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Am I a Pantheist?

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                                                                                        Ayo.  Am I a pantheist? NO.  And I was NEVER a pantheist. Pantheism is the belief that the universe envisioned as a whole is God, and that there is no God besides the combined forces, laws, and substance contained in our existing universe. I believe in an Almighty God who created the entire universe, who sits or stands above everything else, and who will personally judge us.  You will never find a pantheist among those who prefer mainstream church groups like I do. You may, however, find some pantheists among some Buddhist or Hindu groups, and many pantheists among neopagan and Unitarian Universalist groups. I am monotheist but reject common monotheism. That's because p...

Most Evil People?

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                                                                       As  you probably know, every list of the most evil or worst people in history features Adolf Hitler. Often number one worst. Sometimes a couple leaders of Hitler's NSDAP party, such as Heinrich Himmler and Herman Goering are also included.  Yes, the majority on such lists had nothing to do with Hitler or so-called Nazis. HOWEVER, a thousand different people can qualify as most evil or worst. Yet we never hear about most of them. In stark contrast, in just one day, if you surf the web, read the city newspaper, or watch television long enough, you'll probably come across a mention of Hitler, Nazis, or what most call the Holocaust. And that's 365 days a year.  And for Mr. Hitler to have done what they say he did, he would have n...

True Equality

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                                                                                Real talk. There is TRUE equality, aaaaaannd....... FALSE equality. That is, forcing the idea of equalness upon ways we are very unequal.   Now I believe  that every human possesses a spirit of equal value inside them. This includes black, brown, red, white, and yellow. Female and male. Speaking Arabic, Chinese, English, Hindi, Russian, Spanish, or unable to speak.  Rich and famous movie stars and poor people nobody knows.  Very short, very tall, and numerous other differences.  Also, that this ubiquitous equality never changes.  My  belief can be compared to the imago Dei or image of God concept. But I ignore all other conclusions one can draw from that notion. I ONLY...

Real Texas Chainsaw Massacres

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                                                                      The movie  Texas Chainsaw Massacre first came out in 1974.  As of this post, it was followed by eight other films, the last in 2022.  In them, a patriotic White American family kidnaps, tortures, terrorizes, mutilates, murders, and cannibalizes unsuspecting passers through. Texas Chainsaw was originally marketed as based on a true story. But due to our computer information age, Internet research can quickly refute such falsehood. People still try to stupidly compare their main character Leatherface with Ed Gein, though there is almost no resemblance.  P lease prevent children from watching such movies. And if you are underage, please don't watch them. For mature adults, t his film series  properly teaches how degenerate h...

The Early Church & Spiritual Gifts

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                                      "These signs shall  [future tense] follow them that believe; In My name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover." Mark 16:17-18 KJV.   These follow-ing signs were to confirm the Gospel word (Mark 16:20). Again, all future tense. Then the tremendous outpouring of the Holy Spirit, with His gifts, in Acts Chapter 2. Peter explained that this is that prophes-ied by Joel in Joel 2:28-30.    That is,   it was needed. Otherwise, the Way of Christ would likely be totally rejected as it was brand new and appeared to contradict the status quo.  There was another outpouring, on the Gentiles (Acts 10:44-48) to show that they too were accepted, and to expand the Kingdo...

Truth About World Religions

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                                                                      1) Commonly Accepted Data:  Here's a rough estimate of common statistics on Earth's people who do or do not adhere to various religions:    Christianity 32%,  Islam 25%, Hinduism 15%, Buddhism 5%, Nonreligious 19%, and Other 4%.  I see myself in the other category.  Some break it down further between Protestants and Catholics, Shia and Sunni Muslims, Judaism, Chinese folk religions, Zen, tribal, liberals and conservatives, and so forth. Regardless, it only indicates what TRADITION one does or does not likely adhere to, NOT the full person or their convictions.   2) Definitions:  A  religion does NOT require  belief in or worship of a God or gods. It does not even require belief in the superna...

Unique Take on Stars

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I consider the mind or a mind-like aspect to be ubiquitous (ever-pervading) throughout reality. This includes entities like stars being intelligent beings with a modicum of free will. That is, panpsychism. It comes from the Greek words pan (everything) and psych (soul or mind). See my video titled Could the Sun be Alive? OR Ancient Notion of Panpsychism. This view is not unique.   For instance, Gregory L. Matloff from New York's College of Technology's physics department concluded that panpsychism might emerge from philosophy to become a subdivision of observational astrophysics. That is, become an observational science.  And o utside of the dubious spacetime theory,  I subscribe wholesale to the established principles of electromagnetic, gravitational, and nuclear forces, and all principles of chemical reactions and particular behaviors of various elements, heat, motion, and kinetic energy, and their impact on star formation and so-called stellar evolution.   ...