High School Football Team Asked About World Affairs

Recently a high school football team was asked on the field after practice what they thought of the Culture Clash between Christians and Muslems. One Muslem on the football team said; What Culture Clash? In fact another said; We like Mohammed. Another said with a smile; Yah, I’d like to kick his butt, but he is too big. We continued by asking the team about such things as;

  • Terrorism
  • Racism
  • Political disputes
  • Corruption
  • Unequal distribution of economical resources
  • World political disputes
  • Complete poverty elimination around the globe

Now here are some of the comments that the High School Football Team came up with;

  1. Terrorism; Kill all terrorists and remove all regimes of nation-states who sponsor them.
  2. Racism; Foster strength of character in the individuals of all races so they have high self-esteem and do not care if someone degrades their race, they just laugh. Deal with it they said.
  3. Political disputes; Work hard to solve political disputes, try not to prevent political impasse, solve all other political disputes through war and total annihilation, preventing others from considering the option of political impasse in the future. (I am paraphrasing here a bit, this question took a while to understand their thoughts).
  4. Corruption; Allow for and expect human characteristics to exist where humans are involved. If that is not worth risking remove humans for AI Computer decision making, remove humans from leadership process. (very insightful, again, this took a while for them to think this one through as a group).
  5. Unequal distribution of economical resources; Explain to folks that they need to participate in their civilization and tell them the story of the planting, baking, harvesting of the bread. Tell populations to get off their butts and work and stop expecting a handout.
  6. World political disputes; Stop all religions and then see if that works first. (Mohammed laughed and so did some others, so they might have been kidding us on this one).
  7. Complete poverty elimination around the globe; Tell people that if their nation cannot perform and provide for their own people, then tell the people to stop reproducing like rats. (wow, this kids are hardcore, typical football players I guess?)

You can see that these problems can be solved by such easy and simple solutions. However, I am sure you reading this article perhaps disagree with some of this, so I was wondering what you can offer our group today in relative solutions? Maybe you have other ideas on Economic Development, Micro-Loans, Water Supply, Energy, education, roads, agriculutral training, anti-terrorist criminal guerrilla techniques, etc.

So, please help us, tell us what you would do. I certainly hope this article is of interest and that is has propelled thought. The goal is simple; to help you in your quest to be the best in 2007. I thank you for reading my many articles on diverse subjects, which interest you.

Christianity and Other Religions

THE RESPONDEES TO THE FIRST 3 INTERNET QUESTIONS COME FROM 3 CHRISTIAN WEBSITES.

1st Internet Question: WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE PURPOSE OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS?

THE RESPONDEES ARE REALLY DIVIDED OVER WHETHER THE PURPOSE OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IS TO BE A GUIDE ON HOW WE SHOULD LIVE SO THAT WE WILL HAVE SOME LAW AND ORDER WITHIN OUR SOCIETY, OR THAT IT POINTS TO THE FACT THAT WE CAN’T OBEY THIS PERFECT LAW SO THAT WE WOULD NEED SOME OUTSIDE HELP AND FOR CHRISTIANS THIS OUTSIDE HELP COMES IN THE PERSON OF JESUS CHRIST. WHAT DO YOU THINK?

1) Corbin adds: Duet 11-14 might tend to contradict the latter answer when it states that the law is easy to follow, but I feel one has to realize that our understanding of God’s morality has increased over time, and the understanding that the Israelis had of the commandments during the time of Duet. differs from our understanding today. Duet at the time looked at the outward meaning of the commandments, whereas today our understanding is much more internal.

WHAT IS A CHRISTIAN

To answer the question, one has to begin with what one can actually see, and that is man himself. Now, within man (in the generic sense which includes women) one can see a selfish core that seems to be inherited. Christians call this original sin (Gen. 3, Rom.5:12, Rom 6:23, IJohn I:8, Rom 3:23, and IJohn 5:17). And man has to be cognizant of this fact and the fact that he needs help in following God’s perfect law – The Ten Commandments – (IJohn I:9-10, Ex. 20:I-17, and Duet. 5:6-21). A more spiritual way in looking at this is that assuming God to be perfect (Math 5:48 and Psalm I8:30), “How can a perfect being ever mix with an imperfect being to help the latter become obedient to the Perfect being’s law?”.

