Only in existence, do we know of 'Creation'. In existence there is a Creator who upholds the laws of creation. In existence there seems to be the do's and dont's; the rules and the regulations, a code of conduct, a guidelines for creations to follow so as to please the creator.
In order to rule, there needs to be Law so as to be made the rule of Law.
Acts Of God!!!
We cannot question God’s logic or question His actions. After all, in the insurance industry, earthquakes, floods, tidal waves (tsunamis), landslides, and such are classified as ‘Acts of God’ — so even those ‘non-religious’ people still do believe in Acts of God. So I suppose a tsunami tragedy is define as an Act of God would not be wrong.
But who are we mortals to analyse God’s action and come to this conclusion on behalf of God? Do we really know what God had planned that we are confident enough to pass judgment — that tsunami tragedy is indeed God’s punishment for sinners and deviants?
Religion teaches us that nothing befalls us that we do not bring upon ourselves. But if a plane were to crash can we also say that all those who died in the plane crash were sinners whom God wanted to punish? What about all those innocent children who died in the tsunami tragedy? Does not religion also teach us that those who have not reached puberty are not guilty of their actions? Even if they had done wrong they would not have committed any sin yet, until they are of the age where they can be held responsible for their actions? Why would God want to punish innocent children who have not sinned?
If God is all-powerful and all-good, it would have created a universe in the same way it created heaven: with free will for all, no suffering and no evil. But evil and suffering exist. Therefore God does not exist, is not all-powerful or is not benevolent (good). Such arguments have been used by many philosophers as evidence against belief in god. A theodicy is an attempt to explain why a good god would have created evil and suffering. The most popular defence is that it is so Humans could have free will. However the entire universe and the natural world is filled with suffering, violence and destruction so any Humanity-centric explanation does not seem to work.”
"The Problem of Evil: Why Would a Good God Create Suffering?" by Vexen Crabtree (2011)
BREAKING THE LAW!!!
Much suffering, pain, distress, death, horror and unhappiness result from the events of the natural world that are unconnected to Human free will. Earthquakes, floods and volcanoes all form part of the normal geological behaviour of the earth. If a good God designed the way our planet was formed and how its tectonics work, then, it wouldn't have designed it in such a way that random catastrophic disasters occur as part of the normal working of the planet. The suffering of the unborn, of infants, children and animals all occur as a result of god's natural earth regardless of issues of free will or morality. The suffering of innocent people results from things that are beyond their own control. Natural evil causes suffering because of the nature of the elements, the nature of nature itself. It is the way the world works.
The major physical events only form part of natural evil. Zoonotic diseases travel between animals and humans, humans and animals, and diseases in general travel haphazardly and opportunistically from being to being with no care for whether people deserve infection. Would a good god let animals suffer as a result of the diseases passed on by mankind as a result of the 'free will' to choose evil? Many religions hold that non-human animals are somehow more innocent than human animals, yet, many human diseases cause suffering of animals. Such human-sourced anthropozoonotic diseases that affect primates include "measles, polio, scabies, influenza, tuberculosis"5.
Natural disasters and disease effect people and animals indiscriminately. The workings of the Earth itself result in cataclysms and disasters which have predated humanity. 248 million years ago, 95% of all animal species were wiped out, at the end of the Permian Era in a shocking case of mass extinction caused by some random stellar event: five such episodes have occurred in Earth's history6.It only a matter of time before another such event wipes out humanity too. This is not an indication that there is a good-natured supremely intelligent God, and it seems that there is no such thing as divine justice.
In a moment of irony that goes a little too far, the author of some verses in Genesis 6:13 is found to be quoting God itself as God attempts to justify the global flood that wipes out all life on Earth. God says "the end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth". As God designed the universe to be full of violent physical events, and designed the food chain so that animals have to fight each other with much violence in order to eat each other, then God wouldn't then be surprised to find that the Earth, like the rest of the universe, is full of violence. you'd expect God, apparently being all-knowing, would have known that that was going to happen! Biblical justifications for violence make very little sense, even to the point of being condescending.
Isn't It IRONIC????
The famous naturalist David Attenborough was interviewed on the very point of there being a creator god that "designed" all of life, and his reply highlights the fact that natural evil is simply indifferent to humanity, and not a result of free will or design:
“People say: 'How can you see hummingbirds, roses, orchids and not believe in the Lord's splendour?' But if you're going to look at these things, you should look at other things too. Think of an African boy with a parasitic worm boring into his eye. If you tell me God not only created but cares for us all, what about that boy? Are you telling me he says: 'I understand God deliberately created a worm that's going to blind me?' I find that intolerable.”
