To Those Who Are Devout
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To Those Who Are Devout
If you were someone else, someone who woke up one day and realized that the creator of this world created you to just flounder and die, what would you think of that creator?
And if you (looking at that person who was created to flounder and die) were a "devout" follower of "God", what would you do to another person who rejected the creator of this world? Would you treat them differently, perhaps do less favors for them, perhaps shun them in various ways? Perhaps worse?
Supposing all other things were equal, that this rejector of God has committed no serious crimes, that his or her only crime is contempt toward the creator of the universe for having created a universe in which s/he did not belong, then what would that mean? Would that mean that the rejector of the creator of the universe is "unholy"?
And if you (looking at that person who was created to flounder and die) were a "devout" follower of "God", what would you do to another person who rejected the creator of this world? Would you treat them differently, perhaps do less favors for them, perhaps shun them in various ways? Perhaps worse?
Supposing all other things were equal, that this rejector of God has committed no serious crimes, that his or her only crime is contempt toward the creator of the universe for having created a universe in which s/he did not belong, then what would that mean? Would that mean that the rejector of the creator of the universe is "unholy"?
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This question suffers from the same problem that many religions do, namely feel free to exercise your freedom of religion and give everyone else the same courtesy.Gary Childress wrote: ↑Thu Nov 09, 2023 12:54 pm If you were someone else, someone who woke up one day and realized that the creator of this world created you to just flounder and die, what would you think of that creator?
And if you (looking at that person who was created to flounder and die) were a "devout" follower of "God", what would you do to another person who rejected the creator of this world? Would you treat them differently, perhaps do less favors for them, perhaps shun them in various ways? Perhaps worse?
Supposing all other things were equal, that this rejector of God has committed no serious crimes, that his or her only crime is contempt toward the creator of the universe for having created a universe in which s/he did not belong, then what would that mean? Would that mean that the rejector of the creator of the universe is "unholy"?
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I'm not condemning anyone, only pointing out that many religious folks condemn me according to their theologies. As far as I'm concerned we're all probably facing much the same fate. That's not condemnation. At least I'm not condemning anyone to something I am not condemned myself.LuckyR wrote: ↑Tue Nov 14, 2023 12:41 amThis question suffers from the same problem that many religions do, namely feel free to exercise your freedom of religion and give everyone else the same courtesy.Gary Childress wrote: ↑Thu Nov 09, 2023 12:54 pm If you were someone else, someone who woke up one day and realized that the creator of this world created you to just flounder and die, what would you think of that creator?
And if you (looking at that person who was created to flounder and die) were a "devout" follower of "God", what would you do to another person who rejected the creator of this world? Would you treat them differently, perhaps do less favors for them, perhaps shun them in various ways? Perhaps worse?
Supposing all other things were equal, that this rejector of God has committed no serious crimes, that his or her only crime is contempt toward the creator of the universe for having created a universe in which s/he did not belong, then what would that mean? Would that mean that the rejector of the creator of the universe is "unholy"?
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To WORK OUT who and/or what IS the 'creator' of 'this world' one HAS TO, FIRST, COME-TO and UNDERSTANDING of what the words 'this world' is ACTUALLY REFERRING TO, EXACTLY.Gary Childress wrote: ↑Thu Nov 09, 2023 12:54 pm If you were someone else, someone who woke up one day and realized that the creator of this world created you to just flounder and die, what would you think of that creator?
And, since 'you', "gary childress", have NEVER even come CLOSE to DESCRIBING what the words 'this world' ACTUALLY MEANS and/or REFERS TO, to 'you', EXACTLY, (even though 'you' have been ASKED for CLARIFICATION on MANY OCCASIONS), this REFUSAL or IGNORANCE EXPLAINS, PARTLY, WHY 'you' have the MOST NEGATIVE of views and perceptions that 'you' OBVIOUSLY HAVE, and MAINTAIN.
1. The Creator of 'this world/the Universe' NEVER created you'to so-call 'just flounder AND die'.
2. The creator of 'this world/the life, or the way of life', in which 'you', human beings, live IN NEITHER just created you to so-call 'just flounder AND die'.
3. The ACTUAL and IRREFUTABLE Truth IS VERY DIFFERENT, INDEED.
ASSUMING or BELIEVING that 'you were created to flounder AND die' SHOWS and PROVES just how Truly NEGATIVELY 'you', "gary childress", LOOK AT and SEE 'things' here.Gary Childress wrote: ↑Thu Nov 09, 2023 12:54 pm And if you (looking at that person who was created to flounder and die) were a "devout" follower of "God", what would you do to another person who rejected the creator of this world? Would you treat them differently, perhaps do less favors for them, perhaps shun them in various ways? Perhaps worse?