The only way that this relationship could be brought back together again, that is where perfection could be united with imperfection, is that the better state has to take the lead, since it is the stronger suit that is needed in initiating such a unification (ICor. 13:10, and John 4:19)

Christians believe that God did this in the person of Jesus Christ (John 3:16). They believe that Jesus came down to earth, mingled with humanity for awhile, sacrificed Himself for it on the cross, and returned to His original state (Perfection as part of the Trinity or God in relationship) through the resurrection (Romans 5:15) In other words, Jesus Christ, who is also God (John I:1-2, I4 and I7 and John 12:44-45) divested Himself of everything on the cross, which included all His power, all His possessions including all His clothes, and His life because of our separation from God or Perfection, and then was raised up (Math 28, Mark 16, Luke 24, John 20&21, ICor. 15). To put it another way, He became pure imperfection for us on the cross before becoming Perfection once again (Romans 4:25).

Another way in looking at this is that those who are dependent upon and confess or admit this separation with this outside source, and believe in these activities of Jesus Christ (Christians) are now wrapped up in a state of Perfection, just like a Christmas package, to seal in our own imperfection (Romans 10:9 and 5:9-10). Not that we become perfect, but when God looks at His believers, all that He can see is the impenetrable outside wrapping, Jesus Christ, which in effect, is really like God looking into a mirror at Himself.

And we, as believers, though remaining imperfect ourselves, but perfect inside Christ, grow, love more, and respond in more beneficent ways as our whole being is more and more immersed by this wrapping expanding and seeping into our hearts.

In other words, our actions are determined by how much of His presence we have of Him within ourselves, and from this, love expands and there is a greater presence of the Kingdom of God here on earth.

And the best way of bringing this presence of Him about here on earth is by praising Him individually, or better yet, in a group which is called the Church.

2nd Internet Question: WHAT IS A CHRISTIAN? AND THE RESPONSES TO CORBIN’S DEFINITION OF A CHRISTIAN WRITTEN ABOVE.

1) Hugh says: I think a Christian is more like a tootsie roll pop. The red coating completely covers the gooey black stuff.

2) Jim says: A Christian is someone who puts their own wishes aside and follows Christ despite the world view. He who picks up the cross and walks alongside Jesus gains much more than world knowledge.

3) Robert says: A Christian is someone who imitates Christ. And a Perfect Being really has no choice but to accept an imperfect being.

4) Noel says: Love and forgiveness must be unconditional whether you’re perfect or imperfect. Personally, I believe a perfect Being can accept an imperfect being and much more. Would not a perfect Being be able to love perfectly and unconditionally? After all, that’s what love is all about, accepting imperfections.

3rd Internet Question: ARE THERE UNCONSCIOUS CHRISTIANS?

1) Thomas says: In my opinion, no. A person may be as close to a saint as you can be on earth, but if they don’t believe in Jesus as a savior, then I don’t think they can be considered a Christian. There are many religions in the world that have moral standards of right and wrong, and helping others in need, just as Christianity does, but this doesn’t make them Christian.

2) John says: Some non-Christians act more Christ-like than many Christians.

3) Michael says: Within Christianity there is an inclusive tradition which has been clearly expressed by the Jesuit Karl Rahner who used the phrase “anonymous Christians”. Without compromising what we believe to be true or being apologetic about our faith, it is an act of humility, a recognition of our own limitations and God’s greatness, to look beyond the confines of our own family. Although we believe in the unique self-revelation of God in Christ, our understanding of place and time cannot circumscribe God’s universal salvation. For this reason, non-Christian religious traditions must be valid, capable of mediating the saving grace of God, people of faith are within the embrace of God’s grace. and receiving this grace, which we know in Christ, they become “anonymous Christians”.

4) Alice says. One cannot be an unconscious Christian seeing as how a person either believes or doesn’t. But if you mean can a person be Christ-like without being a Christian, then the answer is yes, of course. We are born with a consciousness of right and wrong which may be our soul or a bit of God in us. So, regardless of the religious belief or lack thereof, a person may still be good, loving, and giving. That in essence is Christian though the belief in Jesus as Savior may not be present.

5) Sarah says: Christianity isn’t the only Path to require decent, moral, loving behavior from its followers.

6) Jim says: Let me say first that I think that the the world religions share the same eternal truths. Each of the Founders of the world religions were channels for the same light…same light, different lamps. When we recognize the God-like qualities in a person, we see that light reflected in his spirit which is manifested and released throuhout his or her life.

7) Sam says: There is a book called “One River, Many Wells” written by Mathew Fox. In brief it states that there is god and many wells (belief systems, religions, etc.) that all go to the same source. There is one underground river, but there are many wells connected to that river: e.i. a Jewish well, a Hindu well, an Islem well, a Buddhist well, etc. In other words, there are many wells but one river. To go down a well is to practice tradition, but we would make a grave mistake if we confused the well itself with the flowing waters of the underground river. If you look at your hands, your thumbs, and fingers, they are all individual and independent, but when you look at the whole hand they all come from the same source. Fox quotes from a lot of sources, but the basis of most religions is the same, love, acceptance, finding meaning, and the joy of creation. What I am trying to say is that when maybe people act in a Christ-like way, they are in contact with God, doing the actions according to the universal understanding of what is right and just.