New Scientist7 (2009)
LOVE HATE RELATIONSHIP!!!
Natural disasters including earthquakes, volcanoes, etc, are part of the geological design not only of planet Earth, but of all stellar bodies. Mass destruction and violence are part of the design of the entire universe; meteor strikes and earthquakes have been witnessed throughout the galaxy, and, such violence predates the existence of humanity.
There is evidence of earthquakes, collisions and catastrophes on every stellar object we have observed. Linda Morabito, a member of the Voyager Navigation Team, saw the plumage of a volcano on Io, one of Jupiter's large satellites, as she watched footage filmed by the passing Voyager satellite. "We know now of nine large volcanoes, spewing out gas and debris, and hundreds - perhaps thousands - of extinct volcanoes on Io"8.
Everything in the universe is affected and ultimately destroyed by the processes of tumultuous cosmic change. That this happens on the Earth, too, is merely unfortunate and has nothing to do with human free will.
Natural evil, then, is universal. Cataclysmic events have continued from the Universe's inception through to the arrival of living beings, and continues into the future. As the free will, choice, volition of living beings is irrelevant, why would a god design such a dangerous universe? As a moral god would not allow earthquakes and disease to cause undue harm, theologians try to reconcile the existence of natural evil to the existence of a good god. "The Problem of Evil: Why Would a Good God Create Suffering?" by Vexen Crabtree (2011) examines many such explanations - to date, none have been found that can explain why such disaster and suffering exists in the universe if there is a good God.
There are only a few possible explanations for the existence of natural evil:
God is evil and creates suffering for its own sake
or
God is not all-powerful and cannot change the way the universe works
or
God does not exist.
TO LOVE IS TO HATE!!!
To the present day, all theodicies have failed to explain why a good god would create evil, meaning that the existence of evil is simply incompatible with the existence of a good god. After thousands of years of life-consuming passion, weary theologians have not formulated a new answer to the problem of evil for a long time. The violence of the natural world, disease, the major catastrophes and chaotic destruction seen across the universe and the unsuitability of the vastness of reality for life all indicate that god is not concerned with life, and might actually even be evil. Failure to answer the problem of evil sheds continual doubt on the very foundations of theistic religions.”
"The Problem of Evil: Why Would a Good God Create Suffering?: 9. Conclusion" by Vexen Crabtree (2011)
The only sensible conclusion is that if there is a god, then, it is evil:
“The existence of such large quantities of suffering, despair, pain, of natural disasters such as earthquakes, of the death of the unborn and the immense suffering of lovers & kind-hearted people means that god is evil and intentionally creates life in order to create suffering. That all life exists in a food chain means that life is completely tied to death, and such a barbaric biological cycle could only have been made by an evil god. Also, that such a god appears not to exist, or actively hides itself, is a source of confusion, conflict, war and stress and is again more likely the antics of an evil god. Given the state of the natural world, it is impossible that a good god exists. It is more likely that an evil god exists, but, it is sensible to assume that there is no god of either type. Even if there is not a god of either type, as the dominance of death and violence in the natural world, a result of nature being abused by life and not being designed for life, I think the evil symbol of Satan is the best representative of the state of reality and the universe, whether or not an actual evil god exists.
If God did exist and was evil, it would undoubtedly lie and tell everyone it was a good god and that it loved them. It would create maximum confusion by preaching multiple conflicting religions. It would create heaven and make it hard to get to in order to tease and torture people into making their own lives hell. As all of those things happen, if there is a God, it is doing the things an evil God would do!”
"God Must Be Evil (If It Exists): 5. Conclusion" by Vexen Crabtree (2005)
NEVER TEAR US APART!!! - Between The Shadow & The Beast
Acts of God equals God's Will!!!
Islam is one of the religions of the Book, what we call the Abrahamic faiths. In the Qur’an it is stated that the true submitters are those who follow the way of Abraham. Submitters here, of course, refers to those who submit to the will of God. And the God of Abraham is a jealous and vengeful God.
Humankind is a creation of God. In fact, the entire universe and everything within it are creations of God. God owns us and everything around us. And God decides what we do. Only the right of God and fairness to God matters. Our rights and what is fair to us does not mean anything to a God.
