Also reminds me of Jordan Peterson who was talking about tribes in africa who perform magic rituals and see bizzare sh*t together, he basically said the way they know someone is crazy is when they see something that everybody else doesn't.
Speaking of DMT, something that stood out to me was the fact that everybody has the same sort of vision.
Regarding your last part, you most certainly can repeat it, it's just that you have to have a specific type of spiritual composition to be able to contact the spirit realm - so like you need to be a yogi, witchdoctor, warlock, etc.
Depends - does the bigfoot religion have 6 billion followers?
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05-07-2024, 06:17 AM #31"It's hard to be yourself in a world filled with haters" - WiseOldApe.
"Why be anything when you can be an influencer?" - WiseOldApe.
"It's not about what is said - it's about who it is said by" - WiseOldApe.
"People strive for equality, once they attain it, they fight for superiority" - WiseOldApe.
"Nobody hates authority more than one who themselves lusts after that exact authority" - WiseOldApe.
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05-07-2024, 06:22 AM #32
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05-07-2024, 06:27 AM #33"It's hard to be yourself in a world filled with haters" - WiseOldApe.
"Why be anything when you can be an influencer?" - WiseOldApe.
"It's not about what is said - it's about who it is said by" - WiseOldApe.
"People strive for equality, once they attain it, they fight for superiority" - WiseOldApe.
"Nobody hates authority more than one who themselves lusts after that exact authority" - WiseOldApe.
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05-07-2024, 06:41 AM #34
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Depends - does the bigfoot religion have 6 billion followers?
I myself believe in Jesus and God due to personal experiences over the years but I don't see how my beliefs could possibly influence someone else. Maybe they could see that I am happy and have peace in my life and attribute it to my faith but unless someone has a similar personal experience what good are my beliefs to them?no crew crew
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05-07-2024, 06:46 AM #35
I always tell this to people - go make up a god and your religion and see how far you go and how many people you convert.
I can tell you already you will convert noone - so it makes you wonder why there's so many christians, muslims, or hindus around.
The only way to make it work is if you can contact the spirit realm and get some favours and they will do their magic and create a following - this is how people like Osho or sadhguru get their cult like followings."It's hard to be yourself in a world filled with haters" - WiseOldApe.
"Why be anything when you can be an influencer?" - WiseOldApe.
"It's not about what is said - it's about who it is said by" - WiseOldApe.
"People strive for equality, once they attain it, they fight for superiority" - WiseOldApe.
"Nobody hates authority more than one who themselves lusts after that exact authority" - WiseOldApe.
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05-07-2024, 06:46 AM #36
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05-07-2024, 06:50 AM #38"It's hard to be yourself in a world filled with haters" - WiseOldApe.
"Why be anything when you can be an influencer?" - WiseOldApe.
"It's not about what is said - it's about who it is said by" - WiseOldApe.
"People strive for equality, once they attain it, they fight for superiority" - WiseOldApe.
"Nobody hates authority more than one who themselves lusts after that exact authority" - WiseOldApe.
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05-07-2024, 06:52 AM #39I only read thread titles and my own posts.
cVc (OIF/OEF): *Retired*
Sorry for perfect english; I have a degree.
“The stories and information posted here are artistic works of fiction and falsehood. Only a fool would take anything posted here as fact.“
PS: Don't eat poop, just don't let the idea of it stop you from living life to its fullest.
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05-07-2024, 06:54 AM #40"It's hard to be yourself in a world filled with haters" - WiseOldApe.
"Why be anything when you can be an influencer?" - WiseOldApe.
"It's not about what is said - it's about who it is said by" - WiseOldApe.
"People strive for equality, once they attain it, they fight for superiority" - WiseOldApe.
"Nobody hates authority more than one who themselves lusts after that exact authority" - WiseOldApe.
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05-07-2024, 06:58 AM #41
Humans use God to cope with that they dont understand. During the Greek/Roman times their were plentiful Gods to describe that which science had yet to understand. Volcanos erupting? Thats just Hepestis forging weapons for the gods. Tsunami? Poseidon is angry. Lightining struck a house and caught it on fire? Zeus was angry.
Now of course we know why a volcano erupts, we know why there are waves in the oceans and we know why there is lightning. However, we do not know what happens when you die and we do not know what happened prior to this life, therefore we have a God to explain it. Maybe one day we will know what happens when we die as we figured out many other once unsolvable problems.
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05-07-2024, 06:59 AM #42
No the **** it isn’t lol.
