K_Kinnison Posted April 15, 2001 Share Posted April 15, 2001 He has risen, indeed! Happy easter Everyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR2000Z Posted April 15, 2001 Share Posted April 15, 2001 Gee, I had to serve Easter Mass. Anyway Happy Easter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Redwing Posted April 15, 2001 Share Posted April 15, 2001 He is risen indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyan Farlander Posted April 15, 2001 Share Posted April 15, 2001 Yep, mass was crowded today. Too bad it's not like that every weekend... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Zoom Rabbit Posted April 15, 2001 Share Posted April 15, 2001 Happy Glowing Jesus Day! ...Or am I thinking of Pentecost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taarkin Posted April 15, 2001 Share Posted April 15, 2001 Why yes, I have risen, haven't I? ------------------ Was I supposed to eat the heads too? 'Cause I took nooo prisioners! Once again, evil is defeated through the use of decorative agricultural technology! Official forum Psychic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psycho Tycho Posted April 15, 2001 Share Posted April 15, 2001 Yes indeed, Happy Easter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR2000Z Posted April 15, 2001 Share Posted April 15, 2001 Alright Zoom, wheres our Easter candy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Odin Posted April 16, 2001 Share Posted April 16, 2001 Happy Easter. I want a choclate bunny. ------------------ "Dulce bellum inexpertis." (Sweet is war to those who have never experinced it.) Roman Proverb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psycho Tycho Posted April 16, 2001 Share Posted April 16, 2001 Hey Zoom, where's my Easter eggs? You're the Easter Bunny aren't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nute Gunray Posted April 16, 2001 Share Posted April 16, 2001 I actually went to church TWICE...the first time I showed up there, there was literally NOWHERE TO PARK. Most crowded i've ever seen...so i had to leave and go back later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rogue 9 Posted April 16, 2001 Share Posted April 16, 2001 this was my churches busiest day in its history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DragonT Posted April 16, 2001 Share Posted April 16, 2001 I think that is a little on the pathetic side. People choose one or two days of the year to go to church and dress up and act like they are actually serving God. Easter service and the Christmas service. Jim-Bob standing before God on Judgement Day: JB: Open them thar gates and let me through. JC: And just what makes you think you have the right? JB: Well, I went to Church every Easter and Christmas. JC: Hey, thats great. You managed to learn how I was born and how I rose from the dead very thoroughly. How much do you know of my life? JB: Not much, I guess. JC: Then how come you claim to be a Christian? The term means "Christ-like." How can you be like me if you never learned what I taught and what I did? JB: Well, I believe in you, ain't that enough? Didn't you say in John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life?" JC: Good that you actually remember one of your Bible verses Jim-Bob, but that whole book starts out saying "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." You know what that means? That means that the Word; the Bible, is part of who I am. Therefore if you believe in me you must believe and follow what is taught in the Bible. How could you know what to do if you only went to Church twice a year? JB: I dunno... JC: Depart from my sight ye worker of iniquity, for I never knew you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DarthSlapnutz Posted April 16, 2001 Share Posted April 16, 2001 I don't go to church. I especially didn't go to church today. I hate crowds. Maybe when one or two people in the world still believe in a god, i will go to church, just because no one else does. But until then, that seems like such a waste of good sleeping time. And if there really is a God, then i better damn sure get into heaven, because i never asked to be put on this hell hole called earth, and if it was his idea to put me here in the first place, then i think he owes me. Maybe thats the wrong view to have, but dammit, i never asked to come down here and pay bills and know love then have it taken away from me. Lets face it, life sucks, its God's fault, so heaven better be a given. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyan Farlander Posted April 16, 2001 Share Posted April 16, 2001 Originally posted by DarthSlapnutz: I don't go to church. I especially didn't go to church today. I hate crowds. Maybe when one or two people in the world still believe in a god, i will go to church, just because no one else does. But until then, that seems like such a waste of good sleeping time. And if there really is a God, then i better damn sure get into heaven, because i never asked to be put on this hell hole called earth, and if it was his idea to put me here in the first place, then i think he owes me. Maybe thats the wrong view to have, but dammit, i never asked to come down here and pay bills and know love then have it taken away from me. Lets face it, life sucks, its God's fault, so heaven better be a given. That is the most utterly moronic thing I have ever heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zargon Posted April 16, 2001 Share Posted April 16, 2001 were you ever dropped on your head when you were little?? I dont mind the rush, atleast the people show GOD some respect and acknowledge hes there.........even if its only twice per year. I have been averaging like once a month lately, I feel kinda bad about it..