He seems like a gentle and kind man who had dedicated a large portion of his life to these questions. The conclusion was infused with the compassion and the love that alludes to the attributes of a loving God and not the harsh, embittered tone of a fundamentalist or a legalist. R.I.P. Huston. Hope to see you someday on the other side.
@MFJoneser2 жыл бұрын
Beautifully observed
@merrybolton21352 жыл бұрын
On the other side of what???????????
@grosbeak61302 жыл бұрын
What a marshmallow, ambiguous comment. Yeah we just want a nice lovable cosmic Santa Claus idea of God at the end of the day. Why even believe in God? Why even believe in the Bible whether it be the old testament with all of its judgmental images of God or Jesus himself in the New testament time and time again referring to the judgment of God? Why not just believe in some kind of vast cosmic lovey-dovey reality? Why bother with the rest of it, God or the Bible?
@MFJoneser2 жыл бұрын
@@grosbeak6130 you have a lot of thinking and reflection to do.
@grosbeak61302 жыл бұрын
@@MFJoneser I can see that you felt that EasternTriad's comment here held something endearing to you personally. Try to get past your own "Beautifully observed" comment. Atheism is on the rise and people have some hard questions about having such a "loving God" alongside the enormous suffering going on in the world. Did you miss that in the message of my comment? Well now you know. P.s. I'm not personally an atheist, but I respect their questions and their reservations about such a loving God. Yes they are hard questions concerning such a God and the Bible, but they are honest questions. Is that enough reflection for you?
@joshuaadamstithakayoutubel24902 жыл бұрын
I once had a dream in which Donald Trump passed Universal Healthcare.
@soubhikmukherjee68712 жыл бұрын
I once had a dream showing me how science is the ultimate truth. Alas!!
@synseer84842 жыл бұрын
Aerosmith - Dream on ..... all of you.
@NEEDCheese2 жыл бұрын
Where's all the Lee Harvey's
@philosopher00762 жыл бұрын
Trump....healthcare??? Yeah, you were definitely dreaming....actually having DELUSIONS.
@joshuaadamstithakayoutubel24902 жыл бұрын
@@philosopher0076 Trump as in Donald Trump, so yeah.
@neo-anderson2 жыл бұрын
Being a person of Asian descent and an avid follower of this channel, I would like Lawrence Kuhn to also speak to persons of Eastern spiritual backgrounds or leanings. I am sure there are a handful of Chinese, Japanese and Indian scientists who also have spiritual inclinations. There would probably be others, like myself, who are keen on hearing what those notable people have to say about the nature of our reality. It would certainly lend variety in perspective to the otherwise mostly western/occidental way of thinking that this channel presents.
@CloserToTruthTV2 жыл бұрын
We agree. Closer To Truth has begun a major Global Philosophy of Religion project, working with the University of Birmingham (UK - led by Professor Yujin Nagasawa). CTT is presenting more than 20 in-depth interviews and panel discussions on diverse traditions, including African religions, Buddhism, Hinduism (Vedanta), Islam, Jain, Judaism, Shinto, Zoroastrianism, and other traditions (listed alphabetically), as well as Christianity in dialogue. These are being released on the Closer To Truth KZfaq channel - Global Philosophy of Religion.kzfaq.info/get/bejne/btujbJuVqdmZl30.html are some that are released.
@neo-anderson2 жыл бұрын
@@CloserToTruthTV Awesome! Looking forward to them. Thank you for creating fantastic contents.
@MFJoneser2 жыл бұрын
@@CloserToTruthTV phenomenal news! Cheers and gratitude
@ramaraksha012 жыл бұрын
He is not much of a journalist when it comes to religion - his view is limited to Christianity Hinduism with the concept of Reincarnation is saying THERE IS ONLY ONE WORLD! THIS ONE! God made this world, this earth, gave us this life - Life is a Gift from God But Christians & Muslims are refusing this Gift and ending up as lower life forms
@ramaraksha012 жыл бұрын
@Indian Tiger Typical loser tactic - when defeated, turn to personal abuse and attacks I am not stooping to your level
@Bassotronics2 жыл бұрын
Judgment means God does not “know” how we will behave. So a non-knowing God is counter intuitive to an “all knowing” God. “He” should know us before being born and after we die.
@LuisSantiago-ow8mu2 жыл бұрын
Right.
@mikel55822 жыл бұрын
Even if the creator wasn't all-knowing, in what moral sense could a person be judged for how they were created?
@rizwanrafeek38112 жыл бұрын
@Bassotronics _"Judgment means God does not “know” how we will behave. "_ In Islam God will not make a person accountable until God deliver the message of Islam to them.
@ramaraksha012 жыл бұрын
Primitive people living under Kings/Dictators made these Gods using them as a template "We must get down on our knees, swear obedience & loyalty(belief), obey only him and no one else, beg for his mercy and hope for a reward(Heaven)" Simple, primitive ideas of God amazingly being blindly followed by even the best of minds of the 21st century So much for all our progress, education and intelligence
@rizwanrafeek38112 жыл бұрын
@@ramaraksha01 A miracle in the broad day light kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ab9oh9Vpksi3qGg.html It is conscious guided to Islam. An identical miracle reported by US marine kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z9WXoJV6sdbdaac.html Interesting food for thoughts.
@kail12632 жыл бұрын
Idk about anyone else but I love reading the comments on these videos. Y’all are so smart ,open minded and respectful
@robhernandez73222 жыл бұрын
The comments above do not reflect this..
@kail12632 жыл бұрын
@@robhernandez7322 oh ok…
@NoticerOfficial2 жыл бұрын
I’m addicted to reading comments. Any video I watch i try to scroll down to comments now
@TheSergius802 жыл бұрын
You can reconcile the 2 views, if hell equals this material world.
@ramaraksha012 жыл бұрын
Yes Hinduism says everything is here - THERE IS ONLY ONE WORLD, THIS ONE! Heaven is here, Hell is here Heaven is a metaphor for the womb, childhood - a time when we were fed, sheltered, protected & cared for - innocent, weak, helpless - we were kept in a bubble, away from the big bad REAL WORLD! Fools think they can run away and hide in this fantasy - run back to their childhood, the womb and this time stay there permanently Hinduism says such people will be reborn as Dogs - then they will get their innocent, weak, helpless life back - they will be fed, sheltered, protected & cared for and of course kept away from the big bad REAL WORLD of humans
@LuisSantiago-ow8mu2 жыл бұрын
No matter how hard they try, sooner or later religious beliefs run into the wall of logic and common sense.