All because I can’t do it with the resources I have doesn’t meant it is impossible for everyone in all conditions.
I can’t create the next new app that is going to take over the world either but someone can and someone will. All because I can’t generate a following, doesn’t mean everyone can’t. All because most can’t doesn’t mean everyone can’t.
People have killed themselves in cults. This dude is not profound lol.
Talking about people can’t start religions.
Bro…in our lives, people have killed themselves for emerging religions. Mormonism is young enough we can know for a fact the things claimed in that book did not happen.
Interesting thought…..
Humans are so gd suggestive and scared looking for answers we will cling to anything.I only read thread titles and my own posts.
cVc (OIF/OEF): *Retired*
Sorry for perfect english; I have a degree.
“The stories and information posted here are artistic works of fiction and falsehood. Only a fool would take anything posted here as fact.“
PS: Don't eat poop, just don't let the idea of it stop you from living life to its fullest.
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05-07-2024, 07:00 AM #43"It's hard to be yourself in a world filled with haters" - WiseOldApe.
"Why be anything when you can be an influencer?" - WiseOldApe.
"It's not about what is said - it's about who it is said by" - WiseOldApe.
"People strive for equality, once they attain it, they fight for superiority" - WiseOldApe.
"Nobody hates authority more than one who themselves lusts after that exact authority" - WiseOldApe.
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05-07-2024, 07:02 AM #44
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05-07-2024, 07:03 AM #45
I think that's easy without even being sympathetic to religion. Spaghetti monster is a contradiction in terms, in the sense that atheists use it like some sort of ersatz deity.
God is necessarily immaterial, spaceless, timeless, changless, necessary etc. Spaghetti monster is literally two meatballs and a bunch of spaghetti, hence it is extended in space and time, is contingent on the existence of wheat and flour and cows to make beef etc, so to claim it is a deity is just incoherent.Back off, Warchild.
Seriously.
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05-07-2024, 07:03 AM #46
mormonism like mohammedanism was started by an 'angel' contacting a man and revealing secret information. I addressed that in post 35 already.
Latest example is that sadhguru guy using his tantric skills on unsuspecting westerns - you can tell they're all brainwashed, they just all say the same sh*t and regurgitate info like a hive mind."It's hard to be yourself in a world filled with haters" - WiseOldApe.
"Why be anything when you can be an influencer?" - WiseOldApe.
"It's not about what is said - it's about who it is said by" - WiseOldApe.
"People strive for equality, once they attain it, they fight for superiority" - WiseOldApe.
"Nobody hates authority more than one who themselves lusts after that exact authority" - WiseOldApe.
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05-07-2024, 07:06 AM #47
The bible is an incoherent mess that i'm not sure how anyone has ever given any credibility.
One of my favorites:
When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean till evening. Any clothing or leather that has semen on it must be washed with water, and it will be unclean till evening.
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05-07-2024, 07:08 AM #48"It's hard to be yourself in a world filled with haters" - WiseOldApe.
"Why be anything when you can be an influencer?" - WiseOldApe.
"It's not about what is said - it's about who it is said by" - WiseOldApe.
"People strive for equality, once they attain it, they fight for superiority" - WiseOldApe.
"Nobody hates authority more than one who themselves lusts after that exact authority" - WiseOldApe.
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05-07-2024, 07:12 AM #49I only read thread titles and my own posts.
cVc (OIF/OEF): *Retired*
Sorry for perfect english; I have a degree.
“The stories and information posted here are artistic works of fiction and falsehood. Only a fool would take anything posted here as fact.“
PS: Don't eat poop, just don't let the idea of it stop you from living life to its fullest.
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05-07-2024, 07:45 AM #52
God is real boyos. I have asked Him for every blessing that I have and I have been given.
Those who do not believe in the Immortal Singular Creator would still not believe He exists even if you have seen Him with your eyes.-"Your Finance Manager is stupid" - Lexira to Executive Officer.
-I am God's vengeance to ladies for what they do to men.
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05-07-2024, 08:59 AM #59
but isn't that exactly what has happened throughout history? Joseph Smith and his founding of the Mormon faith, L. Ron Hubbard who started Scientology, and Jim Jones, the founder of Jone's Town where all those people drank the juice and died.
If you're convincing enough and people are desperate enough you will gain a following.
I wager if you lived in a time when literacy and information about the world (no phones/internet etc) was scarce it would be very easy to coerce a bunch of people in a small impoverished town to follow a "prophet" if they believed it would make their lives better.
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