Not sure if this is the right forum, but i gota ask :)
I have read a few thing about chi vampirisum, but the informations i got was interesting and a bit disturbing.
Can anybody give me a bit more info on this ?
thank you
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Not sure if this is the right forum, but i gota ask :)
I have read a few thing about chi vampirisum, but the informations i got was interesting and a bit disturbing.
Can anybody give me a bit more info on this ?
thank you
No such thing. You're thinking of "psychic vampirism," which is something only people who do Wicca-type silliness believe in.
thank you for the info.
was reading it on a website but i think thay got mix up 2 :)
thanks again
Well, a healer can give his qi away to heal other. Wouldn't it be possible to reverse the procedure to receive instead of giving.
Yup. It's a form of death magic you want nothing to do with.
There are such things as jing thieves and they are to be avoided.
I heard that there is in China, but they usually steal it from trees and they can only steal Yin qi. It would be a useless skill. Better off just doing qi gong practice since Yin qi usually makes peoples skill color off. Their skin looks like its a sick yellow, blue, or the worst gross looking pasty white.
The best kind is primordial qi of the dan tian (which supposedly a great master can take it if his level is high enough).
Practicing qi under a tree has a medical healing effect of utilising wood qi to improve the deficiency of wood organ (liver).
There are abundant of qi around us which is stronger than our own qi. So people make use of the nature to cultivate qi.
Qi will always flow from the strong area to a weaker area. Nature qi is stronger than our body qi.
If you have strong qi, your qi would naturally flow to your mate who is having a weaker qi. That is the nature of the law of equilibrium. It is like a stronger battery would charge up the weaker battery until both are the same voltage. Hence, the qi transfer.
Doesn't different trees have different qi. I heard something briefly about this. Like this tree has yellow qi and that tree has white qi?
I don't know about using specific sources of qi, I prefer energy that is free in the air. So I don't interfere in other peoples things. Even trees are a life.
Every living thing has a specific frequency which may vary even with the same species. When you are in deep meditation, you would see qi energy in the form of light (s) of a specific colour depending on the stage or level you are at the time of meditation. As your level of qi is changed so is your body frequency and hence the colour you see.
Meditation under a tree would be influenced by the tree (frequency) and hence the seeing of different colour which is depended on the type and size of tree. So people may say this tree has a yellow qi or red qi.
As you say, you prefer qi in the air, so let the nature harmonise yourself and make use of the freely available qi in the air or surrounding living nature.
I don't really understand why anyone would get into qi vampirism.
Sure its possible, you can draw in energy from just about anything - mountains, the earth, sky, trees, the ocean, etc.
But negative connotations of vampirism asside, are people even a good source of energy?
I don't see how it could really harm someone unless you were strong enough to drain them of an incredible amount of qi.
If anyone has first hand experience with this I'd be interested in hearing it...
It is a metaphor for anyone who seeks to impose their will on another for an advantage. Anyone who takes what doesn't belong to them. Whatever advantage that may be: financial or material, political (who's alpha male or female?), sexual, psychic, whatever.
So, politicians, salesmen (who lean in psychically to sell things to people they don't need), bullies, frauds (see Juna's Falun Gong thread), etc., are all trying to steal things people have invested their time and energy into. They are taking that which doesn't belong to them, and weighing themselves down with dread karma (to use the Buddhist terminolgy, Taoists called it "blame") in the process.
So, how do people who really do treat others well avoid this? First off, to mix metaphors yet more, turn the other cheek. Don't resent people who try it on you. That locks you into their cycle and it is a lot harder to shake them off. You still tell them to shove off, but without dwelling on it internally. Treat everyone you meet as if they were the Buddha, love your neighbour as yourself, etc. Feel sorry for them instead of getting angry, because the anger is what they want.
It is as simple as a decision. If you know who you are and what you are working on to improve yourself, then you can decide that no one can take your energy or spirit. You protect yourself by saying, "No, thanks" and meaning it. Very often you'll see statues of bodhisattvas holding the left hand up, palm outward, meaning just that.
Well said, Scholar.
I dunno anything about the subject, but I thought your reply was just outstanding.
cheers
the Buddha said,"If someone offers you a gift, and you choose not to recieve it, whom does it belong to?"
