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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 61057149 United States08/19/2014 10:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | you know how I avoided this scenario? I centered my research on whether or not Jesus was the truth. I figured probably not or maybe something less than the son of God… actually, I did not even believe in God fully, at that time… everything was up for grabs, but I thought maybe I could learn something about what to do if I could discover the truth about Jesus. slowly, after thousands of hours of sincerely seeking, the science, the archeology, the history, the scholarship, even the extreme woo woo of occult, giants, ufo/abductions, even time travel, ALL pointed to the fact that Jesus Christ is the truth and is exactly who he said he is. Once you accept this truth in your heart, ALL of the evil in this reality, all of the confusion, evaporates. Reading the Bible end-to-end and seeking to know more by praying to God becomes the focus. God created us to have dominion, not to be slaves. some good sources: yt: Lee Strobel - The Case for the Resurrection [link to www.youtube.com] yt: The Bible Is True! ~ The New Evidence That Demands A Verdict [link to www.youtube.com] yt: Walter Veith (13) Battle of the Bibles /Total Onslaught [link to www.youtube.com] youtube: The Resurrection Argument That Changed a Generation of Scholars - Gary Habermas at UCSB [link to youtu.be] yt: The Forbidden Book - History of The English Bible (Documentary Film) [link to www.youtube.com] yt: Jesus: Evidence, ancient historical sources [link to youtu.be] Part I: Evidence of the existence of Jesus Christ by Simon Greenleaf, the Royal Professor of Law at Harvard University. Dr. Greenleaf was one of the greatest legal minds that ever lived. He wrote the famous legal volume entitled, A Treatise on the Law of Evidence, considered by many the greatest legal volume ever written. Dr. Simon Greenleaf believed the Resurrection of Jesus Christ was a hoax. And he determined, once and for all, to expose the "myth" of the Resurrection. After thoroughly examining the evidence for the resurrection — Dr. Greenleaf came to the exact opposite conclusion! He wrote a book entitled, An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists by the Rules of Evidence Administered in the Courts of Justice. In which he emphatically stated: 
"it was IMPOSSIBLE that the apostles could have persisted in affirming the truths they had narrated, had not JESUS CHRIST ACTUALLY RISEN FROM THE DEAD, . . ."
(Simon Greenleaf, An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists by the Rules of Evidence Administered in the Courts of Justice, p.29). Part II examines evidence from the non-biblical sources of nineteen pagan writers that refer to Jesus Christ of the first century such as Tacitus, Suetonius, Pliny the Younger. Also doucmented by Flavius Josephus, the greatest historian of the Jews. ------------------ "Oh, eternal and everlasting God, direct my thoughts, words and work. Wash away my sins in the immaculate blood of the lamb and purge my heart by the Holy Spirit. Daily, frame me more and more in the likeness of thy son, Jesus Christ, that living in thy fear, and dying in thy favor, I may in thy appointed time obtain the resurrection of the justified unto eternal life. Bless, O Lord, the whole race of mankind and let the world be filled with the knowledge of thy son, Jesus Christ." ~ George Washington, 1st President of the United States |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 61057149 United States08/19/2014 10:51 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | “The gift of mental power comes from God, Divine Being, and if we concentrate our minds on that truth, we become in tune with this great power. My mother taught me to seek all truth in the Bible.” --Nikola Tesla “This most beautiful system of the sun, planets, and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent Being.” --Sir Isaac Newton, Principia, Book 3 “All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force which brings the particle of an atom to vibration and holds this most minute solar system of the atom together. We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent mind. This mind is the matrix of all matter.” --Max Planck “When the answer is simple, God is answering.” --Einstein “A common sense interpretation of the facts suggests that a super-intellect has monkeyed with physics, as well as with chemistry and biology, and that there are no blind forces worth speaking about in nature. The numbers one calculates from the facts seem to me so overwhelming as to put this conclusion almost beyond question." --Dr. Fred Hoyle (scientist who coined the term "Big Bang" who was unafraid to go wherever the facts led him, and who consequently recanted his atheism.) Head of Human Genome Project, Dr. Francis Collins, converts to Christianity "I set out to prove that my atheist position was correct." “Since everything that is in motion must be moved by something, let us suppose there is a thing in motion which was moved by something else in motion, and that by something else, and so on. But this series cannot go on to infinity, so there must be some