@HigherPlanes2 жыл бұрын
Who says reality has to be logical or make sense to us?
@george54642 жыл бұрын
you've missed the point brah, religous isn't predicated on logic- it's faith based, you clearly have never read a page of philosophy. People have contended with these concepts for a millenia yet you think this "wall" (whatever that may look like) of logic is the answer. Well, good for you sir. But true skeptics apply such skepticism even too logic itself
@HigherPlanes2 жыл бұрын
@@george5464 Exactly, at it's core, reality makes no sense and it's anything but logical, at least not to the human mind.
@LuisSantiago-ow8mu2 жыл бұрын
@@george5464 "true skeptics apply such skepticism even to logic itself". What a bunch of crap brah.
@LuisSantiago-ow8mu2 жыл бұрын
@@HigherPlanes What is reality? What is logical? What is sense? See? It is so easy to write crappy comments. Following that line of thought we can all be great philosophers. LOL
@rottweilerroxy-dogslifeina14892 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for your videos! They help to think about our life in different way. To feel how all around is set and to find our existence as a miracle. There is no explanation in my mind how all this is arranged and being so stable for so long. The beauty of our world is so incredible - all forms of life including music, art, science, people, sense if humour. Unbelievable!!!
@leonoradompor87062 жыл бұрын
Worldy Kings,worldly mighty politicians is temporal, has and end, but Jesus God the true King last forever til eternity,Viva Feast of Christ the King****
@ramaraksha012 жыл бұрын
Yes Death IS forever! You think there is a nice Retirement Home in the sky just for those who made sure to join the "right" religion, pray to the "right" God? God is a Putin, a Saddam ready to reward their loyal supporters and abuse the rest?
@scooby31332 жыл бұрын
Ask 10 different people and you will get 10 different answers.
@vikitheviki2 жыл бұрын
God doesn't judge, God loves.
@suatustel7462 жыл бұрын
Your God known as a mass murderer in your holy book, you must be gullible turn to a blind eye..
@messenjah712 жыл бұрын
We associate judgement with vengeance, then attribute God with the same association. God doesn’t judge this way, as your comment suggests. However, while we sleep, God offers His Judgement to replace the hateful form we’ve grown accustom to: This is God’s Final Judgment: “You are still My holy Son, forever innocent, forever loving and forever loved, as limitless as your Creator, and completely changeless and forever pure. ²Therefore awaken and return to Me. ³I am your Father and you are My Son.” ~ACIM W-pII.10.5:1-3
@twitherspoon89542 жыл бұрын
_"God loves."_ Romans 9:13 "As it is written, Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated."
@twitherspoon89542 жыл бұрын
_"God loves."_ God raped ("overshadowed") Mary while she was engaged to Joseph and while God was married to Asherah, Aholah and Aholibah (who were sisters). God's sons also "ravished" human females and impregnated them. God sent one of his representatives to tell Mary, that even though she was engaged to Joseph and frightened by the encounter, that God would impregnate her. The Bible uses the word "overshadow", which is the Greek word, "επισκιάζω" (episkiazó). Some Christians interpret "overshadow" to mean that some sort of mystical cloud or divine wind hovered over Mary and then she became pregnant. But the literal translation of the word is, "to overshadow, to use influence upon by a looming presence (skiá)" and figuratively means "to invest with preternatural (extraordinary, exceeding what is normal) influence". So, the "overshadowing" was God using what the Bible describes as the "extraordinary" coercion of his greater power and status to dominate and overpower Mary's desires and will by forcing his own desire to force unwanted sexual contact from frightened Mary with the intent of impregnating her. The word Mary uses to accept the command to be impregnated is "ginomai", which means "let it not be, far be it from, God forbid". In Mary's praise and thanksgiving to God in Luke 1:48 she says, “God has lifted up his humble maidservant.” The Greek word for “humble” is the same one that the Septuagint (the old Greek version of the Hebrew Bible) uses to describe the rape of Dinah in Genesis and other incidents of sexual violation.
@suatustel7462 жыл бұрын
Indoctrinated people won't peel their eyes, they're one dimensional no matter hard you try on they won't budge. No rationale at all..
@YitroBenAvraham2 жыл бұрын
I have been following this channel for years and love it, but why do you never ever have Rabbis on? Or Orthodox Jews who are also scientists? It’s very odd to me. You talk to Christians and Muslims, but their books (and monotheism) come from the Torah! Why not go to the actual source? Sometimes the opinions on G-D expressed here are not in line with the original text at all. There would be less confusion if you went with the original text and tradition. The Kabbalists could provide profound insight.
@CloserToTruthTV2 жыл бұрын
Here are several Jewish philosophers of religion featured on Closer To Truth.
@ramaraksha012 жыл бұрын
He is not a Journalist when it comes to religion - he is a Christian and that is all he wants to know
@YitroBenAvraham2 жыл бұрын
@@CloserToTruthTV I can’t recall seeing an Orthodox Jew, or Rabbi and it seems they would be prefect to speak about the Creator, since they and the Noahides are the original Ethical Monotheists.
@messenjah712 жыл бұрын
This is God’s Final Judgment: “You are still My holy Son, forever innocent, forever loving and forever loved, as limitless as your Creator, and completely changeless and forever pure. ²Therefore awaken and return to Me. ³I am your Father and you are My Son.” ACIM W-pII.10.5:1-3
@ramaraksha012 жыл бұрын
Heaven is a metaphor for the womb, Childhood - a time when we were pure, innocent, but helpless, weak - needed to be cared for, fed, sheltered & protected - live in a bubble & kept away from the Big bad REAL WORLD that we live in I doubt you can run back to the womb, or childhood - you can't live in the past You can't expect God to be a Nanny and keep you in comfort & tend to you like a helpless child
@cedward57182 жыл бұрын
Does he mean God will save even those who don't want salvation? I have learned that if you don't want God, God will just leave you alone which is the real hell.
