Guest guest Posted September 1, 2006 Report Share Posted September 1, 2006 Namaste to all: As I read the headlines regarding the situation in Iraq, it occurred to me that the people there are once again practicing the ritual of sacrificing humans to the gods. Only this time, the god is Ignorance which has cast its spell on the people of the land. Ignorance can only be conquered by knowledge, the realization that life is more than a system human beliefs and dogmas. Without knowledge, the god of Ignorance will gladly feed on the sacrifice of humans. Regards, John R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 1, 2006 Report Share Posted September 1, 2006 In Old Rome, before Christ, there were many religions, because there were people in Rome from all over the Euro continent, Africa, Egypt, Greece, etc etc., and all of their various religions and Gods were accepted. Indeed, even the Emporer at times practiced a religion other than the usual Roman beliefs, such as Caligula, who was Syrian or something, and worshipped the Sun in a very unusual way, carrying a large black stone while walking backwards during the midday sun. Tolerance. There was Tolerance, and Diversity. It was OK. It was also the Roman practice to leave religions well enough alone. According to Julius Caesar, the only thing they stopped up North when they conquered Gaul was the human sacrifice practice. Then came Christ, who of course, taught Judaism Plus. This was the first time Rome found itself facing a Cult who believed and tried to teach, that they were THE ONE, the ONE and ONLY TRUTH. This was a bit shocking to Rome at the time. It was the reason ultimately that Rome had to take this religion on. It was teaching intolerance and was against the usual diversity of Rome. It had a selfish attitude, after all, it came from a people who believed they alone were special in the eyes of God. Everybody else was to be saved, or damned. Islam of course follows suit, in a bigger way actually, as they actually go ahead and kill the non-believers at times. The Judeo-Christian-Islamic triumverate is to blame for a lot of the ignorance and intolerance of our modern times. Getting rid of such primitive beliefs in this modern age would do the world a lot of good. I am totally sick of these people, Jews, Muslims, Christians, seeing themselves as enemies of each other, engaging in costly, deadly wars constantly. It¹s so stupid. This Jihad and Allah¹s Martyrs and Holy Wars...it¹s a load of egoistic feces. They use our guns, our cell phones, our cars, and call us bad. It¹s so stupid, I can¹t believe it. I¹ve been one, so I know- Religious leaders are nothing but egotists who don¹t want to be ³one of the masses², which is where the real spirituality begins...in being small, one of, just one of, in the flow of the whole, not special, not unique, not saved, not going to be saved, not dear to God, a soul in a body, just like everybody else, that¹s all, nothing more. Osama is not Holy, neither is Sai Baba, Amma, Prabhupada, nobody. All land is Holy, so there is no ³Holy Land², because it¹s ALL holy. FORGET about Mecca, Jerusalem, Vrndavan, Ayodhya, Dwaraka, etc. That¹s all a bunch of superstition only. The fact is we don¹t know God, we don¹t know where we¹re from or why we¹re here, and Mohammad was probably just another egotist, with a grudge against his wife and other more engaged people in Mecca and Medina, and he was just getting back at everybody. Shia, Suni, Persian, Jew, Christian, all a bunch of useless designations that are born of ego only, that do nothing for the holders of same. They¹re all humans, and what they really need is food, water, air, peace and some hobbies. That¹s it. Peace Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 1, 2006 Report Share Posted September 1, 2006 Dear John, You've only noticed this in regards to Iraq? In the original garden, there was the tree of Knowledge and the tree of Ignorance. The children of the tree of Ignorance were tall and strong and very proud of themselves and crowded out everyone believing in the rightness of strength and numbers and everything that reminds them of themselves. They see the children of the tree of Knowledge as weeds, different, social outcasts in the tree world and are doing their best to push them out of the garden. Okay, I made that story up, but it sure seems that way to me living here in the land of the Sequoias. Human sacrifice has never gone out of fashion, it's just hiding in the guise