When you take in someone's energy, you're taking in all the vibes put into that energy by the target. Most people are royally screwed up that by taking on their crap, even if you aren't that keenly aware of the specifics, it isn't good. Just because you don't notice some of the bad stuff you're taking in, that doen't mean that energy has zero effect on you or your surroundings. I prefer drawing from the universe itself, while it's in a more pure form and not connected to the crap a lot of people put in theirs. It's not very "energetically sanitary". Qi vamping is more suited to fighting circumstances, redirecting it elsewhere (like the ground), while you step out of the way and push their material body.
to go a step further, Wiccan beliefs state that not only should you do no harm to others, but also to yourselves as well. Psychi vampirism harms all those involved.
MM,MP,BB;)
I beleive it is possible to steal a persons chi.
This is one of the main reasons I stopped practicing the spiritual parts of the Chinese Southern Styles....it is too connected to deity worship . I am a christian and DO believe in demon spirits, I believe they can masquarade as just about anything once you enter the spirit realm...so mu strong advice is to not get involved at all with these things we know little about.
One of my Instructors advised me a long time ago NOT to allow anyone to know the exact time of day I meditated or or pacticed meditative Chi-Kung.
Sometimes a person may secretly not like you, be jealous of your Martial ability...or just a thief.
Psychic Vampire
A psychic vampire is a person who connects with your chi (pronounced chee) or life force energy and takes it for his/her own purposes. This person may touch you even casually or just come close to you. You feel drained.
http://www.amazon.com/Psychic-Vampir.../dp/0738701912
It is a real danger so I would advice caution.
"No such thing. You're thinking of "psychic vampirism," which is something only people who do Wicca-type silliness believe in."
One a side note, have some respect, Wicca is no more silly than Christianity or Qigong. It is a matter of belief, pure and simple.
Good idea not telling anyone about that, such forms of meditation don't make you necessarily vulnerable in that you take down a barrier, but it's like "jumping in the ring" Once you're in, you're free game. It's like materializing yourself somewhere, you can't be a target until they name you.
I think qigong should be more than a matter of belief. That is why I like martial qigong. If it helps with your training - coordination, balance, stamina etc., then it has an objective benefit that is more useful (and reliably teachable to others) than subjective belief. You can pare away the mystical and just use the word qi in its original sense, breath, and save a lot of time, IME.
New religions, like wicca, falungong, etc., are from a positioning that relies entirely on personality. Wicca was made up by an Englishman named Gardner in the 1950s and falungong by Li Hongzhi in the 1990s. They used language reminiscent of older religions, but what they promoted was almost entirely their own personal preferences.
Most older religions had an ethic that, at least in their formative periods, was designed to encourage a stable society. What most believers have done since then isn't pretty, but there was originally a useful point to them that has since been mostly lost, IMO.
In my opinion..."Wicca" is to Witchcraft and Satanism what the Boy Scouts are to the American Military
Preparation.
Wicca is said to be the worship of nature and natural forces...in truth, it is worshipping the CREATION instead of the Creator.
I know this next illustration is not going to be popular...but I need to tell the truth.
The first 2 images below are satanic signs called A Pentagram
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http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/3...gram9xq.th.jpg
Now note the Martial Arts version:
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Waaaaay to similiar to be a coincidence.
I am not saying this is done on purpose...it is just that the devil has disussed himself in so many ways...we would be foolish to think he "left out" such an Old Culture as Chinese Cosmotology....
JMHO
JD
Well, traditionally, there was no "star" displaying the elements. That's just a new-age way of displaying it drawn from Yoga.
As for the pentagram, it isn't the sign of the devil. It was a pagan symbol that meant divine protection, or something like that. In the 20th century, because of movies like The Omen, we have a warped view of these things. The pentagram was taken from pagans in the same way that the swastika was taken from the Hindus. So there's no biblical reference to the pentegram. For all intensive purposes nowadays, however, it is the sign of the devil because "satanists" (a.k.a. atheists who like to **** people off) use it. We have to remember that symbols are just ways that man tries to pin evil down, to name it and give it a form. It's a similar thing we do to death, which we try to give form so that we may "fight against" it. I'm not saying that evil doesn't exist or anything, I'm just saying that man has been trying to pin it down for millennia and it never works.
I like the way you think, though. You're wary-ness seems to somehow prevent stagnation.