@ramaraksha012 жыл бұрын
Damsels in distress hoping for the Knight in shining armor to come save them The life that God created for us - this world, this earth and this life is not easy is it? Nothing is free, nothing is given - once adults we have to learn to stand on our own two feet, make a living, face the world & if stale bread is all we can afford, that is what we eat The good things in life have to be worked for, sacrificed for, deal with setbacks But the weak, the lazy & the coward have no stomach for it - some turn to crime Others turn to the likes of cruel Dictators like Putin, Saddam - support them unconditionally and are GIVEN the easy good life Others become prostitutes/gigolos/leeches/freeloaders - look around for a rich Sugar Daddy to GIVE them a life of ease & comfort THESE PEOPLE ARE SAVED FROM HAVING TO WORK, HAVING TO FACE THE WORLD & ITS PROBLEMS. They live the good life in a bubble, do no work, just sit around enjoying the good life while their Sugar Daddy keeps them in comfort This is what Religions exploit - they have parked Sugar Daddy Gods in the sky - get down on our knees, beg, grovel and he will be pleased and GIVE us that easy lazy life of ease & comfort We won't have to work anymore - we will live in a nice Retirement Home forever! No work, no worries - free food, shelter, protection and care! No more worrying about climate change, discrimination, poverty, evil people, disease - we get to live in a nice bubble And meanwhile down below our families are homeless, our children are going to bed hungry, our country is at war or suffering - we don't care anymore! Amazing that so many even the brightest of us - give in to these cheap promises
@francesco55812 жыл бұрын
My favorite guy
@ChuckBrowntheClown2 жыл бұрын
Forgiveness has already been given by having belief and trust in Jesus Christ the one who died and resurrected and forgave sins.
@ChuckBrowntheClown2 жыл бұрын
@Indian Tiger you have to repent and believe in Jesus Christ to have sins forgiven because good works does not save you. For it is by Grace we are saved ,but you have to believe and trust in that Grace which is Jesus Christ ,he is also Mercy that's why Jesus Christ is God.
@ChuckBrowntheClown2 жыл бұрын
@Indian Tiger as a father of Jesus Christ we do our best to abstain from all appearance of evil. In Jesus Christ said on the cross father forgive them for they know not what they do which would be ignorance not knowing and sometimes we're not knowing what we do or realizing until somebody else steps in and gives us a constructive perspective. Which if we continue to reach in the God's word Jesus Christ has given us the constructive perspective.
@ChuckBrowntheClown2 жыл бұрын
@Indian Tiger the Bible states that we are not of this world, in fact those are Jesus Christ words. King David committed adultery and then sent Uriah to the front of the line where the fighting was the fiercest so he would die so he basically killed him committed murder also. David wrote Psalm 22 which is a prophecy of Jesus Christ. And really should we be pushing for a cursed humanity and not pushing for God to set up his kingdom? and helping to find those who want to follow after; to go along to his kingdom. I don't think we should be doubting his kingdom. I'm positive of it I am sure of it my faith which is belief and trust reside in it through Jesus Christ.
@ChuckBrowntheClown2 жыл бұрын
@Indian Tiger Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. I don't disagree with you. The baby from that died. David repented. People do things in ignorance. I know I've caught myself. Sure you have also. Revelation 21 new heaven and new earth for the first heaven and earth passed away. Verse 5 behold I make all things new. Only God knows the intent of the heart. So you keep your Pharastical view, tiger. I'll stick with the roast of the Lion of Judah.
@ChuckBrowntheClown2 жыл бұрын
@Indian Tiger Abraham slept with Sarah's maid servant and had a son outside of the will of God. Yet God still kept his promise and made a nation out of Abraham.
@dr.buzzvonjellar88622 жыл бұрын
If not everything goes, then there is a gradient towards what specifically “goes”. At the end of that gradient lies the reward. The paradigms of religion approximate a path, but none are direct.
@MiguelArcangel122 жыл бұрын
I admire Huston Smith. I grew up reading him and watching him on TV. But, I think in trying to respect all religions he sort of disrespects all of them by glossing over real contradictions between them.
@ramaraksha012 жыл бұрын
Christianity & Islam are Master/Slave religions - God seen as a Master - down on our knees, beg, obey, beg for mercy and hope for a reward - eternal pleasures of the flesh in Heaven Hinduism & Buddhism are Teacher/Student faiths - God is our Teacher - our goal is to make our Teacher proud of us our accomplishments - the bliss of the heart, mind & soul Reincarnation basically saying THERE IS ONLY ONE WORLD! THIS ONE! See life as a Gift from God, we are not sinners or slaves, but Children of God and the earth is our home Hoping to run away from this life and hide in fantasy Heavens won't work - cowardice will not be rewarded
@mathewkoshy58702 жыл бұрын
I can't understand why we are so obsessed about where we are going.. do we ever know or ever figured out where we came from ? (Other than from the mother's womb in a physical form?). If we don't know and don't care as to where we came from, why the heck are we so concerned and analytical about where we are headed?!! In my view all that we need to care about is this moment! That's all we have.. and how to live it in a way that benefits other human beings..as jesus just summed it up in one statement "do unto others what you would have them do unto you".. the rest (where we are headed) will sort itself out automatically..
@NoticerOfficial2 жыл бұрын
They may be the same place. Maybe things don’t go in order. or maybe we die, wake up and suddenly remember everything that happened before. Maybe we can see the entire universe like looking in an ant farm. or maybe everybody we’be ever known is there, or perhaps Poof! We wake up and there’s a psychologist like “how was it? Huh? “Your simulation. are you alright? How many years did you make it?” “My god every relationship, every death, every celebration it was all simulated?”
@ramaraksha012 жыл бұрын
Ah but that won't work - what you are then saying is that ALL good people are with God - just like saying let the best candidate get the job or promotion If that is the case the Corrupt person would not benefit - the only way corruption works is by changing the rules - yes you are the best qualified for the job but....... If ALL Good people are with God, if only Actions decide whether we are with God or not, then there is no need for religion, no need to convert to Christianity! Can't have that, can we? Hence "Heaven, only if you are with Jesus" So basically Atheist & Hindu doctors who gave their lives fighting the Corona Virus get dumped into hell while pedophiles and murderers of the cloth get heaven! And these are the top religions of the 21st century So much for all our education, intelligence and morality
@brandursimonsen44272 жыл бұрын
Hell is described to be in the Earth which is the material universe we live on. Earthly minded will have their continuation in the Earth. Spiritually minded continue in spiritual places. Those who have their continuation in error are in pain.
