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  1. djackson

    A Red Chair, a Purple Couch, and Nothingness: Thoughts on the Problem of God

    Mayhaps a billion people claim to FOLLOW a god, but I sincerely doubt they PERCEIVE what god is.
  2. djackson

    What is the solution for ILLEGAL immigrants?

    Speaking as one newly outside mainstream society(and I won't elaborate how or why),a born citizen/ex-patriot having turned my back on corporate political america and the government system tracking every move we make, all this discussion is moot anyway. It will be the Old Guard, whether Democrat...
  3. djackson

    How long were Adam and Eve in the Garden?

    Hear! Hear! Put succinctly and I absolutely agree. Even taken literally, the whole question ,by the time you compare Isaiah with Revelation, of the length of the seventh day of God's rest is supposed to be unknown anyway, the part in doubt being the time Adam and Eve were in the garden (just...
  4. djackson

    >here<

    Welcome. The voice of reason in any religion is as cool water. I'm afraid I am one who does not understand Islam very well. What I know is from magazine articles (not the rags, mainly National Geographic, US News and World Report, and my parent's religion study guides). My perception and...
  5. djackson

    Perception of Violent Music

    Personally, I can relax to Nine Inch Nails and Tool as easily as I can New Age or Classical. I believe that a person's mental state is only going to be influenced by a song towards evil acts if that person is evil to begin with. The music has nothing to do with the original intent of evil...
  6. djackson

    How long were Adam and Eve in the Garden?

    They do, both a magazine and a study book. I'm new to this forum and this thread. I want to ask of those still reading this thread, it depends on how you subscribe to the story of Adam and Eve. The standard bibical/King James version as literal. The time was indeterminate as Adam was supposed...
  7. djackson

    Ask a Mormon! (Part Three)

    Speaking as an ex?Mormon (voluntarily not going, don't agree, etc., but raised very devoutly). While Jesus was blessed with the holy spirit, giving him most if not all the knowledge of what he had in heaven, he knew the task set before was not going to be easy. He was human, he had to be like...
  8. djackson

    A Red Chair, a Purple Couch, and Nothingness: Thoughts on the Problem of God

    If you were inquiring of my post... the philosophy goes like this. Particle physics allows for multiple realities, all inter-weaving with each other. Like the principle of not being able to know the exact state of an atom's particles without observing them, likewise our lives are undetermined...
  9. djackson

    What Was the First Religion?

    From a spiritual standpoint, it does beg an answer though? And it adds to some earlier posts. What if the first religion came before recorded human history. It makes sense that with conscious thought comes a search for spirituality. Where did I come from? Where am I going? How am I supposed to...
  10. djackson

    Afterlife - Where do we go?

    Has anyone seen the documentary "What the bleep do we know". It is a collection of scientists, theologians, and metaphysicists that comment on new discoveries of particle physics and unified field theory that leans towards the idea that we are all gods of our own universe, our thoughts affecting...
  11. djackson

    A Red Chair, a Purple Couch, and Nothingness: Thoughts on the Problem of God

    What about the current theories of particle physics and multiple universe theory? They lean towards the idea that we/our own soul are the God of our perceptive view of the universe and all in it. We choose our world, our lot in life, the people that surround us, etc. We can even consciously...
  12. djackson

    What Was the First Religion?

    Especially if you subscribe to the "10th Planet" theory by Sitchin. Civilization pre-dating the oldest records of man. I just didn't think here was the proper thread for that Pandora's Box. I believe in the possibilities, but too controversial. Nice idea though, that we were genetically combined...
  13. djackson

    Trinity - Fact or Fiction?

    I hear you on those quotes, but I have always been of the view that the bible is just man's interpretation of events and not literal. However, if you read these from a certain point of view, they just validate my theory that the holy spirit was passed on or linked to Jesus, thus forming the...
  14. djackson

    What Was the First Religion?

    :o Thank you, my thoughts were on the origins of man and not my science. I believe I meant to say historically man began in Mesopatamia, at least the beginnings of civilization. I haven't done much reading on Anthropology, so it is interesting to see agreement. Looks like something to add to my...
  15. djackson

    Theism and Skepticism

    Historically, skeptics are looked up to. Look at Socrates. Skepticism in my world view strengthens my belief that the accepted world view of organized religions are just masses of blind followers with no real understanding of god/gods or their and our place in the universe. To search for...
  16. djackson

    Trinity - Fact or Fiction?

    Consider this. Accepting that God is/was real, also Jesus. Could it be possible that God the Father was inhabited by a being/energy/spirit that was passed on to his "son", unifying them into one being by memory/experience? In other words, when the god of the Old Testament 'changed' into the god...
  17. djackson

    Theism and Skepticism

    I would have to say too much skepticism leads away from theism. Speaking from personal experience, the few times I tried to follow a path of faith, my doubts were always in the forefront before "true believer" so I eventually chose another path. I have always said that I could doubt God to his...
  18. djackson

    Theism and Skepticism

    I would have to agree that skepticism can damage theism. From personal experience, even the few times I tried to follow a path of faith, by doubts were always at the forefront, eventually leading into following a different path. I have always said that I could doubt God to his face.
  19. djackson

    What Was the First Religion?

    Well, biologically homo sapiens started in the Mesopotamic Valley, so I would have to point towards the polytheism/animism of ancient Sumeria. The question then becomes, did homo erectus or evolutionary forms of man have religious inclinations?
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