I believe that the deeper you enter into the Internal Arts...the more you risk;
The Circle Walking and Elemental Theory and Cycles are really Occult....
Consider these Pic's:
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http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/5897/baquaii9cd.jpg [b]Please note the PENTAGRAM within....
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http://img403.imageshack.us/my.php?image=baquaii4mu.jpg
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/8910/baquaii4mu.jpg
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If a bagua is a pentagram, then this is really Nazi propaganda: http://librarynazi.ytmnd.com/
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http://img255.imageshack.us/my.php?i...tingix92vy.gif
Please note the pentagram inside the Paqua Circle.
THIS is the picture I meant to post before ( sorry)
Again..I do not think this a purposeful attempt of any Master, Style or Martial Artist.
I just think when you compare all the evidence , we will find a re-occurring pattern .
Please stay tuned and hear me out.
Believe it or not I WANT to be wrong! As I have said from the beginning I love the Arts
but if they conflict with my faith and the Inspired Word of God ( the Bible)....I must
obey the Lord.
JD
EVEN "POKEMAN" (Pocket Monsters in Japenese) has incorperated many occult thems and terms to our children..the following are a partial list.
Psychic: That which is spiritualistic.
Magical Stones: Called Elemental Stones
Fire Stone
Water Stone
Leaf Stone
Thunder Stone
Moon Stone
Evolve: The doctrine in which higher life forms have gradually arisen out of lower.
Jynx: The bird used in spells, name means a spell or charm.
Curse: To invoke evil upon.
Magical: Producing marvellous results by compelling the aid of spirits.
Fangs: The venom-tooth of a serpent.
Hypnosis: Placing a person in an altered state of consciousness making them suspectible to the will of another entity or person.
Mesmerizing: Hypnotizing.
Mental energy: Mental telepathy - a communication between mind and mind.
Focus energy: Another form of mental energy.
Mind powers: Another form of mental energy.
Mind reading: Another form of mental energy.
Martial Arts: A form of defense connected to Eastern mysticism.
Karate: A form of martial arts.
Teleport: Astral travel.
Aurora: The goddess of dawn.
Ghost: A spirit appearing after death.
Meditate: To put oneself in an altered state of consciousness. THIS OPENS THE MIND AND SPIRIT UP FOR ENTRANCE OF VARIOUS EVIL SPIRITS
Self-destruct: Suicide, to kill oneself intentionally.
Mirage: Something illusory.
Ninja: One of a body of trained assassins in feudal Japan.
Transform: To be changed in form or substance.
Mystical: Involving a sacred or a secret meaning hidden from the eyes of the ordinary person, only revealed to a spiritually enlightened mind.
Mythical: Relating to an ancient traditional story of gods or heroes.
Hindu Mark: Religious ritual expressing worship to a Hindu God.
TM/HM: Transcendental Meditation
All-Seeing Eye: Represents the third eye of occultists and New Agers, as well as Masons.
Yin/Yang: Two opposing principles of Chinese philosophy and religion influencing destiny, the former negative, feminine and dark, the latter positive, masculine and light.
Lightening Bolt: A satanic symbol representing the gods of thunder (Thor, Set, Zeus, and Jupiter). Satanists love to use the lightening or thunderbolt.
Pentagram is
[a] five-pointed star, often held to have magical or mystical significance, formed by five straight lines connecting the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon in the completed figure.
- Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
As a religious symbol, the pentacle (or pentagram) is used by both Satanists and Wiccans. However, both groups use the symbol in different ways, and assign different meanings to it.
Those differences are explained in a FAQ provided by Witches Voice, the most prominent Wicca site on the net:
Q: So why do you use that Satanic symbol?
A: The pentagram, or five pointed star, is not Satanic. Pythagoras used it as a symbol of health and his followers wore them in order to recognize one another. In Medieval times, some Christian knights used the pentagram as their symbol. To modern Wiccans the pentagram means many things; The five points correspond to the elements Air, Earth, Fire and Water with the top point corresponding to Spirit. The pentagram in a circle may also represent a human with their legs and arms outstretched, surrounded by universal wisdom or the Goddess - humankind at one with the environment. Many Witches and other pagan practitioners do not wear the pentacle at all, but have other symbols of special meaning to them.
