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Posted on 02/19/2005 11:58:48 AM PST by chaco canyon
Religuous people are good people that are being led astray. They are systematically being manipulated to remove the power that they have to use their potent brains. It is easy to believe someone who says he has an alluring answer, an answer that cannot be logically disputed. The fundamental mechanics of religion are the same as a virus. It attacks those that are mentally weakened, and when they are young and suscepable to the concept of magic.
Understanding of the beautiful complexity of the world is opening up to individuals that grasp the complex concepts. The universe seems to be alive and intelligent to those that do not have a closed mind. Religious dogma's do not approach this level of understanding. We live in a remarkable time, where so much is being learned so quickly, we do not yet have time to take it all in, to synthesize this. The vast majority of human problems are caused by human thinking. The religous order hamper human exploration, becuase they believe that they have answers. The intelligent universe seems to be telling us to live sustainably and to grow mentally to become more like what we seek. This is counter to most religous organizations.
WE must recognize that ancient knowledge is incomplete and often incorrect. The world is dynamic and these variations must be taken to account to adapt our moral code to survive and grow. We cannot afford to revel in ignorance forever. The limits of ancient knowledge are met at Armaggedon.
Evil MEN praise God to gain power. Hitler was a friend of the Pope and a good catholic. He called on God often for help. Terrorism is viable in a religous context, because people believe in what will happen when they die. Religion has always been used to manipulate the masses, the dark ages can return and get even DARKER.
Faith eventually destroys good will between men, because faith give all men the idea that they have their private truth. But there is only one truth in the world. When there are differences between religions, they should be resolved. People working together to find THE truth, not advocating their private truth. Fighting over differences means that the understanding of truth is limited. Fighting will not find truth. Only an open mind can find truth. The most savage places on earth are the most religous. Puritanism kills. We are not becoming a kinder nation.
There is a Mathematical principle call Godels theorem. It says that all systems, no matter how perfect are incomplete. These create paradoxes (religious differences). Paradoxes, are not something to fight over. They are GATEWAYS to a greater system, to a more complete truth. I call this the Mathematics of Peace. There are many advances that we are not utilizing for the social good. We are rehashing ancient failures, each time they are becoming more deadly and heinous as we become more powerful. The religous system creates good and evil and conflict. Signicantly different paradigms are available to people willing to think. Good and evil, heaven and hell are primitive that are keeping us in a prison. We are reaching the time when there are too many people in the world to survive with this type of thinking. Free your mind. Do kind compassionate things without the need for a reward for heaven. Try to understand the how the universe works, and work in sync with it. It is understandable and useful for peace and growth.
"Evil MEN praise God to gain power. Hitler was a friend of the Pope and a good catholic"
Garbage. Hitler called Christianity the "Jewish mistake".
Yes, and there have been some recent histories based upon his writings that clearly show that he was a neo-Pagan. He used Christianity as a veil so that the German people would not know that he intended to replace the Church with resurrected Norse paganism. He hoped to eliminate all vestiges of Judeo-Christian beliefs from Germany.
These are quotes:
I am now as before a Catholic and will always remain so.”
( Adolf Hitler, from John Toland [Pulitzer Prize winner], Adolf Hitler, New York: Anchor Publishing, 1992, p. 507. )
“I say: my Christian feeling tells me that my lord and savior is a warrior. It calls my attention to the man who, lonely and surrounded by only a few supporters, recognized what they [the Jews] were, and called for a battle against them, and who, by God, was not the greatest sufferer, but the greatest warrior. .
( Adolf Hitler, in a speech delivered on April 12, 1922; from Charles Bracelen Flood, Hitler: The Path to Power, Boston, Mass: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1989, pp. 261-262. )
So do you believe everything Hitler said or just what you need to believe?
Loon.
And a non religious system creates what? Peace love and harmony?
This post was an exorcise in futility.
Religious dogma's what? Here's a concept: learn English grammar before you bash religious faith. Then, perhaps, your thesis will be comprehensible even if it still is invalid and baseless.
I dont believe anything he said. I do, however, believe he said these things. There are several books on Hitler's Christianity. I believe he used religion to further his evil. I think that is the nature of religion. That it is used by evil men to manipulate good (or indifferent or ignorant) people.
That and material from the Bundesarchiv further demonstrates this. Many of Hitler's cronies were working hard to erode basic Judeo-Christian principles. Correspondece between Hitler and his inner circle provide their roadmap for the removal of Judeo-Christian belief and principles from the Reich.
How bizarre are you? Why then did Hitler have plans to kidnap the Pope? Hitler feared that the Pope would get in the way of his plans for global domination. Actually, Hitler wanted to abolish Christianity and impose socialism as the global religion. Your facts are turned upside down.
When one makes plans to kidnap the Pope I think one has to turn in one's "Good Catholic" card.
That's hilarious.
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