NO.Gary Childress wrote: ↑Thu Nov 09, 2023 12:54 pm Supposing all other things were equal, that this rejector of God has committed no serious crimes, that his or her only crime is contempt toward the creator of the universe for having created a universe in which s/he did not belong, then what would that mean? Would that mean that the rejector of the creator of the universe is "unholy"?
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What do you mean by 'probably'?Gary Childress wrote: ↑Tue Nov 14, 2023 1:14 amI'm not condemning anyone, only pointing out that many religious folks condemn me according to their theologies. As far as I'm concerned we're all probably facing much the same fate.LuckyR wrote: ↑Tue Nov 14, 2023 12:41 amThis question suffers from the same problem that many religions do, namely feel free to exercise your freedom of religion and give everyone else the same courtesy.Gary Childress wrote: ↑Thu Nov 09, 2023 12:54 pm If you were someone else, someone who woke up one day and realized that the creator of this world created you to just flounder and die, what would you think of that creator?
And if you (looking at that person who was created to flounder and die) were a "devout" follower of "God", what would you do to another person who rejected the creator of this world? Would you treat them differently, perhaps do less favors for them, perhaps shun them in various ways? Perhaps worse?
Supposing all other things were equal, that this rejector of God has committed no serious crimes, that his or her only crime is contempt toward the creator of the universe for having created a universe in which s/he did not belong, then what would that mean? Would that mean that the rejector of the creator of the universe is "unholy"?
ABSOLUTELY EVERY one 'faces' the EXACT SAME 'thing', after physical bodies stop breathing and stop pumping blood.
ABSOLUTELY NO one is DIFFERENT in this regard.
ONLY children, while alive, ARE CONDEMNED to 'a life', or to 'a way of life', depending on 'the way of life' that was created, and is being created, FOR 'them'.Gary Childress wrote: ↑Thu Nov 09, 2023 12:54 pm That's not condemnation. At least I'm not condemning anyone to something I am not condemned myself.
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True. Having been a child, I am familiar with how some adults treat children that they're not happy to have around. Such is life.
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WHY just GIVE UP "gary childress"?Gary Childress wrote: ↑Wed Nov 15, 2023 2:24 pmTrue. Having been a child, I am familiar with how some adults treat children that they're not happy to have around. Such is life.
WHY NOT HELP IN the CHANGING of 'you', adult human beings, for the BETTER, who ARE the creators of 'the world', which human beings and other animals HAVE TO live IN, ON earth?
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There's no way to "help" and there's nothing I have to offer as "help". I've given away most all of my money to "causes". The world is what it is and will probably remain the same for as long as there are living beings in it.Age wrote: ↑Wed Nov 15, 2023 11:13 pmWHY just GIVE UP "gary childress"?Gary Childress wrote: ↑Wed Nov 15, 2023 2:24 pmTrue. Having been a child, I am familiar with how some adults treat children that they're not happy to have around. Such is life.
WHY NOT HELP IN the CHANGING of 'you', adult human beings, for the BETTER, who ARE the creators of 'the world', which human beings and other animals HAVE TO live IN, ON earth?
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When was the last time that you, seriously, LOOKED AT the 'positive side', or 'reality' itself, of 'things'?Gary Childress wrote: ↑Wed Nov 15, 2023 11:28 pmThere's no way to "help" and there's nothing I have to offer as "help".Age wrote: ↑Wed Nov 15, 2023 11:13 pmWHY just GIVE UP "gary childress"?Gary Childress wrote: ↑Wed Nov 15, 2023 2:24 pm
True. Having been a child, I am familiar with how some adults treat children that they're not happy to have around. Such is life.
WHY NOT HELP IN the CHANGING of 'you', adult human beings, for the BETTER, who ARE the creators of 'the world', which human beings and other animals HAVE TO live IN, ON earth?
Also, by JUST LISTENING, instead of SAYING, CLAIMING, and TELLING "others" that you have NOTHING AT ALL to offer as help, IS HELPING, itself.
BUT wanting money, OR thinking or believing that money will help here, is A HUGE CAUSE of the issues in 'the world'.
Giving money TO "others" only EXASPERATES 'the issues' here.
Are you YET AWARE that there is NOT a human being here who UNDERSTANDS and KNOWS what 'it' IS, EXACTLY, that you are REFERRING TO when you USE the words 'the world'?Gary Childress wrote: ↑Wed Nov 15, 2023 11:28 pm The world is what it is and will probably remain the same for as long as there are living beings in it.
And, YOUR view and version here MEANS that 'the world' WILL, probably, REMAIN EXACTLY the Truly Peaceful AND Harmonious place that 'it' OBVIOUSLY WAS, WHEN 'you', human beings, were CREATED, EVOLVED, and CAME into Existence.