Satanists turn the symbol upside-down, which puts the elements of Fire and Earth at the top (Fire symbolizes willpower and passion and Earth, prosperity and earthly goods) and Spirit, spirituality, at the bottom. Satanists also turn the cross upside-down. This, in itself, does not make the cross or pentagram a Satanic symbol. In some Wiccan traditions, the reversed pentagram is a symbol of second degree status - one who has been elevated from initiate. To members of these traditions, the reversed pentagram is considered highly positive and has no connection to Satanism. A symbol is simply an image or mark in itself. It is the mind and the beliefs of the beholder which attribute to it a particular meaning.
- Source: Witch/Wiccan F.A.Q.s, Witchvox.com
The terms pentacle and pentagram are often used interchangeably, but most Wiccans say they are somewhat different. A pentagram is simply a five-pointed star, while a pentacle surrounds the star with a circle.
Both pentacles and pentagrams are ancient symbols that have been used by many different religions, including Christianity and Judaism. Wiccans trace their use of the symbols back to the ancient Celts, whose earth-based religion serves as a model for many modern pagan groups.
Many people mistakenly associate the pentacle with Satanism. In fact, Satanists generally use an upside-down pentacle, often with a goats head in the center.
- Source: Witches fight for symbols on gravestones, The Salem News, via the Henry Daily Herald, USA, Jan. 20, 2006
You
are
an
idiot.
Idiots let the Enemy in.
If there were an enemy that is.
There are no such things as demons.
There is no such thing as evil as an entity.
Nor good.
Idiots in denial of the amoral instincts and impulses of the human animal, who scapegoat some mythological enemy and blame everyone else who doesn't share in their same warped view of existance are the Enemy.
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So because I am a christian, who has posted articles and Links with my opinions..I'M THE IDIOT ? :confused:No such thing as evil or good eh ?Quote:
Idiots let the Enemy in.
If there were an enemy that is.
There are no such things as demons.
There is no such thing as evil as an entity.
Nor good.
I would love to hear your explanation for 6000 years of violence, bloodshed, and general depravity on the part of mankind....interspursed with random acts of kindness, love and good deeds.Man is not a "animal"Quote:
Idiots in denial of the amoral instincts and impulses of the human animal, who scapegoat some mythological enemy and blame everyone else who doesn't share in their same warped view of existance are the Enemy.
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We are created in the image and likeness of God.
Sin entered the World and we have lived in a depraved state ever since.
Jesus Christ, a historical Figure,,,,worked Miracles for 3 1/2 years...rose from the dead...showed himself to many for 40 days following his Resurrection ( over 500 at one time in one instance) and his followers continue to serve Him Today.
I dont blame everything on the devil....man has a spirit of our own that is perfectly capable of the most dispicable acts imaginable...and also the ability to rise to great heights of nobility.
Over 200 direct Old Testament promises concerning Jesus Birth ALL came true..though written Centuries before his Birth.
I have every logical reason to believe all the promises of His Future return will also be fullfilled.
IF the God of the Bible is True ( and I believe the Ultimate Proof was His Son...)then the devil must be real also.
The Bible says that Heaven is sweet...but that means Hell is also as real and bad as Jesus described.
JDK
But what about the fact that half of the stuff you attribute to "satanism" was deemed "evil" by the Catholic church centuries later?
The Catholic Church is not Biblical Christianty. I dont say this because I hate catholics..or because I belong to some religious Cult.
I simply represent non-denomination True Biblical Christianity....
They didnt "come to power" until almost 300 AD.
They perverted what Jesus taught, slaughtered thousands to try and force them to convert to Roman Catholicism, promoted Mary Worship, Saint Worship and even took something as simple as Communion...and perverted it into "Mass"
resembling NOTHING like what the Lord or his disciples and the Early Chrurch practiced. All of these things are forbidden in the Bible...and yet they didnt allow or encourage Catholics to even read God's Holy Word until fairly recent times.
Here are a couple Links you might want to read when and if you have time:)
http://www.chick.com/information/religions/catholicism/
http://tcftalk.suddenlaunch.com/index.cgi?board=Trial
JDK
It is no secret that I and others have posted many articles on the Roman Catholic Institution over the past two and a-half years on this website.
My personal in-depth study of Catholicism began back in 1980
I remember wanting to look at this Organization (that claims 50 percent of "christians" in our Country, and around the World,) with a non biased honest approach. Since I had no formal religious training in Catholicism or Protestant denominations....I know I examined the claims of both with prayer and study of the Word of God.
