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Pastimes : And The 7th Angel Sounded -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Sidney Reilly who wrote (595)	8/10/2003 8:31:05 AM
From: 2MAR$	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 609

I find the third & fourth paragraphs very relevant to much of today's religious conflicts and fanaticisms, that could be assuaged by a little less reliance on frozen dogmas and doctrines and a little more enlightenment of the individuals themselves ...more real "life" study & growth. amazon.com interesting quote by Mr Spurgeon on the next page .... * yet I always found the "second-coming" idea rather confusing. Does this imply a kind of concession of reincarnation ? Oh , i forgot that it will be in the "same body" that Christ will return , so we shall not confuse this with any other ancient wisdoms or dogmas that went before , and said exactly the same thing when describing their messiahs. Very important to discredit what others have valued already for many 1000's of years in the eldest of human religious scriptures, the Vedas. But the rapture of others is not as real , for the dogma tells you so. Interesting. Seems there's quite a bit of reconciliation between all the world's faiths , if they would rely a little less on faith , and more on innate intelligence and real-time self-enlightenment and evaluation...if from the heart & mind we could divine even small parts of this vast grand "intelligently designed" universe as it revolves arounds us , and the "soul' beneath it all. This is a concept far older than Moses , or Noah , or even the youthful story of " Adam and Eve". And if one arrived closely to the heart of it , would it matter much in which direction you prayed? God is everywhere , in everything and eternal , yes? It could also be very well true , that there was no beginning or end...but that may be difficult to grasp by the indoctrinated who have lived by setting up these all too often impenetrable doctrinal boundries. I find it hard to believe that there are those that actually try and intellectualize "rapture", let alone indoctrinate it. But to each his own, man is an imaginary creature , filled with many fantasms.