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I rarely think in images myself. Visual imagining is much much more unused in my mental space than verbal. Prolly cos I'm a bookworm. Our mental ability to visualize an object is much weaker than to verbalize it. I also discovered that it is impossible for me at least to visualize more than 3-4...

That's why I think suffering in some form is needed in the reality of man. When peace abides everywhere and pleasures can be satisfied with no risk or effort, the brain becomes lax and does not strive to solve problems because the rest state can be achieved easily. It is challenge that fires up...

Well, inner thought is probably one of the most common events in the human experience. If pictures are an important part of their external experience, so is probably inner visuals. The desire for a silent mind didn't get big till awareness/interest in meditation from the East became popular...

My belief is it's possibly cos the world as it presents itself to us as kids is very different from what it appears to us as adults. At least in the modern world. We're told 'stories' of how things work together, how good people are rewarded and bad people are not, how hard work always has...

Punishment for doing an action seen as unwanted/threat by others is a very human and egoic concept. And certainly not what the original teachings of the Jesus I accept would preach. Or even the divine being I could accept would. Responding with love, not fear or hate, is what truly solves a...

Yeah Sadly while philosophical belief systems like Hinduism, Buddhism and Taoism can support atheistic belief to some extent, as Western concepts creep into the East, religion gets tangled with Nationalism. India never had any major issue with the Muslims or Christians living there but now...

It's just that DoC seems to be the ones actively protesting against spread of Christian Nationalism in USA right now. Their pretending love of Jesus while turning against the poor and padding pockets of the rich. That might delve into the political sector so let's not go there for now.

Who knows? Going thru a midlife stage where I am unsure if there is no point then does that also mean pointlessness is imaginary? And a bunch of other stuff. Anybody here a follower of Disciples of Christ Church? Got interested in them recently. They seem lax enough to accept nondual thinking...

Thanks @rocala . Yeah, those sites are rewarding but it hits you hard when you cant help someone leave happy. I talked on a suicide chatline once but stopped the first time I failed. Even sites like 7cups can bring you down when you fail to help someone. They're the opposite end of Librivox...

I find online volunteering at sites like 7cups and LibriVox gives me a chance to believe I'm helping. Crisis hotlines are too risky for me.

@Achilleion I always found it interesting that some version of Gnosticism exists in every major religion today. Christian Gnosis Islamic Sufism Jewish Kabbalah Hindu Advaita Buddhist Enligtenment Gnosis is one of the oldest religious teachings first noted in the earliest civilizations. I moved...

It never even says 'the gospels are the main source for these ideals'. It uses sources from reputed biblical scholar's research. I can get the sources for you if you are really interested in discovering them. That would still require you to get those books/papers and prove to yourself that those...

@Kylie I only asked Chatgpt the following question: besides the divinity of jesus being a point of contention between original vs modern gospel, is there anything in altered gospel being the main source for beneficial aspects practiced by christians today. Here is its reply's conclusion...

it can give very accurate readings and analysis of all versions of the Bible and known studies by Biblical scholars. How we interpret that information is our choice. the chatgpt link in the original post is very onesided and asking questions only about the current knowledge of the divinity of...

I also asked deepseek about how science makes the same errors that religion did and converts beautiful to corrupt. Hope this link works cos it doesnt have share option but is less buddy based and sometimes more critical than gpt...

My parents were and still are strict Syrian Orthodox Christians. I went to church with them to attend Mass as a child. Around my teens however, and as the internet started becoming more social, talking with the world raised questions in my mind and when I brought them to my parents, they said I...

hello carlos01, Your gpt exploration of jesus and christianity match my personal beliefs after I explored it many years ago following an interest in religion. You may wish to join the following on interfaith.org. Still very new so not much activity...

You are welcome to already. Just know that my issue was with old time Judaism and the current Zionists. I don't have a beef with modern Jews or anybody. I was strongly agnostic till my own spiritual experiences made me look into Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and Daoism. In...

I am not a Christian, nor do I accept Jesus as my Lord. But much of my analysis of Jesus jives with yours as well. The church made him divine in order to have a focus around which they could claim knowledge(created or not) so as to gain wealth and power for themselves during their birth. Gospel...

Yes so there must have been a language that was not learned but known by humans. Etymology theorizes on the Proto Indo-European language that all being spoke back then before splitting off into so many dialects. That would match the Biblical story of The Tower of Babylon. Ofcourse, I doubt that...