4th Internet Question: WHAT IS THE JEWISH BELIEF AS COMPARED WITH THE CHRISTIAN BELIEF?

From a Jewish website I’ve determined that the Jewish belief is as follows: A Messiah will come at the end of time and will never die, this will be when all the Jews will receive redemption and be united, everybody will recognize this person as the true Messiah, all the dead will be raised up, the 3rd Temple will be built, sacrifices will return, all will be saved, no more sickness and death, and we will all live on this earth in peace forever. Jesus was just an ordinary Jew and not the Messiah becaus he died and his followers killed Jews. Being imperfect had nothing to do with Salvation. God could accept us as we are as long as we ask Him for His forgiveness for our transgressions, and to do this, we don’t need an intercessor.

5th Internet Question: WHAT IS THE MUSLIM BELIEF AS COMPARED WITH THE CHRISTIAN BELIEF?

From a Muslim website I’ve determined that the Muslim belief is as follows: The Black Muslims are not true Muslims because according to the Muslims, Mohammad is supposed to be the last and
greatest prophet that ever lived, but in the Black Muslim religion they recognize a later prophet. The Muslims believe that Jesus was only one of the many prophets that existed before Mohammad. Muslim’s emphasize the oneness of God as the foundation of their religion, and surround this with a number of regulations, such as worshipping Him at appointed times (5 times) a day, giving generously to charity once a year, fasting for 30 days during the month appointed by Him and sometimes many rigid restrictions for women. Muslims also believe that a person’s sin is only between God and that person and that person has to confess that sin before God and ask for forgiveness and promise not to do it again. Muslims do not believe in inherited sin. They only believe in individual sins. There is no Intercessor here. Muslims believe all Muslims will be saved, but some would have to be purified more thouroughly in a purgatory after they die, especially the suicide bombers. Suicide is against the Muslim religion, but if the suicide is for the purpose of defending one’s homeland, this would be different. All
non-Muslims would never be saved, if they heard the Muslim message and rejected it. This is especially true for the Christians,since the Muslims believe Christians worship more than one God.

6th Internet Question: WHAT IS THE HINDU BELIEF AS COMPARED WITH THE CHRISTIAN BELIEF?

From a Hindu website I’ve determined that the Hindu belief is as follows: A Hindu believes that we all have an immortal soul, and that originally we were all perfect, just as God is, and that in some way we lost our purity and became, in effect sinners. Now we should all strive to get this back through meditation and yoga, but this is going to take a long time. In fact, most likely, it will take many lifetimes. This is where reincarnation comes in. We have to improve ourselves a little each lifetime. In other words, when we die our immortal soul enters another body to improve a little bit more, until we reach a point where we can become like God again. Of course, we can always backslide, but eventually we all will find salvation in our own perfection. Now this belief would hold true for Hindus and non-Hindus alike because this belief does not depend on what another person believes.

7th Internet Question: WHAT IS THE BUDDHIST BELIEF AS COMPARED TO THE CHRISTIAN BELIEF?

From a Buddhist website I’ve determined that the Buddhist belief is as follows: The Buddhists feel that their belief is not a religion, but a philosophy, or a way of life. Buddhists believe that God is really an unknowable so why concern yourself about Him. A Buddhist believes that the only time that is important is the present, the here and now, and the future is something that one shouldn’t worry about. Just concern yourself with the present and try to improve yourself at that point of time through meditation and yoga. Take one step at a time and death is only one of those steps. So only concentrate on the step you’re taking at the time. The goal of all this is to eventually reach perfection all on your own. It’s really a focus on your way of life in the present with no concern for your life in the future.

8th Internet Question: WHY DO SOME PEOPLE REJECT A BELIEF IN GOD OR CHRISTIANITY ACCORDING TO SOME RESPONSES FROM SEVERAL CHRISTIAN WEBSITES?

From Sarah
1) What is the use of a God who never appears, or does anything supernatural where people can all see and benefit.
2) What use is a God who watches the sparrows fall and never catches them.
3) Why believe in a supernatural being when sooner or later science will explain everything.
4) How can there be a God when people are suffering, and dying, and evil people are able to do horrible things – shouldn’t a God do something to stop it.
5) People can live good, decent, honest lives without being attached to a religion.
6) You meet an awful lot of so-called “Christians” who are cruel, intolerant, and fear-ridden. Who would want to join them?
7) The three in one idea makes no sense.
8) Wine into blood and bread into flesh sounds like cannibalism.
9) There are so many religions in the world – how can you be sure Christianity is the one.
10) There are so many versions of Christianity – surely if it was real they’d all agree.

