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Posted on 12/23/15 at 1:45 pm to WarDamn101
Posted on 12/23/15 at 1:45 pm to WarDamn101
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The frick?
Yeah, that is the correct response if you believe that the world you see is real. I'm not being sarcastic, but just because it's all you know and remember, and just because it's all you have ever seen, that doesn't make it real my friend.
Look at the world, look at all the evil, the illness, the hate, terror, the violence, the wars. Look at the take to give ratio, look at the competition, the individualism, separateness, and the I win you lose attitudes.
Does it look like a world that an all loving, all giving, perfect God would create? Would he be that sloppy? Would His creations turn against Him?
Would someone who is not sick in the mind give up all the money and pleasure to go to prison if he were of sound mind? Would someone sane, with a healthy mind kill other human beings? Maybe what is wrong with this world is not evil, but different degrees of mental illness, insanity.
Laugh and ridicule my points, call me crazy, but at least consider some of what I am saying.
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Posted on 12/23/15 at 1:49 pm to BGSB
Is that you Morpheus?
Posted on 12/23/15 at 1:54 pm to BGSB
You may have hit on something. Those in existential circles or humanist circles have a disdain for labeling people and actions as good and evil. But make no mistake. There is a soul sickness that is pervasive in modern times. In today's social and political climate, how did we get to a point where people actually hate each other over climate change? I can see the anger and dislike for people over abortion or eugenics, but hating somebody because they think maybe the earth is naturally going to get hotter because of increased population in a limited space? That is called science. And the hatred over God? That is the antithesis of what we are taught here in Western civilization. However we are also taught that capitalism trumps anything the Golden Rule stands for. Greed equals success, and we are seeing the negative effects of that mentality.
Posted on 12/23/15 at 2:27 pm to BGSB
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Yeah, that is the correct response if you believe that the world you see is real. I'm not being sarcastic, but just because it's all you know and remember, and just because it's all you have ever seen, that doesn't make it real my friend.
Look at the world, look at all the evil, the illness, the hate, terror, the violence, the wars. Look at the take to give ratio, look at the competition, the individualism, separateness, and the I win you lose attitudes.
Does it look like a world that an all loving, all giving, perfect God would create? Would he be that sloppy? Would His creations turn against Him?
Would someone who is not sick in the mind give up all the money and pleasure to go to prison if he were of sound mind? Would someone sane, with a healthy mind kill other human beings? Maybe what is wrong with this world is not evil, but different degrees of mental illness, insanity.
Laugh and ridicule my points, call me crazy, but at least consider some of what I am saying.
Do you propose this is the work of the demiurge like the gnostics did? BTW, if you don't know what that means then I do suggest reading up on them. They align quite well with your point of view. Also, this is another good source for beginners (not perfect but it has a lot of primary texts and helps you begin to understand the various groups): LINK
Just keep in mind there are a ton of different groups that fall under the category of gnosticism (from those who resemble nothing you've ever seen/read about to those who are very close to ancient mainstream Christians like the Valentinians who trace their lineage to the Apostle Paul) so if you see a source that implies or says outright "the gnostics practiced X" as though all of them did ignore it because the likelihood of it being universal is next to nil.
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