God didn't say that, Jesus had to endure a crucifixion. He also didn't give up in his quest to spread the word of God, nor did Muhammad, Moses or any of the prophets that came before him and those who will come after him. They were also unified in their belief, although the paths they chose to deliver humanity to God differed, they shared a desire for the same outcome. Religion was born of man, and mans fear, envy and hate that drives us all ever forward. It was not meant to hurt, to create war and premature death. We as human beings decided in our infinite wisdom,(laugh) that we knew best what God wanted from us........and so our world sits in the grip of terror born of the minds of those who believe they know. Pity these delusional fools, who feel they know best of gods intention, no psychic, medium or any of the like has been able to contact these supposed men, as he'll is their realm, and we have no contact there.r You see, we as human beings have, as a race decided to call it quits. We no longer see past our nose, the grass is always greener, self anointed celebrity and living to excess are the new childhood goals. We no longer want to work hard to achieve, help our fellow man and seek love at all costs....we want the easy way out. Take of the herb, allow your mind to clear, like a still pond.....when you have achieved some form of enlightenment you will see that eternity does exist. Religion seeks but to serve as an opiut to the masses. Created by man to Instill fear,foster rejection and bleed hate into the minds of the weak. You don't need to pray seven times a day to achieve enlightenment, you don't need to confess your sins to a priest. You need only open your mind and see, realise that we are all one, beating in the universe to an eternal rhythm, that speaks peace, love and clarity where once the sky was grey.
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Jesus didn't want to ne crucified His father made him do it. To set an example for how.humans should raise their kids. -yuri
Reminds me of a sign I saw last night for a church.. it said "P.U.S.H. - Pray until something happens" lol, come on now. Wish they wouldn't try to.. push this mindset. Should of said "man up and take care of your own shit" or something.
Which opens another topic......just give up, God will take care of everything for you. How many narrow minded Jehovas Witness have we seen come a ratta tat tatting on your door, preaching the word of God, "hell is your path"they tell you, "pity these poor souls" preach "religious" mothers and fathers to their children. I can smell their fear as they arrive on my doorstep and the stench of darkness that follows "these" poor souls is astounding. Children with narrow eyes welling with the fear of what they can't see, being driven into them by elders who have seen ? Seen what may I ask, the devil ? He exists only in folklore and is a manifestation of mans fear, epitomised as an idol for some to worship and others to fear, to maintain nothing more than control. The church taking ten percent of your wages doesn't raise your eye brow ? Allow these retched fools to drown in lies. Religion does not deliver you from evil. "You" deliver "you" from evil, or darkness as I prefer, and your actions echo through eternity, they will become your lessons to be learnt. God, as one would have you believe exists, did not give you free will and then religion to live by, they are opposites. Men gave men religion and men decided they would honour themselves, and honour themselves with judgement. How dare we ? We did not create what we were given, and we were not given what was created to squander through judgement of our own. You have been given the gift of life, nothing more. It is a life as perceived in a physical sense and it is beautiful, as echoes through the universe the vibration hums the same tune, it is we who decide to change the tempo and we have not been given that right. We have not been given the right to identify one as self, self is one and all of us.
If I can find it then, I have a picture of a church sign that gave me a chuckle. It said something like "Come check out our praymate of the year." At least some still have a sense of humor.
They are then even more mis guided than first thought, for the ones that preach the doorsteps of sydney certainly believe so. Oh well, I guess it's not taekwondo.
You sure, I bet if you walked in there would be a picture of some random individual being heralded the praymate of the year. Lol
The God of monotheisms is nothing more than a debt God who deals with souls instead of money. Bankers love it im sure, it preconditions peoples psyche into a state of servitude and debtedness. Its not only sad, it is highest crime against humanity IMO. The utter stifling of freewill and the human potential... its a tragedy.