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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 6:06 am Post subject: |
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| Well, I'm still waiting for undeniable proof that there is life after death. |
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Rteacher

Joined: 23 May 2005 Location: Western MA, USA
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Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 2:35 pm Post subject: |
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You get the proof firsthand while you're in the womb of your next mother, waiting to be born - you can remember many of your past lives (and mistakes) in that condition... After the subsequent birth trauma, though, memories of past lives are generally erased (though I vaguely remember being the Armenian-American abstract expressionist, Arshille Gorky, my last life ...)
The Vedic culture is indigenous to India. The "Aryan Invasion theory" has been discredited. There was some migration, mainly from Iran, into northern India, but Vedic culture was already advanced there ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryan_Invasion_Theory_(history_and_controversies)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_Aryan_Theory
Buddha apparently rejected Vedic scriptures, but that was for an esoteric purpose, and the voidist philosophy that he propagated was eventually defeated and more-or-less driven out of India by Shankararcharya (who replaced it with impersonal Vedanta ...) and then by (personalist) Vaishnavas, including Madhvacharya, Ramanuja, Nimbarka, and Sri Chaitanya, reestablishing the authority of the Vedas ...
http://www.salagram.net/buddha-philos.html |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 5:19 pm Post subject: |
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| I think that if anyone offends Jesus they probably will go to hell. He should at least be respected as a pure representative and perfect son of God. |
That will not satisfy christians. If you do not accept jesus as your personal saviour, you are going to fry in hell. Just read the Left Behind series. |
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Rteacher

Joined: 23 May 2005 Location: Western MA, USA
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Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 2:09 pm Post subject: |
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I don't give a rat's ass about what theological fine points will satisfy most so-called Christians. My understanding is that sinful killers of animals can not understand "higher" spiritual concepts, and they have no chance of making it to heaven (what to speak of the Kingdom of God...) at the end of their present lifetimes.
Any dogmatic Christian that has tried to preach to me over the last 33 years could not get around the charge that supporting slaughterhouses egregiously violates the Commandment, THOU SHALT NOT KILL ...
However, Jesus is real, and God is real - so at least there's hope that even greatly flawed followers will gradually see the light and give up their sinful ways - over the course of subsequent lifetimes...
At least they are in a better spiritual position than hardcore atheists - including faithful followers of material science - who almost surely will get the chance to experience one of the many types of hell described in the Vedic revealed scriptures ... |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 4:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Rteacher wrote: |
I don't give a rat's ass about what theological fine points will satisfy most so-called Christians. My understanding is that sinful killers of animals can not understand "higher" spiritual concepts, and they have no chance of making it to heaven (what to speak of the Kingdom of God...) at the end of their present lifetimes.
Any dogmatic Christian that has tried to preach to me over the last 33 years could not get around the charge that supporting slaughterhouses egregiously violates the Commandment, THOU SHALT NOT KILL ...
However, Jesus is real, and God is real - so at least there's hope that even greatly flawed followers will gradually see the light and give up their sinful ways - over the course of subsequent lifetimes...
At least they are in a better spiritual position than hardcore atheists - including faithful followers of material science - who almost surely will get the chance to experience one of the many types of hell described in the Vedic revealed scriptures ... |
That's all well 'n' good, but no matter how huggly feely you are about other religions, you won't get into heaven, according to Christians. In fact, many would prefer to deny you the right to vote and be around children because of your belief. |
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Rteacher

Joined: 23 May 2005 Location: Western MA, USA
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Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 12:13 am Post subject: |
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| They'll have trouble enforcing that against U.S. Catholics (who have a higher percentage of perverted priests...) because of their money and influence. They'll also think twice before messing with Hare Krishnas because of their good lawyers - and reputation (due to rebel factions ...) for using Mafia hit tactics when necessary ... |
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