The Question

Well, I know a couple things for sure... God loves marshmallows and he wants all of us to share them with everyone we know, so we can have marshmallow orgies.

 

i agree with Cosmic Butterfly. there's a Hindu saying that sums it up pretty well: "it is better to see God in everything than to try to figure it out". life is inherently meaningful- we just have to open our eyes to it.

 

Insanejester, that is why I am a Christian. It is a faith that is based on historical prophecies that are factual. And those who live outside of those facts, are those who believe in blind faith. It was Jesus Christ, who fulfilled over 300 of the Old Testament prophecies. And He does give our lives true meaning.

 

Ok, it's you choice, live for God or flip Him the finger. You got all eternity to think about your decision. And who knows, after 10,000 years, maybe you will give a shit. Hope you make the right choice. The Bible states that most will make the wrong one.

 

"Which myth are YOU living?" . . . to quote Joseph Campbell. He had a few things to say about myths - you know, the stories humans use to convey ineffable meaning, valuable clues about the nature of reality and how we might not only survive, but live well and meaningfully in relation with this reality.

Regardless of what you may believe about yourself and your relationship with the reality you actually live in, even you (your consciousness) are informed by, and live by, the myths that somehow manage to get past your ego.

Ten thousand, two thousand, even two hundred years ago, people had storytellers, written stories, and performed stories as well as philosophers, prophets and preachers to convey mythological meaning. Today we also have movies, pop culture (including your favorite bands), television and the newsmedia.

It is important to know that it doesn't really matter whether your myth is a true story (like the "stories" we read about Jesus, Buddha, Mohammad, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, etc.) or a work of fiction (like the Odyssey, Hamlet, The Lord of the Rings, the Godfather, Star Wars, or Donnie Darko), as long as it is meaningful in ways that aren't otherwise easily explained.

When you can see the deeper meaning, the underlying parallels between reality and the stories that serve as myths (Sean Hannity as Caiaphas? Bush as the captain of the Titanic, or maybe Paris of Troy? insanejester as the Wizard of Oz or maybe Odysseus?) then maybe you will begin to outgrow this reflexive nihilism and be able to speak with a little more insight.

Peace and Love

 

Well I don't believe in fairytales that is why I believe in the Bible. In 1866 a English Bible scholar stated that based on Bible prophecy, before Jesus Christ returns the Jews will be restored to their own land, and the enemies of Christ and the Jews will have gathered their armies from all parts of the world, and will have commenced the siege of Jerusalem. This statement was made 82 years before Israel became a nation. James Grant knew the Jews would return, and he knew they would control Jerusalem because he knew Bible prophecy. In the Old Testament it states that in the last days Jerusalems East Gate would remain sealed. It states that know one will be allowed to walk through that Gate until Jesus Christ returns. The Moslems found out about the prophecy and tried to break through. On both attemps they failed to do so. Just like the Bible said they would. Now there is another story in the Bible you might of heard of. It was when Moses took the Children of Israel through the Sea that God parted. Moses and the Children of Israel made it across but when the Pharaoh and His army tried to cross over God closed the waters over Pharaoh's army killing them all. Well as it turns out divers have now found the site and they are bringing up the remnants of Pharaoh's army. Divers are now finding coral incrusted chariot wheels and axils, human and horse bones all incrusted in the coral of the sea. Also they have found chisled in stone the ancient writings of what happened there. I don't believe in fairy tales, I believe in facts. The Bible states that in the last days men would not endure sound doctrine, but would rather believe a lie instead. Well the facts are there, if you are interested.

 

look in the mirror and in your mind your god.