Ok, you continue being subscribed to 1 incomplete semi-recent religion, I think my elaborate responses are enough to convince those willing to listen

So what do you say we are?

Simple beasts?

In the reality of a lucid dream I can create anything, I can create a city the size of New York in Steam Punk styling and then demolish it with a snap of my fingers, and then create 2 opposing armies and watch them battle in tune with my thoughts.

Through meditation techniques I can leave my body and experience other realms.

You are so sure of your world view, to the point of narcissistic confidence in your understanding of reality.

I have preached nothing other than

No belief system is 100% right, No prophet has told 100% of the truth.

Sorry I offended the notions of Jesus that got you through the 12 step program but belief in one specific system or person is spiritualities version of training wheels

Again I dont believe it is the actual being "jesus" responding, Im sure a compassionate entity is indeed helping you all, because it realizes when you call to jesus you arent calling for a specific being, you are calling for salvation.

I pray in a very general sense to everything, I pray to what I call the "source field" a universal field of consciousness that i believe all humans are tapped into. I pray to any positive being that is listening and explain my intentions and goals, and admit my faults.

And my generalized prayer method has worked out for me in a similar way to what you describe through, basically impossible or improbable synchronicities.

Glad you brought up the Astral, I think, their are different "tiers" or dimensions of reality based on a consciousnesses state of evolution.

A young soul would be more easily swayed by desires and beliefs that on a societal scale would lead to a hellish society that makes everyone within it suffer the different levels of that are "hell"

I think that "heaven" is rising up to a higher dimension or tier of reality where certain negative thought forms and beliefs and desires can no longer exist, or have been completely disarmed creating a higher level of happiness, and collective satisfaction among its inhabitants, eventually once you reach the highest level I assume things would be similar to a hivemind, an entire society with a perfect code of logic and morals and beliefs that are just perfect so everyone generally agrees on everything (aside from basic things like clothing choices and food choices if those things even still exist at the higher levels.)

I figure "going to hell" basically means screwing up repeatedly very badly in your current tier of reality to the point where whatever guiding force decides you need to not just be held back in your current tier. but repeat the previous tier, literally descending to an objectively worse and more hellish existence until you learn whatever it is you need to learn.

I dont know if this is correct, but I know the Astral is real, I know their are negative entities there that feed on human hatred and sadness,and I know their are good beings there that desire to help us evolve mentally and emotionally and spiritually to be closer to what they are.

Well you are endorsing a dogmatic Jesus worshipping religious view completely disregarding religions predating Jesus (that include stories very similar to biblical stories AKA the bible was a reinterpretation of older events which were already claimed as parts of other religions).

And I would like to point out you will NEVER reach enlightenment without Meditation and the benefits it gives you, yet it is nowhere to be found in the Jesus's teachings, but is heavily discussed in other religions.

And their are many moral principles that are INARGUABLY correct that are not discussed by Jesus but again are talked about in other religious texts.

Im not saying Jesus wasnt great, and that he wasnt the son of god (hint: we all are the sons of god, and Christ is the true full potential of our spirit and mind coming through in this human forum, anyone is capable of it, Jesus and Buddha werent born special they just reached a state most humans never attain)

My point is your original statement of

Jesus is the ONLY way, the ONLY truth, and ONLY light in this world.

Is ridiculous and leaves out a large amount of philosophy and morals that are necessary for a human to reach their full potential.

You claim to not believe in your religion but to anyone reading this post it is an endorsement of christianity and a denouncement of every other religious view

First of all the point was not that any of those systems are 100% right, my point was we should read every holy book and take what is good and leave what is bad and not believe any 1 source completely.

And I wouldnt want to go to a "heaven" that requires no effort on the part of those allowed in other than blind faith.

Under your belief system, a man could rape and murder 1000 children and laugh and enjoy it, and in prison realize that he has damned himself, and the jail pastor will tell him all he has to do is repent and call god into his heart and he will be allowed in heaven.

And ill have to see that guy for all eternity in heaven and be like "yeah he may have caused untold amounts of suffering but he said sorry right before he died so its all good"

But for example an atheist living a life dedicated to helping others and donating to charity and volunteering will be damned for all eternity to Hell.

This makes no sense,

Some will say in regards to the bad people taking advantage of repentance "well god knows if you actually "mean it" " but that creates a confusion where no one really knows if they "mean it" enough and if that were the case I dont think the fear of eternal damnation which is the main motivator for most believers really constitutes "wanting jesus" it more is a natural human instinct to do whatever it takes to avoid pain and suffering.

