QatariLady: "What's the best way to deal with the death? Suppose there was a Paradise after death, how can we get there?"
Suppose I believe in paradise - my own version of paradise - not dictated by any religion, I could get there by behaving the way I do now. By treating people with respect and basically following the common sense of the 10 commandments. See, I strongly believe in following the 10 commandments. Not because they were given to us on some mountain, not because I've been told to. In fact, it doesn't take a braniac to come up with them. If we would refer to the 10 commandments as "common sense", it wouldn't have that religious and spiritual ring to it and religious leaders couldn't claim ownership of them. That's why they dubbed them just that; the 10 commandments.
Furthermore, you later on give the answer that "God exists because God says so". Wrong. God exists because MAN says so. I played along with your theory on paradise. Now, if you will, play along with the following theory. If todays major religions had not been so aggresive as they were, and the religions of the past HAD been aggressive, wouldn't it be a plausible scenario that Islam and Christianity wouldn't exist today. If so, wouldn't that mean the religions of the new "today" would have been completely different? Example: If, say the American Indians had invaded Europe, and colonized it, wouldn't all Euorpeans being doing the rain dance today and laugh at that "ridiculous" idea of Jesus. Just as "we" now laugh at the rain dance? If the Vikings had continued their plunder and raping, wouldn't it be possible that the entire middle east would have believed in Odin and Thor?
See, dear QatariLady. The history books are written by the winners - not the losers. But that doesn't prove they're right - just proves that they, well, WON. Nothing more, nothing less.
If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough...
QatariLady: "What's the best way to deal with the death? Suppose there was a Paradise after death, how can we get there?"
Suppose I believe in paradise - my own version of paradise - not dictated by any religion, I could get there by behaving the way I do now. By treating people with respect and basically following the common sense of the 10 commandments. See, I strongly believe in following the 10 commandments. Not because they were given to us on some mountain, not because I've been told to. In fact, it doesn't take a braniac to come up with them. If we would refer to the 10 commandments as "common sense", it wouldn't have that religious and spiritual ring to it and religious leaders couldn't claim ownership of them. That's why they dubbed them just that; the 10 commandments.
Furthermore, you later on give the answer that "God exists because God says so". Wrong. God exists because MAN says so. I played along with your theory on paradise. Now, if you will, play along with the following theory. If todays major religions had not been so aggresive as they were, and the religions of the past HAD been aggressive, wouldn't it be a plausible scenario that Islam and Christianity wouldn't exist today. If so, wouldn't that mean the religions of the new "today" would have been completely different? Example: If, say the American Indians had invaded Europe, and colonized it, wouldn't all Euorpeans being doing the rain dance today and laugh at that "ridiculous" idea of Jesus. Just as "we" now laugh at the rain dance? If the Vikings had continued their plunder and raping, wouldn't it be possible that the entire middle east would have believed in Odin and Thor?
See, dear QatariLady. The history books are written by the winners - not the losers. But that doesn't prove they're right - just proves that they, well, WON. Nothing more, nothing less.
If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough...