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My discovery of Shubert's International Date Line Theorem completely shattered my former beliefs in the SDA worldview that presupposes the continuation of the Sabbath to the New Testament age. I was completely decimated by Shubert's proof. Thus, I can't imagine what it would take to persuade me that God doesn't require holiness of me and that Jesus didn't die for my sins.
Yes, if that works for you then that's great, but it doesn't for me, but what I really hate is people believing that they only have the truths and all must be done their way, that's how the SDA teach, I'm glad to be out, or out of any church.
I must confess that I know nothing of Buddhism, even after reading a small book about how it got started. Is it true that God doesn't communicate in dreams and visions in the Buddhist religion?
Well they don't have a belief in a god, its more getting in touch with yourself, which I call the true SELF, we are all One in whatever you want to call it, I call it, Consciousness, or pure Source which most call God. I think the Buddha never talked about a god because it would only take us away from finding our true place in the Cosmos, we would continually feel under the thumb of this god, never growing in our self, that's how I see it.........Oh yea, I'm not a Buddhist, in fact I don't call myself anything, label free.
Thanks for the nice welcome.
Then I'm curious to know if dreams and visions hold any significance to Buddhists.
To be honest I don't really know, I think they believe that this life as we know it is a dream, so dreaming from the dream is just another dream, its all about waking up from the dream, if you know what I mean ?.
That would be a good thread to start for you ?.
Even mine?I reserve the right to challenge anyones notion of hell with select readings from the Greek version of The Bible or the Hebrew if passages if applicable.
I was told by an atheist that people of different religions only have profound dreams and visions that pertain to their individual religious beliefs. I wanted to know if that was correct.
I don't think that is correct for most people, most people of religion believe the words of what they call prophets, believing in their visions, but without finding their own, this is sad, we must drop all beliefs, and go within empty, so as to be full of what is within us, not full of someone else's beliefs and experiences.
Yea that's true, a branch then got together and prayed to God for the truth, and they finally got the truth and hence, the SDA.
William Miller taught that the Lord would come "some time between March 21, 1843, and March 21, 1844." And later on for three short weeks, William Miller accepted the October 22, 1844 date for the end of the world as taught by other Millerites.