We should not confuse our wants and needs with that of God’s. If God says it must be like that then it must be like that. There are no negotiations and horse-trading with God. God’s will prevails and ours is of no significance.
If God is concerned about justice and fairness would babies die in bomb attacks? Would God allow dictators to rule over us, who would then use the country’s resources to fight wars instead of for the welfare of the country’s citizens?
They say nothing happens without the will of God. So that can only mean the suffering in this world is because God wills it. Would you be gay if God did not make you gay? And yet God asks that we put gays to death. Is this God’s idea of a joke?
Abraham’s God would destroy the entire world just to punish those who pray to other Gods
Its My Way Or The Highway!!!
Only God’s will exists. And those who resist the will of God do not deserve to live. For example, the mixed population of Catholics and Unitarians of the people of Beziers, in the South of France, were attacked mercilessly. In his History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages, Henry Charles Lea brings the full horror of the invaders’ overzealousness into sharp focus:
From infancy in arms to tottering age, not one was spared—seven thousand, it is said, were slaughtered in the Church of Mary Magdalen to which they had fled for asylum—and the total number of slain is set down by the legates at nearly twenty thousand….
A fervent Cistercian contemporary informs us that when Arnaud was asked whether the Catholics should be spared, he feared the heretics would escape by feigning orthodoxy, and fiercely replied, “Kill them all, for God knows his own!”
I LOVE YOU!!!! GOD IS LOVE...
In the mad carnage and pillage the town was set on fire, and the sun of that awful July day closed on a mass of smouldering ruins and blackened corpses—a holocaust to a deity of mercy and love whom the Cathari might well be pardoned for regarding as the Principle of Evil.
The inquisitors’ use of torture was equally horrific, for it did not end at confession. Once they procured a confession, they began torture anew to extract names of associates until the last drop of information was squeezed from the mangled husk of what had once been a human being.
After the civil war to decide which brand of Christianity was the ‘correct’ version, Christendom went through another war 200 years ago that was fought between theology and secularism. And secularism won. That is why religionists from all three Abrahamic faiths consider secularism and liberalism as the enemies of religion.
The Corinthians, the Basilidians, the Paulicians, the Cathari and the Carpocratians may be little known today, but they were dynamic Christian ideologies that shared a significant place in history. But history, as the saying goes, is written by the victors. “Moreover,” writes Ehrman, “the victors in the struggles to establish Christian orthodoxy not only won their theological battles, they also rewrote the history of the conflict …”
Rule Of Law
Religion is all about faith, but logic must also be applied. However, most believers felt that religion is all about faith and logic has no place in religion. Muslims have for generations been taught that they should not question the fatwah (pronouncement) of the religious scholars. The Koran and the Prophet’s Hadith are very clear about matters of religion and, since we do not speak Arabic, we should leave it to the scholars to interpret religion and we should just follow what they say without question or dispute.
We must be devoted and to be a good follower. We must be a good Muslim. We must not anger God. God loves people who are good. Then Muslims go to Mekah and get trampled to death right in front of ‘God’s House’, the Ka’ba, as they pray to God.That’s right. Muslims go to visit God’s House. They prostrate on the ground with their heads planted on the marble floor. They pray to God and ask for forgiveness. And God answers their prayers by allowing hundreds of people to trample their bodies into pulp.
Laws are man-made. Sometimes we say that these are God’s laws or this is what God ordained. Invariably, all laws are made by man but blamed on God. Just because it is law does not make it right. Are we talking about rule of law or rule by law? “What’s the difference?” you may ask. A lot of difference! And it is the duty of lawyers to educate us on the difference between the rule of law and rule by law.
Holy War: ACT Of GOD!!!
Whose law is this? Is this God’s law? Or is this man-made law?
Man invents these rules and then claim that these are God’s rules. But God never said such a thing. These are all creations of man. However, most times, man invents things and then blame God for it.And this has been going on for thousands of years. And millions have been killed in the name of God over those thousands of years by people who claim that this is what God wants whereas God had nothing to do with these so-called rules.
Queen Elizabeth I ordered Parliament to appoint her as Governor of the Church. Since she was a woman, she could not be appointed as a proper head of the church like her father and brother before her — which would tantamount to the position of the English Pope. So they made her the governor instead.
Then Elizabeth banned the practise and belief of the wafer as the body of Christ and wine as the blood of Christ. All the Catholic Bishops opposed this and they instigated the citizens to defy this new ‘heretic’ law.
