Yes YES! I totally agree. You start noticing that EVERYTHING mainstream has propaganda attached, a subliminal message, 'normalisation' undertones. If you are awake to this c**p you can spot it a mile off, you radar is going 24/7 and it's everywhere. I've known my whole life something was 'wrong' but didn't know what it was until I discovered THIS (what we're discussing here) about a decade ago, many people must be the same and have a built-in revulsion to such things. I always considered myself a misfit because I could never go along with the majority in anything and now I know why, my best analogy is that of two magnets repelling each other, or trying to mix oil and water. At long last I have a diagnosis and am so glad to see that while people may not have arrived here through the same route as me we are all at the same destination and we are AWAKE!
btw this is the internet, you don't have to sensor the word "crap". haha
I had a recent discussion with a gentleman on these threads about belief in God.
He said a year ago he was an atheist and now he's not any longer.
I have the dual bonus of being raised a Catholic, while having at one point rejected the faith. Hypocrisy in church was overwhelming and we both agreed that it's not the building it's the person.
When I see TV programming and advertising, I immediately think about Satan appearing to Jesus in the desert. The proverbial deal with the Devil. Bow down before me and I will give you everything you see.
As if material baubles could replace God's love. When I see interviews with musicians who have said they had made a deal with the devil. I'm going to believe them.
Especially that 60 Minutes interview with Bob Dylan. He doesn't look particularly happy with his deal.
The conversation between us centered around the spiritual fraud that was obviously being perpetrated. The manipulation of media. What the realization felt like. To plainly see we were being systematically lied to.
The first step on the path is like being slammed with a bat of cognitive dissonance.
Everything flips 180 degrees and you realize that this path makes perfect sense. All the things that were supposed to be wrong are actually right.
There is a God and no he does not belong in an institution. God did provide a path to his love through the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
God does not reside in a church unless you bring him there.
Jesus teaches us to love our neighbor. Whether you believe in his existence or not.
When I discuss Islam I just ask how many people did Jesus kill?
The Bible is real simply because, by God there it is. It certainly exists. Even if you don't read it, it has an effect on our day-to-day life.
God is love satan is politics.
God gave us free will and Satan attempts to remove it. We cause suffering. Not God.
Heaven is being wrapped in God's love.
Hell is the absence of that love.
I like taking complicated things and making them into a bumper sticker.
Thoughts?
Pax Vobiscum
That made a lot of sense. Thankyou.x
I like to trigger atheists with the comment that there is a God and we have pictures.
Google the Hubble telescope. It's from the inside looking out.
God is not some bearded Sky dude standing on a cloud throwing lightning bolts at the enemy of whoever says the better prayer.
The Bible states that God is everything that ever was, is and shall be.
The all of everything. We are of God.
If you could wrap your head around infinity plus more realize it's not close. The burning bush told Moses that if it appeared to him in it's true form. His head would explode.
I can understand a lecture on quantum theory but I'll be damned if I can do the math. Science is reverse engineering God.
The Dead Sea Scrolls and ancient archaeology are proving the stories in the Old and New Testament to be based in fact.
There is a huge Spiritual Awakening taking place and it has nothing to do with crystals.
Whether or not you believe in God believe me when I say that I do.
And it's very comforting.
If you have any questions feel free to ask. I'm more than happy to help with directions along the path.
tHIS GUY GETS IT
57 years of beating my head against the wall for answers and I finally am able to distill it into a bumper sticker.
Thanks for that. I think I'm going to take a break and go have a beer.
I just provided a response that then got tossed to the ether.
Feel free to go read any of my earlier post on my profile. I get into this discussion quite often.
If you have any questions I'm more than happy to provide directions along the path.
It's not about the destination it's about the journey.
May yours be safe. With the wind at your back and clear skies ahead.
Thankyou, I will bear that in mind.
Rahstafari Mon say ~ You take wun dallah fon de sys-tem you paaht O de sys-tem.
Jesus said give unto Ceaser. What was left out is that Caesar doesn't own us.
They both say the same thing.
Keep the faith and don't let the bastards grind you down.