By Anon
Some people find it difficult to believe in the God of the Old Testament, the idea for which came from earlier religions.
A lot of the stories in the Old Testament are borrowed from the Sumerians.
Did God create mosquitoes?
Is there an old man in the sky who created the universe?
Su writes in her blog about “the child in a burn ward screaming, screaming, screaming.”
Su refers to Eastern religions and the value of ‘Stepping out of mind…..god willing‘.
Nina refers to the cruel ‘plantation owners’ of this world.
Nina refers to the Taoist view of things in ‘a select destiny‘.
Dawkins does not believe that the CIA did 9 11.
Is there an old man in the sky?
The Jewish, Christian and Moslem religions think so.
The Jewish, Christian and Moslem religions have their origins in Zoroastrianism, which began in Iran, around the 6th century BC .
(Influence of Zoroastrianism on Judaism and Christianity – (CAIS)©)In Zoroastrianism (Zoroastrianism)a:
There is a God who is the Creator and who is all good.
There is an evil force who will ultimately be destroyed.
There is a saviour who will save the world.
In Zoroastrianism we find the equivalents of baptism, communion, guardian angels, heaven, worship on Sunday, the celebration of Mithras’ birthday on December 25th, celibate priests who mediate between man and God, and the Trinity.
(Influence of Zoroastrianism on Judaism and Christianity – (CAIS)©)
People in countries influenced by Buddhism, such as Thailand and Indonesia, often seem happier than most.
BUT, what if the Zoroastrians have not got it quite right?
The Buddhists believe in some kind of life after death, but they keep a noble silence on the idea of God.
The Taoists refer to some kind of divine force called the Tao, but they say that it cannot be described in words.
It is difficult to imagine an old man in the sky designing this world on his design board.
It is difficult to imagine him designing a world in which one creatures survives by eating another creature.
So, maybe there was no Bible-style creation.
Maybe things have always existed.
Maybe there is a mysterious something which nourishes us.
Maybe we reap what we sow.
Maybe what we are now is due to what we thought in the past.
Maybe what we will become is what we are thinking now.
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We quote from: ‘a select destiny’ (Deep Into Artlife West – blogspot)
“Something we cannot define with science and logic is happening here, a grand design, some not-of-this-world intention we are simply not at the rightful stage of development to comprehend regardless of our effort.
“I believe this makes us a unique product of evolution to remain invincible in the face of pure unadulterated evil where vast and continuing material loss strips us to the lowest category of Earthly life and it has no influence at all…
“We go on in trust, always looking forward, accepting each test as triathlon athletes determined to pass and not just well, but intact, because in spite of the incessant repeats, it makes the good, the pure, the honest, the natural reverent and holy, gifts from somewhere else reminding us the world we desire really does exist and one day we are destined to reach it.” 
Science and Religion.
Here are some people’s thoughts about life:
1. “It does not matter how long you are spending on the earth, how much money you have gathered or how much attention you have received.
3. ‘Religion comes in opposites to be attractive to different personalities.’
– Steven Reiss , a professor of psychologist at Ohio State University.
According to Reiss, organised religions address the 16 basic human desires – curiosity, acceptance, family, honour, idealism, independence, order, physical activity, power, romance, saving, social contact, eating, status, tranquility and vengeance.
Bart D. Ehrman
(God’s Book of Eskra, Prof. S. L. MacGuire’s translation, Salisbury, 1922, chapter xlviii, paragraphs 36, 41).
(Catholic Encyclopedia, op. cit., pp. 656-7).
The World’s oldest Bible is the Sinai Bible.
“When the New Testament in the Sinai Bible is compared with a modern-day New Testament, a staggering 14,800 editorial alterations can be identified.”
5. Lyndon Nadel writes:
You may have seen this Symbol. It is a Dragon eating his own Tail. It is the ancient symbol for time.
It represents Infinite time, where time begins, ends, and continues all at the same point.
What we live in, is named Infinite time. Meaning that time has already begun, finished Visit Site