First Mover.” --Aristotle, “Physics” “One cannot be exposed to the law and order of the universe without concluding that there must be design and purpose behind it all... To be forced to believe only one conclusion--that everything in the universe happened by chance--would violate the very objectivity of science itself.” --Werner von Braun, Letter to CA State Board of Education, 9/14/72 "The laws of nature produce no events, they state the pattern to which every event have only and can be induced to happen, must conform. Just as the rules of Arithmetic state the pattern to which all transactions of money, must conform, if only you can get a hold of any money. Thus in one sense the laws of nature cover the whole field of space and time. In another what they leave out is precisely the whole real universe. The incessant " "For every law says in the last resort: 'If you have A, then B." But first catch your A. The laws will not do it for you." --C.S.Lewis “The exquisite order displayed by our scientific understanding of the physical world calls for the Divine.” --Dr. Vera Kistiakowski, Prof. of Physics Emeritus, MIT “I stand in awe of God because of what He has done through his creation. Only a rookie who knows nothing about science would say science takes away from faith. If you really study science, it will bring you closer to God.” --Dr. James Tour, Nanoscientist, Rice Univ. “If physics is the product of design, the universe must have a purpose, and the evidence of modern physics suggests strongly to me that the purpose includes us.” Paul Davies, Superforce, (1984) "My worldly faculties are slipping away day by day Happy it is for all of us that the true good does not lie in them. As they ebb, may they leave us as little children, trusting in the Father of Mercies and accepting His unspeakable gift. I bow before Him who is Lord of all." --Michael Faraday, on his death bed, one of the greatest experimental philosophers, Doctorate from Oxford University, holding 97 unsought for distinctions who discovered Electricity youtube: The Case For A Creator With Lee Strobel [link to www.youtube.com] |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1440193 United States08/19/2014 10:53 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | God damn. I have no idea where to even begin with this rant of mine. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 59006166 I have no idea what to think about anything anymore. Maybe that's the point of all of this. Maybe it's not. In 2005 a friend of mine pointed out that "11:11" phenomenon. I then started seeing it everywhere like everyone else. The craziest was when me and that same friend went to the beach and tripped on mushrooms. Driving home we noticed the clock said "11:11" and we talked about whether it really meant anything, then we looked up and saw that the car in front of us had a license plate that read "1111". The clock changed at the same time the car drove away. I got into meditation. I had an out of body experience. I got really into the 9-11 conspiracy which led to me reading about other conspiracies and other conspiracies as the snowball just kept rolling. I got really into the Law of Attraction. I started noticing I'd think of a random thing, phrase, person, item, whatever, and I'd encounter it somehow later that day. I thought it was legit and tried to use it to change my life for the better. Tried to create that life that existed in my dreams. It never happened. It took a while, lots of trying and re-trying it just never happened. I've had weird experiences too. A little kid I've never met before said "Hi!" and then said my name to me as I exited a grocery store. I paused and was like "Uh...how did he know my name?" But his nervous mother rushed the little kid away in a hurry, as if he did something wrong. One time a woman came up to me and insisted that she pay for my entire purchase when I was at a store. I refused but she shoved the money into my hand and ran away. I didn't understand why. I've read things about how this whole reality is just a dream, and I'm dreaming and nothing "out there" is actually real. Trying to utilize this and change the dream or create the world I want has resulted in failure. I'm so bored with politics. Everything everyone is saying about Obama has already been said about Bush. I remember when people were saying Bush would never leave office and he'd be the next Hitler and create a nuclear war. I've read about the illuminati. I've read about all of it. I still get constant synchs in my reality though they don't seem to ever truly mean anything or amount to anything. This morning I read a story about a girl being harrassed by a guy she works with. She said that he would say "No doubt" whenever he talked to her, a nervous tic I guess. Then I heard that one television, a random lady told Steve Harvey "No doubt" when talking about something. Then no doubt came on the radio when I went to get coffee. And that's what it's like. All day long. Everyday. Fucking meaningless synchs. I thought at one time that I knew why. I thought it was law of attraction. Nope. I thought it was the universe showing me signs. Nope. I thought that reality was just a reflection of my consciousness and so I'm encountering thoughts