of financial sacrifice and mental sacrifice instead of physical sacrifice. And until each of us sees that we ourselves are the problem, I don't think it's going to change. Boy, I'm full of sunshine today! Sorry. --- John <jr_esq > wrote: > Namaste to all: > > As I read the headlines regarding the situation in > Iraq, it occurred to me that the people there > are once again practicing the ritual of > sacrificing humans to the gods. Only this time, the > god is Ignorance which has cast its spell on > the people of the land. > > Ignorance can only be conquered by knowledge, the > realization that life is more than a system > human beliefs and dogmas. > > Without knowledge, the god of Ignorance will > gladly feed on the sacrifice of humans. > > Regards, > > John R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 3, 2006 Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 We can look way beyond the "triumverate" and consider African tribal wars of intolerance, North American tribal wars of intolerance, Hindu/Muslim wars of intolerance (the creation of Pakistan, modern rioting), etc. etc. I don't know if the Buddhists and Taoists ever had a rumble though. valist, Das Goravani <> wrote: > > > > In Old Rome, before Christ, there were many religions, because there were > people in Rome from all over the Euro continent, Africa, Egypt, Greece, etc > etc., and all of their various religions and Gods were accepted. Indeed, > even the Emporer at times practiced a religion other than the usual Roman > beliefs, such as Caligula, who was Syrian or something, and worshipped the > Sun in a very unusual way, carrying a large black stone while walking > backwards during the midday sun. > > Tolerance. There was Tolerance, and Diversity. It was OK. It was also the > Roman practice to leave religions well enough alone. According to Julius > Caesar, the only thing they stopped up North when they conquered Gaul was > the human sacrifice practice. > > Then came Christ, who of course, taught Judaism Plus. > > This was the first time Rome found itself facing a Cult who believed and > tried to teach, that they were THE ONE, the ONE and ONLY TRUTH. This was a > bit shocking to Rome at the time. It was the reason ultimately that Rome > had to take this religion on. It was teaching intolerance and was against > the usual diversity of Rome. It had a selfish attitude, after all, it came > from a people who believed they alone were special in the eyes of God. > Everybody else was to be saved, or damned. > > Islam of course follows suit, in a bigger way actually, as they actually go > ahead and kill the non-believers at times. > > The Judeo-Christian-Islamic triumverate is to blame for a lot of the > ignorance and intolerance of our modern times. Getting rid of such > primitive beliefs in this modern age would do the world a lot of good. > > I am totally sick of these people, Jews, Muslims, Christians, seeing > themselves as enemies of each other, engaging in costly, deadly wars > constantly. It¹s so stupid. This Jihad and Allah¹s Martyrs and Holy > Wars...it¹s a load of egoistic feces. They use our guns, our cell phones, > our cars, and call us bad. It¹s so stupid, I can¹t believe it. > > I¹ve been one, so I know- Religious leaders are nothing but egotists who > don¹t want to be ³one of the masses², which is where the real spirituality > begins...in being small, one of, just one of, in the flow of the whole, not > special, not unique, not saved, not going to be saved, not dear to God, a > soul in a body, just like everybody else, that¹s all, nothing more. Osama > is not Holy, neither is Sai Baba, Amma, Prabhupada, nobody. All land is > Holy, so there is no ³Holy Land², because it¹s ALL holy. FORGET about Mecca, We can expand that > Jerusalem, Vrndavan, Ayodhya, Dwaraka, etc. That¹s all a bunch of > superstition only. > > The fact is we don¹t know God, we don¹t know where we¹re from or why we¹re > here, and Mohammad was probably just another egotist, with a grudge against > his wife and other more engaged people in Mecca and Medina, and he was just > getting back at everybody. > > Shia, Suni, Persian, Jew, Christian, all a bunch of useless designations > that are born of ego only, that do nothing for the holders of same. They¹re > all humans, and what they really need is food, water, air, peace and some > hobbies. That¹s it. > > Peace > > Rick > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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