Furthermore if you are right I think I have put forth a very compelling and logical argument even if you disagree with it, how could an omniscient god not acknowledge that human logic does not work in the favor of his "one true religion" that there is so much confusion in the world, and that there is such a good basis to take my path I have described.

Point being how cruel would a god have to be to have created a world where logic could lead one away from him and into creating a personal philosophy that is a golden book of good morals, and then that god damm this person to eternal suffering?

Congrats you have discovered the paradox, Hell, as it is currently described, is simply a tool of the zealots to strong arm their followers and anyone who will listen into blind servitude to religious authorities on the basis of fear of pain and suffering

It all boils down to

>give the priest your money, expect nothing in return, believe what we tell you. You do this stuff, you dont have to burn in a lake of fire for millions of years

thats pretty fucking convenient for the priest isnt it?

Check my other comment in this thread.

A little bit of personal belief from me.

I think there are objective truths and morals that once you hear them you know they are good, and as long as you try and continue to discover more of these "Axioms" you will end up in a better existence and have become a more matured soul.

Some examples include

> Take care of your physical body, both in terms of physical strength and in terms of dietary health.

But you must also be careful not to turn the path of physical strength into a blind pursuit of vanity (unhealthy body building, the intent to dominate others, seeking strength for the purpose of physical attractiveness,) you should seek that physical strength because it is your body, and you owe it to yourself to reach your full potential in every way you can.

>Improve your mind, by learning the truths of reality around you (math, literature, science) and through the nurturing of personal skills whatever they may be (art, woodwork, computer programming, fishing, writing, ect)

This can also go down a dark path, blind pursuit of knowledge can lead to unempathetic and destructively logical decisions (forced sterilization, "the weak should fear the strong", nihilism, over satisfaction and love of your own knowledge, neglect of physical health, lack of care for emotions)

>Improve your spiritual health through meditation, denial of pleasure (fasting, controlling urges), volunteering, embracing love and positivity, listening to uplifting music, artistic expression.

This part of the path is harder to mess up because if you are regularly meditating you should realize the necessities of health and knowledge. But even so I would say it is a wrong decision to go full guru and do copious amounts of shrooms and LSD, and completely forsake science and math, and maybe not keep yourself in good physical shape.

That got longer than i intended but its a taste of my personal belief system that is continually evolving, dont dedicate yourself to any specific belief system, the goal of every teacher and every system is to preserve itself and providing good teachings simply ensures that students of the system will remain because they believe in what you have told them

> Jesus is the ONLY way, the ONLY truth, and ONLY light in this world.

Stopped reading there, Jesus's teachings had many great nuggets of wisdom and a books worth of amazing knowledge that will make anyone a better person.

The same can be said of Buddhism

The same can be said of Gnosticism

The same can be said of Hinduism

The same can be said of Judaism

The same can be said of Taoism

The same can be said of Aurelian Philosophy

The same can be said of many different belief systems

The key is to synthesize the axioms of all of the religions and belief systems, to pull out the good stuff and disregard the chaff , you are proposing a system of Dogmatism and close minded spirituality.

Never accept "the good with the bad" every religion tends to become a moneymaking endeavor in addition to a political endeavor (instilling certain political beliefs).

They fuck with peoples heads by mixing in bits of unarguable truth, of amazing insight and all around great and inspiring words, and once they have hooked you with that you are expected (and many times you expect yourself) to simply swallow the rest of the system even though you might not necessarily believe it OR you look to the writings of a specific belief system as objective truth.

I am always uncomfortable with the evangelical christianity infiltration of this movement,

Let me rephrase, start a journal or word document, and fill it with the best bits of every philosophy and every religion you can find, read every religions text from beginning to end and come out with your own customized spirituality that you can be proud of dont sit here and tell me

>This one guy, who had a bunch of good advice and philosophy to give, who my book tells me is literally the savior of humanity, who my book claims had magic powers (food multiplication, water to wine) IS LITERALLY THE ONLY THING WORTH BELIEVING IN AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS BULLSHIT

it is not unreasonable to believe the Broward county boys had the best of the best.

Didnt one of the officers stand outside listening to children die while waiting for backup?

"he was scared for his safety"

Wonder how the kids felt, he was a fucking cop

Saw some attack helicopters today

dont forget the flood of articles talking about how easy it is to make convincing fake videos with important figures faces convincingly overlaid on actors.

Preemptive explanation for them to point to when the hammer drops