From others
1) “Believe in what I believe or you’re going to hell” theory.
2) Blind faith is a turnoff.
3) I have never seen any of the extraordinary events that occurred in the Bible.
4) Biblical contradictions. (seemingly)
5) They never met a Christian or they have met one.

9th Internet Question: WHAT ABOUT DEVELOPING A WORLD RELIGION? SOME RESPONSES FROM 2 CHRISTIAN WEBSITES

1) Albert says: My personal view is that it would cause even more problems. Can you imagine the difficulties of trying to persuade the different faiths that a World Faith would be an advantage to all concerned. Can’t see it happening myself.

2) Corbin says: This would be very difficult to do, especially when two of the religions (Christianity snd Islam) preach exclusivity. But the Bahai Religion is trying to do just that.

3) John Says: Yes, when all mankind has knowledge of who Jesus is, and the followers of Jesus live up to the calling of Jesus, there will be a one World Religion.

10th Internet Question: HOW WOULD LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS AFFECT YOUR FAITH?

In summation, from 2 Christian websites, it seems that all feel it wouldn’t affect one’s faith if it tended to be liberal, whereas if it tended to be more conservative it could. For example, if life were discovered on other planets, would this mean 1) that we should send spaceships on interplanetary missions to convert the aliens, 2) even if we did this, would they have souls, or even be aware of a Supernatural Being, 3) if they would be, would they be fallen creatures like us, or might they have been able to pass their own version of the Adam and Eve test and remained perfect, 4) if not, how would God deal with their Salvation, 5) would they have their own “Jesus/Savior” in the form of their own species, 6) or maybe Jesus covers them too in that maybe an earth-based spirituality would cover them as well and 7) is their spiritual mentality higher or lower than ours, and how would this affect on how we or God would deal with them.

God And World Religion: The Secret Identity Of “God” Exposed, Finally…

You may now have this 10,000 year Old “SECRET” that had been kept away from the general public by the “Power Elite” until now…

Know the truth and set yourself free forever. Suffer no more. Rise and shine. It is your birthright…

You may be worshipping the wrong “God” without knowing it because you were born into a family who belonged to a certain religion, and naturally, you now belong to the same religion and have never questioned their scriptural teachings.

You never questioned their teaching because you’ve been programmed to believe that to do so would be to go against “God” (a supernatural being that supposedly created the universe!) and wrong, a sin for which you would be punished. It is fear that has stopped you from doing so.

So, you have swallowed all their teachings on face value, even though, under normal circumstances, you would not do so.

To show any intelligence by questioning or arguing against their belief could lead to being condemned, alienated and ostracized by your family, friends, and community. We understand. You’re not to be blamed.

There are many organized religions today in the world; the largest being Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism, paganism and animism. Billions of humans belong to and profess faith to them.

Almost all these religions teach belief in a supernatural being, called “God” and have scriptures, articles of faith, and rituals that its members must practice.

Most also have a central location (for example church, temple, mosque, synagogue) where its members assemble to worship their “God” and engage in rituals.

A person who believes in a God is considered religious.

A person who denies the existence of a God is an atheist.

A person who believes God is unknowable is an agnostic.

It may be true that most human beings are living in modern times of high technology, computers, the internet, cell phones, TV and space travel, but their minds are still primitive and undeveloped.

They have no skill in critical analysis and concrete rationality because organized religions have programmed them to always “believe in things” and never to “think or question or analyze things”, and to attribute all that happens in their daily lives to the designs of a God (if it is good) or a devil (if it is bad).

Their mentality and rationality have not matured. Their bodies are present here in the 21st century, but their minds are still stuck 100,000 years in the past. (Thanks to sleek mental programming by organized religions.)

All the worlds’ organized religions have certain things in common:
In order to convert a lot of people, and also to dominate their congregations, they have wittingly and unwittingly employed a formidable strategy.

They have developed their scriptures by combining spirituality with moral systems, rituals, hypnotism, human psychology, psychism, astrology, theology, pre-history, fear, paranoia and fatalism.

That is why they have so much power and influence over billions of people.

One religion in particular, Christianity, was able to spread like wild fire because wherever they went in the undeveloped world, they bribed the people by building roads, schools and hospital for them.

By so doing, it was easy for them to disarm their rationality and convert them.

As for Islam (the so called religion of “peace”), instead of bribing its converts with modern amenities, it used murder.

They spread because, if you refused to believe in their teaching, they would cut off your head! And their converts were smart. They converted to save their heads!