@somethingyousaid50592 жыл бұрын
So let God argue me his justification for his rejection of my justification for my rejection of his justification, that's all.
@xtaticsr20412 жыл бұрын
What if judgement is just coming to know everything about your actions and consequences perfectly? Your rationality becomes perfect and you end up judging yourself knowing truth in all its details including affected people’s subjective experiences. Imagine that for a horrible person like Hitler. It’s just a what if though.
@raspberrypi49702 жыл бұрын
Therefore the Master acts without doing anything and teaches without saying anything. Things arise and she lets them come; things disappear and she lets them go. She has but doesn't possess, acts but doesn't expect. When her work is done, she forgets it. That is why it lasts forever. Tao
@yeolee27032 жыл бұрын
1Co 7:30-31 And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
@ramaraksha012 жыл бұрын
These kind of ideas appeal to the old, the retired - those who seek a peace of mind But these are not good for the young - those who aspire, dream When a football team loses - it is losing because the other team played better they should feel the sting of the loss, let it hurt & use that pain to play better
@jackmann97522 жыл бұрын
John 3:16-20. It's a choice between darkness and light. "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life."-Jesus
@twitherspoon89542 жыл бұрын
Jesus never existed.
@bugout.45112 жыл бұрын
He's real, you just have to want to know him. God bless you
@Randomlycreatedbyme2 жыл бұрын
@@twitherspoon8954 not coming from a religious person but it is like saying Plato and Aristotle never existed…
@twitherspoon89542 жыл бұрын
@@Randomlycreatedbyme _"...not coming from a religious person but it is like saying Plato and Aristotle never existed."_ So, provide any contemporaneous evidence that the Bible figure known as Jesus ever existed.
@twitherspoon89542 жыл бұрын
@@bugout.4511 _"He's real..."_ Source?
@jamesruscheinski86022 жыл бұрын
Procedural federalism, God is not substantively represented by political / secular leaders
@DaveBuildsThings2 жыл бұрын
Life is like a carnival ride. You get on it when you're born and either stay on it or jump off it while it's motion. But even if you stay on, the ride will have to end at some point. Enjoy the ride while it lasts. There is no other ride after this one.
@TheJoker-um9tp2 жыл бұрын
How do you know this? I think we are on a ride , but just as a person goes on s ride at a theme park we've come to earth for a quick ride.
@Skankhunt420.2 жыл бұрын
Put the speed on 1.5x. Thank me later by sending me a present for xmas
@michaelbindner98832 жыл бұрын
The belief in a Hell ignores the Perfect Humility of God.
@michaelbindner98832 жыл бұрын
@Indian Tiger We have not measured all sorts of energy, so we cannot map it. I agree on purgatory. The whole concept was the worst form of Italian extortion.
@ramaraksha012 жыл бұрын
It is also a primitive backward idea of Vengeance - an eye for an eye - is the way to go How does torturing or brutalizing the criminal help the victim in any way? How is this Justice? So God cannot deliver Justice? Shows that these ideas and Gods are man-made
@chyfields2 жыл бұрын
When comparing religious texts has anyone tried to create a Venn Diagram of where they overlap? As a totality of philosophies, when layered together they become the Devine Venn Diagram. It is said there are many paths to God.
@yeolee27032 жыл бұрын
@Indian Tiger Of water, return is the ocean Of spirit, return is God who is spirit Of flesh, return is ashes and dust
@ramaraksha012 жыл бұрын
@Indian Tiger Ah you are Hindu! My apologies, I thought you were Christian While a Giordano Bruno was being tortured and killed in Western lands, the Buddha was being hailed as a God in Hindu India! Both disagreed with the majority religions, the Buddha even said there was no God! It is said in olden days Atheists used to preach in Hindu Temples! Those were the days when different views were treated with respect with a thirst for learning Today we get the likes of yourself - full of abuse and hate simply because someone posts an idea you don't like
@ramaraksha012 жыл бұрын
@@yeolee2703 There is no Retirement Home in the sky THERE IS ONLY ONE WORLD! THIS ONE! God gave you this life, created this world, the earth is our home It is your choice to reject this Gift of life
@yeolee27032 жыл бұрын
@@ramaraksha01 This world is not my home. I am glad you are happy in it. Buddha did not say there is no god nor did he say there is. But he did say this is a burdensome world. Jesus said, "in this world, there will be tribulations." Search deeper into either to learn the path which Buddha tried to share or know the way, Jesus himself. Buddha is a honest man, he share knowledge of enlightenment, how many understands? God spoke the word in parables and metaphors which man ridicules yet many are believing. The wisdom of God, salvation is by faith. This filters out the arrogant ones. There is only one truth, put down religious lens and notice the many teachings to be similar. Also, the ancient wisdom in Verdanta. Also, the original teachings of Tao. All these will agree, "this is an illusive world". So, don't take life too hard. Eat, drink, be good, be merry that you may become humble and stumble out of this world.
@yeolee27032 жыл бұрын
@Indian Tiger Heehee Thanks, Tiger.
@oculusnomadslosttribe56722 жыл бұрын
All I know is “eye” look at the fact that we exist in a massive universe and realize the way people think of god on this planet is wayyyyyyy too small..🤔
@ramaraksha012 жыл бұрын
And amazingly primitive - The Christian/Muslim God is obviously a King/Dictator - primitive people living under Kings/Dictators made them in their image "We must get down on our knees, swear obedience & loyalty(belief), beg for his mercy, and hope for a reward(Heaven)" Simple, primitive ideas of God from simple, primitive people but amazingly being blindly followed by even the best of minds of the 21st century
@edherwick69952 жыл бұрын
It would certainly help if these individuals provide clear guidance as to where their answers are derived. The avuncular nature of many of them is not enough.
@hymnsake2 жыл бұрын
I loved this interview.
