Quote Originally Posted by Wheemer
The matrix and the bible are tales of the same way. Just different interpretations. Neo=Jesus. Except that Jesus in Neos role would have definately known that he was the one, even if he didn't understand it.
Um, jesus didn't know he was 'the one,' he had to be told by God, and he had a pretty hard time accepting it. also, this post of yours makes very little sense when you said in another post that "reality is just what's in front of your eyes." then you say that Jesus' miracles couldn't have been fabricated, but they could be mental projection. Ok, so then by your own admission, the miracles could have been other than "in front of their eyes" and therefore not REAL, by your own definition. If you decide that the mental projection can constitute reality, then what would distinguish a mental projection produced by Jesus from a mental projection produced by some chemical?
I'm not saying that the miracles were fake, I just had to point out your weak reasoning. I believe Jesus was one of the many people in history who had a higher state of conscioussness (like buddha, moses, mohammed, zoroaster, lao-tzu, confucius, etc.) and therefore could use his mind to illustrate the transient nature of this life and world. I don't think the miracles were him saying "Look, now you HAVE to believe i'm God's son," i think he was just trying to teach us stuff, like the rest of the prophets. Unfortunately, when someone of a higher state of understanding tres to teach us stuff, it's the same as when an adult tries to tach a child. To teach a kid about right and wrong, adults say "be good and santa will bring you a present, be naughty, and you won't get anything (except maybe a lump of coal)." This is obviously an oversimplified way to do things, but eventually kid's get the message behind it, and don't need to believe in santa anymore. It seems like with most religions these days, people are still believing in santa, because they just follow the simplified writings to the letter, rather than examinng the meaning behind it and the actual important lesson. Dogma is the bastard child of ignorance and insecurity.

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