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Welcome to our blog, Man needs God
and our post, More religious discussions
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The ancient religious book the Bible, is the most read book in the whole world, so people always talk about the Bible and its content or beliefs, so, this is also the reason why we are having these religious discussions.
Discussions with Mark and John
Now that John had said what he really
wanted to say, we were back to normal discussions, so Mark started talking and
said;
I believe that you have had a real
interesting discussion with Gino and Peter about this creation of mankind in
the Bible; but I cannot help thinking that Gino specially when he is with Peter
or someone else like him Gino can tell you some extreme views of the whole
situation, therefore to say that he is becoming an atheist is wrong, because I
know Gino very well and I can tell you that sometimes he likes to exaggerate
things just for the fun of it, I am telling this specially for you John,
because you seem to worry about this religious situation that Gino has got
into.
John said; okay Mark I can see what you
mean; but I believe what I believe and I am not going to hold it back,
therefore when I strongly believe that I have to speak out, I will speak out
and this is just what I did, okay. Anyhow let us hear what you think yourself about
what they said.
And Mark continues to tell us his views;
you see Gino and Peter have sometimes extreme views, but when reflecting what
they have said in this instance and many other things put together it might not
seem that extreme after all.
So, let us reflect a bit on this situation
by using our own intelligence and imagination; first of all there have been
always extreme beliefs and views in religions, if we look back at history we
will find that religions have helped mankind in many ways; but then, many other
times religions have done things so extreme and terrible, in order to achieve
these things religions needed something that one may call extreme that is how
it works out.
You see you cannot control people just by
being nice to them; people need rules and somebody or something that enforces
those rules and that is the reason why religions have been written the way they
have been written.
I am sorry to say this John, but what is
written in religious books is not always the truth, or the ways that the
religious things really are. Therefore, if Gino and Peter have gone out of the
way of the beliefs that everybody accept, just because we have been told that
that is the truth; then Gino and Peter may have got it right this time, just
because what they are saying is just as extreme as the creation of mankind in
the Bible, if we use our own logic reasoning mind.
We have also to keep in mind that there are
some other major religions that explain the creation of man in different ways;
here I am talking about the Hindus religions and I quote;
“Hinduism perceives the whole creation and
its cosmic activity as the work of three fundamental forces symbolized by three
gods, which constitutes the Hindu Trinity or ‘Trimurti’: Brahma - the creator, Vishnu - the sustainers, and Shiva - the destroyer.” End of quote. It is said
that mankind sprang from Brahma body and there were four caste, or type of men.
As you can see this is somehow different from the Bible creation. Now let us see a bit more after we look at some Indian photos of Manu and Brahma;
The great sage Manu, in The Laws of Manu
Lord Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva
At least this is how it looks to us westerners, it is three gods in one; this might be strange but also our own Western God is described as a trinity; The Father The Son and The Holy Spirit. ------------------
And now, let us go back where we were and continue our discussions; For these reasons, I may as well say well
done Gino and Peter, since you have opened a new way on how to challenge those
things in the Bible that don’t make sense.
What do you think about all what I have
said, Frank and John?
Here Mark stopped talking, so we exchanged
our views about what had been said overall, and then started talking about the
weather and the news of the day.
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Reflecting on what has been said above and
in the hubs before, I believe that Mark is right and perhaps I may really have
to meet with our religious friends again in the future, and somehow try to
discuss, how we could review what is written in the Bible, even as you know
modifying or changing the meanings in the Bible may sometimes make me feel a
bit scared; you know I am still a believer and those curses that are written in
the Bible sometimes worry me.
I believe that I have said enough in this
post, so, see you next time, where we would be writing about, religions are man-made or could be man-made.
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Next time with, Religions could be man-made.
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