I don't vote!

A Jealous God...

http://bible.org/seriespage/jealous-god

That just doesn't make sense to me.

"One thing He views as especially important to Him in the Old Testament is the nation Israel. She belongs to Him as His special possession, His unique treasure."

Right. Everyone else can go f... themselves? Funny that God's favorite country is one of the most violent and sadistic nations in the world.

The way that jealousy thing has been explained I can't help but understand that according to the Bible God has the very same weaknesses as any 2 cents worth human schmuck on Earth. Only diff is He has some extra powers. It just doesn't make any sense. That is not or shouldn't be the description of a supreme being. It definitely sounds like a man made fantasy creature in a fairy tale book.

"In our pagan society, Satan holds the adoration of some and superstition grips the hearts of others, alternative brands of idolatry which suggest that supernatural forces other than God have ultimate control of our lives." - Pagans do not recognize the existence of Satan. Only Christians do. And of course Satanists but none of the pagan communities affiliate with Satanism at all.

I think when a whole belief system is put into and based on a single book written by primitive people, it can be explained and understood in many different ways, just like they were teaching the Bible with a much more violent result for hundreds of years.

Is it so impossible that God is not a person-like deity but the ultimate existence of the Universe, God being everything, in everything, of everything, a divine reality without a face, human-like attitude, emotion and judgments? Is it impossible that God is being just 'It' as in everything, instead of 'Him' as a personalized image?

Is it impossible that fully comprehending and understanding God is beyond any one humans' mind, logic, imagination so people did create something they can accept, they can wrap their mind around?

Because honestly that is the only acceptable explanation I can let my mind find peace with and as I understand it many others too.

Police Brutality?

‎"It's extremely unusual..." - Chief Jack Harris.

Is it really? I'm afraid to hit search on google about police activity.

I do understand that police officers are under serious stress and pressure, but no one forced them to choose that job. 

I can picture a situation when that unarmed fella would have a nasty attitude against the officer and pissed him off big time, but if an officer cannot handle that then he should sell hot dogs, or get a desk job... without a gun.

A gold rule to keep in mind though... this will not change. So officers still will be stressed out, the best thing one can do is be nice as much as possible. A nice "yes sir, no sir" attitude apparently can save your live in this country.

And to be on the funny side here is some points from Chris Rock.

Windows phone, windows death...

no words needed

Religion

I collected two videos for study on an alternative and closer to the truth approach on religion. Facts that Jesus and many other god figures were made up. People back then didn't understand science and how the Sun, the stars and the Earth related to each other. They looked up on the sky and saw the gods.



Elements of nature once believed to be gods, communication of gods. People didn't understand their purpose or how they work, therefore they created their gods out of fear.

A Muslim's words...

"I am muslim American. I was born in bangladesh which is in east asia NOT middleeast or arab. I follow god and godness. Have been running my own business in america over 8 years, have provided jobs in america. Never turned down anyone who came to me for help, it really didn't matter to me if I knew them or not. All my friends are from here and of different faith. I work hard and wish well to everyone.

This is my first posting . Just was curious to know, now that I said I am muslim, what are your thoughts on me ? are you going to lash out ill words ? wish me death ? or hate me now?

I always see hateful posting towards muslim faith, it seems to me you guys hate muslim in general, no distintion on good or bad people just in general.

Every religion has fundamentalist, my dad always told me there is only 2 kinds of people good or bad , and thats how you should differentiate people not by their faith , color, or race. To these date I live by this rule, never judged or passed a comment on anyone, unless I have valid proof of the person doing me wrong. How many of you really know a muslim and was wrong by them personally. If you can't speak from experiance just talking in context of what you hear or based on political wars, which any well rounded person knows is always shadding light on the story that benefits them. Politics is a game , its like a riddle which only shows part of the picture and lives the rest for the people who is participating in it to figure out.
If you truly want world peace then you will find a way to encourage it , by this kind of hateful statements can only pour more oil in the fire. So don't have to annswer me but do ask yourself the question , do you really want things to get better? or are you enjoying to see so much problem in this world and try to manupilate the situation to get worse if you can , by posting a hatefull remark from your own cozzy little place?

May god bless you all and forgive you all for your ignorance." - Sasha