain the basic questions of life, the ancients experienced, so these beliefs made the best sense to them. people still live by these beliefs nowadays. For thousands of years religion has been used to keep order in people, and to prevent them from stepping out of line. This doesn't allow you to truly think for one's self, halting your quest for knowledge. Having morals installed on you that have been around for thousands of years prevents you from turning out the true person you are meant to be.
There is one reason why anyone would want to act like they knew the answer for everything; they want us to know there is a higher power that can strike you down at any precise moment. If we have any spontaneous moments where you wonder the origin of everything, or why the moon is sometimes orange instead of white. It can simply be answered all of this was that of course done by the Almighty.
“And it was so. God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning.
Thus the Heavens and earth were finished,” (Genesis).
This was the only answer to the creation of the earth for thousands of years. This is purposely told to you so you don’t think or worry about the past. This is what you’re told about the past, and you’re told that every other explanation is indeed false. There is a goal in this, you learn from the past to prevent mistakes from happening in the future. So when you don’t have people trying to learn from the past, they are under control. When you are under control you can’t control the future yourself. They do the same thing every day, they go to church every Sunday, and they praise and worship the same idol. Then they raise children, and their children do the same thing every day, they go to church every Sunday, and they praise and worship the same idol. Then they themselves raise children. The same story, from Gilgamesh to the Al Qur’an, has had people in the same exact cycle for thousands of years. The cycle starts in Genesis when god first creates man.
“Then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground”
To me this is a symbol of how we can be returned to the earth with no value lost. its god amazingly forming the very complex man from dirt. And that we are made separate from animals so we must be special. But it represents a false importance. We are really only as valuable as dirt or dust. The answer to where do we come from is even simply answered. We are are recyclable, when we die our morals and beliefs live on in our children.
We're not supposed to think about or question the past. Our past on this earth isn’t the only thing that is absolute. What? You almost forgot I hope you didn’t shave today, or ever? Because that’s right you are going to the lake of fire. The morality of sin is very well installed in our everyday lives, wrong doing is something we conflict every day. It is very obvious what the image of hell is used for in the Bible. Controlling your everyday life and keeping it routine. Telling you that if you if you commit sin you’re going to hell, is a very more effective brainwashing technique than having you blindly accept your past. This installation of morals through religion effectively controls people.
The Genesis story has been used before, but the Divine creation story is what Genesis is based off of. the story that come with it telling about Almighty God striking down unbelievers constantly testing your faith to see if we are worthy of going to heaven, is very powerful. This has been the guidance of the human race since the dawn of history, since the Epic of Gilgamesh was the first known text, and Genesis and Gilgamesh are virtually the same story. Only recently have people begun to question these beliefs, since we now have evidence to prove otherwise. when your original presented with extreme answer to your question, when you doubt your original answer you look for another complex answer, confusing you when the answer is really simple. Maybe we just all randomly got here overtime. We always seek an answer to everything. Possibly the answer is that there is no answer, we must accept this and be happy with it. We all die one day I don’t want to live in anticipation of an eternal hellfire because if I beliefs what is most commonly believed, I’m getting that hellfire.
We are present with the perfect answer to how everything came to be, we are told how thing can turn out to be after death, It’s all up to you be good and be rewarded, or else you will receive the eternal hell flame. This is done because when they have us concerned about the past and future, we are under control in the present. our own human nature has been disrupted.
“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”(Orwell)
If things are always how they have been forever, people tend to go with it and conform. It’s not a problem for them either, simply because this is just how it has always been. Change is different, different is unfamiliar and may be difficult to accept . This is the uniform mindset that is achieved with this control.
The Genesis story has been used before, the Divine creation story is what Genesis is based off of. the very powerful story that came with it tells about Almighty God striking down unbelievers constantly testing your faith to see if your worthy of going to heaven. This has been the guidance of the human race since the dawn of history, since the Epic of Gilgamesh was the first known text, and Genesis and Gilgamesh are virtually the same story. Only recently have people begun to question these beliefs, since we now have evidence to prove otherwise. But when your original presented with extreme answer to your question, when you doubt your original answer you look for another complex answer, confusing you when the answer is really simple. Maybe we just all randomly got here overtime. We always seek an answer to everything. maybe the answer is that there is no answer, we must accept this and be happy with it. We all die one day I don’t want to live in anticipation of an eternal hellfire because if I beliefs what is most commonly believed, I’m getting that hellfire.
ons, because they are already answered these questions for you. You may argue that there was no science to explain the phenomenon, and the basic questions of life, the ancients experienced, so these beliefs made the best sense to them. But people still live by these beliefs nowadays. For thousands of years religion has been used to keep order in people, to prevent them from stepping out of line. This doesn't allow you to truly think for one's self, halting your quest for knowledge.