Spirituality: This is the science of being aware that leads to the realization of your inner, unseen, nature and your relationship to nature on the outside. This is not the same as religion, even though most people mistake the two as the same.

Moral system: This is a social teaching that establishes what is right or wrong in a given society, for the benefit of the inhabitants, in order to maintain law and order and the survival of the society. It has nothing to do with spirituality.

So, one may not be moral, and yet he/she can become spiritual because spirituality transcends morality (right and wrong).

Actually, the ultimate meaning of a true spiritual being is one who has gone beyond right and wrong (morality), body and mind, and the world (materiality). It is the “Beyond”.

This is the reason why human beings have consistently misunderstood spirituality and the spiritual teachings of enlightened beings, and have always abused spiritual teachings.

Hypnotism: This is the art of using repetition to program somebody’s mind to displace his/her rationality and compel him/her to do things against his/her wishes. This is what organized religions do.

They make you go to the church, mosque, temple and synagogue where they preach to you and repeat their sermons endlessly. By so doing, they hypnotize you and make you unable to use your rational mind.

Actually, their hypnotism is also direct, because they tell you directly that you must believe their scripture (have faith) and you can’t doubt it because it is the “word” of their “God”.

So, their hypnotism and mental programming are both direct (must have faith, no questioning or thinking) and indirect (rituals, preaching and worshiping).

We’re behaving in a mad way. The world is mad. Most Christian nations of the world in Europe, America and Russia have atomic and nuclear bombs that they target at one another.

Any day, a mistake can cause them to be set off and the world will be engulfed in a nuclear conflagration. Such mistakes, of a near nuclear attack based on a false alarm, have actually happened a few times before.

If a future nuclear war is not set off due to human error or a computer glitch, then it will be set off by all the mad and evil people running around in the world.

With the world wallowing and over flowing with so many weapons, wars, quarrels among nations, racism, ethnicism, hate, evil, scams, crimes, moral depravity, prostitution, drug abuse, domestic problems, economic woes and poverty, where in the world is organized religions working and producing good citizens?

Islam says that it is a “religion of peace” and yet Islamic fundamentalists roam the world throwing bombs and murdering innocent citizens that have not caused them any trouble.

In the Middle East, Palestinians are sending their 14 year olds as suicide bombers to murder Jews. This is a despicable atrocity.

Using 14 year old innocent children as suicide bombers should be considered a crime against humanity. What has UN done about this? Why is there no international condemnation and outrage against this atrocity?

Israel claims that Palestinian lands belong to them because their “God”, Jehovah, gave it to their patriarch, “Abraham”, thousands of years ago.

But “Abraham” is not a historical personality. Does anyone has any verifiable proof that Abraham was a historical figure?

And their “God”, also known as “El” (from where the name “Isra-EL” is derived) or “Jehovah”, was an ancient astronaut from out of space whose race colonized earth about 500,000 years ago. He was also known by other names: “Nanna” or “Poisedon”.

“El” was also known as “Enlil” and he was the father of Jehovah, who was also known as “Nanna” or Poisedon.

They are not “God” the creator of the universe. They were ancient astronauts!

SHOCKING detailed information about this “God” has been exposed in an important and powerful report: “Introduction To TMT Science And Technology”, and you may download it FREE at the website listed in the author’s resource box at the end of this article.

And where is Jehovah anyway? Why is he so silent for decades while his children murder each other for the sake of a piece of empty desert land?

If he gave Palestinian lands to the Jews, why doesn’t he come down from wherever he lives and proclaim that to us today? Is he not omnipresent, omniscient and omnipotent anymore?

And if his children have been worshipping him for thousands of years and his representatives (the rabbis, scribes, priests, bishops and popes who claim to know him and have direct access to him) have been calling on him, why is he so silent then? Is he deaf?

Iran and North Korea continue with efforts to develop nuclear warheads.

Some of them have bought nuclear weapons from Pakistan and Russia.

Nobody knows if North Korea is bluffing or not, but they have been making threats to America.

India and Pakistan have nuclear warheads aimed at each other, waiting for any provocation to push the button.

Also, India and Pakistan used to be one country, and are the cradle of the greatest civilizations and religions in the world: Hinduism and Buddhism.

Instead of spending money to develop India and Pakistan, their governments squander it by stockpiling nuclear weapons that can decimate their countries, while hundreds of millions of their people have no modern amenities, jobs, electricity, running water, good roads, clothes, education or food.

Can you see the madness of politicians?

The world is fast rushing towards a nuclear annihilation. It may be triggered by error or conscious action of evil people.

And unless it happens, we humans will not wake up and our madness will not stop.

One day, will Americans wake up in the morning only to have nuclear weapons raining down on them? By then it is too late….

