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iam01
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If I was God, I'd wipe out all diseases and infections. I would transform living beings so that they would not need to kill anything for food. They would get their energy directly from matter, their own bodies, E=MC2, plenty of energy to go around. Bodies would age as fast or slow as you wished. If you wanted to die, it would be a choice you could make for yourself but death would only be a suspension and all your thoughts and memories would be easily uploadable and downloadable to a family memory pool. I would also provide more brain matter so people and animals could think more intelligently, rationally and clearly. I would give the senses more power to perceive things with more accuracy. What follows is just a good life, enjoying arts and leisure in one big human community. We would coexist with all animals because none would be prey or predator.
Actually everything mentioned above is a possiblity for the human race if its allowed to evolve. We are a type 0 civilization and there are type 1, 2, and 3 to emerge to. That could take another million years. Not really a long time compared to the age of the universe. That also makes it possible being of such already exist but we are too primitive to know about them. Whatever the case, we exist and we will evolve if we do not make ourselves extinct.
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| Nov 6 @ 1:46 PM |
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Jankia
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I wouldnt say "we".
Only primitive people that have been unaware of Heaven for quite some time would be included.
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| Nov 6 @ 1:53 PM |
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iam01
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So "we" doesn't exist but only "you" exist. You're a legend in your own mind.
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| Nov 6 @ 2:48 PM |
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southernlass
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If you were God and running things, it would give new meaning to the word "Hell."
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| Nov 6 @ 4:10 PM |
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iam01
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Anything that would wipe out all disease and infection would be a hell for you because there would be nothing to complain about. Removing all misery in the world is an idea thats makes you feel small because it undermines your fanatical religiosity and renders it completely worthless just as it already is right now.
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| Nov 6 @ 5:10 PM |
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LanceVarden7
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"Thy kingdom come, they will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven"
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| Nov 6 @ 5:27 PM |
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iam01
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Yeah Lance and that will happen if we don't burn ourselves off the planet. Once we're gone, that's it. We only get one chance. This is not a rehearsal. I mean, sure, we can kill ourselves off and other life may survive and even thrive without us around to stomp on them. Perhaps it will be their kingdom. Kingdom of the Roaches.
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| Nov 6 @ 7:44 PM |
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Bj864
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Actually everything mentioned above is a possiblity for the human race if its allowed to evolve
I totally agree with this statement.
I think overall, we are all becoming much more spiritually evolved on this planet and it is very possible for the human race to evolve into a much higher plane over time.
That is if greed for power and money doesn't destroy the earth.
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| Nov 6 @ 7:50 PM |
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southernlass
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BJ, as much as I respect and like you, I must disagree. I think this most recent series of murders due to the military man on a rampage in Killen TX, killing thirteen and wounding thirty or more at random, is just another example of what is occurring in our country and in our world.
Human morality isn't something static anymore. It tends to fluctuate because it is relative and subjective. There is no longer a standard to measure one's behavior against. When everyone can create their own god and their own standard for morality, there are no boundaries, no certain right from wrong anymore. We can look at the bloodlust appearing every where within our own country and the world. We can look at the wars, the violence that is in our cities and on even our rural streets. We can look at the divorce rate and the fact that marriage is a thing of the past. We can look at the widespread pornography addiction and the pedophila that is encouraged due to it. We can look at how mothers and fathers kill their own flesh and blood without a qualm and how their children ruthlessly turn on them and murder them in return.
None of this is "normal."
We are on a downward slide into the muck, imo, and we've barely descended thus far. It's going to get one heck of a lot worse before it gets better and imo, we haven't seen anything yet.
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| Nov 6 @ 8:01 PM |
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iam01
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I totally agree with this statement. To me spiritually is about knowing ourselves as we really are. Nothing spectacular, just the simple truth of where we stand in the universe but we have to start from this planet. We are as vulnerable as a snowflake in hell but we have the potential to grow beyond this planet and become part of a much bigger community that may be watching whether we're worth it or not. We're not much more evolved than caveman. Our frontal lobes are too small. Our hormones cause us rage. Our instincts are to kill what we don't understand. We have to move beyond that.
That is if greed for power and money doesn't destroy the earth. This is a big part of it but its more about our inability to control our most base urges, fears and primitive superstitions.
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| Nov 6 @ 8:05 PM |
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Bj864
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SL, look back in history at all the violence and the wars.
Yes, there are bad things happening all over the world, but don't you think the majority of people believe in God, in some form or another and try to do the best they can?
I do admit that some have evolved more than others, but I do think they ARE evolving.
I can't stand all the wars and the violence and wish there was something I could do to stop it. Most of the worlds problems are caused by greed, I think. Not all, but most.
I think you will agree that God is not going to stop all these things. It is up to us to do it. How would we ever learn anything, if God did it all? I do think we can pull strength or knowledge from God, if we learn how to tap into it.
