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If the Flames licked the skin as they do the bushes and tree's. Why, there would be nothing left of the poor man who stuck his hand where it was never meant to go. But to and fro around we go there is no need for hands if we can move thigns with our minds. The universe can become our hands and with it all things come into our grasp. Without these powers the loss of ones hand is devestating. Both... to me is a thought worse than death. My biggest fear is having my hands cut off.
Without the fear of death, would there be evil in the world? Fear of death, not knowing what lies on the other side is what drives many people to religion. Think of how different the world would be if no human had the fear of death.
I read this interesting article about perception. The scientest said that us being alive may help shape the universe. He said that a beam of light, when seen through the human eye will change direction towrds the eye. If the universe and all the dimensions and realities of existense are all connected, then us just looking into the sky could dictate the lives of countless beings that we could never concieve. Or maybe, like most religion, it is just a good idea.
Religion itself I think is a sad thing. One of them has to be wrong, because even if they were all right, then most would be wrong anyway.
If you go deep enough into someone's mind. You will find it has its own universe. Every brain cell containing a galaxy housing billions of planets, maybe some like our own. If you look deep enough you might just see a small figure dreaming, looking up to the sky at you, asking why you allow bad things to happen to good people. How sad would it be to reply that you are not his god, his god cannot hear him and soon his god will be dead. That little being will be long gone, but to the man who's mind you probe the time will just be one lifetime among many.
I think slavery is all mental now. It is easier for people to say all human life is precious when the slaves are far away where we can't see them. In that little part of the brain that houses the information we dont want to know.
Looks like I've been ranting for awhile now. One thing I have to talk about though is celebrity. What makes someone a celebrity. Why do we worship these people who are still just as human as us, who do things that are not overly complicated. Why can someone be filmed in front of a green screen and become loved by millions overnight? Why when someone puts on make-up and whines on a stage with a guitar in the background is he worshiped as his own god? These people possess little traits that seperate them from us, the pedistals they are put on are built by the fans who make them. Who can take it down at any time but have a need to hold them up for as long as possible. Personaly, I think it comes from the need for something greater in our lives. People in general need to worship something, need to feel like they are a part of something greater than them. So instead of a god too far away for them to see, they worship humans that are right in front of them. They loose themselves in rock concerts and movies because it takes them out of reality and to a place they would rather be. Every year millions of Star Wars fans come out pretending they live far away from here, because any place is better than reality, even hell for some people. But these are still just makeshift idols, their beauty fades, their music gets played out and their movies are replaced by something more modern looking. As they pass they are constantly replaced in an endless machine grinding out young followers like coal in a train leading to nowhere. They can't offer anything better in life, but that escape from reality for just a few seconds is life for many people.
I want to believe in god. The temptation and the need to believe is over-whelming a lot of times. But I just can't. As hollow as it is, I prefer to worship the passing shades of beauty churned out by the machines even though they can't give me what I need. If everyone else in the world was dead I would worship my memories more than something that is too far for me to see.
Without the fear of death, would there be evil in the world? Fear of death, not knowing what lies on the other side is what drives many people to religion. Think of how different the world would be if no human had the fear of death.
I read this interesting article about perception. The scientest said that us being alive may help shape the universe. He said that a beam of light, when seen through the human eye will change direction towrds the eye. If the universe and all the dimensions and realities of existense are all connected, then us just looking into the sky could dictate the lives of countless beings that we could never concieve. Or maybe, like most religion, it is just a good idea.
Religion itself I think is a sad thing. One of them has to be wrong, because even if they were all right, then most would be wrong anyway.
If you go deep enough into someone's mind. You will find it has its own universe. Every brain cell containing a galaxy housing billions of planets, maybe some like our own. If you look deep enough you might just see a small figure dreaming, looking up to the sky at you, asking why you allow bad things to happen to good people. How sad would it be to reply that you are not his god, his god cannot hear him and soon his god will be dead. That little being will be long gone, but to the man who's mind you probe the time will just be one lifetime among many.
I think slavery is all mental now. It is easier for people to say all human life is precious when the slaves are far away where we can't see them. In that little part of the brain that houses the information we dont want to know.
Looks like I've been ranting for awhile now. One thing I have to talk about though is celebrity. What makes someone a celebrity. Why do we worship these people who are still just as human as us, who do things that are not overly complicated. Why can someone be filmed in front of a green screen and become loved by millions overnight? Why when someone puts on make-up and whines on a stage with a guitar in the background is he worshiped as his own god? These people possess little traits that seperate them from us, the pedistals they are put on are built by the fans who make them. Who can take it down at any time but have a need to hold them up for as long as possible. Personaly, I think it comes from the need for something greater in our lives. People in general need to worship something, need to feel like they are a part of something greater than them. So instead of a god too far away for them to see, they worship humans that are right in front of them. They loose themselves in rock concerts and movies because it takes them out of reality and to a place they would rather be. Every year millions of Star Wars fans come out pretending they live far away from here, because any place is better than reality, even hell for some people. But these are still just makeshift idols, their beauty fades, their music gets played out and their movies are replaced by something more modern looking. As they pass they are constantly replaced in an endless machine grinding out young followers like coal in a train leading to nowhere. They can't offer anything better in life, but that escape from reality for just a few seconds is life for many people.
I want to believe in god. The temptation and the need to believe is over-whelming a lot of times. But I just can't. As hollow as it is, I prefer to worship the passing shades of beauty churned out by the machines even though they can't give me what I need. If everyone else in the world was dead I would worship my memories more than something that is too far for me to see.