There is one reason why anyone would want to act like they knew the answer for everything; they want you to know there is a higher power that can strike you down at any precise moment, if that higher power chooses too. If you have any spontaneous moments where you wonder the origin of everything, or why the moon is sometimes orange instead of white. It can simply be answered all of this was that of course done by the Almighty.
“And it was so. God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning.
Thus the Heavens and earth were finished,” (Genesis).
This was the only answer to the creation of the earth for thousands of years. This is purposely told to you so you don’t think or worry about the past. This is what you’re told about the past, and you’re told that every other explanation is indeed false. There is a goal in this, you learn from the past to prevent mistakes from happening in the future. So when you don’t have people trying to learn from the past, they are under control. When you are under control you can’t control the future yourself. They do the same thing every day, they go to church every Sunday, and they praise and worship the same idol. Then they raise children, and their children do the same thing every day, they go to church every Sunday, and they praise and worship the same idol. Then they themselves raise children. The same story, from Gilgamesh to the Al Qur’an, has had people in the same exact cycle for thousands of years.
“Then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground”
To me this is an ironic symbol, its god amazingly forming the very complex man from dirt. And that we are made separate from animals so we must be special. But it represents a false importance. We are really only as valuable as dirt or dust. The answer to where do we come from is even simply answered.
You’re not supposed to think about or question the past. But your past on this earth isn’t the only thing that is absolute. What? You almost forgot I hope you didn’t shave today, or ever? Because that’s right you are going to the lake of fire. The morality of sin is very well installed in our everyday lives, wrong doing is something we conflict every day. It is very obvious what the image of hell is used for in the Bible. Controlling your everyday life and keeping it routine. Telling you that if you if you commit sin you’re going to hell, is a very more effective brainwashing technique than having you blindly accept your past. This installation of morals effectively controls people.
The Genesis story has been used before, but the Divine creation story is what Genesis is based off of. And the story that come with it telling about Almighty God striking down unbelievers constantly testing your faith to see if your worthy of going to heaven, is very powerful. And has been the guidance of the human race since the dawn of history, since the Epic of Gilgamesh was the first known text, and Genesis and Gilgamesh are virtually the same story. Only recently have people begun to question these beliefs, since we now have evidence to prove otherwise. But when your original presented with extreme answer to your question, when you doubt your original answer you look for another complex answer, confusing you when the answer is really simple. Maybe we just all randomly got here overtime. We always seek an answer to everything. But maybe the answer is that there is no answer, we must accept this and be happy with it. We all die one day I don’t want to live in anticipation of an eternal hellfire because if I beliefs what is most commonly believed, I’m getting that hellfire.
You are present with the perfect answer to how everything came to be, you are told how thing can turn out to be after death, It’s all up to you be good and be rewarded, or else. This is done because when they have you concerned about the past and future, you are under control in the present. Your own human nature has been disrupted.
“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”(Orwell)
If things are always how they have been forever, people tend to go with it and conform. It’s not a problem for them either, simply because this is just how it has always been. Change is different, different is unfamiliar and is uncommon. This is the uniform mindset that is achieved with this control.
The Genesis story has been used before, but the Divine creation story is what Genesis is based off of. And the story that come with it telling about Almighty God striking down unbelievers constantly testing your faith to see if your worthy of going to heaven, the story is very powerful. And has been the guidance of the human race since the dawn of history, since the Epic of Gilgamesh was the first known text, and Genesis and Gilgamesh are virtually the same story. Only recently have people begun to question these beliefs, since we now have evidence to prove otherwise. But when your original presented with extreme answer to your question, when you doubt your original answer you look for another complex answer, confusing you when the answer is really simple. Maybe we just all randomly got here overtime. We always seek an answer to everything. But maybe the answer is that there is no answer, we must accept this and be happy with it. We all die one day I don’t want to live in anticipation of an eternal hellfire because if I beliefs what is most commonly believed, I’m getting that hellfire.
