I've been having a nice tame little discussion on desichama's blog about god and closely related things. Mostly, the relevance of God. As a creation, and as a reality
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Quote: Originally Posted by: befkoof And they hold onto things blindli without questioning where they came from..until u get to the point where people sit and worship their books day after day without actualli opening them :)
That's just what I'm driving at in my post. The theory of God has become so routine, that people just do and die, they don't even stop to question 'why'.
Some crack witted drunk freak shows up on a doorstep one day and says "I was walking through the forrest one night, and God suddenly showed up in front of me.". People would sooner report him to the police than hear him out.
However, a guy dressed in sage clothes, a calm composure to his walk, etc. shows up one night and says "I was walking through the forrest one night, and God suddenly showed up in front of me.". People would mot likely buy him a glass of drink or something, get him to sit in the middle of a crowd of people, and beg him to deliver the message from God.
The guys in Marketing have it right there. It's all in the packaging. If you can sell a comb to a bald man, why can't you sell the concept of God to a group of people?
That's the irony of the world. People believe stuff blindly based on certain cues, but they don't want to learn that they were taken for a ride in the process of a big fat lie.
Quote: Originally Posted by: befkoof parchments realli?
Yup. Really. They're almost falling apart from age, but the writing's pretty clear. This stuff is kept in the confidence of a very very small group of people. Imagine what would happen id people found out that their entire lives were bound in slavery? And that they've been living in a prison of the mind since they were born.. Some would be heartbroken, some would feel let down.... But the majority of the masses would break into riots and there would be chaos.
It's better kept a secret I guess.... For the time being any way.
Quote: Originally Posted by: befkoof If you're too busi holding onto things u can't pick up anything else..
That's what the world _should_ see and understand. But even if they do see and understand, I'm quite sure they're still not gonna be willing to change. They'll take the easy way out and just stay the way they are for the rest of their lives. Their kids would follow in their footsteps.... It's a vicious cycle.
Quote: Originally Posted by: befkoof Well people can think what they want to think :) As long as you have ur own beliefs which you've given actual thought to..thats all that matters realli :)
I stand by that too.... Very well put! :o) People should'nt live on spoon-fed thoughts. It's high time that they start thinking for themselves.
Quote:
Originally Posted by: befkoof
And they hold onto things blindli without questioning where they came from..until u get to the point where people sit and worship their books day after day without actualli opening them :)
That's just what I'm driving at in my post. The theory of God has become so routine, that people just do and die, they don't even stop to question 'why'.
Some crack witted drunk freak shows up on a doorstep one day and says "I was walking through the forrest one night, and God suddenly showed up in front of me.". People would sooner report him to the police than hear him out.
However, a guy dressed in sage clothes, a calm composure to his walk, etc. shows up one night and says "I was walking through the forrest one night, and God suddenly showed up in front of me.". People would mot likely buy him a glass of drink or something, get him to sit in the middle of a crowd of people, and beg him to deliver the message from God.
The guys in Marketing have it right there. It's all in the packaging. If you can sell a comb to a bald man, why can't you sell the concept of God to a group of people?
That's the irony of the world. People believe stuff blindly based on certain cues, but they don't want to learn that they were taken for a ride in the process of a big fat lie.
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Originally Posted by: befkoof
parchments realli?
Yup. Really. They're almost falling apart from age, but the writing's pretty clear. This stuff is kept in the confidence of a very very small group of people. Imagine what would happen id people found out that their entire lives were bound in slavery? And that they've been living in a prison of the mind since they were born.. Some would be heartbroken, some would feel let down.... But the majority of the masses would break into riots and there would be chaos.
It's better kept a secret I guess.... For the time being any way.
Quote:
Originally Posted by: befkoof
If you're too busi holding onto things u can't pick up anything else..
That's what the world _should_ see and understand. But even if they do see and understand, I'm quite sure they're still not gonna be willing to change. They'll take the easy way out and just stay the way they are for the rest of their lives. Their kids would follow in their footsteps.... It's a vicious cycle.
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Originally Posted by: befkoof
Well people can think what they want to think :) As long as you have ur own beliefs which you've given actual thought to..thats all that matters realli :)
I stand by that too.... Very well put! :o) People should'nt live on spoon-fed thoughts. It's high time that they start thinking for themselves.
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