@cl58622 жыл бұрын
Please interview John Lennox
@amityaffliction48482 жыл бұрын
Matthew 7:13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
@ramaraksha012 жыл бұрын
There is a nice Retirement Home in the sky? We go from one Retirement Home to another?
@bluelotus5422 жыл бұрын
Great Mind Mr. Huston. The difference between western and eastern religions is just not there.
@ramaraksha012 жыл бұрын
Christianity & Islam are Master/Slave religions - God viewed as a Master - the goal is heaven - eternal pleasures of the flesh - to get it we must get down on our knees, obey and swear loyalty to the Master, hope he is pleased and GIVE us that good life God is a Putin, a Saddam - the good life is for loyal supporters only Life is a Sin - we must run away from here & if we kiss the right butt, pray to the right God, he will be pleased and GIVE us a life of ease & comfort God seen as a Sugar Daddy for whom the likes of prostitutes/gigolos/leeches/freeloaders look for Hinduism/Buddhism are Teacher/Student faiths - God is a Teacher - the goal is knowledge, Enlightenment - which is EARNED, never given. we are not going anywhere - the earth is our home. God made this world, this earth, gave us this life Life is a Gift & Reincarnation says we can have this Gift over and over! But we know life is harsh, difficult and so the life that God gave us is for the Strong, the Warrior, the worker Heaven, obviously is for the weak, the coward and the lazy
@ramaraksha012 жыл бұрын
A Parent does not judge his children No Parent will set apart his own children No Parent would rape or torture his own daughters in hell No Parent would ask for the murder of his grandson No Parent would be proud to say his Children FEAR him! It is quite clear that this is a Master - this is a Master/Slave religion A Master will judge his slaves A Master will set apart his slaves based on their loyalty and favoritsm A Master will ask for a slave to prove his loyalty by raping or killing someone A Master will instill Fear in his Slaves Primitive people living under Kings/Dictators used such men as templates for God "We must get down on our knees, swear obedience and loyalty(belief), obey only him and no one else, beg for his mercy and hope for a reward(Heaven)" Simple, primitive ideas of God from Simple, primitive people amazingly being blindly followed by the best of minds of the 21st century! So much for all our progress, education and intelligence
@grosbeak61302 жыл бұрын
Very disappointing that Houston Smith here at the end relies on near-death experiences to validate his position, his theology and his God.
@alanreiser55582 жыл бұрын
This and other interviews are gems, many like talking with that charming wise uncle (must of the interviews are if men), who will only talk if you slow down and ask.
@stephenlawrence48212 жыл бұрын
So we start with the need for rules and the need for consequences of breaking them. But there are no deserved consequences. That would take a sort of control of our actions which is simply impossible. God would know that. So it isn't just that eternal punishment is unfair in God's eyes. It's that any punishment at all would be.
@ramaraksha012 жыл бұрын
Can't believe that even with all our education and intelligence we still think in terms of reward & punishment. Punishment is not Justice, it is Vengeance Some drunk guy drives over your fence or property. The judge gives you 2 options 1. Take your car and drive over his property 2. Have the guy pay for your damage, set things right The first is Vengeance - two wrongs make a right - the uncivilized way of doing things The second is Justice - the civilized way of doing things - the right way that benefits the victim How does torturing a person in hell help his victims? So the likes of Madoff and Hitler are being tortured in hell? So how does that help their victims who are suffering? Those who lost their families, loved ones under Hitler? Those who lost their life savings because of Madoff and had to live in poverty and die an early death? So we see how primitive these ideas of punishment/reward - hell/heaven - are! God cannot deliver Justice to the victims - only vengeance Clearly this God is man-made - these ideas came from primitive people Yet amazingly we blindly believe in them
@raydelavega74572 жыл бұрын
God's Judgment? He's The ARCHON THAT SCRIPTURE WARNS ABOUT IN REV. 12:9 HE DECEIVES THE WHOLE WORLD!!! All Religions Are From These God's aka ARCHONS, GREAT DECEIVERS!!!
@michaelbindner98832 жыл бұрын
The assumption that a God must be perfectly just is anthropic. Judgement is another term for justification or having reasons. It is limiting. God is bigger than reasons and needing good reasons is a sign of the kind of moralistic guilt that has nothing to do with God.
@ramaraksha012 жыл бұрын
How is it that few can see that Christians made God in the image of their local King/Dictator? "we must get down on our knees, swear obedience & loyalty(belief), obey only him and no one else, beg for his mercy and hope for a reward(Heaven)" The similarities between this God and the likes of Putin, Saddam, Kim Jong-un are clear to see The supporters of Putin are GIVEN the good life - it is not Earned Heaven of course is not Earned, it is GIVEN to the supporters of this God These supporters of Putin know that the good life will last only as long as the brutal dictator stays in power and so they have raped, tortured and killed anyone who is deemed a threat And religious people have done EXACTLY the same - killed so many in the name of religion, insulting their Master as happened most recently in Bangladesh
@c.s.hayden30222 жыл бұрын
God’s judgment is when I win and it’s God’s test when I lose, which is never really losing so I always win. 😐 It’s so much a loving placebo that it’s not.
@stunningkruger2 жыл бұрын
in theory anyone can have their say before sentience is past.
@ktor5382 жыл бұрын
Deep! 👍
@jamesruscheinski86022 жыл бұрын
Political government substantive federalism is blasphemy (not procedural federalism)
@user-bu9nb8wr6e2 жыл бұрын
There is no god’s judgment it is just a warning about one’s behaviour. Sinfulness is just a way of saying think like this and you will not like the results. God doesn’t judge God just guides his children with advice. Karma is a result of ones thinking in the same way, what you reap you will so. Hell is only a state of misery caused by ones owns actions caused by ones thinking. Kind thinking is the key to happiness and finding heaven on earth.
@MiguelArcangel122 жыл бұрын
Hell is fair. It's simply letting each have their way forever. Those in hell want to be there and heaven would be tortuous for them. A truly wicked, unrepentant and selfish person would find intolerable a place where Love makes demands and is populated by unselfish, humble and charitable people that makes no room for evil. Love asks that you give up your pride and ego, find fulfillment in Love and serving others. The damned say "No" definitively and Love respects their free choice.
