Why People Seek Solace In Gods.

Not so fast pal, I only get the choice if I have free will,

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Of all the possible punishments these gods can mete out...giving one "eternal life" is the worst. It is any sane person's nightmare. I would hope I am never punished that way.

Well Frank, this is the way that it is, you are a triad being consisting of Body, Soul, and Spirit. The body, which is created from the universal elements is corruptible and immortal and must return to the elements from which it is created, this is called 'The First Death', which all physical life forms must eventually experience.

While the Spirit is the invisible mind which is YOU, the personality that develops within the body from the senses of the body and is imprinted into the Soul which is the eternal universal divine animating principle.

Behind the veil of the flesh within the innermost sanctuary of that body, dwells the evolving spirit of man and if that body were born without the senses of hearing, sight, smell, taste, touch, etc, then no information whatsoever could be taken into the brain, and “YOU” who are spirit [Gathered information] could never have begun to develop and the living body, in which the evolving spirit of ‘The Son of Man’ dwells, would soon die, never having developed a personality or “CONTROLLING GODHEAD” to that body.

When the body in which you [the mind] are being formed, dies, [This is the first death] and your body of “skin, flesh, muscle, blood, bone, brain matter Etcetera, Etcetera,” has returned to the universal elements from which it was created, all that remains, is a shadow or rather, a facsimile of YOU, the mind or spirit, that has been imprinted into the universal life force or soul, which returns to ‘THE GREAT THOUGHT,’ [The collective consciousness of all that exists] from which it will be resurrected, either to eternal life or eternal death, 'The Second Death,' which is that of the mind and I am sure that once you have experienced the new world and the glory that awaits, you will not see eternal life as a punishment.

But even if your body and mind are both destroyed, your eternal soul will be given a new body of some sort in which a new mind will develop, for it is written ‘All souls are prepared to eternity.'

In any case, the one thing I do not want is eternal life.

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In any case, the one thing I do not want is eternal life.

After you have experienced the first death and finally accept that there really is the prospect of eternal life, if then you still choose eternal death, then the second death will be your reward.

What is that body that gave to you birth?
Is it nothing but elements taken from earth?
Or was it created from the spirits and souls
Of your ancestors who, are from times that are old?
Believe as you will, but remember this verse,
When your coffin is placed in the back of the hearse;
The reward that the mind must surely receive
Is that which the mind (Not in the hearse) believes....... The Anointed

And FREE-WILL you have my friend.

According to the believer such as myself. 'He who encompasses the entire life of mankind knows everything that you have dune according to your own free will and knows also, everything that you have been forced to do against your will by a superior and stronger being.'

According to the disbeliever such as yourself. There is no God who knows what you have done before you have done it......

......and so say to yourself. 'All that I do, I do by choice, unless forced to do it against my will by a superior and stronger being.'

So, we both believe in the free will of mankind.'

Or could it be that you believe in a God who knows everything you have ever done and will ever do and therefore believe that you have no choice in anything that you do or will ever do. YES or NO.

Wrong, I don't do things by choice, I have no choice, what I have is the illusion of choice,

You share some interesting blind guesses about the REALITY...and seem to suggest that your guesses cannot be wrong.

I wonder how many of the guesses are on the money?

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You share some interesting blind guesses about the REALITY...and seem to suggest that your guesses cannot be wrong.

I wonder how many of the guesses are on the money?

87 years old, fair dinkim, ah well , in only a few years you will be able to cease your wondering. Catch ya later Frank.

So...how many of your blind guesses do you think are on the money?

These Atheists keep going on about illusions. Why?

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So...how many of your blind guesses do you think are on the money?

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blind guesses, what you talkin bout old mate.

Obviously, the reason that you have found no evidence for a creator God, is because you have never seriously looked. Undoubtedly you can see the intelligent design in the International Space Station, but are totally blind to the wonderful design in the creation of the beautiful butterfly .

The butterfly wasn't created it evolved