manifested in the physical reality. Nope. It's a constant state of not knowing. Of everything being too close to tell and nothing really tangible ever happening. It sucks. And the worst. Two years ago I met a girl. I began dreaming about that girl everynight. She began dreaming about me too and would tell me about it. When I looked into her eyes it was this instant connection like we were "one", not with just each other but with all of creation. I began to "Feel" her in my heart and my soul. I became convinced that she was my soulmate, if such a thing exists. We began dating a year ago. It was amazing. Everything was perfect. We got closer and closer and fell so deeply in love, more than I had ever known. This past June she broke up with me out of the blue. For no reason and refuses to speak to me. I haven't seen her since June. Haven't talked to her since June. Now I find myself in this angry, bitter state all of the time. Fed up with reality. Fed up with myself. Fed up with the conspiracy websites. Fed up with the wars and the governments. But worst of all, not having a single fucking clue what to think about everything. It's like I tried out all of these different trains of thoughts, and they were seemed like maybe they were true but ended up never really resulting in anything significant. I'm really at the end of my rope and more than anything I want to just fucking give up and pull a Robin Williams, but I'd never ever ever do that. (don't worry). I know this thread will be flooded with countless people who claim to know but I feel so angry and bitter and cynical and I just don't think any of you really know anything at all. You think you do. I thought I did too. But the years passed. The time kept going. The same patterns repeated with different presidents. It wasn't just Bush just like it's not just Obama. So what do I do? I have on clue. Fuck this world. Honestly? It is the end times and Christ is coming back soon. Don't know your stance on that line of thinking, you may call me an idiot. It is the truth though. The reason you don't understand anything is because you are looking around this world for answers and there are none here, I was exactly where you are. I though Jesus was a cheeseball stupid idea and laughed at people who told me about Him. Did ten years of searching on mystery religions and Christianity, the evidence is overwhelming. A great book is Lee Strobel's Case for Christ. Give it a chance. Hope you come to the truth, bud. Only thing that will free you up. You will get a lot of crazy, humanistic and useless carnal answers to this. Christ is the real deal. I responded to this because you sound just like me ten years ago. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1440193 United States08/19/2014 10:55 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | you know how I avoided this scenario? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 61057149 I centered my research on whether or not Jesus was the truth. I figured probably not or maybe something less than the son of God… actually, I did not even believe in God fully, at that time… everything was up for grabs, but I thought maybe I could learn something about what to do if I could discover the truth about Jesus. slowly, after thousands of hours of sincerely seeking, the science, the archeology, the history, the scholarship, even the extreme woo woo of occult, giants, ufo/abductions, even time travel, ALL pointed to the fact that Jesus Christ is the truth and is exactly who he said he is. Once you accept this truth in your heart, ALL of the evil in this reality, all of the confusion, evaporates. Reading the Bible end-to-end and seeking to know more by praying to God becomes the focus. God created us to have dominion, not to be slaves. some good sources: yt: Lee Strobel - The Case for the Resurrection [link to www.youtube.com] yt: The Bible Is True! ~ The New Evidence That Demands A Verdict [link to www.youtube.com] yt: Walter Veith (13) Battle of the Bibles /Total Onslaught [link to www.youtube.com] youtube: The Resurrection Argument That Changed a Generation of Scholars - Gary Habermas at UCSB [link to youtu.be] yt: The Forbidden Book - History of The English Bible (Documentary Film) [link to www.youtube.com] yt: Jesus: Evidence, ancient historical sources [link to youtu.be] Part I: Evidence of the existence of Jesus Christ by Simon Greenleaf, the Royal Professor of Law at Harvard University. Dr. Greenleaf was one of the greatest legal minds that ever lived. He wrote the famous legal volume entitled, A Treatise on the Law of Evidence, considered by many the greatest legal volume ever written. Dr. Simon Greenleaf believed the Resurrection of Jesus Christ was a hoax. And he determined, once and for all, to expose the "myth" of the Resurrection. After thoroughly examining the evidence for the resurrection — Dr. Greenleaf came to the exact opposite conclusion! He wrote a book entitled, An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists by the Rules of Evidence Administered in the Courts of Justice. In which he emphatically stated: 
"it was IMPOSSIBLE that the apostles could have persisted in affirming the truths they had narrated, had not JESUS CHRIST ACTUALLY RISEN FROM THE DEAD, . . ."
