Myths or Truth - Your Choice

[Jethro Tull]

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[FONT=&quot]That which is: [FONT=&quot]The literal meaning of the word “truth” is “that which is.” [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]The living truth = that which is. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]That which is = the present. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]That which is = God. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]“GOD” is an ancient word that literally means “That Which Is.” G stands for “that,” O stands for “which” and D stands for “is.” God is “that which is.”[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]The truth of the past = that which was. The truth of the future = that which will be. You can only truly know “That which is,” because it is the only thing that exists. The past is a memory or a story. The future is just an educated guess. You can only know the true past and what the true future will be by knowing “that which is possible.” If you know how life works, God works, you know everything.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Definition of ultimate truth:[FONT=&quot] It is knowing the truth of life. It is knowing the fundamental, eternal laws of Nature (God), and the nature of the mind which distorts and hides it. It is an accurate and complete understanding of “that which is,” or God. When you know that which is, you know God.[/FONT][/FONT]
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Page 23 of the free book The Present (with religion) at www.truthcontest.com

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[FONT=&quot]Miracles: [FONT=&quot]People want to believe in a God that does things that are impossible. Many people think doing the impossible is what makes God, a God. [/FONT][/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Creating the infinite universe and our life is not good enough for some people. They want to see something outside reality, something that changes reality. They want to see the impossible, which is impossible.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]If God/life is not good enough for you, you cannot see it as it really is.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]There is some obvious false stuff in the Bible, such as the flood story and the story of Joshua stopping the sun in the sky. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]The sun does not really move, but the story makers did not know it. You have to admit that those things could not have happened, and you have to admit that if there is one thing that is not true, there can be many more less obvious things.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]If Jesus really did all the miracles that Christians say, how come at his trial, no one stood up for him? If a lot of people really saw him do miracles, they would have all followed him and not been worried about the Romans.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]If he did miracles to prove who he was in his life, why wouldn’t he have done a few to prove who he was to the Jews and the Romans at his trial? [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Your choice: [FONT=&quot]If you want to believe in magic and myths, you cannot know the truth. It is one or the other; it is your choice. It is your only real choice in life.[/FONT][/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]How come no miracles happen now? How come they just happened in the past? Could it be because you cannot check if they really happened or not?[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]If God did miracles in the past to prove he was real and promote his message, he would be doing them now for the same reason. If God did not expect the people in the past to believe in him and do his bidding without doing miracles or a show of power, why would he expect modern man to? [/FONT]
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Page 326 of the free book The Present (with religion) at www.truthcontest.com

You can know the truth now; there are no longer any excuses to believe in a myth.
Your choice.

 

[Tiapan]

Didnt know they spoke english in them there olden days.

Cheers

 

[Wandered Off]

"Myths or Truth" is a false dichotomy. Mythology works by embedding the truth so that you don't look for it in the facts of the story but rather in the underlying message.

The story of Rudolph the Red-nosed reindeer may be fiction, but the story teaches truths such as that being different is OK, and that what some consider weakness can be strength. You don't read it to find out what color reindeer noses are or whether animals can talk. To do so would be to miss the point.

The message of mythology is where you can find the truth, not the facts of the story.

 

[Jethro Tull]

"Myths or Truth" is a false dichotomy. Mythology works by embedding the truth so that you don't look for it in the facts of the story but rather in the underlying message.

The story of Rudolph the Red-nosed reindeer may be fiction, but the story teaches truths such as that being different is OK, and that what some consider weakness can be strength. You don't read it to find out what color reindeer noses are or whether animals can talk. To do so would be to miss the point.

The message of mythology is where you can find the truth, not the facts of the story.

Yes, but you still have to seek the truth in the myths, not just take the myths at face value and believe them because the majority believes them. You have to separate the wheat from the chaff, the truth from the deception.

The dichotomy of "myth or truth" in this case is believing a myth, or seeking/knowing the truth.