So, where is the religious teaching and how is it working anywhere with so many disputes, quarrels and wars: Arabs vs. Jews; Chinese vs. Japanese; China vs. Taiwan; Blacks vs. Whites; Communism vs. Democracy; Christianity vs. Islam and Judaism vs. Christianity.

The world is mad. We need to clean it up and start all over. If we don’t, we’ll all end up in a nuclear war that will wipe out billions of people and make our planet uninhabitable for thousands of years.

It has happened before and it may happen again. Unless we all wake up and come back to our senses.

During the next 10 yrs, there may be a lot of natural disasters hitting our planet and millions of people may perish. Many major economies may collapse. Diseases will be widespread.

It may have already begun, with the tsunami that just hit Southeast Asia recently, which have claimed hundreds of thousands of lives.

Please feel free to print this article, publish it anywhere or e-mail it to your friends and colleagues.

Have a happy new year and live long and prosper.

Warmly,

I-key Benney

What I Want to Say About True Religion Jeans Wholesale

Today, everywhere you go, you will see people, male or female, old or young, wearing jeans. Indeed, jeans have grown more and more popular since the first pair was come out. In newspapers and magazines or on TV, you often come across such ads as “Buy these jeans they are cheap.”

There are so many kinds of jeans for you to choose. So it is not easy to choose a fit pair of jeans. I think a pair of true religion jeans is a good choice. Here is what I want to say about the jeans: True Religion Jeans made their debut in Los Angeles, California in 2002 and began creating only jeans. Today they offer a full line of not only jeans, but sweatshirts, shoes, jackets, blazers, t-shirts, and other accessories. A characteristic of this brand of jeans is the Hiragana character ‘hi’, this is the Japanese syllabary pronounced as ‘hee’.

Words used to describe True Religion Jeans are; “Hippie”, “Chic”, “Timeless”, and “Bohemian”. There is such a large concern with the quality of products produced for True Religion, there is even a section on the company website that explains about faked products and what to look for. True Religion offers jeans for men, women, and children in various styles. Men’s pants are in bootcut, flared legs, skinny jeans, straight legged pants, or corduroy material. These jeans are crafted from denim that spans a wide range of hues, as well as varying looks of wear. Most of these jeans look like they’ve already been accepted and broken in for a comfortable fit. Any of these jeans, no matter what the material is, look great with a pair of tennis shoes or boots.

But the jeans’ price have a little higher than other jeans, what Cheap True Religion Jeans we will buy in the future. I think online wholesale shopping is a good choice. Now, there are so many websites like this. In the websites, we can find true religion jeans wholesale are much cheaper than we buy in single. In addition, the large number of people who have bought the jeans will give credible information to you.

In these websites, we not only can see true religion jeans wholesale, we also can find other wholesale goods, such as china wholesale handbags, whole sunglasses. The prices are more than one could wish for and new products are being added on a regular basis. For china wholesale handbags, although Chinese manufacturers of cheap handbags are not recognized as the finest and standards-holding organizations in the world. But it is indisputable that almost all importers of handbags are hunting in the wholesale contracts from the relevant Chinese people. Therefore, it may be several reasons the Chinese are cheap handbags, cheap leather and other leather related items then in vogue. I believe the wholesale websites will have a great development in the future, not only jeans wholesale, but also a variety kinds of things.This is the trend that I want to see.

God’s Chosen Religion – The Religion He Intended for Us

Jesus is the truth and the light. The Buddha was the middle path through the light and darkness. Mohammed was the key to obtaining transportation into heaven. Vishnu was the avatar who would return some day to save us all? But wait a second? Which one is telling the truth? Are they all liars? Are they all right?…..hmm I wonder.

Common facts of religion.

Religion has been around for many years. And believe it or not, most religions have a lot more in common than you think. Horus the Egyptian sun god was reportedly born 30,000 years BC. He was killed and resurrected. The Buddha was born more than 500 years BC. He was born to royal blood. His birth was phrophsized. His people wanted him to become a great warrior, yet instead he chose the most peaceful of lives. The Buddha also renounced the dominant religion of “Hinduism” and abolished the caste system and created a new philosophy based off of Hinduism. (Christianity was based off Judaism)

If this story reminds you of Jesus you wouldn’t be the only one. Actually, the Christian Bible, and the cross symbol surround by a circle is a Pagan symbol. If you look at the cold hard facts, all religions contain remnants of some other older religion. There is no denying it. Everything that is created is inspired by something older. Its human nature. The Hindu god “Vishnu” is also rumored to one day come back as an “Avatar” in human form to save us all. Sounds a lot like Jesus? Or maybe Jesus sounds a lot like Vishnu? Vishnu was mentioned thousands of years earlier in history……

Or perhaps reincarnation does exist? I mean, with all of these similarities it does make sense right? But, then again there is no way of FULLY disproving or proving any religious claim. The Earth has been here for millions of years, yet Religion has only been around for thousands. At the end of the day, how can we TRULY know which religion is true, or if any of them are? There is no point in trying to argue over something so vague.