(Simon Greenleaf, An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists by the Rules of Evidence Administered in the Courts of Justice, p.29). Part II examines evidence from the non-biblical sources of nineteen pagan writers that refer to Jesus Christ of the first century such as Tacitus, Suetonius, Pliny the Younger. Also doucmented by Flavius Josephus, the greatest historian of the Jews. ------------------ "Oh, eternal and everlasting God, direct my thoughts, words and work. Wash away my sins in the immaculate blood of the lamb and purge my heart by the Holy Spirit. Daily, frame me more and more in the likeness of thy son, Jesus Christ, that living in thy fear, and dying in thy favor, I may in thy appointed time obtain the resurrection of the justified unto eternal life. Bless, O Lord, the whole race of mankind and let the world be filled with the knowledge of thy son, Jesus Christ." ~ George Washington, 1st President of the United States LOL, wow, I jsut suggested Strobel's book too, and I did not see your post. That is so sweet! Good post! |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 33847725 United States08/19/2014 10:56 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You're right where you need to be as we are in the era of transcending the mind. Thread: We Are Very Close To A Point In Time Where Everyone Will Be Going Completely Out Of Their Minds. Learn To Live In Your Heart. ------ |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 52557357 United States08/19/2014 10:59 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, that's all you need. Talk to your Heavenly Father, then just be still and listen to His small still voice. We are in terrible times right now, the evil one is alive and well. The evil one is a liar!!! He comes ONLY to kill, steal and destroy. Demand that he leaves you alone! Your ONLY option is to try and trust God. What do you have to loose?  |
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Apollo Far-Darter  User ID: 25497206 United States08/19/2014 11:04 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Of human life the time is a point, and the substance is in a flux, and the perception dull, and the composition of the whole body subject to putrefaction, and the soul a whirl, and fortune hard to divine, and fame a thing devoid of judgement. And, to say all in a word, everything which belongs to the body is a stream, and what belongs to the soul is a dream and vapour, and life is a warfare and a stranger's sojourn, and after-fame is oblivion. 'At this time also the Jews began war, because they were forbidden to mutilate their genitals. (quot vetabantur mutilare genitalia) ~Historia Augusta: For to that faculty in us which is unreasonable and disordered and violent, and does not come from the gods, but from evil spirits, the ancients gave the name Titans, that is to say, those that are punished and subjected to correction.~ Plutarch. |
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| russ59dd User ID: 3157386 United States08/19/2014 11:18 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | she probably never had that experience before or something jealous of what you were discovering could have steered her away somehow I know how you feel. Don't give up. We are living in time that will be noted in history, big things are going to happen. Try to shift the focus from what you could have had, to helping others that you love or need you. Something good will come back from that. |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 19549334 United States08/19/2014 11:47 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Sorry about your girl dude, but she wasn't for you... her not wanting to even talk to ya', about why, proves it. Believe me, in a few weeks things will get better, but the 11:11 thingy stays put...fades at times but around, around it goes. Not meant for the human mind to understand, it's language for the soul to understand. Jesus is Lord, and he has a purpose for you and your life, Many like you, so don't fret about it, enjoy life.... |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 61851024 United Kingdom08/19/2014 01:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | .....because..... The only One who said.... "I am THE WAY, THE TRUTH and THE LIFE"..... ....is ignored, is passed off as a liar and exchanged for the philosophers, teachers and men of this world....including many priests and charlatans in our churches sad to say.... Why is it you so readily believed these men? Yet...God is not a man that He should lie....believe Him and His Word, through whom all was created....yet, the men of this world had your attention, yet you chased them and their teachings....and they have left you hollow, disallusioned and bitter....and at this time your pour it all out to the world and those pointing you towards the One True God understand...they were in your shoes...and know now that what was missing in their lives was faith and trust in God...was His love ...was His salvation. For some reason, your heart was entirely hardened and so He set you on the path of searching, a long while it took you too...to come to the point which you are now at...realising that you always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the .... truth....because there was no I AM THE TRUTH where you were searching ........ |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 59006166 United States08/19/2014 01:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | so after i wrote this post on here, i started driving to work, only for my car to break down 5 miles from my house and for some reason my cell phone decided not to work so i had to walk 5 miles home and call out of work today. god hates me. |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 61757389 United States08/19/2014 02:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | A person may have a lot of anxieties before an exam. To greatly help reduce the anxiety, this person can do a lot of studying and will then be very well prepared for the test. This will in turn increase his or her confidence, and the stress and worries about the test will then be significantly lessened. Likewise, the same applies if you have fears about the afterlife. For example, if you're well prepared for it, you'll have greater confidence, and less fear. So what are some different possibilities, about the afterlife based on various beliefs, and what do these beliefs recommend in order to have a positive afterlife? 1) It's generally accepted by those who believe in reincarnation, that if we do good to others, this will help us to increase our positive karma, which in turn will help to ensure a better incarnation in the next life. Others even state, when we achieved a level, where our entire life, is focused on helping others, we can eventually end the need to reincarnate here, and then dwell eternally and happily in a heavenly afterlife. 2) Nearly everyone who experienced an NDE, learn and return with this same message, that we must do good and help others. By making this our primary focus in life, this will help to ensure a positive afterlife. 3) When you solely read the very words of Jesus, you'll also find that this is also his primary message, which is to love and help others. So regardless of these possible outcomes in the afterlife, if you make it the goal of your life, to love and help as many possible, this will lessen the fear, and give you greater confidence and hope of a happy and joyful afterlife. Even if there's no afterlife, you'll still have a deep satisfaction and inner peace, knowing that regardless of how large or small, you still helped to make a positive difference in the world, and that your life has meaning and purpose. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 58685678 United States08/19/2014 02:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | so after i wrote this post on here, i started driving to work, only for my car to break down 5 miles from my house and for some reason my cell phone decided not to work so i had to walk 5 miles home and call out of work today. god hates me. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 59006166 If god hated you, he would not give you trials to overcome and instead let you remain an untested weakling. |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 51858751 United States08/19/2014 02:11 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | OP, thanks for the time and effort you put into this post. I'm responding at 11:11 am. Just because I have 6 minutes to type this ... I think we are all going through this. At least most of my "awakened" friends are. I feel your pain. I'm right there as well. Back in 2012 I thought it was Timewave-Zero that was causing it. I was wrong of course, things just kept on getting worse. My observation is that things ARE getting weirder, and globally WORSE. I believe it will enviably implode. Thanks, and good luck. |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 44085530 United Kingdom08/19/2014 02:41 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I know how you feel op, things seem to get worse and no one is fixing it. But I learnt to live life for myself and the ones that love me. Forget the news/conspiracies to an extent.. by all means be up to date and be knowledgeable about it.. but take it like an interesting story book. Then close it. You know about it though. Then you can just laugh and enjoy life, have fun and make other people smile then you will feel happy with yourself. No religion involves just be a good person and the rest takes care of itself... unless someones an ass then you be one back... |
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