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There's no point in it. Either there's a God or there is not. If there isn't, then I've been shafted in life. If there is, then I've been shafted in life. I have no more desire to be in this world outside of fear of dying.Age wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2023 12:53 amWhen was the last time that you, seriously, LOOKED AT the 'positive side', or 'reality' itself, of 'things'?Gary Childress wrote: ↑Wed Nov 15, 2023 11:28 pmThere's no way to "help" and there's nothing I have to offer as "help".
Also, by JUST LISTENING, instead of SAYING, CLAIMING, and TELLING "others" that you have NOTHING AT ALL to offer as help, IS HELPING, itself.BUT wanting money, OR thinking or believing that money will help here, is A HUGE CAUSE of the issues in 'the world'.
Giving money TO "others" only EXASPERATES 'the issues' here.
Are you YET AWARE that there is NOT a human being here who UNDERSTANDS and KNOWS what 'it' IS, EXACTLY, that you are REFERRING TO when you USE the words 'the world'?Gary Childress wrote: ↑Wed Nov 15, 2023 11:28 pm The world is what it is and will probably remain the same for as long as there are living beings in it.
And, YOUR view and version here MEANS that 'the world' WILL, probably, REMAIN EXACTLY the Truly Peaceful AND Harmonious place that 'it' OBVIOUSLY WAS, WHEN 'you', human beings, were CREATED, EVOLVED, and CAME into Existence.
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Why do you fear dying?Gary Childress wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2023 6:01 pm There's no point in it. Either there's a God or there is not. If there isn't, then I've been shafted in life. If there is, then I've been shafted in life. I have no more desire to be in this world outside of fear of dying.
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There is, supposedly, no point in 'what', EXACTLY?Gary Childress wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2023 6:01 pmThere's no point in it.Age wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2023 12:53 amWhen was the last time that you, seriously, LOOKED AT the 'positive side', or 'reality' itself, of 'things'?Gary Childress wrote: ↑Wed Nov 15, 2023 11:28 pm
There's no way to "help" and there's nothing I have to offer as "help".
Also, by JUST LISTENING, instead of SAYING, CLAIMING, and TELLING "others" that you have NOTHING AT ALL to offer as help, IS HELPING, itself.BUT wanting money, OR thinking or believing that money will help here, is A HUGE CAUSE of the issues in 'the world'.
Giving money TO "others" only EXASPERATES 'the issues' here.
Are you YET AWARE that there is NOT a human being here who UNDERSTANDS and KNOWS what 'it' IS, EXACTLY, that you are REFERRING TO when you USE the words 'the world'?Gary Childress wrote: ↑Wed Nov 15, 2023 11:28 pm The world is what it is and will probably remain the same for as long as there are living beings in it.
And, YOUR view and version here MEANS that 'the world' WILL, probably, REMAIN EXACTLY the Truly Peaceful AND Harmonious place that 'it' OBVIOUSLY WAS, WHEN 'you', human beings, were CREATED, EVOLVED, and CAME into Existence.
The word 'God' obviously exists. So, there is the word 'God', AND what the word 'God' refers to, EXACTLY, also exists. Therefore, there IS a God. But 'God' is just DIFFERENT from what you imagine, think, or believe 'It' is.
For "others", imagine just how HORRIBLE it would have been for 'this one' living with the BELIEF that 'it' has been SHAFTED IN Life.Gary Childress wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2023 6:01 pm If there isn't, then I've been shafted in life. If there is, then I've been shafted in life.
you are NOT the only one as there is at least one "other" here, in this forum, who also has absolute NO desire to be alive, and living.Gary Childress wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2023 6:01 pm I have no more desire to be in this world outside of fear of dying.
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GREAT QUESTION.attofishpi wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2023 9:35 pmWhy do you fear dying?Gary Childress wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2023 6:01 pm There's no point in it. Either there's a God or there is not. If there isn't, then I've been shafted in life. If there is, then I've been shafted in life. I have no more desire to be in this world outside of fear of dying.
I AWAIT to SEE if CLARITY is PROVIDED.
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If you don't know, then I couldn't begin to explain it to you. I'm a unique human. No one else can understand me.attofishpi wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2023 9:35 pmWhy do you fear dying?Gary Childress wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2023 6:01 pm There's no point in it. Either there's a God or there is not. If there isn't, then I've been shafted in life. If there is, then I've been shafted in life. I have no more desire to be in this world outside of fear of dying.
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How am I supposed to know why you fear dying? I'm sure many people have many reasons, I was just wondering what your reason(s) might be.Gary Childress wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2023 11:24 pmIf you don't know, then I couldn't begin to explain it to you. I'm a unique human. No one else can understand me.attofishpi wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2023 9:35 pmWhy do you fear dying?Gary Childress wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2023 6:01 pm There's no point in it. Either there's a God or there is not. If there isn't, then I've been shafted in life. If there is, then I've been shafted in life. I have no more desire to be in this world outside of fear of dying.