Humans don't have the same needs because they are not created (even in the same family) of the same structure and nature exactly.
About imagination, should say I am imagining my own existence?
Where does my existence reside?
In which part of my living body I do exist?
In other words, which part...
Thanks to Jesus, my God (The Will behind my existence), I was able discovering the logical answers of all my important questions about life; my own deep nature and the real world as it runs on the ground.
Yes, my reply here may sound irrelevant because I thank God for giving me all the...
Four decades ago, I realized that I need to see the world as it is on the ground, not as I like it to be. Since then, nothing surprised me.
About those whom I may be interested in, I just analyse their reactions and the fruits of what they may say and do. And, I, unlike most people, do this...
In reality, humans don't have the same needs, period :)
So if someone cannot believe this fact, he would be confused always about what some others say and do.
Obviously :) those who don't have a certain need in their life that some others have in theirs, have no choice but to think that this...
Sorry, did I say it is obvious to you or anyone else?
But, while you are free to believe whatever suits your life, it is obvious to me (a higher intelligent Will behind my existence) even if all other humans are created to play the roles of conventional intelligent robots (guided by...
[off topic] A practical well-defined product could be made by forces but while following certain rules. To make a robot, there is a need of energy to be applied on certain raw materials. But, even after a zillion years, a practical robot (for certain specific jobs) won't exist if energy has to...
Actually, God's necessity to almost all theists is that they can feel a very pleasant inner sensation while they submit fully, but freely (usually during certain rituals of worship and praise), to another will, the dominant will (of their god; no matter what his image and/or name is).
But...
I never saw a real adult person, theist or atheist, who had enough time and experiences to perceive his unique existence fooling himself by believing whatever may oppose his priorities in life. The fact is that the priorities in life to be lived by someone are not the same to all humans (much...
Yes, God's necessity is through human's basic instincts which generates a very pleasant sensation while someone submits, freely in a certain way, to another will (the dominant will).
During such free submission, giving thanks to the dominant will is usually made automatically ;)
I agree with you.
In fact, if I heard Jesus saying that I have to please the Will behind my existence by worshiping, praising and obeying (as in the today's Judaism and Islam, for a few), I would see in him (real or a character) just another man (or character) made famous by certain powerful...
Since you are sure it happened in history (not once but several times), I can't add anything.
By the way, most people believe that, in the near past, politics was better. The reason in having such impression is that, in everyone's past (when he was a kid), his parents likely used taking care of...
You said: "... governments cease to function and need to be replaced with ones that can ensure the majority's compliance once again."
Is it a dream? a wish? Or you are sure this happened really on the ground, even once, in human history.
A side note:
I personally don't take seriously what...
Sorry, but just to be sure that I understood you well, do you see me exaggerating or not if I say:
'The Divided Powerless People' does exist in every country.
But, as it is obvious to me, 'A United Powerful Ruling People' (or 'The People' rules itself) in any country around the world just...
Alas, not 100% of The People refers to the ruling class :(
By the way, I recall now an Arabic saying: "If every one of us is a prince (Amir, in Arabic), who will drive the donkeys (Hamir, in Arabic)"? :D
I am afraid that your confusion about why things don't get better is that you like believing that ordinary people may have the power to change their ruling system. Actually, in every period of time, some members of a powerful rich class only can have such power. And the change is made to better...
I guess, you know better than I that Jews and Muslims are supposed to obey a certain God's Law and observe certain religious rituals.
Jesus, as I understood his message, didn't bring me a law to obey or any ritual to observe.
But I also understand that most Christian who have heard of Jesus...
I am afraid that facts, logic and common sense are defined/perceived matters which are relative to the observer.
We usually learn from others certain things that we may have missed and we are interested in knowing.
But to be convinced by someone that something which is supposed to be unreal is...