@etherealstars57662 жыл бұрын
What would be the purpose of having any conscious being suffer for all eternity? The purpose of punishment in the first place is to change someone's mind. Hell is a disgusting and irrational ideology that is taught to little children who are then traumatized by it. It also isn't based in reality because libertarian free will is almost certainly an illusion. That doesn't remove accountability to change though. And that's where punishment comes in, a mechanism for change, albeit sometimes a very crude one. Don't you think that even Hitler, after suffering for 1,000 years in hell would have second thoughts about what he did? He may have even had some remorse seeing as he killed himself. And what about psychopaths and sociopaths who have no capacity for empathy and therefore no feeling of good or evil? It's incoherent.
@MiguelArcangel122 жыл бұрын
@@etherealstars5766 "I willingly believe that the damned are, in one sense, successful, rebels to the end; that the doors of hell are locked on the INSIDE." - C.S. Lewis
@etherealstars57662 жыл бұрын
@@MiguelArcangel12 Ah yes, because of course someone would actually choose hell and wickedness over heaven...That's not how evil works. People commit evil acts because their moral compass is broken by extraneous events. For example, a child who chooses to bully because they have an abusive father. It makes them feel powerful. But the child isn't to blame, the father is, because the father broke them.
@etherealstars57662 жыл бұрын
@@MiguelArcangel12 Let me clarify further. People who commit evil acts aren't denying love. In fact, they're usually the most in need of love and do evil because they have been deprived of it. A robber steals to feed his family. Or perhaps he has become greedy because he has lacked stability in life.
@MiguelArcangel122 жыл бұрын
@@etherealstars5766 If I told you to "Go to hell," wouldn't you blame me for saying something reprehensible? But, on what grounds? If I don't have free will and my evil speech is caused by a "broken moral compass caused by extraneous events", on what basis could you say it was evil? It just is, right? I don't believe that you don't believe in free will. If someone shows kindness to your mother, you would thank him. If he spit in her face, you wouldn't do nothing. And, you would do something not just to correct him but do it because he DESERVED it.
@stephenlawrence48212 жыл бұрын
I wonder how much harm the belief in deserved suffering is doing? It's based on belief we have magic powers I. E Free will, and is utter nonsense. But when the evidence is presented to people they desire to continue to believe in this cruel nonsense and so reject obvious facts. It's a very sad state of affairs.
@etherealstars57662 жыл бұрын
Yes exactly. I think the entire intuition for retribution is derived from an incorrect assumption. We project our moral observations onto another person and think "I would never do that! How disgusting" when the other person is incapable of seeing it that way, at least for the moment. Even without free will, the key is holding the other person accountable to change. "Punishment" in various different forms CAN achieve this, but it isn't always the best. For example, punishment likely wouldn't help the murderer who killed due to trauma.
@syz9112 жыл бұрын
Closer to Truth episodes will be much more meaningful if they stick to the scientific matters like space, time and the universe. Edit: I wish to change "scientific matters" to physical aspects of reality. It would be better to discuss the meaning of physical beings like space, time, matter etc. which can be measured by regular scientific methods - with the help of metaphysical approaches, but not in the direction of religion or God which can't be measured.
@francesco55812 жыл бұрын
A so limited approach would just ignore the main questions
@brandursimonsen44272 жыл бұрын
Frances Bacon gave a philosophical argument for the science you prefer as a method of inquiry. But the inquiry this episode discusses is foundational of the ways people think and believe. Frances Bacon was a Catholiic monk with his life invested in this subject matter.
@ChuckBrowntheClown2 жыл бұрын
I don't see how you can call heaven and hell metaphorical. There's a rich man that seen Lazarus in Abraham's bosom and asked Abraham if Lazarus could just give him a drop of water off his fingertip. There's more that goes on there but y'all can pick up the Bible and read it. Also it says about how Jesus went down to hell.
@ramaraksha012 жыл бұрын
You can't answer simple questions - tell me, what does one DO in Heaven? Is Heaven one vast Retirement Home? Billions sitting about doing nothing? an idle, lazy, useless and pointless existence for eternity! How does that make any sense?
@ChuckBrowntheClown2 жыл бұрын
@@ramaraksha01 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal; and had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: on the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates. And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal. And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel. And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass. And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass. And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it. And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there. And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it. And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life. Revelation 21:1-27 KJV
@ChuckBrowntheClown2 жыл бұрын
@@ramaraksha01 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: and they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads. And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever. And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done. Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book. And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things. Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God. And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand. He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star. And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: and if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book. He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. THE END Revelation 22:1-21 KJV
@ChuckBrowntheClown2 жыл бұрын
@@ramaraksha01 Jesus even said, there is not marriage in heaven.
@thepeadair2 жыл бұрын
You can choose your actions - you cannot choose the consequences. There are 4 possible outcomes when we are judged: Outer darkness; A telestial kingdom; A terrestrial kingdom, or the Celestial kingdom. Very few on earth will be banished to outer darkness. All the other kingdoms are wonderful in comparison to our life here - some are just more wonderful than others.
@Savantjazzcollective2 жыл бұрын
What is the difference of Hell (literal) and being cast down to a lowly animal. They both seem like hell to me, i think that is the true nature of religious judgment.
@reginaldbowls71802 жыл бұрын
Are you just as yummy?
@Savantjazzcollective2 жыл бұрын
@@reginaldbowls7180 ask my wife, lol
@reginaldbowls71802 жыл бұрын
@@Savantjazzcollective Is she a cannibal?
@Savantjazzcollective2 жыл бұрын
@Indian Tiger re-read it, that's not what i said.
@TheTroofSayer2 жыл бұрын
My entirely unsubstantiated conjecture on why a god is not required to pass judgement revolves around the notion of nonlocality of self (QM), & the relationship between individual personality (self) & culture. We are all products of our culture to an extent that most people don't realize. We share not just language, but also accents, thoughts, motives & beliefs. When we die, we reincarnate with the union of new sperm, egg & DNA, elsewhere in the universe, to new parents who are products of our new culture. We also share our new parents' DNA. Entangled DNA is the vehicle of reincarnation, & rebirth into our new culture is rebirth into the heaven/hell of our choosing. We get what we deserve, no god required. This interpretation of culture fits nicely with the Hindu notion of karma. Do we see what is happening with the crazy in western cultures? How we engage with our culture establishes the trajectory for our rebirth. Our trajectory is of our choosing. Culture = Karma.
