MAN'S VISION OF ETERNITY COMPARES TO A BABY CHICK IN THE SHELL BEFORE BIRTH. POST 116

Hi,

THIS IS A TRICKY SUBJECT AND ONE MOST PRUDENT INDIVIDUALS AVOID. Can't accuse this correspondent of that!

This blogger came out of the school of "laissez-faire". Folks should be allowed to believe what they wish to believe as long as it doesn't include physical harm to others.

The Buddha (wise sayings although I'm not a Buddhist) once compared man's VISIONS OF ETERNITY TO A BABY CHICK WITH A SHELL BEFORE BIRTH. THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S OUT THERE!!! We don't really have a clue to what's happening around us most of the time let alone taking ON A VIEW OF THE UNIVERSE OR ETERNITY. We are locked in a shell and can only glimpse outside. Here and now ARE in our view.

So, I can't understand what makes any sect believe they have all the answers. I have provided the following NAMED GROUPS just enough information to make my point. Please don't look for descriptions of great character and depth.

The Communists claim they are too intelligent and scientific to believe in God or any higher power than the power they create. Well, good luck with that. Sooner or later as in the current financial fiasco and jobless rates all over the world, they have to admit (at least to themselves) that it's not going too well. INTELLECT is their God.

The Atheists believe that only unintelligent folk believe in the mysterious and fantasy like stories of a higher being and a more PRAGMATIC approach is the only answer. Their approach is that DENIAL is the only answer. Denial drives their wagon unless they join Communism.

The Muslims believe that Mohammed laid it all out in the Koran centuries ago and all they have to do is FOLLOW THE RULES. Well, good luck with that. The constant confusions and wars in the Middle East may one day make it clear that all the answers either were not there or interrupted incorrectly.

The Jewish faith believes the Talmud shows them as the chosen people and their land the chosen land and that they should prevail. Good luck with that, every monster regime that comes out of the woodwork feels it has to challange that postion. Sooner or later, all Jews must face up to the fact that bearing a torch casts too much light and makes them an easy target.

And we have all the Eastern "isms": Shintoism, Hindoism, Budhaism, Taosim and Confusionism, (the latter long overshadowed by Communism); all of them, of course, believe that the right way has been laid before them and pointed out irrevocably. Good luck with that, as the centuries of Asian Wars underlined.

The Christians believe that those who follow The Bible and God will find redemption and the promised land in Heaven and that hell is the punishment for sin and the after life will be the reward for a particularly good life. Best of luck with that guarantee. Atrocity or charitible living may not find either punishment or reward except as it affects others in the here and now. There is no way to know. FAITH IS THE TOOL OF CHRISTIANS.

AND GUESS WHAT???????????? THE WHOLE KIT AND KABOODLE ARE RIGHT ABOUT THEIR RIGHT TO BELIEVE WHAT THEY BELIEVE!!!!!!!!!!!! CAN YOU PROVE THEM WRONG???????? ON WHAT ETERNALLY BASED EVIDENCE CAN YOU DISPUTE ANY OF THEIR CLAIMS???????????

BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE DIFFERENTLY??????????? SO WHAT?????????? THAT ONLY PROVES ONE THING------YOU BELIEVE DIFFERENTLY--------HOORAY FOR YOUR SIDE.

NO ONE IS FREE OF THE EGG SHELL THAT HIDES THE TRUTH AND WISDOM OF ETERNITY. IS IT A COLD, HARD SPACE IN THE GROUND, ASHES ON THE WIND OR IS IT A PLACE OF WELCOME WHERE ALL IS PERFECT??????????? WE DON'T KNOW!!!!!!!!!!! AND THE DEAD ARE NOT TALKING!!!!!!!!!!!So, what's the argument all about???????? IT'S NO WIN-NO WIN SITUATION!!!!!!!

Point of view???? There is that!!!!! Devotion????? A factor, certainly!!!!! Belief beyond any willingness to doubt???? Okay!!!!! I could add more reasons and certainly you have important ones I've left out but the point is not WHY WE BELIEVE AS WE DO. IT IS ABOUT WHAT OUR INVESTMENT IN A CERTAIN BELIEF.

Each group is tied to A BELIEF that can be followed without argument, reason, or responsibility. The belief takes from man's hands the CHAOTIC chores, disputes, and decisions that are too overwhelming to handle ALONE!!!!!!!!!!! The non-believers in deity accept their PHILOSOPHY as their MARGIN OF FAITH. IF YOU DON'T THINK COMMUNISM IS A FAITH----THINK AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT GIVES THEM THE POWER OF GROUP!!!!!

THE CERTAINTY OF SOME kind of PHILOSOPHY LIKE THE 'ISMS' OR SOME SUPER-HUMAN BEING FORMULATING A DOCTRINE GREATER THAN MAN'S ABILITY, MAKES LIFE BEARABLE. THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHATEVER HAPPENS THAT CAN SEEM SO INEXPLICABLE IS NOT "YOUR" OR "THEIR" FAULT BUT FATE OF SOME SORT THAT MUST BE BORNE WITHOUT COMPLAINT TO MAKE THE WORLD RIGHT AGAIN.

SO WHY IN THE NAME OF ALL THE GODS AND NON-GODS DO WE HAVE TO DESTROY ANY OF THAT JUST TO PROVE THAT ONE OR THE OTHER IS RIGHT OR WRONG??????? LEAVE THEM THEIR "BLANKIE" TO HOLD CLOSE.

YOU KNOW WHY WE ACT THIS WAY????????? OF COURSE YOU DO!!!!!!

MAN'S EGO............MAN'S EGO...........MAN'S EGO...EGO.....EGO.....EGO!

HAVE YOU ANY IDEA SPIRITUALLY AND FINANCIALLY HOW MUCH MAN'S EGO COSTS THE WORLD?????????? IN WAR, IN PEACE, IN BETWEEN. We are DAMNABLY EXPENSIVE catalysts of RELIGIOUS FERVOR AND NON-RELIGIOUS FERVOR. IT'S COSTLY. Very costly. THE ATHEISTS, THE COMMUNISTS, AND ALL THE RELIGIONISTS WAGE CONSTANT BATTLES TO PROVE THAT THEY ARE RIGHT, CLOUDING EVERY ISSUE AND CAUSING HAVOC!!!!!!!!!!

And it is all an incredible waste of time, energy, emotionality, and money. LIVE AND LET LIVE--THAT OLD WORLD LAISSEZ FAIRE--would end the division. The waste could be "LAID TO WASTE" and A NEW investment in MANKIND COULD BEGIN WITH CONSTRUCTIVE usage OF the saved TIME AND ENERGY to put into building better, more progressive societies to explore the UNKNOWN AND UNFOUND!!!!!!!!!!!

This blogger hears you.......BUT...........you say!!!!!!!!! WELL, LISTEN UP!!!!!!!

ISN'T THE UP-FRONT GOAL OF ALL OF THESE BELIEFS AND NON-BELIEFS ...........FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND.....................

So, let's get on with the GOOD!

CHEERS, CONNIE














































































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