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Zaarin Posted April 16, 2001 Share Posted April 16, 2001 Agreed, Keyan. Darth, even if you don't believe in Christianity, show it some respect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DragonT Posted April 16, 2001 Share Posted April 16, 2001 I don't necessarily think that those words were moronic. I think that the emotions expressed by DarthSlapnutz have been shared with everyone alive long enough to feel a full range of emotions. I too have loved and had that person pulled away from me. I too have had to wake up in the mornings and enter a world that just plain sucked and I was bitter and blamed God as well... Life is hard and always will be. However, I've never questioned the existance of God. I've questioned his motives and his means, but never his existance. To many people, God is just a product of faith. For me, God is a reality. When asked what God has done for me I don't just repond with lame things like "He gave me life, air to breath and the beauty of nature to look at..." These are things that are taken for granted because they are in abundance. They are not total proof in Gods existance. When someone asks me what God has done for me I answer with real miracles. "God has risen my brother from the dead. I have seen him cure disease. I have seen him heal wounds. I have felt his presence so powerful that it has reduced me to tears, caused me to shout and sing, and has caused my lips to stammer." I don't need faith, I have proof. Now his motives and methods are a mystery. I have loved and I have lost love. I have lived a life with more physical and emotional torment than most citizen of the US can claim or even want to claim. I hated God for not protecting me and sheltering me. I felt the same bitterness that DarthSlapnutz displayed. Luckily I can look back upon those experiences and appreciate them for what they have made me into today. God took a love away from me. But a greater love is in store for me. That love that I felt then was powerful and I hate to lose it and I will always cherish it, but I know that there will be something greater. I look at all of the hardships that I have faced and I can't possibly comprehend why, but I look in the mirror and I appreciate the character that was forced in the flame of torment and I give thanks. I am who I am today and will be better each day after because I look at the world around me and I ask myself why it sucks. Is it Gods fault or is it my own? Is todays trial meant to help me grow mentally and spiritually? Whatever the cause, what must I do to make this sucky world into a better one? How can I enjoy my life? I trust God and his plan now. I cannot see what the future brings but I know that God does and he is preparing me for tomorrow. I enjoy living because I have learned to actually live. I don't live in the painful situation, Drinking away my sorrow with alcohol, seeking happiness in drugs, or seeking comfort in the bed of a stranger... I live. I take what I need to learn from the situation and I let it go. I give thanks at having experienced all of the good times with my love and look forward to experiencing more. I spend more time being thankful that it occurred than feeling sorry that those times are over. People, Live! Don't look at the world and gripe that it sucks. Seek to change it! Don't say that you can't make a difference because you can. There have been countless occassions when I have been approached by people who have told me that I made a large mark on their life and have changed them for what they see as being better. If pitiful old pathetic me could do it, so could you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jabba The Hunt Posted April 16, 2001 Share Posted April 16, 2001 yeah happy easter - well for yesterday - i went to church and they asked me what easter meant and i said that it was the day when Jesus gave chocolate eggs to everyone around the world ------------------ iM. diSleXIc. sO. pLeaSE. tRanSlaTe. AnY oF tHe mmistypes/SpElLinGs jabbathehunt@hotmail.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Redwing Posted April 16, 2001 Share Posted April 16, 2001 **agrees with DragonT** Jabba---are you feeling okay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Zoom Rabbit Posted April 16, 2001 Share Posted April 16, 2001 Candy, eh? You kids don't deserve candy! Kidding. *(Showers everyone with candy.)* Okay, Darth SlapNutz (great name, BTW), for you I will give a firsthand look at what precisely true happiness is and how God is essential to it. I do not often discuss this part of myself. Yes, life in the world sucks. No one will deny that. The world is a thin crust of rock on a molten ball of lava, whirling madly about the sun as us tiny animals bite and scrabble their way for dominance in the dirt. Pain and fear are the most common emotions in life; our first word in life is 'WAAAAAAAAA--!' for a reason. Just existing hurts! But, my friend, knowing God is the way to transcend that suffering. I can tell you from personal experience that if you choose to pursue a personal relationship with God, the pain and suffering will not affect you at all. I'll get back to this in a bit. I wish to emphasize that I'm talking about forming a personal relationship with