The Bishops were all rounded up and imprisoned and replaced with Protestant Bishops. The Catholics were forced to go underground and to practise their faith in secret and behind closed doors. There were pockets of rebellion all over the Kingdom, even as far as Scotland where they deposed their Catholic Queen (later they chopped off her head as well).
Of course, this conflict between the Church and the Throne was not new. Even back in the days of Henry II, 400 years earlier, there was already a conflict and the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket, was assassinated because of his conflict with the King over the rights and privileges of the Church.
So, was Elizabeth right? Of course, she had the power. But just because she had power and just because a law had been passed does this make it right? Who was Elizabeth to decide that this is what God ordained? Did God speak to her? Or was this merely a political move?
UNFORGIVEN!!!
You see: England, then, was only South England. From York onwards, this was Catholic country. So, by getting rid of the Catholic faith, this meant England could unite and Scotland, if it turned Protestant, would become part of English territory.
Scotland was also aligned to France. And France was Catholic and the age-old enemy of England. So, by ‘occupying’ Protestant Scotland, this meant that the danger of a French invasion (through Scotland) would be eliminated.
So there you have it. It was not about what God wanted. It was about what Elizabeth wanted. And Elizabeth wanted Scotland under her control. And she wanted the French Catholic Queen kicked out of Scotland. And she wanted the French army kicked out of Scotland. If not, her throne would be in jeopardy of a ‘Catholic’ invasion with a new Catholic Queen from Scotland installed onto the throne.
In short, Elizabeth had to control and dictate what is and is not acceptable religious beliefs and practises to be able to control England and get rid of the Scottish-French threat to her throne.
Elizabeth used religion to hold on to power. And this is the real problem facing the world today. People think they know better and they tell us what we can and cannot do. They forbid us from doing what they think will get us sent to hell and insist we only do things that will get us sent to heaven. And they can’t even show us any evidence that hell and heaven do indeed exist.
Nothing Else Matters!!!
You can see all sorts of things written or drawn in the sky if you look hard enough
The events that took place on this day in 312 CE have been considered by some historians as the most important in all of ancient history, in terms of defining and shaping the modern world.
On the morning of the Battle of Milvian Bridge, as the emperor Constantine was preparing his mind and his troops for the bloody assault, he is said to have witnessed an image of a holy cross in the sky, pointing the emperor towards the Christian faith and ensuring an auspicious outcome in the conflict. The Vision of the Cross was a decisive moment in the adoption of the Christian faith by the Roman Empire, and would prove instrumental in shaping the religious and cultural identity of the Western world.
The background to the event was dramatic, full of political intrigue, double-crossing, and military conflict. At the time, the Roman Empire was subdivided into three vast geographic areas, each under the jurisdiction of its own emperor. This system of co-emperorship was known as the tetrarchy. From 306, Constantine had been emperor of the Western portion of the empire, with the regions of Britain, Gaul, and Iberia under his jurisdiction. To the southeast, the lands were ruled by Maxentius, and further east the emperor was Licinius. Maxentius held Constantine responsible for the death of his father Maximian, and resolved to attack and overthrow his enemy in revenge. Constantine, against the advice of his generals and soothsayers, decided to preemptively attack Maxentius and march on Rome.
Maxentius had grown unpopular in Italy, and as Constantine’s armies advanced they were met with little resistance from the general populace. After a series of one-sided victories, Constantine finally reached his nemesis outside Rome, where the decisive battle of the invasion would run its bloody course. Fortified by his heavenly vision, Constantine devised a cunning strategy to overcome Maxentius’ armies, forcing them back towards the River Tiber. The decisive blow came as Maxentius, trying to flee, was drowned, leaving Constantine to march triumphantly into Rome, proclaiming himself emperor of all of the Western empire.
Constantine did not proclaim himself a Christian immediately, but the move towards monotheism was certainly evident very quickly. In February 313, Constantine and his fellow emperor Licinius announced The Edict of Milan, which allowed Christians to follow their faith without fear of persecution. All properties that had been confiscated from the church were returned, and funding was made for the building of new churches and seminaries. At the same time Constantine began installing Christians in positions of high office and responsibility.
It was not until he was in his early 40s that Constantine officially proclaimed his faith, stating that he owed his position and privilege to the “Christian High God alone.” As with any shift on such a scale, the adoption of Christianity was not exact and absolute. Pagan imagery was still to be found on Roman coinage, architecture and artworks long after Constantine’s death in 337. But it is widely agreed that Constantine’s Vision of the Cross led to the gradual distancing from polytheism, and towards Christian dominance in the Western world.
