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The sick concept of Eternal hell suffering.

Saint Frankenstein

Here for the ride
Premium Member
I personally don't believe that hell is eternal. I tend to view it as a spiritual/psychological state that may be changed at any time. We create our own hells.
 

Bird123

Well-Known Member
The deity described in the Bible is all of the nasty things you mentioned!:eek:

That should be an indication for people to Question the Bible for it was written by mankind. Would true intelligence value all those petty things?? Of course not. Doesn't God have to be Smarter than that????

There are a million lessons to learn around Religion. None of them are about God.
 

Thief

Rogue Theologian
I don't thik I made myself clear in the previous effort.....

Man was created as a species on Day Six.
No names...no law....no restrictions....no garden.....

Male and female ....'go forth be fruitful and multiply'....'dominate all things'.

And Man became that self centered, self seeking creature that would fail in spirit.

The Garden event was intervention with intention of an upgrade.
The divergence is noted.
Adam is a chosen son of God.
Eve is a clone and twin to Adam.
Adam was given his twin sister for a bride. She had no navel.

Strange and extreme?....perhaps.

But if your trying to save the species....what else would you do?
Mind control?

Such would be the end of freewill.....would it not?
 

kjw47

Well-Known Member
The point I am making is that if the deity is as portrayed in the Bible, it has no moral high ground whatsoever as it is worse than any human ever, and has no right to judge us!!


As for most mortals they should have zigged when they zagged. It is because of such high morals that God does what he does.
 

Ingledsva

HEATHEN ALASKAN
I don't thik I made myself clear in the previous effort.....

Man was created as a species on Day Six.
No names...no law....no restrictions....no garden.....

Male and female ....'go forth be fruitful and multiply'....'dominate all things'.

And Man became that self centered, self seeking creature that would fail in spirit.

The Garden event was intervention with intention of an upgrade.
The divergence is noted.
Adam is a chosen son of God.
Eve is a clone and twin to Adam.
Adam was given his twin sister for a bride. She had no navel.

Strange and extreme?....perhaps.

But if your trying to save the species....what else would you do?
Mind control?

Such would be the end of freewill.....would it not?


I believe this is just a teaching story.


However, what I wanted to note is - that if Eve was a clone of Adam - she would be a HE. :)



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Thief

Rogue Theologian
I believe this is just a teaching story.


However, what I wanted to note is - that if Eve was a clone of Adam - she would be a HE. :)

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I squeeze genetic engineering into the scheme of it.
How else to have an updated version of the species?.....for Adam's sake.

I imagine Caine had a problem.

But that's another topic.
 

Quirkybird

Member
Someone had to be first.

I believe Adam to have been a chosen son of God....
the first to walk in presence of the Spirit.

Whatever turns you on of course. I would prefer not to be anything to do with the nasty Biblical deity, the devil ,if it exists, couldn't be any worse that is for sure.
 

Thief

Rogue Theologian
Whatever turns you on of course. I would prefer not to be anything to do with the nasty Biblical deity, the devil ,if it exists, couldn't be any worse that is for sure.

Indeed!
It could be the whole of the topic...who you call upon!

Ask of the devil and he might do so....and take your soul in trade.
Ask of God and He might say 'no'.....but spare your soul for heaven.

Or.....you might be dealt with as you do unto others.....by either party!!!!!!!!!
 

Quirkybird

Member
Indeed!
It could be the whole of the topic...who you call upon!

Ask of the devil and he might do so....and take your soul in trade.
Ask of God and He might say 'no'.....but spare your soul for heaven.

Or.....you might be dealt with as you do unto others.....by either party!!!!!!!!!

As I don't believe either exist, I call on myself!:D
 

Thief

Rogue Theologian
As I don't believe either exist, I call on myself!:D

No Good in the here after?
No Adversary to avoid?

Only you.....and the countless others that survive the last breath?

I believe we humans have that possiblity ahead of us.
Over 7billion people and no one crosses over?
Not one chance at all?

But with no ONe in charge we then stand into chaos!
And the sick notion of hell would then be real!
 

Quirkybird

Member
No Good in the here after?
No Adversary to avoid?

Only you.....and the countless others that survive the last breath?

I believe we humans have that possiblity ahead of us.
Over 7billion people and no one crosses over?
Not one chance at all?

But with no ONe in charge we then stand into chaos!
And the sick notion of hell would then be real!

There is no one in charge apart from us humans. Even if a deity does exist somewhere, it doesn't intervene in our world.
 

Thief

Rogue Theologian
There is no one in charge apart from us humans. Even if a deity does exist somewhere, it doesn't intervene in our world.

Not here for sure.....God gave Man dominion.

But whether it be Deity or not......Someone will attempt to rule.
You might expect ...'who?'.....if not God?
 

Thief

Rogue Theologian
Ehhhhhhhhhhh?

If you believe in life after the last breath........
Someone will be in charge.

Stands to reason.

In this life someone seeks to be on top.....king of the hill.

When we cross over...someone will seek to be on top.....as if a king.

Would you prefer someone other than the Creator?
 

Sees

Dragonslayer
If you believe in life after the last breath........
Someone will be in charge.

Stands to reason.

In this life someone seeks to be on top.....king of the hill.

When we cross over...someone will seek to be on top.....as if a king.

Would you prefer someone other than the Creator?

Why assume more ancient/eternal, highly evolved/perfected spirit beings/entities would be as petty as mankind when it comes to dominion and such? The more we evolve as a whole, the more we truly value freedom and independence...the more we try to share, promote, fight for it to be universal standard. (Obviously huge atrocities against this still, in more regions than others.)

To me the old God-King-Emperor role personified is something we have sort of all transcended as ideal or "right". It speaks of old cultural understanding/wishes of certain men - that our current, living religions, philosophies, worldviews need to be far above.

In my path the Divine doesn't want this on earth (obviously) or otherworld/realms/dimensions/afterlifes.
 

Ingledsva

HEATHEN ALASKAN
Ingledsva said:
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I believe this is just a teaching story.


However, what I wanted to note is - that if Eve was a clone of Adam - she would be a HE.
I squeeze genetic engineering into the scheme of it.
How else to have an updated version of the species?.....for Adam's sake.

I imagine Caine had a problem.

But that's another topic.


Have you looked at the text in the Hebrew? It seems to be saying something else, (and there are Jewish writings on this idea as well.) That the first "being" was not a male, but was both male and female, and they separated so as to face each other and procreate.


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Thief

Rogue Theologian
Why assume more ancient/eternal, highly evolved/perfected spirit beings/entities would be as petty as mankind when it comes to dominion and such? The more we evolve as a whole, the more we truly value freedom and independence...the more we try to share, promote, fight for it to be universal standard. (Obviously huge atrocities against this still, in more regions than others.)

To me the old God-King-Emperor role personified is something we have sort of all transcended as ideal or "right". It speaks of old cultural understanding/wishes of certain men - that our current, living religions, philosophies, worldviews need to be far above.

In my path the Divine doesn't want this on earth (obviously) or otherworld/realms/dimensions/afterlifes.

And the Almighty would then be the term of choice?
(regardless of the characteristics you might attribute to Him)
 

Nakosis

Non-Binary Physicalist
Premium Member
When we cross over...someone will seek to be on top.....as if a king.

Would you prefer someone other than the Creator?

Me, makes the Mormon idea of going off to rule your own planet kind of appealing.

Now assuming I gave the people of that planet freewill, I could see promoting the idea of eternal hell just to limit some of the raping, pillaging and debauchery likely to go on.
 
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