Allow me to re-post an article from the summer of 2004:
Romanism Part II
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1 . Prayers for the dead . ------------------- 300 A.D.
2. Making the sign of the cross 300 A.D.
3. Veneration of angels & dead saints --------- .375 A.D.
4. Use of images in worship . 375 A.D.
5. The Mass as a daily celebration 394 A.D.
6 Beginning of the exaltation of Mary; the term, "Mother of God" applied a Council of Ephesus . .----------------------------------------- 431 A.D.
7 Extreme Unction (Last Rites) ..526 A.D.
8. Doctrine of Purgatory-Gregory 1 .593 A.D..
9. Prayers to Mary & dead saints .600 A.D.
10. Worship of cross, images & relics 786 A.D.
11 Canonization of dead saints ..995 A.D.
12. Celibacy of priesthood 1079 A.D.
13. The Rosary 1090 A.D.
14. Indulgences ..1190 A.D.
15. Transubstantiation-Innocent III 1215 A.D.
16. Auricular Confession of sins to a priest 1215 A.D.
17. Adoration of the wafer (Host) .. 1220 A.D.
18. Cup forbidden to the people at communion ..1414 A.D.
19. Purgatory proclaimed as a dogma ..1439 A.D.
20. The doctrine of the Seven Sacraments confirmed .1439 A.D.
21 Tradition declared of equal authority with Bible by Council of Trent ---------------- 1545 A.D.
22. Apocryphal books added to Bible ------------ .1546 A.D.
23. Immaculate Conception of Mary .1854 A.D.
24, Infallibility of the pope in matters of faith and morals, proclaimed by the Vatican Council 1870 A.D.
25. Assumption of the Virgin Mary (bodily ascension into heaven shortly after her death) ----------------------------------- 1950 A.D.
26. Mary proclaimed Mother of the Church 1965 A.D.
http://tcftalk.suddenlaunch.com/inde...9299214&start=
Although some of the preceding Roman Catholic heresies are now being questioned by many, both inside and outside the church, none have been officially repudiated and all continue to be practiced by millions of Catholics around the world. The urgent need today is for Roman Catholics; yes, and all who claim to be Christians, to examine their own beliefs and the teachings of their churches by the only sure standard-the Bible. Whatever contradicts, adds to or subtracts from the sixty-six books of the Old and the New Testaments, is error no matter how many may cling to it.
Roman Catholics who read the Bible will soon discover that many Catholic teachings and practices are specifically forbidden by Jesus Christ Himself. Note carefully the following warnings given by the Lord Jesus Christ to the religious leaders of His day concerning vain worship, vain tradition and vain repetitions. All of these are particularly applicable to Roman Catholicism today.
Vain Worship-In Matthew 15:8-9, Jesus said, 'This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth and honoreth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. But in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the command men of men." All worship is indeed vain when it is based upon the commandments of men rather than the Word of God.
Vain Tradition-In Matthew 15:6b, Jesus said, 'Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition. "
(Note): Valid tradition is based upon Scripture and confirms it. Vain tradition is based upon man's teachings and violates it. In Roman Catholicism, tradition is consistently elevated above the Scripture which results in vain worship (no matter how sincere) and makes the commandment of God of no effect-a very serious matter.
Vain Repetitions-In Matthew 6:7, Jesus said, "But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking."
A basic part of Roman Catholic worship is the frequent repetition of The Rosary whose origin is clearly tied to heathen religions such as Hinduism, Islam, and Buddhism. Roman Catholics should listen to the words of Christ forbidding vain repetitions, rather than using the vain repetitions of Catholicism.
During the past forty years, at least three important trends in the Roman Catholic Church are clearly observable. These are: (1) A greater emphasis upon the place of Mary. (2) A major emphasis upon ecumenical activities with a view to seeking the full visible unity of all religions. (3) The acceptance of the so-called Charismatic renewal within the Church with new emphasis upon the claimed "ministry of the Holy Spirit."
There is every reason to believe that all of these major trends will continue and increase; and, all of them are very deceptive, very dangerous, very unscriptural.