Thursday, February 05, 2009
My post epic hill run recovery,
but straight up thats the way to recover, and expand your lungs, you know, like what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, and cannabis in moderation poses no permanent damage.
>the way to do it.
just ask michael phelps.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
you see a stimulus plan to fix everything
you see a stimulus plan to fix everything
i see an impending depression,
get ready for survival of the fittest.
Friday, January 23, 2009
US approves 1st stem cell study for spinal injury
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Friday, January 16, 2009
if we accepted communism we would be more successsful
When most people think of Communist, instantly what pops up in the rise of the Soviet Union, but mainly th fall of the Soviet Union and the failure of the communist system there, that statement is actually false. It wasnt communism that failed but the leadership that failed. The fall of the Soviet Union should not be used as an example of what communisn can do. because there can be a democratic communist goverment too.(chodorov) Communism is doing bad in vietman, right? isn't that why we went to go save them. that is actually false too. Yes we did go to "save them", but remember how we lost and had to leave, but wait since we didn't save them did they all starve and struggel. They actually went on to live fine with our liberation, though vietman is showing reforms now, and is becoming less and less communist.
When everyone was scared of communism when they should of been embracing it, this was the red scare, and is one of the biggest missed oppurtunities in United States history.(spartacus) America had alot to benefit from converting to communism. in the 1920s when the Red Scare was in effect. from an economic point of view communism makes alot of sense, since it would provide work and get everything moving again just like it should be.(spartacus) There isn't one sets system for how communism works, it can be modified and changed to fit cetain needs and scenarios. We currently have many forms of democratic goverments. The original being a direct republic in ancient Athens Greece. So why can't we move and progress with communism to really let it have its full potential its deserves.(/chodorov)
Denying ones view to be a communist, is un constitutional, and to prosecuted that right is even worse. I can never see this country becoming communist, which is sad. The Marxist system for goverment, can work. It may be difficult with larger countries, and we have some bad famous example of failures of communism, these examples seem to be the only ones people know. But the main factor is that we aren't really poor enough in this country to be willing to give up our property to make this equal, so if we started thinking like a team instead of about our selves all the time we can succeed.
Monday, January 12, 2009
The Cruel Catholic Church
In Medieval Europe, many people have been punished, many have been harmed, and many have been killed. And their prosecutor was someone known for loving and introducing the golden rule, their prosecutor was the Catholic Church. The Church has done a lot of good but many don’t realize they also have a vicious history of wrongfully murdering people with different religious beliefs; they would also slay enlightened people, whose knowledge contradicts the church, usually the ones the church kills where correct, only if they had the technology back then. This left Europe in a fear to strictly obey the church, or else. The Catholic Church has a darker sinister side that is unforgiving to those that oppose, and in medieval Europe, if you thought differently you would most likely regret it.
Heretics where one who opposed the teaching of the Catholic Church, the punishment for being a heretic was very harsh, it could even result in death. Like in the case of Galileo, he was correct with his theory of the solar system being heliocentric and not geocentric (the earth revolves around the sun, not the sun revolving around the earth), but since his theories contradict the church he was punished. (Starchild)It all started when Galileo started to study the tides, at first his theories are incorrect and posed no threat to the Catholic Church. But his conflict mainly starts in January of 1616 has new theories of the tides, that are in fact correct, and prove that the earth moves(.pbs.org), which opposed the church, since in the bible it states that "[the LORD] set the earth on its foundations; it can never be moved."(wiki/Galileo), Galileo is warned by Pope Paul V not to support Copernicus, Copernicus was before Galileo and was the founder of the theory of a heliocentric solar system, and claimed the earth spun on it’s axis. In 1624 Galileo had a hearing with Pope Urban VIII and other Cardinals, They allow him to discuss the Copernican theory, in his writings, but it can only be a hypothesis, nothing more. But Actually later on Pope Urban VIII allowed Galileo to write a book but it had to have views for and against heliocentric, and couldn't favor heliocentric. This book was known as Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems. But when it was published Galileo didn't obey the Pope and used his book to express his theories on a heliocentric solar system, this outrage the pope and Galileo was called to Rome. This time he was on trial for Heresy. And this time he was imprisoned, but because of his old age and condition, he was later sentenced to house arrest. Galileo was also forced to take back his heliocentric theories, and Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, was banned. Also all of Galileo's future publications where banned, but this was not enforced. (wiki/Galileo) After all the Conflict in Galileo's life he got the last laugh, since he last words before he died where” But it does move!" (Referring to the earth). Galileo's life is an example and how the church put struggles on people's life in medieval time; because they believed the all powerful church was all ways right.
