Polls: Religion & Spirituality

1. Acts 5

Peter gives poison to Ananias: Peter then asks him if he donated all of the money from the sale of his land. Peter had Spies and knew that he didn't. Ananias told him, yes. So peter did not give him the antidote. Before he died, he told him cryptically, "The feet of the people who will bury your husband are by the door." And "young men" came to wrap up Ananias and bury him. 3 hours later Peter calls in Ananias wife. She is unaware of what has happened. He asks her about the money. And she "lies" too. Peter repeats the same phrase to her and she dies. (The Greek word used specifically says her heart stopped. He gave her a poison that caused cardiac arrest). Peter claims "the spirit" did this shit.

2. Mark 14

Jesus is at the park at night with his disciples. Judas comes with the police armed with swords and clubs. Jesus is wearing some kind of cloak or disguise that causes him to blend in with everyone else. So Judas has to greet Jesus to point him out to the police. At that point the police come forth to arrest him. Jesus says "why do you come out against me like I am a human trafficker?" Mark says a young boy covered in a towel runs away naked at that point. They arrest Jesus. Is it possible Jesus and the gang were going to sacrifice the boy? In an attempt to fulfill the prophecy of the binding of the child / Isaac, before the lamb takes its place? But Judas couldn't believe what he was hearing so he reported them, and for reporting him for committing a crime, he got a reward?

Just can't think of any other reason for a religious book to demand the r*pe of children, slavery and blind obedience.

Full disclosure: I am an alien and I DO NOT UNDERSTAND MANY FUNERARY RITES OF HUMANS.

In the NYC tri-state area, (maybe the Northeast USA in general - I don't know) they take the dead body & (whole train of cars) procession for a ride past their old house and in the case of cops/fireman, usually past their firehouse or precinct. ITS FUCKING BIZZARO WORLD!!

Usually after the burial a lot of the entourage goes to the diner for brunch/lunch which is the one thing I support that both Christians & Jews here do. Then maybe the closest friends and family back to decedents house to (for Christians) get drunk and tell stories about the poor sap.

Like I said, I don't get you humans a lot of the time but I think the Jews are closest to the best way to mourn (with a BIG exception to the Vikings send off to Valhalla - THOSE GUYS KNOW HOW TO PARTY!)

The Jews "sitting shiva" makes sense to me. Simple pine box. Buried as soon as practical. No rabbi needed - head of family does "service". Set mourning period. Go to decedants house instead of sanitary clinical depressing funeral home where some preacher who never met the guy does a eulogy. EVERY visitor brings / orders food so you don't cook for days or weeks. Sit on uncomfortable box to remind yourself your not supposed to be comfy & cover mirrors so you're not concerned with vanity - all so you can truly focus on the decedant. All old photo albums throughout the home broken out for guests to look at. Everybody kvells, noshes & yentas in their shmatas.

So? What's it like by you? Does any other faiths funerary rites appeal to you? If It were up to me every cemetery would be turned into a park, preserve, trail, ball field or playground.

I've given some thought to Parsi (Zoroastrian) rites (another faith I admire very much) & the Tower of Silence for myself but will likely be made into a tree, plant or a diamond.

Is the Northeast just fucking insane with the drive by corpse?

I was raised going to church. always thought Bible study was boring and went over the same tropes. and Jesus was god because he did all these miracles like multiplying fish, turning water into wine, and rising people from the Dead. but as I have learned about other mythos, I've realized there were already gods that did exactly what Jesus was said to have done. in fact there were early church writings on this issue that were destroyed by the medieval church, because it raised too many questions and it'd be better to just forget about all the other gods. what it seems like is that Jews created a new god that combined all the powers of the other gods into one

Revelation 1:14-15

"His (Jesus) head and his hairs were white like WOOL, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; and his feet like unto fine BRASS."

This passage shows that Jesus had a brass color to his skin and curly hair.

Psalms 45:2 descriptions speak of the coming Messiah and describe him as "fairer than the children of men".

It's not much to go on to be sure but it's all we've got out of a very very very suspect HISTORICAL (not theological) source.

As far as the historiography is concerned, the Ethiopian Christian Church is believed by most historians to have the most accurate and unaltered point of view on Jesus's background. This is so because the Ethiopian church survived largely in isolation having been mostly cut off from larger Christendom by the fall of the Roman Empire and the advent of Islam which completed the isolation.

Unfortunately, due to the human propensity to make their gods look like themselves, we must view the Ethiopian Christian view as suspect for that reason.

On this issue, some have stated that it's an effort to "cancel" Jesus. Others have stated it's an attempt to simply acknowledge reality that the "SoCal surfer Jesus" is simply not, and never could be, accurate.

I don't think the vastness of Christianity is ready to accept multiple visions of Jesus according to what the worshipers look like. Some have even gone as far to say that Korean Jesus is blasphemous.

I leave it to you good GaGers! Let's discuss!

Which one of these Thunder Gods is the coolest in your opinion?

or an unreal person..

And let's say doing bad deeds would cause you to got to Heaven.

Please explain your answers in the comments section.

There's some who have told me this before as an atheist lol

Christ said if your eye offend you, pluck it out. Seek the truth at all costs, you will find it.

Odin actually gave up an eye for wisdom in his mythology, in return, he got two ravens that would search the world for him. who gave him the ravens? Odin was chief God. in the Nordic myth, there is the logos spoken of by John / Jesus, that rewards you for good behavior, even rewarding the gods.

it's also just a crazy metaphor for science. which "coincidentally" developed in the same nations.

"philosophy has gone astray. natural philosophy must use new technology to hone our eyesight, meticulous data to fix our memory, and limit fanciful extrapolations. we need to become more honest and more stupid to learn what is true." Robert Hooke, 1660, discovered and drew the first cells under a microscope

What are the most valid arguments for Atheism?

so, if you were Christian but Islam were true, would you convert?

and vice versa

keep in mind: you will be going to hell for not believing in the correct opinions