The place accorded Mary in the Roman Catholic Church is not Scriptural nor is it new, but it cannot be denied that, during the last one hundred years, veneration of Mary has dramatically increased, Note in the historical chart given earlier in this article that the exaltation of Mary and the term, Mother of God, became official Catholic dogma in 431 A.D.). with prayers to her proclaimed in 600 A.D. But, note also that the "Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mat)@" was not proclaimed until 1854; her "Assumption" not until 1950; and her title "Mother of the Church" not until as recently as 1965.
No no, what I'm saying is that the Catholic Church said certain symbols/rituals were evil when they didn't have the right too, I'm not saying that I agree with them. By the way, the enemy feeds on fear, superstition and people like you, please stop trying to destroy the world by purging all evil from it. I know that you want the apocalypse to come, but I just can't allow that to happen on my shift. Continuity is my charge, and nothing will be allowed to harm it until I have been beaten dead and my spirit exhausted. Instead of elaborating on the good and true knowlege of the bible, you instead apply the stagnant aspects of common protestant and catholic faith to other parts of your daily life.
NJM,
You said "No no, what I'm saying is that the Catholic Church said certain symbols/rituals were evil when they didn't have the right too, I'm not saying that I agree with them. By the way, the enemy feeds on fear, superstition and people like you, please stop trying to destroy the world by purging all evil from it. I know that you want the apocalypse to come, but I just can't allow that to happen on my shift.
Where did that come form ?????:confused: I have no ability to purge the world form all evil..I have a hard enough time trying to live holy in my own life!:o
And for the record, I do NOT want the apocalypse ( whatever you mean by that) to "come"..and what do you mean by "not on your shift", and also please elaborate on who you refer to as the enemy.
Continuity is my charge, and nothing will be allowed to harm it until I have been beaten dead and my spirit exhausted. Instead of elaborating on the good and true knowlege of the bible, you instead apply the stagnant aspects of common protestant and catholic faith to other parts of your daily life.
Say What ?
I believe Jesus came in the flesh so that we can share The Good News that He offers salvation to everyone! Unfortunately this particuliar thread deals with a spiritual reality that many deny...but am to not speak the truth, when I have spent the last 30 years dealing with things in the spirit realm?
I just offer my opinion that there are 3 Sources of Power in the World.
1) The God of the Bible our Creator
2) The Power of our own Human Spirit
3) The devil, Satan, the former prize Cherib of Heaven that attempted to overthrow God ages ago before the Earth was created and was cast out of Heaven, along with a third part of the Angels he managed to convince to join him in his rebellion.
My hope, and sincere desire is that we obey God's Word and avoid being taken in by spiritual forces we do not and can not understand.
I could give you countless Scriptures on the above info,,,,,but only if you request them.
I love the Good News...Jesus , God's Son came and gave us power over the devil and his angels/turned demons :)
He came to give us Life Abundant now....AND after death!!!!
Having a personal relationship with Him is the Ultimate!
To think that He loved us so much to give His only Son....Wow I couldnt do that
One last quick point. We are all born into sin...it is our nature.
Put two Babies in a Crib with one Ball to play with..and most of the time they will each want to have the Ball for their own...their natural desire is NOT to share
Did you ever think of that ?? We dont need taught how to be stingy, selfish, lie, or do bad.
THAT comes naturally.
Mankind has to be taught to be good, have manners, be polite, share and tell the truth. WHY???? Because we are naturally born with the tendency to do evil
But thank God HE has provided a way for us to live in peace and harmony!!
What could be more uplifting, encouraging and inspirational that that!!!:D
God Bless
JDK
Two points:
If there is an apocalypse coming (global warming, nuclear winter, whatever), no mere human is going to be able to stop it.
If you really believe in Jesus (Buddha, Lao Tzu, Krishna, etc.) you can't be too upset with others who don't believe the same way you do, as that isn't your job. "Judge not lest ye be judged" and all that. To try to coerce another in any way; physically, intellectually, emotionally or psychically, to your "religious" positioning flies in the face of what all of the above teachers taught. Instead of actually listening to those teachers, people have put them above the realms of human experince with all sorts of ritual BS; calling them Messiahs, Immortals or Avatars over the centuries, but they were ultimately teachers with practical messages for everyday people. People have free will. If they don't want to grow and change, if they want to be unethical and immoral, then no one can make them be otherwise. If you try, you are acting just like one of them.