God. If the idea of church or religion doesn't suit you, you don't have to buy into it...you can seek your own connections to God within. Taking up zen or yoga can help in this, although it will be very difficult for you to 'find' God without the help of religious teachings. Others have forged such a relationship, and religions are the 'signposts' they've put up to help others find the way. You can, however, blaze your own trail if you wish. (more) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Zoom Rabbit Posted April 16, 2001 Share Posted April 16, 2001 Anyway, whether you have followed a religion to get there or not, meeting God for the first time is an occurance called 'illumination,' for a simple reason. The experience is one of bright light filling the inside of your head, and making it as invisible. The illumined mind is as a clear sunny day in a world that is dark and dreary, if that description helps. Your own mind becomes a temple of light, which radiates down to your heart, then out to all parts of the body. These moments of bliss come in moments of deep meditation or sudden insight...and offer us a tantalyzing glimpse of paradise. However. When the light is gone, the world still seems dull and horrible. We cannot walk around blissed out all the time (not yet, anyway), and we return to our normal frame of mind when the experience has faded. That is because the mystic experience of illumination is only the beginning, and just a beacon to guide you on to the goal...it's a trail of candy, leading you to the gates of heaven itself. Now, the physical sensation of illumination is one of the head filled with golden light. You are still a mind locked within that head, though, and like most of us confined within the body. There is a change that takes place in some mystics' lives, where we suddenly are aware of our soul and realize what it is--something aside from the mind altogether! This realization is called enlightenment in the east, cosmic consciousness in the west...it is an actual trancension of self. The physical experience is as if the top of the head is gone, and the 'self' is elsewhere looking in on the mind at work. I know that sounds bizarre, but the enlightened mind is one that exists beyond the physical form in a way that render pain and suffering meaningless. Yes, we still feel pain, and wish to avoid it...but it simply doesn't affect our 'self,' which is no longer concerned with such things. (more) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Zoom Rabbit Posted April 16, 2001 Share Posted April 16, 2001 By now everyone thinks I'm crazy. Ha-hah! H-ha-hah--! *(Looks around.)* Now, a person who finds salvation (in christianity, or--frankly--any one of the other religions) will become enlightened upon death. They are taken to heaven by God, where they exist as a soul in heaven. The mystic in this state of mind while alive simply has made the change from indentifying his 'self' as the living mind to his soul proper, which is actually in heaven with God. Such a person is not easily touched by the world's evils and suffering, having one foot dipped in the waters of paradise, as it were. And it doesn't stop there. There is further transcension of self, where the 'self' ultimately disappears into God Himself, and the mind and ego exist just to interact with the rest of the world. This is true bliss...further description of this state is meangingless. The teachings of Buddha deal primarily with this sphere of consciousness, and it is taught that to attempt to describe this is to lead one away from what the experience is like. *Phew!* There we go. Darth SlapNutz, I've just done my best to show you firsthand how a personal relationship with God can help you rise completely above the pain and suffering of this muddy little world. In the process, I've also convinced everyone here that I'm 100% insane, so I hope it's advice that ultimately benefits you... Note: of all the religions, I objectively judge christianity to have the most effective path to God. As a mystic who rejected religion, then found truth in all of them after finding God, the efficacy of the love of God is my testament and affirmation. Vive la resistance! And happy Easter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyan Farlander Posted April 16, 2001 Share Posted April 16, 2001 Originally posted by DragonT: I don't necessarily think that those words were moronic. I think that the emotions expressed by DarthSlapnutz have been shared with everyone alive long enough to feel a full range of emotions. I agree, but that's not why they are stupid. [This message has been edited by Keyan Farlander (edited April 16, 2001).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Zoom Rabbit Posted April 16, 2001 Share Posted April 16, 2001 Darth SlapNutz expressed himself honestly, if bluntly. For having the courage to speak up for what he believes, he is already a winner. Remember that Jesus considered Thomas just as worthy of saving, and ultimately proved his divinity to him as well. Obviously, the man who questions his beliefs is to be saved as well. ------------------ 'What's up is clearly defined as the opposite of what is down, in this case being the strongest source of local gravity...failing that, in space, what's up is opposite the direction of accelerative G-force--or what I'm targeting with these laser cannon. Die, b*tch!' --Official forum space terrorist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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