11/29/2009 10:25:35 PM
Van
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When I was about 20, I bought a book on all major western philosophies from the ancient Greeks to modern day. It was a heavy but interesting read. I found that many great thinkers developed world views that explained high human values - morality, ambition, self-sacrifice, love, as well as base human behaviours - greed, selfishness, killing, as being part of a natural process, always with the inclusion (if not always the intervention) or a higher being or beings. I wish I could remember some of the names and their theories, but in each one (including yours) I see that only through higher aspects of humanity can we as a species survive long term and that our recognition of God is not required for the system to work, in fact it is detrimental to the ultimate goal of 'heaven'. I completely agree, though my own explanation differs in content.
You see God's path as ahead of ours, and directing ours. I agree. Angels exist, I agree. I also believe we will soon be angels ourselves if we hang tight and follow God's simple rules - be the best you can be and die. Heaven awaits those accept Gods laws and are born again - not in some Christian baptism service but as Jesus showed us through death. To enter the kingdom of Heaven you must be born again. These bodies are temporal they are not meant to last forever, we are in the process of evolving and our time in this body is a necessary step in our evolution, but it is not the completed angelic form that awaits us.
I believe there is a time in the near future where we will be offered an opportunity to travel in time, to maintain our bodies longer than their natural course and many people will take that path. But it is not Gods way. God's covenant is to honour God's laws and Time is God's law. Through time - life, death, rebirth, we develop, we evolve, and we prepare ourselves for Heaven. I understand your deep desire to understand life, God and to live forever. And it will be yours, but you must follow God's course. You cannot jump ahead of his plan: Luke 17:33; Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
We do not recognise God but that does not in any way mean he does not exist. The cells on my arm may not recognise me, but without me, they cease to exist. Those little cells can shout from the rooftops that I do not exist, that they are utterly reliant on me and I know it. They are on my arm doing work for me and I in turn give them life - we are in God's world, doing work for God and he in turn breathes life into us - whatever we shout from the rooftops. Man's belief that he rules the universe is misplaced arrogance, when man cannot even control his own heartbeat or breath.
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11/29/2009 10:30:33 PM
Mark
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I believe we are an incredibly resilient species who will do whatever it takes to survive and thrive. Today, the Free Crown Point problem is perched on our horizon. It is like the proverbial 800-pound gorilla in the room, which cannot be ignored—indefinitely. Presently, our best option to tame this beast is to implement an Anonymity Biosphere (AB) solution. This will require a high Filter Threshold (FT) into our first Upper Tier (UT).
After long and careful analysis, I have concluded that we will select only those evaluees who are completely enamoured with angelic love, towards all those who are like-minded—sight unseen. Anything short of that standard is unsustainable in the long-term.
I recognize that angelic love is not everyone’s cup of tea and that it would be politically incorrect, not to lower the bar to “just be a good person” or “be the best you can be.”
Well, most “Titans of Industry” are good people. They are peace-loving, upstanding citizens who volunteer their time and money to numerous charities. However, due to their power cravings, they are the least trustworthy with respect to the Free Crown. Behind the scenes, they have a team of lawyers and lobbyists pedaling influence in various restricted corridors of power. In addition, those flush with venture capital will be the first to come within reach of the approaching Free Crown, because they can afford to fund the research into enslavement-ready technologies.
To think that they are not enticed by the power prospects of the Free Crown merely because they are good people is naive. Consequently, “good” is not necessarily good enough for any UT.
If we happen to be inside one of Gods AB’s, then it is reasonable to assume that his FT level would be at the exact same height for entrance into his UT, aka heaven—despite what the earthly church and our pop culture might dictate.
Matt 7:21; "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven.”
Matt 5:20; "For I say to you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.
Matt 16:26; "For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
The “acid test” for Christianity or any viable UT is:
John 13:34-35; "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."
edited by Mark on 11/29/2009
edited by Mark on 11/29/2009
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Mark Plain
Omniscience is the only thing that freewill is sure to be free of.
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