@ramaraksha012 жыл бұрын
Reincarnation also says THERE IS ONLY ONE WORLD, THIS ONE! God created this world, this earth, gave us this life. Life is a Gift But some find this life too harsh, too difficult and religions exploit such people with tales of easy living in Heaven but only if you convert to their religion, using the carrot of eternal pleasures of the flesh to push conversions And amazingly this trick works even against the best of minds! You are right about the heaven/hell of our choosing - since these people find human life a bit too hot for them to handle & they want the easy lazy life in heaven - they will be reborn as Dogs - lower life forms - as Dogs they will get free food, shelter, protection and care - no work, no worries - they will get their Heaven but don't realize they are but dogs!
@patrickboudreau38462 жыл бұрын
Burning fire for all so try to live as long as you can :-/
@etherealstars57662 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry that you think that. Hell is a disgusting ideology with no purpose nor basis in reality.
@ramaraksha012 жыл бұрын
God seen as a Putin, a Saddam - those who make sure to kiss the right butt, grovel and beg to the "right" God are to be rewarded and the rest - old people, children, even babies? pregnant women, innocent people - are all to be dumped into hell? Like how Nazis treated Jews? How is it that with all our education and intelligence - this is your concept of God? A Hitler!
@ChuckBrowntheClown2 жыл бұрын
Nowhere in the Bible have I found anything on purgatory.
@giovannibazzini71172 жыл бұрын
The concept of purgatory was made up by the church in the XII century. Made up just like everything in all religions..
@ChuckBrowntheClown2 жыл бұрын
@@giovannibazzini7117 made up by the Catholic Church. Prove the Bible to be made up. And remember how the Catholic Church persecuted Christians. Is that made up?
@giovannibazzini71172 жыл бұрын
@@ChuckBrowntheClown I’m an atheist and I’ve read the bible from cover to cover and I can say that’s men work. No doubt.
@ChuckBrowntheClown2 жыл бұрын
@@giovannibazzini7117 40 different authors over different periods of time and don't contradict. Yep that's just man. Meanwhile we ourselves can't keep from contradicting ourselves. See how your statement is contradictory? I'm a dispensational Bible believer KJV.
@giovannibazzini71172 жыл бұрын
@@ChuckBrowntheClown this is my point The major religions of the world are Hinduism( 1.1 billion) Buddhism( 0,5) Islam(1.8)Confucianism (1), Christianity (2.2) Judaism (0.14) and many more. All claim to be true so let’s go with Occam’s razor: if every religion claims to be true probably none of them is. That said: I’m an atheist because I don’t believe in a god for insufficient evidences. It’s quite simple. Peace out ✌️
@stevecoley83652 жыл бұрын
The judgement of good (god). If we still have our light and warmth (love) after we drop the clothing of this physical plane...we become a star shining in heaven (joy, beauty and harmony). God (good) knows every star by name. If we extinguish our light and warmth with "greed" and its ignorance (hate)...we become the darkness and emptiness that surrounds the stars. A very cold, dark, lonely, desolate place to be...for eternity.
@vladvlaovich99302 жыл бұрын
Ra-al aqîm. Ba'al-Hades.
@ChuckBrowntheClown2 жыл бұрын
You got to include righteous and holy along with the grace and mercy and just. Then my question is why does God's word the Bible talk about hell, Jesus Christ, the Son, talk about hell, why would God even make hell for no reason? The Bible States it was made for Satan and his angels. Looks like the Bible God's word stands and disassembles your word and your belief.
@twitherspoon89542 жыл бұрын
_"Jesus Christ, the Son..."_ Jesus never existed and the Bible states that he was not God's son (and that God has many sons).
@ChuckBrowntheClown2 жыл бұрын
@@twitherspoon8954 those who choose to be sons.
@ramaraksha012 жыл бұрын
Torture and pain of the flesh(hell) and pleasures of the flesh(heaven) - how we remain primitive in our view of God
@ChuckBrowntheClown2 жыл бұрын
@@ramaraksha01 the Bible says Don't fear the one who can kill the body but the one who can kill the body and the soul.
@ChuckBrowntheClown2 жыл бұрын
@@ramaraksha01 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Matthew 10:28 KJV
@sportsbd87432 жыл бұрын
Would you kind enough to discuss with Muslim intellectual like Muhammad Hijab. I think he has some strong argument which is absent in Christianity regarding God and science.
@owencampbell49472 жыл бұрын
The falsified idea of creating God's, as identification for your ethnicity, is a humans character for division. The fact that creation is everywhere understood, and that there has to be a creator, but he has to belong to us and not universal, an easy to observe egocentric custom of humans. Punishment, rewards, heaven and hell, are human imaginations that doesn't fit to a creator, if we seriously think about it. My God, your God, his God, is what dominates the educated mind. We humans put the rules we all know, they didn't emerge somewhere. I think the main lesson for humans should be, to keep their emotions under control. A clear mind with no emotion is a peaceful mind.
@ramaraksha012 жыл бұрын
Once you see that primitive people used their King/Dictator as a template for God - everything becomes crystal clear Don't you see this "God" acting suspiciously like a King/Dictator, a Putin, Saddam? Obey me, swear loyalty only to me and I will reward you - let you stay in my KINGDOM of heaven or else Hell? Simple, primitive ideas of God from simple, primitive people living under Kings/Dictators Amazingly being blindly followed by the best and brightest minds of the 21st century living in free societies! Just amazed at the brainwashing power of religion
@owencampbell49472 жыл бұрын
@@ramaraksha01 The more our brain evolve positively, the more we realize and find out. I think this century is the braking point for the new generation to give up the victim mentality and take decissions on their own. The change is coming and believing blindly will be a lesson of the past, if evolution goes the right way.