Conclude: Be What You Wanna BE!!!
Q: Doctor, I've heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life. Is this true?
A: Your heart is only good for so many beats, and that's it. Don't waste it on exercise.
Everything wears out eventually. Speeding up your heart will not make you live longer. That's like saying you can extend the life of your car by driving it faster.
Want to live longer? Take a nap.
Q: Should I cut down on meat and eat more fruits and vegetables?
A: You must grasp logistical efficiencies. What does a cow eat? Hay and corn!
And what are these? Vegetables. So a steak is nothing more than an efficient mechanism of delivering vegetables to your system. Need grain? Eat chicken.
Beef is also a good source of field grass (green leafy vegetable).
And a pork chop can give you 100% of your recommended daily allowance of vegetable products.
Q: Should I reduce my alcohol intake?
A: No, not at all. Wine is made from fruit. Brandy is distilled wine. That means they take the water out of the fruity bit so you get even more of the goodness that way. Beer is also made out of grain. Bottoms up!
Anyway, 1% of traffic accidents are caused by drunk drivers. So people who don’t drink are very dangerous because they cause 99% of traffic accidents.
Q: How can I calculate my body/fat ratio?
A: Well, if you have a body and you have fat, your ratio is one to one.
If you have two bodies, your ratio is two to one, etc.
Q: What are some of the advantages of participating in a regular exercise program?
A: Can't think of a single one, sorry. My philosophy is: No Pain … Good!
Q: Aren't fried foods bad for you?
A: YOU'RE NOT LISTENING!!! …. Foods are fried these days in vegetable oil.
In fact, they're permeated in it. How could getting more vegetables be bad for you?
Q: Will sit-ups help prevent me from getting a little soft around the middle?
A: Definitely not! When you exercise a muscle, it gets bigger.
You should only be doing sit-ups if you want a bigger stomach.
Q: Is chocolate bad for me?
A: Are you crazy? HELLO … Cocoa beans! Another vegetable!!!
It's the best feel-good food around!
Q: Is swimming good for your figure?
A: If swimming is good for your figure, explain whales to me.
Q: Is getting in-shape important for my lifestyle?
A: Hey! 'Round' is a shape!
Well, I hope this has cleared up any misconceptions you may have had about food and diets.
And remember: 'Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways – Chardonnay in one hand, chocolate in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming, 'WOO HOO, what a Ride!'
AND…..
For those of you who watch what you eat, here's the final word on nutrition and health. It's a relief to know the truth after all those conflicting nutritional studies.
1. The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
2. The Mexicans eat a lot of fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
3. The Chinese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
4. The Italians drink a lot of red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
5. The Germans drink a lot of beer and eat lots of sausages and fats and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
CONCLUSION
1. Eat and drink what you like.
2. Speaking American English is apparently what kills you.
3. 'Today’ is a gift. That is why it is called ‘The Present’.
I AM MADE OF YOU!!!
In Darkness Will ONE Sees The LIGHT!!!
For more than 2,000 years we have been fed the fallacy that the message from God is the message of peace and love. But for more than 2,000 years since God’s message first came down to humankind the history of the world is a history of war, death and destruction.
If it is true that Satan refused to bow down to man because Satan believed that man is the most destructive and cruellest of God’s creations, then Satan was right beyond any shadow of doubt.
Jews, Christians and Muslims say that their religion is the religion of peace. Their message is the message of love, tolerance and compassion. But none of their Holy Books demonstrate this. Their Holy Books talk about punishing and exterminating those perceived as enemies of God.
When people fight over power and wealth it is a war that is easy to comprehend, that is if wars are even comprehensible in the first place. But when it is a war of beliefs then it is beyond human comprehension since God and not man is the guiding light.
Religion is not about logic. Religion is about belief and the faith you hold to believe so. How does one measure faith? Faith is immeasurable. Faith cannot be explained. Faith is in the mind and in the heart. Hence a war based on faith and belief is something only God can fathom if, in the first place, this faith and belief did come from God.
As the Bible says, on the sixth day, God created man, and on the seventh day, God rested. And on the day that God rested man, out of boredom and with nothing else to do, created religions. And when God woke up on Monday he discovered man fighting over his name.
And that was when God gave up and decided to go back to sleep.
Save A Prayer... May God Have Mercy. AMEN!!!