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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: 2MAR$ who wrote (26310)	9/8/2001 3:47:58 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 82486

I am not sure what I am supposed to get from the question about the world, nor can I recall offhand how many elements are at work now. As a physcial being, I am subject to a variety of forces. As far as I know, human beings do not, per se, have instinctual behavior. They have instinctual drives, but their behavior is cultural, that is, learned, unlike, say the salmon swimming upstream or the bee doing his nectar dance. I do not think that human life is comprehensively and exhaustively described in such terms, in any case. Eternity, strictly speaking, is beyond time. In that sense, only God is eternal. Since the conception of it in temporal terms is always as an infinite amount of time, I am not sure what you are getting at. Yes, it appears that Jesus and the Apostles thought that His return was imminent. Certainly, at least, there was confusion. That has no bearing, it seems to me, on the general conception of a final day of judgment, though, where the present world ends, and the world to come begins. If one is basing the belief on the Bible, of course, there may be some shakiness of belief to notice the confusion. If one is thinking of the nature of the case, and the idea that God may seek to resolve all issues at a particular time, so that goodness may triumph, it seems to me that it could happen, though we do not know when. I do not think that the "day of judgment" is an ongoing process of unfolding realization, precisely because we continue to accrue "bad karma", and therefore continue to be mired in imperfection. Also, of course, you are aware that Hinduism expects Shiva to destroy this yug, as he has so many, and Brahma to begin again the cycle. Both Hinduism and Buddhism seem to agree that the best thing is to escape the cycle completely, by achieving Nirvana. I am not a Christian. I have been a Catholic, though, and am a "Christian sympathizer". I am just talking about the possibilities. Sometimes I indicate my beliefs, sometimes I am merely entertaining ideas. Thinking is great, but the miraculous is a different thing.......