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There is a very common misunderstanding that a "cause" is something that preceded in time.

A cause is a situation. "What causes a leaf to appear green?" "What is the cause for this big box not fitting into that small box?"

A situation can cause an effect of appearance, size, or arrangement and is the result of static logic. Or it CAN also cause a change in the situation, a temporal cause. Due to the situation, an imbalance yields a motion, a change.

What is referred to as the "First Cause" co… Continue

Most people do not believe that Mankind needs saving, but that is a large part of why he actually does. He is not responding to actual threats because he is not interested. He is not interested because he does not believe any are real. He knows that he has created illusions of threats so as to spur interest in the directions of his interest and thus believes all threats are but reflections of his own design. Yet the real threats go unattended.

There is one thing that you can do to literally sav… Continue

Definitions;
A god == who/whatever absolutely determines what can or cannot be.

The God == Who/Whatever absolutely determines all that can or cannot be.

If such a power and characteristic is not essential to being a god, then in what way is anything a god???

If it is not God that is doing the determining, then whatever other idea you have for "God" would be subject to the determiner and could only do what that determiner allowed and in fact, would only do what that… Continue

The Representative received a request for an amendment from a union member stating,

“I think we should do unto others as we would have them do unto us.”

The Representative dutifully verified from whom the request came and passes it on to the senator. The Senator read it and thought, “Hmm.. that seems to be a pretty popular idea. I think we could live with that.” So he then typed up a formal amendment to their constitution;

“Hence forth, within this union, we shall each treat others as we woul… Continue

I said “worthy religion” because if it isn’t worth doing, why bother? But what makes something worth doing? Many will argue the good and bad of just about anything and demand “proof” to the contrary of their opinion. Thus establishing any group effort becomes a serious issue and especially if it is called a “religion”.

But regardless of the impetus to disagree with anything and everything, we can still take a look at what is necessary and worthy concerning a “new religion”.

A religion is a “… Continue