@ramaraksha012 жыл бұрын
@@owencampbell4947 I am sorry - we live in the 21st century where the top religions Gods are Putins, Saddams - "Get down on your knees, bow to me, tell me you serve only me & I will reward you(Heaven). Or else (Hell)" Simple primitive ideas of God even now being blindly followed and PROMOTED! Intelligent, educated people who believe in democracy and freedom suddenly turn Communists - "believe as we do or else!" Intelligent, educated people thinking Death is some sort of gateway to some magic Retirement Home in the sky, pleasures of the flesh for eternity and the way to get that good life is to make sure we kiss the right butt, polish the right shoes! And are more than willing to look the other way as these religions use threats of hell at those who don't fall for their cheap promises NAZI IDEAS OF HATE & DIVISION PROMOTED OPENLY! What is more frightening is the silence The Media that does not ask questions - What does one DO in Heaven? Do billions just sit around doing nothing? How does that make any sense? What about our families down on earth? Are they suffering, homeless, hungry, sick? NOT ONE ASKS! NOT EVEN ATHEISTS!
@owencampbell49472 жыл бұрын
@@ramaraksha01 you got it right, but there's no way I guess to change anything for the better. People are not ready to think on their own, to make decisions on their own, to be the owner of their minds, to be free, to be balanced, it might take another 100 years if not a prophet shows up and starts all over again. Dont forget human minds are weak.
@ramaraksha012 жыл бұрын
@@owencampbell4947 Yes but I see few people speaking up it seems I am the only one asking questions & that is all we need to do Questions like 1. What does one DO in Heaven? Billions get to sit about doing nothing? How does that make any sense? 2. What about our loved ones down on earth? Could they be suffering/starving/sick/homeless? Do we forget about them? 3. What about Hindus, Buddhists, Atheists - are they to be the Jews in the afterlife, set apart based solely on belief & dumped into gas chambers in hell? Are these not human beings with loved ones? Children too? pregnant women too end up in gas chambers? It is this 2nd question that makes these "we will be enjoying all the pleasures of paradise because we kissed the right butt, you should too" people put ants in their pants They get uncomfortable saying they are having a good time while their family is suffering And guess what? NOT ONE MEDIA PERSON WILL ASK SUCH QUESTIONS! NOT THE EDUCATED, NOT THE MORAL AND NOT EVEN THE ATHEIST! Just amazing!
@Gminor72 жыл бұрын
Everyone stuck on the contradictions/differences should read Fritjof Schuon
@evaadam36352 жыл бұрын
It is not God who will judge you. It is you, yourself, who is the sole judge of your soul's eternal fate by the choice that you freely make. This is really very simple, let me explain as follows : If you choose to live a life with God's grace, your soul could be welcomed back to your Original Home/Heaven. This can be achieved by having faith in a loving God applying your free will to choose.... ...but if you choose to live a life without God (which means without faith), your lost soul could not be welcomed Home but would return to a cold dark nothingness (hell), freezing for eternity. By the way, contrary to wnat many believe, hell is not really a Lake of Fire but a cold dark empty state - an absence of God who is all energy, all love, all wamth and comfort. The reason why many misinterpreted hell as a Lake of Fire is because lost souls who ended in this "state of nothingness" will relive and feel all the pains and sufferings that they caused on their neighbors, and their loud screams and cries can be heard as if they are burning in flames. Freezing in hell, your soul can be given another chance to reincarnate so to have the opportunity to be saved and to return Home through faith.... but if you fail, you again will return to hell because God can not force you Home. It has to be your own free choice to live with God's grace through your faith so to be saved. The painful loop of your soul's returning to hell and back to earth, and then back to hell again, will continue until you can choose to finally have faith in a loving God to be welcomed back Home/Heaven.
@penultimatename66772 жыл бұрын
You should be a fiction writer.
@Danomax2 жыл бұрын
Nothing is true, everything is allowed, recuiescat in pace.
@rizwanrafeek38112 жыл бұрын
If you sin against the mortals punishment is finite in Islam, however if you sin against The Infinite then your punishment is infinite. That is not a rocket science Robert.
@ramaraksha012 жыл бұрын
Primitive violent and brutal religions with violent Gods made in the image of the Master of the past - the King/Dictator - Master/Slave religion - Master will punish us if we do wrong yet Islamic countries are some of the worst in this planet Treat women like dirt and treat minorities even worse Yet to meet even one person who says he wants to emigrate to an islamic nation
@rizwanrafeek38112 жыл бұрын
@@ramaraksha01 You expressed your opinion and you are entitled for it.. There is immigration available to Turkey and not many Ms countries offer migration.
@daddielongstroke69832 жыл бұрын
Pure BS.
@janklaas68852 жыл бұрын
🇺🇳9:54 😏📸
@Gringohuevon2 жыл бұрын
mad as a hatter
@Renato4042 жыл бұрын
A fantasy.
@claudiozanella2562 жыл бұрын
As far as the bible is concerned, I disagree. Even if I can certainly figure out that an infinite punishment does not seem commensurate with wicked actions that were instead finite in time, that is clearly and consistently stated in the bible. The reason is simply that one group of people may wish to maintain FOREVER a separation from another unwanted group of people, see for ex. "Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. The one who will accuse you is MOSES, in whom you trust.". Thus - as claimed in the bible - it's logical that a separation into different groups will be made and this separation will remain forever. The very fact of belonging to a group that is scum will directly result for a concerned person in an endless hellish existence.
@butterchuggins54092 жыл бұрын
Whatever
@ChuckBrowntheClown2 жыл бұрын
How can you call it unfair, since he's giving you an early learning period previous to that judgment of heaven or hell? The way of that learning is through Jesus Christ and the word.
@Snuclear2 жыл бұрын
Eh? Youre deluded
@ChuckBrowntheClown2 жыл бұрын
@@Snuclear problem is you can't prove me to be deluded. Nor can you prove God's word deluded. It's looted full with treasures, and just pleasures, for those who go by the measures of God's word.
@derekallen45682 жыл бұрын
Christopher is right. You're deluded!
@ChuckBrowntheClown2 жыл бұрын
@@derekallen4568 prove the dilution, and pollution, all I see is fruition and intuition.
@twitherspoon89542 жыл бұрын
_"The way of that learning is through Jesus Christ and the word."_ There is literally no contemporaneous evidence that Jesus ever existed. None.