The evils of Religion…….

Money, sex, politics, and war. What do they all have in common? Religion! Especially between Muslims and Christians. The most flamboyant of all religions. Many Muslim tribes are actually so extreme that they will behead you for not being Muslim. While Christian pastors/priest make millions of dollars convincing people that they actually know what happens when you die. How do they know? Because it was written in the Bible. And how do we know what is written in the Bible is true? Because God says so. yeah……….real convincing. The Bible and any religious text sounds a lot more like human writing than Godly words. Or does god even speak words at all? What language? There are actually Christian organizations that raise millions of dollars to plan trips to other countries to convert them. Imagine being a Buddhist your entire life, and a Christian comes to your home and says, ” Your religion is completely bogus, even though it is much older than Christianity. The only way your soul wont burn in hell is to accept that Jesus is your savior…..even though we’re not sure he actually exists……..”.

Now lets reverse that. Imagine a Buddhist man going to a Christian house and trying to convert them to Buddhism. haha. Now that’s comedy! A Buddhist evangelical. How many wars have been fought in the name of Buddha anyway? Religion reminds me of George Bush. Its ego centric, over-funded, illiterate, lack education, and goes to war often. Even though I do not affiliate myself with any one religion, it really ticks me off when someone tells another person that their religion is completely bogus. I know I’m picking on Christian’s a bit right now, but they are the most notorious. Manifest Destiny, forced conversion of Native American’s and Filipinos, the millions of dollars invested in it, and the overall “business” of Christianity make it an easy target for this discussion. But, I am well aware that all religious types have good and bad within it.

The Fine points of religion………

Contrary to what you may think about me. I love all of the many religions of the world. The Book of Eclesiastes from the Bible is full of great wisdom. So are the parables that The Buddha taught to the world. Vishnu also taught us that God is not around us, but within us all. All of the worlds great religions taught us that we are very small in comparison to the universe. They also taught us basic morals such as avoiding immoral actions such as theft and rape. (Take note Catholics,…lol. Sorry that was a bad joke). Every religion gives us a glimpse into a culture of people. Early Christians came from the same land as Jews and Muslims. Hinduism started in India, which actually isn’t too far from Israel. Each religion is embedded with Culture. In my opinion, Religion is more about culture, and less about facts. Religions were made by a certain group of people who tried to understand God the best way they knew how. The Early Greeks could not understand what lightening was. So the Story of Zues came to be. Because these religions are so old, there is no way we can know what actually happened during the times they were written in. But, through research, you can see the obvious connections and influences in the various religions. Whether God inspired these religions or not, human “opinion” was definitely involved in all religions.

Native Americans, Universalism, and my personal opinions….

In my opinion, the Native Americans were probably some of the most open-minded people when it came to spirituality. They didn’t know if God was a man, or an Eagle, or the Sun itself. All they knew, is that humans were pretty weak when compared to mother nature. To them, God was everything. (Similar to Japanese Shinto). God was the rain, the sun, the Eagle that showed them where water was. Wisdom wasn’t something that spoke to them and told them to write a book. Wisdom was something that couldn’t be spoken, to them wisdom has to be shown and realized. In my opinion, God is something that cannot be understood. I do not believe we got here by ourselves. Yet, I do not believe God is some bearded man sitting in heaven listening to our complaints like a counselor. (Damn, he really needs to hire a secretary eh?)

To me, God is a collective consciousness. He has no name. A name that has been long forgotten. God slowly created man. And man slowly created religion. Religion is a reflection of the imperfections of man.

When a man does not understand something, he rationalizes it, and builds a system around it. I cannot say that any religion doesn’t have truth. All of them contain some truth/wisdom mixed with a lot of personal opinion. Yet, the older a book gets these days, the “Truer” people seem to think it is. To me, in my opinion, God is energy. He is mass, time, space, and energy. He does not speak a language. We communicate with God through intent, emotion, and will. Don’t believe me? You ever met someone, and even though they didn’t speak a word, you knew they were up to no good? Did you get bad “vibes”? To me “Vibes” are the communication words of the universe. Positive or negative intentions can ripple through the universe. One bad action is able to change the world. Just as one good action can influence the life of another for the rest of their lives. We are all one mind, in one reality. Or as the Buddha would say, ” Everything is inter-connected.”

