Gnostic Christianity

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Originally Posted by Great Spirit

I also do believe in evolution and reject the Creation theory in Genesis. If you took that story literally, you would find that God creates man twice and the Sumerian legend of creation (which the Hebrews probably borrowed) is VERY similar to the Bible, as we are both made from the ground as it says.

God is the life process itself.....cannot be contained. God is too much for our limited minds to comprehend...as their are infinite universes and inifinite dimensions. Think of God as just pure thought and energy. There is no limit to your mind so God is limitless. The old saying in the Bible "which temple can hold God!?"

So you can be an Atheist and be God at the same time. A lot of people get the concept that if you are an Atheist, than you are a horrible person. So far from the truth. It's how you treat people, not what you simply believe that God looks at.

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Finally, someone who understands me... I guess I could never put thoughts into words the way you just did, so simply... thanks!

It seems clear to me now that what you call God, I call Life, and in essence they're one and the same...

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Originally Posted by Stoner Shadow Wolf

:rolleyes: right... and that wasnt even...

im not even sure about the conscious planes merging, that's just something i've heard, take it for what you will.


yeah, i have my own answers to everything, just sharing my opinions wherever such a topic might pop up. did i ever say that what i believe is correct for you? did i ever say that my beliefs should be your beliefs too? no, i didn't, so i dont see where your attitude is stemming from.



let's make it clear, i am a philosopher, i like to develope my own answers to other people's beliefs, and if i like my philosophy from your ideas, i'll integrate it into my own beliefs, simple as that. im not parading around as some enlightened one who knows the path to divinity, i am just seeking that knowledge and wisdom.

i go about it not by researching religious beliefs and expecting that to tell me anything, i do it on my own terms, by studying all beliefs and piecing them together to see if i cant catch a glimpse of the big picture.

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Actually SSW I admit I was being an ass there, so I apologize. Generally when I'm very high (including for that comment) I get very friendly or very sarcastic and bitter.

However if you want to know where that stems from, it just kinda bugged me that you often seem to make some rather extreme (though not necessarily false) claims but you state them as a fact, rather than your opinion, or at least you come off that way. though more-so it bugged me when in another thread I described a large portion of the buddhist theory on enlightenment, to which you said under that explanation you've attained enlightenment, which seemed kind of pretentious and belittling to the whole buddhist philosophy.

i apolagize, but from how you explained it, i AM enlightened! lol i said it out of humor more than anything else, as most my comments are made to make someone at LEAST catch a chuckle :P

i know i tent to always state my opinions as fact, but you should know better than to listen to me lol the whole take everything with a grain of salt "rule" should DEFFENITELY apply to listening to me :D

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Originally Posted by Stoner Shadow Wolf

i apolagize, but from how you explained it, i AM enlightened! lol i said it out of humor more than anything else, as most my comments are made to make someone at LEAST catch a chuckle :P

i know i tent to always state my opinions as fact, but you should know better than to listen to me lol the whole take everything with a grain of salt "rule" should DEFFENITELY apply to listening to me :D

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Then it's settled, the court has ruled that we are both FOOLS.

seriously though, it's all cool SSW, I'd pass my bowl but my arms are probably a few thousand miles too short ;)

you jerk. what kind of freak has arms too short to pass a bowl a couple hundred thousand miles away?!? :stoned:

it's a genetic disorder that a lot Canadians have.

What??? Genetic Disorder??? Are my genes defunct?

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Originally Posted by beachguy in thongs

What??? Genetic Disorder??? Are my genes defunct?

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hmmm, are you canadian beachguy?:confused:

psss, i am all knowing. yes he is.

Here's my opinion: True "enlightenment", in the context of Buddhism, is knowing that there is no such thing. So you know that you have something that does not actually exist.

Here's the real deal, in a nutshell. The Buddhist monks eat a very limited diet for years. I know, from experience (due to an illness I have that is now in remission) that this makes life very difficult because the body and brain needs nutrition to work well. So, they make-do with their bowls of rice, veggies and other scraps. Notice that the Buddha is always pictured as fat, middle aged, and laughing. How come he's "enlightened"? Because he probably starved himself for 25 fucking years and when his diet improved, so did his brain - and complex thinking processes became a breeze.

I am NOT an expert on Buddhism - but they're usually vegetarians. A certain amount of fish and meat are very beneficial to human beings - and 2 million years of eating this way, and surviving, is proof enough for me that we ARE carnivorous creatures.