Altif Brown said: August 26, 2010 5:31 pm PST
1) Does "A" God exist? Yes, Does the Christian God exist. Probably not. Personally I believe that each religion has come to certain truths however, they have came to much more falsehoods. Islam, Buddhism, Judaism, etc have been in existence before Christianity was even heard off. This does not necessarily grant them greater wisdom but it has given them a longer time to sort out the nonsense. Just like languages differ between cultures to say the same concepts, religion is no differnt. The Greeks needed their twelve gods to convey their messages, the animistic nations need hundreds, and Christians need one. God is broken up into Many forms to speak to differnt cultures in differnt ways to ultimately bring about the same concepts. But like language, things all too often get lost is translation.Â
2) I believe that we are here to make the most of life. God in my opinion is not very active in our lives. By doing so we govern ourselves and our true nature becomes apparent. If God put us all on this planet to worship him then it is a very pompous being and overly vain; which is against the teachings of the bible, Qu'ran, the Book of the dead, Sanskrit, etc. Ultimately, we are here to transcend material possessions and reach a higher level of understanding about ourselves and humankind as a whole.Â
3) When we die... I believe that however we lived our life dreaming the after will be, will be. For example... If I lived my life believing in heaven/hell then when I die those concepts will be applied. If you believe in reincarnation then you will be reincarnated, and so forth. Basically... Our mind will confine our soul into the afterlife that it has convinced itself would take place... It's a concept I came up with and I feel it solves religious issues and brings more peace between cultures. It stops the bickering lolÂ