If I was God, I'd wipe out all diseases and infections. I would transform living beings so that they would not need to kill anything for food. They would get their energy directly from matter, their own bodies, E=MC2, plenty of energy to go around. Bodies would age as fast or slow as you wished. If you wanted to die, it would be a choice you could make for yourself but death would only be a suspension and all your thoughts and memories would be easily uploadable and downloadable to a family memory pool. I would also provide more brain matter so people and animals could think more intelligently, rationally and clearly. I would give the senses more power to perceive things with more accuracy. What follows is just a good life, enjoying arts and leisure in one big human community. We would coexist with all animals because none would be prey or predator.
This sounds like a wonderful world and shows us all that you DO have a heart and that you wish good things for mankind.  
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| Nov 6 @ 8:20 PM |
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iam01
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This sounds like a wonderful world and shows us all that you DO have a heart and that you wish good things for mankind. I should have added that I would not want to be worshiped, just loved but I want to earn that love. No one can really fully love someone they fear either.
This is less than 3 minutes.
Bishop Spong is pretty inspiring in his definition of God.
As he says, if God is the source of life, then the only way to worship God is to live fully. If God is the source of love then the only way to worship God is to be loving and to love wastefully.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XL8LvaJ9Rc
A note on theology. Spong says the phrase "ground of being". He gets this from Paul Tillich, an influential existentialist Christian theologian. More on him another time.
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| Nov 7 @ 8:59 AM |
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yashaenka
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Bodies would age as fast or slow as you wished If we refreshed the atoms we are composed of each 23 hours and 59 minutes we could become Immortal we would never reach another day simply because we refreshed our selves before another day arrived.
Aging is a form of decay, the decay of our atoms....
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| Nov 7 @ 9:13 AM |
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Deborah551
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I think you will agree that God is not going to stop all these things. It is up to us to do it. How would we ever learn anything, if God did it all? I do think we can pull strength or knowledge from God, if we learn how to tap into it.
No, God isn't going to stop these things primarily because I don't believe there is a god to stop these things. But, if you do believe in Bible God, then explain why he isn't responsible for what's happening with his own creation? Here's an article by Ray Smith you might want to read to clear things up for you.Who's in control? I personally don't agree with Ray that there's some kind of loving God who cares for us, but, I believe he puts the blame right at the feet of the one who's to blame if there is a GOD.
This is less than 3 minutes.
Bishop Spong is pretty inspiring in his definition of God. Good video. I read Spongs new book Eternal Life-- A New Vision Beyond Religion. It was only 100+ pages and big letters so I read it in 2 days. I'll read it again since he always has something to say that just awes me. I love Spong and here's a kiss for those of you who love him too. 
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| Nov 7 @ 7:31 PM |
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southernlass
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Yes, there are bad things happening all over the world, but don't you think the majority of people believe in God, in some form or another and try to do the best they can?
I do admit that some have evolved more than others, but I do think they ARE evolving.
Well, I don't feel this way, BJ. And no, I don't feel that most people believe in God and do the best they can anymore. I feel that most people are turning cold hearted exactly as the bible said they would. I went over to politics briefly last night and noted that there is a beastiality thread going on there where people are actually defending the rights of those who do animals to legally be allowed this. Despite the animal's inability to consent, we now have those who see this rape of animal life as acceptable and something to defend.
BJ, we have entered the twilight zone, I'm afraid. If we remain in contact over the next several years, I have no doubt you will eventually join me in my point of view. And if not, let's hope that you're right and I am terribly wrong.
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| Nov 7 @ 8:52 PM |
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lacyvsq
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I would open the eyes of people so that they could see me (God) in everything around them...from the flea on their pet's back (whom thy might want to send for reincarnation) to the wonderful (wo)man wanting to share a glass of wine (pressed from my grape incarnation and fermented by my yeast incarnation) and copulate.
I am all and in all... I realize that is a bit much for most to comprehend... Maybe the flea and grape and yeast is a bit much...or little... It would already make a big difference if all (wo)men could see me in one another. I would like all to experience love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, loyalty, humility and self-discipline.
I would like to inspire greater creativity in caring for the planet and living in harmony with it and utilizing the energy that is free for the taking. I would like it when people listened to the ideas of others and realized there is merit in all...
Hugs and love to all!!!
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| Nov 7 @ 8:57 PM |
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ColdinWisconsin
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Take away the disease and infections....we'd still be left with the assholes.
Bada-bing.
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| Nov 7 @ 9:01 PM |
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lacyvsq
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Assholes serve perfect functions.
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| Nov 7 @ 9:03 PM |
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ColdinWisconsin
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Why yes they do...it's where waste products comes from.
i have to tell you, a few people in the R&S forum are a perfect example of that. 
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| Nov 7 @ 9:09 PM |
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lacyvsq
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Oh, come on... you must have seen that kind of perfection far afield of the R & S forum as well!
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