Well I look at things like murder as evil etc so evil is an act
Then we must consider is all killing evil?
Regards Tony
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Well I look at things like murder as evil etc so evil is an act
Oh you're talking about for punishment yeah that's another ball game. But I guess I could say to youThen we must consider is all killing evil?
Regards Tony
Oh you're talking about for punishment yeah that's another ball game. But I guess I could say to you
If murder never happened in the first place we wouldn't have to worry about it would we?
Nice outlook
Its what comes as a result of that destruction that is a "nice outlook".....After the storm, everything is washed clean....
When Christ comes as judge, he will give a free pass into the "new earth" to those whose faith was not compromised by the false worship that was introduced by God's enemy. (2 Peter 3:13) Remember that Jesus said that "the meek will inherit the earth"?....that is what he meant.
God created humans to live on earth, not heaven.
When you consider that "the whole world" was 'handed over' to this pretender (Luke 4:6; 1 John 5:19) so that he could prove his case...that humans are better off making their own decisions and not listening to God, you will see that we lost a lot at the very start. Gratefully Jesus Christ came to give his life so that faithful ones can be taken back to the paradise conditions that our first parents lost for us.
Then for the first time, all humans on earth will worship the same God and believe the same things as one united human race. All evil, and those who practice it will be gone, and a new world of peace and security will replace the miserable attempts at self rule that humans have been failing at for millennia.
Revelation 21:2-4....
"I also saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God and prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 With that I heard a loud voice from the throne say: “Look! The tent of God is with mankind, and he will reside with them, and they will be his people. And God himself will be with them. 4 And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away.”
This is what we can look forward to.....isn't that a nice outlook?
You’re right!The Bible teaches that by the end of the days there shall be 2 GROUPS of people. One at the left and one at the right side of Jesus.
Read Matthew 25:31-46. And this people are the one of Revelation 12:17 and 14:12.
What do you think will become of major religions in the future? Will they change into something different? Will they die out? Will new ones form?
Globally the trend is that belief in a religion is declining.
Will they change into something different? Will they die out? Will new ones form?
It seems to me that in that case, the opposite will be true. If it turns out that what we call "reality" is "just" a computer-style simulation, then people will call the creator(s) of that simulation to be god(s).I can think of one thing that would probably kill off most religions: If this reality is a computer simulation (and that's a big "if") and everyone in this reality were to suddenly learn that their reality is simulated then I think that news would put an end to most of the world's religions. Which is why knowledge of the simulated nature of this reality must for the time being be kept hidden, in the shadows. Known only to elites and madmen. A hidden truth, derided as insane and the preserve of lunatics. But nonetheless true.
Good morning Aupmanyav, I hope you are safe, well and happy.
I see the world is currently in the process of trying to replace God given ways, with what man thinks is best. Look at the world and the politics and one sees it is obvious there is no model that anyone can pursue that will achieve the unity of mankind.
As you are aware, a way to unite has been offered and I see a time is approaching when the governments of the world will adopt that model.
For most of us it will not be an easy transition, but that is what Faith is about, bringing the best from ourselves. Doing good for all, over preference of self.
Regards Tony
You're mistaken. If religion had never existed, we humans would still have nations, races, tribes and other group attachments to separate us.
Arrogance: Our group is superior to their group! is the enemy within us not religion.
If you want to say that religion was PART of the problem or was NOT part of the solution. I'd agree.
As my JW friend I have discussed on many occasions, I say to him we are so close to saying the same thing, except yet so far in our frames of references.
From the point of view I have seen, what you have offered, is happening.
That makes no sense, as it requires that there is God to have God's ways, but you don't believe in that.
Could you please learn that religion is a human behavior and natural and treat it as a subset of human psychology?
I hate it when atheists treat religion as special negative and unnatural category in itself. That would mean that religion is actually supernatural.
You live in the States. Try Europe.
In America Christianity is also in decline by approximately 1.2% per year
Yes, it is happening....a change is sweeping the world, the likes of which we have never seen before. These are unprecedented times. Never before have so many nations been so hard hit by severe economic crisis, horrendous natural disasters, violent political unrest in nation after nation, pandemics that have the ability to spread rapidly in populations. So many wonder if we can ever go back to "normal"....or if this is our new "normal"?
We believe that it is heralding the end of this totally corrupt, man-made system of governments, and leading the faithful back to God....but it has to get worse before it gets better.
We see that it is God's wisdom at work. He could have just eliminated all the rebels at the start, but he chose to allow them to see for themselves what stepping out from under God's protection would mean in real terms. People wonder why their prayers go unanswered.....but they don't know why we are going through this test of our faith.....and what keeping the faith means for our future. God's Kingdom will "come"....but not in the way that many expect. (Daniel 2:44)
What we have experienced in the last 12 months has been a 'Job-like' set of trials, with one monumental hit after another. The Bible says that only the faithful will be left standing when all the elements of this world who are against God, will be destroyed.
It will be very interesting to see how it all plays out.....but we will not have to do a thing....just keep the faith. This is not our fight....and the Kingdom is not of our making. That is how we see it.
Translation: if everyone would agree on the same religion, then humanity will be united.
Kind of stating the obvious... sure, if everyone agrees then everyone will agree.
There's a flaw here. You still invoke "faith" as a means of agreement. That will never happen. Because on faith, you can believe literally anything.
If see the Key is that there is only one God, as such, it is only self pride that would make it difficult for us to unite.
I see humanity is currently learning that we are one people on one planet and when we learn this, the Oneness of God will also become a reality.