"As far as the value of God for me there is none but for those who ascribe to the concept the value is attributing all the good things to God and attributing all the bad stuff to evil, which of course for some strange unknown reason God allows. I just don't see any purpose in all this pain and suffering" SD
You make it sound like everyone who believes in God believes like this, and I don't find that to be true at all. I think we humans ascribe good and evil to any event. Events that we don't like, that are deconstructive rather than creative, that we don't understand at the time, that hurt us - perhaps this is what you term as evil. The purpose of Buddhism is the relief of suffering, but it is believed that this can be done while living, by changing the way one thinks, feels and believes. We break our own hearts and we suffer for it because of the way we see the world. God is, whether we suffer or not. I am not sure that God has a purpose. I am not sure that I do either. But I believe that life is a blessing whether I am feeling good or bad. On Sep 26, 5:12 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > I guess my perceptions were off, must be the Dutch translation. As > far as the value of God for me there is none but for those who ascribe > to the concept the value is attributing all the good things to God and > attributing all the bad stuff to evil, which of course for some > strange unknown reason God allows. I just don't see any purpose in > all this pain and suffering, what possible purpose could there be or > even if you could think one up would it make any sense? I think > eventually the passive being will give way to the violent beings they > spend enormous amounts of energy trying to transform and rehabilitate > and allow to propagate thereby increasing the number of adversaries. > The decadent want the righteous dead. Political correctness is the > the catalyst for change, change for the worst, rights for criminals, > rights for evil. The establishment continues to reap the benefits of > a dysfunctional society, all areas are supported by it. From the > Judges, the lawyers, the courts, the police, the jails, bail bonds, > etc. it is a whole system that functions on the dysfunction of > society. Why would they want it any other way. It's just like > dysfunctional government, if they were functional we wouldn't need > them. > > On Sep 26, 2:28 am, iam deheretic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > No no SD your response is actually welcome.. I would also like to > > especially hear what Pat has to say . . . I hear people always saying > > 'God's Purpose' but no one seems to know just hat that purpose is.... > > Maybe his purpose id to line up all the good little islamist and christians > > in a frying pan rosat them over the fires of hell and have them for a > > snack.. (hmm tasty? or is that God smacking good?) and then it is alright > > and the safest position is that of the atheist.. > > > I hope the heck we don't have a buch of mother hens I would definately be > > in trouble.. > > > the reason for my responding to post not directly addressed to me is > > probably to get my worthless two cents in.. and or actually learn something > > , hopefully spawning new and interesting thoughts > > Allan > > > On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 4:33 AM, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I'm sure you can see the implied value. > > > > Direction of the question? Then for what reason are you responding to > > > a post that was not directed at you? > > > > We have moderators, Allan, we don't need a mother hen. > > > > On Sep 25, 7:53 pm, iam deheretic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > well SD if there is no interaction with God then what is your value to > > > God > > > > or the value of God to mankind? > > > > > Actually SD the Question was directed to Pat. > > > > Allan > > > > > On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 9:37 PM, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote > > > > > > Interaction? What interaction? > > > > > > On Sep 25, 12:21 pm, iam deheretic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I get confused easily, long dissertations tend to leave me lost.. > > > > > > my > > > > > > questions are what do you see you personal relationship it God as? > > > and > > > > > that > > > > > > is probably not stating it right. What do you see the purpose of > > > God's > > > > > > interaction with mankind? > > > > > > Allan > > > -- > > ( > > ) > > I_D Allan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