Debunking the “end times”……….

Many people who try to “sell” a Bible to you will often claim the “Revelations” has all of the answers of the Future. It supposedly will tell of what the “end days” will be like. “Brother will turn against brother”, “Nations will fall……..”, “Great natural disasters will occur”…. Sounds scary huh? That alone would convert a lot of people. Some people even claim that Hitlers appearance was foretold in Revelations. But, anyone with an IQ can see quickly beyond this. While I cannot approve or disprove any religion, because I cannot see into the future or the past, I am healthfully skeptical. (skepticism is healthy). These “prophecies” are very vague. Almost like one of those palm readers in a crappy neighborhood. Natural disasters, nations falling, brothers turning against brothers, natural disasters of enormous proportions…….all of these things have been going on for ages and ages. And according to Priests and pastors, the world has been “ending” for quite some time. The men who wrote the Bible were genius. If you make something vague enough, one day (by mathematical probability) the event “could” come true. And the “event” could be interpreted into a thousand different meanings. It’s all so vague For example, “I predict that one day in the future, that one of our presidents will die of a heart attack”. That event may not happen for hundreds of years, but when/if it does happen, people will have thought that I was actually a fortune teller. I have said it many times before. All religions contain many gems of wisdom, but a good intention can quickly turn bad. Religion can give us something to believe in, but it is also a powerful political tool. If you can put a “filter” on your brain, studying the various religions has actually brought me very close to my own personal interpretation of god. My own personal one……..

God is a personal journey…………

People sometimes ask me, “what is your religion?”. I sometimes jokingly say, “Jeet Kune Do.” People are often confused. Jeet Kune Do was created by Bruce Lee. Lee believed that all martial art styles had good points, but none where perfect. They were too concrete, mechanical, and didn’t consider the individual. You have to take what is receptive to yourself. These philosophies are actually derived from “Taoism” (trusting in the “way”, god is a “force” that cannot be understood, only flowed with). To me, a religion (much like a style in martial arts) is great for the beginning of your journey. It gives you a “foundation”. A “general” scope of the universe. To this day I find myself going back and reading my childhood Bible even though I don’t consider myself Christian in the very least. I realized that all religions have some common truth, common lies, and new wisdom.

The same goes with my martial arts background. My background is in Chinese Kung Fu and Kickboxing/western boxing. Those are my “base” styles. Although, I now cross-train with many other stylists to get different perspectives, and now I feel like I have a style that works for “ME” and my journey. I think spirituality and God are much like that. You can call God whatever you want. Jehovah, Vishnu…….but at the end of the day none of us know without a doubt what “God” really is, or even if God wishes to be called “God”. But, I do think humans like to relate to the almighty, so they “personify” God, and give him a human form. Yet, I tend to lean more towards the “Taoist” mentality. God is simply………”The way”. And we must flow towards it. The way is everything that is positive mentally and spiritually. We must find the god that lives in our hearts. God is a collective consciousness. As the Buddha said, “Everything is connected. The animals, the air, our thoughts, all of it affects one another. We are one being on one land”.

Conclusion……..

Religion is something that will be debated for years and years to come. No matter what you believe, I think the most important is that what ever you do believe, it must have a positive impact on your life. Its much like arguing over which exercise gets you in shape better. As long as it gets you fit right? Or how many martial art teachers tell their students that their way(style) is the one and “only” way. People get stuck in this “cult” attitude. And I think this is where religions become harmful. Religions are thousands of years old. Yet the world has been here for millions. There is no way humans can decipher the facts and lies of religion. Whether Jesus comes for the “Rapture”, Vishnu comes back a human, or you are reincarnated in the ways of Buddha, its all meaningless to wait for these events that may or may not ever happen. We are so focused on the “end times”, that we forget about right now! The best thing we can do is live with positive intentions, and spread compassion, wisdom, and light among our fellow brothers and sisters. If you can do this, it wont matter what religion you practice,…….I’m sure God with be impressed. How do I know God exists? Well, it all depends on what you think God is? For some people, he is a man with a beard and testicles in the sky. He looks just like me or you. For others he is simply the rain. For others he is energy, time and space. For others, God is love. For someone else, God is just simply God……….something that cannot be described.

So, before you go trying to convert someone, or belittling someone else’s religion, please consider that your own religion or beliefs are also based on very little fact. Even my believes can be challenged. And I accept that I could be wrong. Yet I refuse to believe in “maybe”. I will not go to war, give up my hard earned money, or become a martyr over something that “could” be true.

Gandhi said it best………

“I am Hindu, I am Buddhist, I am Muslim, I am Christian……….All religions contain truth, but none are necessarily true”