The Crusades were military campaigns called by the Pope to reclaim the holy land (Jerusalem) in the name of Christendom. The crusades are seen as very heroic. But usually after a city was captured. The Christians would massacre the Muslims in the city (this actually happened on both sides), and the crusades actually proved to be un-heroic. And after the first crusade back home in Europe mobs where actually forming and they would massacre the Jews in the town. Some Christians made attempts at protecting Jews in Church's, but the mobs would break in anyway and kill the Jews. (Weren’t they killing the Jews in the name of Christendom? so they still kill them when Priest and Bishops of the Catholic Church are protecting the Jews? ironic.). The Crusades where very popular in Europe, but back in the holy land the fighting was back and forth. When a Crusading Army would capture a city in the "Levant"(Area described for the holy land and part of modern day Iraq) it would usually soon be captured back by Muslims. Then the Pope would call another campaign, capture the city, exterminate the residents, and so on, and so on. (/wiki/Crusades) And exterminating the residents isn't an exaggeration it’s the truth, often every inhabitant was killed, despite age.
"It was a just and marvelous judgment of God, that this place [the temple of Solomon] should be filled with the blood of the unbelievers." St. Bernard announced before the Second Crusade that "The Christian glories in the death of a pagan, because thereby Christ himself is glorified." -Chronicler Raymond of Aguilers. (atheism.com) so the Crusade may be seen as a wonderful campaign to get the land back in the hands of the greedy Catholic Church, when actually many Innocent woman and children who weren't soldiers where slaughtered for no reason.
The Moors first invaded and settled in the Iberian Peninsula in 710 A.D. They (mainly Muslims) lived peacefully with Jews and Catholics for a few hundred years. The Spanish Inquisition was established in 1490 by King Ferdinand it was first installed to battle heresy, but soon turned to deal with the conversos(most said they converted, even thought they were practicing their old religion) Leading up to the Inquisition, in 1391 Ferrant Martinez began preaching anti-Jewish beliefs, Resulting in Seville hundreds of Jews where killed. Jews actually began converting to Christianity to avoid the fate of the Jews in Seville, This is when they become known as conversos, they do this so they can hide, but many conversos are caught for faking converting to be Catholics and are put on trial. Jews who stayed Jews also get in trouble for practicing Judaism with conversos. In 1492 the last Islamic foothold in Spain was Granada, but this was finally captured by Spain and all Jews and moors where expelled from Spain. About 160,000 Jews where deported. The Moors where finally driven out by 1492 (biblia.com). So now the problem was the Jew and the Conversos. Censorship was also used during the inquisition to help reform. Many books where banned. Jews weren't the only ones faking conversion moors also did it too, Moriscos. So many Moriscos where deported too, just like the conversos. Many conversos and moriscoc shared the same fate. At the end of the whole inquisition, about 50,000 trials where registered from 1560–1700. There where also cases of witches, but that wasn't much of a big deal compared to Germany, who burned about 100,000 witches at the stake. (wiki/Spanish_Inquisition) all this expelling and prosecuting was done because the different peoples did not agree with the teaching of the Catholic Church.
The Catholic Church had no room for opposition. If you believed the earth spun on its axis, and orbited the sun, you could have a horrible fate. Many scientist besides Galileo where tried for heresy, scientist even made secret cults where they can meet and discuss their finding without being prosecuted. Also it’s amazing that the Catholic Church is powerful enough to motivate armies to conquer distant lands, and rape and massacre the people that live there because they have different beliefs, they did all of this in the name of Christendom. The Church would even Support king to deport everyone who wasn't catholic or wasn't willing to convert out of the entire Iberian peninsula. The Church may have change, but at one time they could of would have been greatly feared by the many peasants and Europe and the Muslims in Spain or the holy land, and the Church was a forced to be reckoned with.