State Your Unpopular Opinions

Even believers have reason to fear death. The God and Heaven theory holds that immortality is granted by virtue of an agreement made with one's Creator. Based on appearances, this agreement boils down to gaining immortality after this life by accepting the Creator's terms of obedient surrender to him in this life. A potential downside for those who go this route is that their eternity will be played out in a landscape of their Creator's choosing. And considering the Creator's legendary appreciation of the praise and worship of lesser beings than himself, it is likely that His idea of an eternal good time and your idea of an eternal good time are two different things altogether. So, just a heads-up on that.

 

Never much cared for Paschal's Wager.

 

Yeah, I didn't even say believers won't have concerns, I said they probably don't have the same concerns.

You guys look but you don't see sometimes.
You hear but you don't listen.

You just jump down people's throats.

 

I am confident in Jehovahs and Jesus resurrection powers and they have no problem bringing the dead back to life. Death is sleep until you are resurrected.
So, I am always hoping for salvation by works and bringing my life in line with Jehovahs will.

 

And I'll bet Pascal wouldn't care much for you misspelling his name.

 

I never sleep cuz sleep is the cousin of death

 

Dear Lord
When I get go heaven
Please let me bring my man

 

You are the biggest instigator of this all You are the one making generalizations and saying how other people whose beliefs you don't share are going to feel when they die.

 

Who says I don't share their beliefs? I don't believe in a Christian God. I don't even know if I believe in a God.

 

Odin's gonna be pissed...

 

I don't think so. Oden never once said he was a one true God or anything. I believe that the pantheon of Norse gods are closely represented by an individuals characteristics. There are certain idols that I see in myself and others, but they're only characteristics of their true self and reflection. My characteristics are Odin, Loki and Thor.

I believe I am wise
A crafty Imp
And though I'm a fighter, I'm quite stupid.

 

Ummm... This sounds Zen. In a round about way.

 

I say that because Thor was constantly foolish in his ways and I can admit that I am pretty much on par with that. Like me, Thor was quick to get into a rage without contemplating his actions. He was constantly made a fool of.

The difference is, I don't have a hammer to whack over people's heads when they fool me. But I have the potential of spite, trickery and deceit aka the characteristic of Loki.

For years it bothered me that my most close characteristic was in fact, Loki, but over the years I've come to peace with this thought. After all, even Odin asks, if you poor a horn of mead in toast of Odin, you should always toast to Loki too. And that's powerful, considering what Loki tried to do to the AEsir.

 

I guess another interpretation of what I believe would be this.

When I am in my shrine and reading the Runes, I'm not asking for a physical God to help me, I'm asking myself to help myself, I'm obtaining the confidence within me.

When I scribed runes into my pool cue, I didn't imagine a physical God playing along side me, those runes mean a lot to me, and holding the Runes, letting them run through my strong arm, purposely in pattern to obtain the most energy, but they were a way for me to unlock my inner potential and to give me the confidence to fight, challenge, be sneaky, be aggressive and assertive. To overcome obstacles and all this comes from within me, not a flesh and blood God.

If Oden were to come to me now in flesh and blood I don't think he'd be disappointed with me. I think he'd pat me on the back and tell me to keep up the good work. I think he'd smile at me.

 

Durant and Kwhai will be Lakers next year.

 

believing that no one would be any worse off if no one ever tried to tell anyone else what to pretend,
does not equal believing that nothing big, friendly and invisible could ever possibly exist,
nor mean and wish us only well.

if you want a belief that can be trusted, never trust anything that wishes to be feared.

 

Kamala Harris is hot AF

 

Nicely put! I've been searching for a way to say this for years.

 

The world's fucked hahaha