I have asked this question a lot of people: If God exists, Satan must also exist, right?
Some evangelicals claim Satan and not God is in charge of this world…
If true, would it explain some of the nonsensical conflicts involving so called religious people?
And why would God allow it?
BTW: I’m not into politics but I may have heard at one point Israels current president admitting publicly Israel sponsored Hamas to divide Palestinians… Have you heard of it?
Netanyahu and other Likudniks began supporting Hamas in the early 1990s to oppose the unified authority of the Palestinian Authority (Yasser Arafat), so as to prevent 2-state-solution negotiations.
"What is a 'Satan'" is a complex question with numerous answers in religious history.
"Demiurge", "Satan", Lucifer", "Archon", and "Demon" are some terms for entities without compassion, and not accepting communion with the "Divine Father".
I grew up in Christianity, had a crisis-of-Christianity in the 1990s, seeking the "removed" teachings of Jesus, found some of the Gnostic teachings, but did not feel like my questions were answered.
I had the opportunity to receive teachings and begin basic beginning-practices in Tibetan Buddhism in spring 2001, and have continued. these practices allow me to work on myself. Buddhism takes the stance of not personifying Universal Consciousness, which has been a useful practice for me, but I can also accept what presents to me in life.
I have had some reintroduction to Gnosticism in the past couple of years, and am interested and engaged to see how it fits with my somewhat-self-worked-on persona.
A person who seeks truth may not understand truth in a single, standardized format, and that seems to be my case. I keep seeking better understandings that I can work with for good.
Wow! Quite a story. I can relate to many of your experiences…
I guess my journey began with seeking answers as to why humans die. Nobody, even today, can explain why and when we begin to age and die. This led me quantum mechanics, quantum biology and the enigma of consciousness…
Christianity as a whole has been and is in crisis. Very few evangelical groups even follow the teachings of Jesus. One thing I know for certain: whenever the bible comments on specific scientific matters I know it is true, just like with the fact that the universe had a beginning, it is expanding and the earth is suspended on nothing…
Truth? You may remember I’d asked you for truth is?
I was fascinated by relativity when I first read a Time-Life book about it when I was 12, and again in college, taking engineering physics. I was very interested in all truths agreeing, but found that the excellent physics prof never considered it, and said his colleagues didn't either. Wow!
I read The Tao of Physics and The Dancing Wu Li Masters...
We are always spirit. You don't have to wait.
Be quiet and let your true-self rise for a moment in your heart. You will know that familiar feeling.
See what answer your true self gives for your question of how to conceive of something and engage...
"Israel is now openly ruled by radical extremists who are taking the entire country down with them"
Replace "Israel" with "America". Still true.
Patrick Lawrence writes that up here, as posted in "BOE Needs World War Three" 8/28/24 https://scheerpost.com/2024/08/24/patrick-lawrence-the-end-of-days/
I’ve just learned another side of you…
I have asked this question a lot of people: If God exists, Satan must also exist, right?
Some evangelicals claim Satan and not God is in charge of this world…
If true, would it explain some of the nonsensical conflicts involving so called religious people?
And why would God allow it?
BTW: I’m not into politics but I may have heard at one point Israels current president admitting publicly Israel sponsored Hamas to divide Palestinians… Have you heard of it?
Netanyahu and other Likudniks began supporting Hamas in the early 1990s to oppose the unified authority of the Palestinian Authority (Yasser Arafat), so as to prevent 2-state-solution negotiations.
"What is a 'Satan'" is a complex question with numerous answers in religious history.
"Demiurge", "Satan", Lucifer", "Archon", and "Demon" are some terms for entities without compassion, and not accepting communion with the "Divine Father".
I grew up in Christianity, had a crisis-of-Christianity in the 1990s, seeking the "removed" teachings of Jesus, found some of the Gnostic teachings, but did not feel like my questions were answered.
I had the opportunity to receive teachings and begin basic beginning-practices in Tibetan Buddhism in spring 2001, and have continued. these practices allow me to work on myself. Buddhism takes the stance of not personifying Universal Consciousness, which has been a useful practice for me, but I can also accept what presents to me in life.
I have had some reintroduction to Gnosticism in the past couple of years, and am interested and engaged to see how it fits with my somewhat-self-worked-on persona.
A person who seeks truth may not understand truth in a single, standardized format, and that seems to be my case. I keep seeking better understandings that I can work with for good.
Wow! Quite a story. I can relate to many of your experiences…
I guess my journey began with seeking answers as to why humans die. Nobody, even today, can explain why and when we begin to age and die. This led me quantum mechanics, quantum biology and the enigma of consciousness…
Christianity as a whole has been and is in crisis. Very few evangelical groups even follow the teachings of Jesus. One thing I know for certain: whenever the bible comments on specific scientific matters I know it is true, just like with the fact that the universe had a beginning, it is expanding and the earth is suspended on nothing…
Truth? You may remember I’d asked you for truth is?
I was fascinated by relativity when I first read a Time-Life book about it when I was 12, and again in college, taking engineering physics. I was very interested in all truths agreeing, but found that the excellent physics prof never considered it, and said his colleagues didn't either. Wow!
I read The Tao of Physics and The Dancing Wu Li Masters...
We are always spirit. You don't have to wait.
Be quiet and let your true-self rise for a moment in your heart. You will know that familiar feeling.
See what answer your true self gives for your question of how to conceive of something and engage...
I’m almost certain relativity is incomplete or wrong because of quantum mechanics; i.e. quantum entanglement that is faster than the speed of light…
There is not a unified theory which works for everything yet. I remain interested, particularly in quantum entanglement.
Cool stuff. Maybe pertinent to our saltatory conduction. https://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevE.110.024402
Relevant to your link: https://www.sciencealert.com/quantum-entanglement-in-neurons-may-actually-explain-consciousness
There will not be a unifying theory if relativity remains “the holy grail”…
If you are interested in QE and consciousness look into Orch OR theory by Penrose and Hameroff
https://hameroff.arizona.edu/research-overview/orch-or
From outset of the Ukraine conflict there have been voices saying that provinces of Ukraine will be the new Jewish homeland when Israel collapses.https://www.chabad.org/news/article_cdo/aid/5418554/jewish/Who-Are-the-Jews-of-Ukraine.htm
Or the old Khazarian "homeland"...
;-/
That might require a little fighting. A wonderful SF story of the Day after Tomorrow. The Heimat restored!