Archive for the ‘Faith’ Category

First, what is the millennium? Our English word comes from the Latin words, mille, meaning thousand. It is translated from the Greek word, chilias, meaning a thousand, and annus, meaning year. Thus, we have a thousand years.
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Religion for me has been a bewildering and reluctant adversary. For the longest time religion meant belief in some strangers prescription for salvation. As one matures and questions their life and the role of religion in it, certain sticking points become clear. Why so many different perceptions of religion? Why so many different versions of religion? Why so much mutual exclusivity of the various religion doctrines? Belief in one religion shouldn't automatically exclude an individual from believing or practicing in another. That's ridiculous. The different and varying threads in the spirituality of religion have far more in common then their proponents would care to admit to. It's almost as if their saying that you must believe in everything that I say. No picking and choosing, just believe in all, or else your out. And it's not just the zealots, it seems to be a persuasive thread among most religions.
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In the 1970s Erich Von Daniken wrote the books Chariots of the gods and Gold of the gods and a few others. These books made the claim that UFOs brought life to Earth and directed civilization over a period of hundreds of years.
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Christians are often criticized for saying that Jesus is the only way to heaven. This criticism is unjust because every religion and philosophy makes exclusive truth claims.
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Teaching about a future rapture consumes many books, sermons and bits of space on the internet. We've all seen the signs and mock videos of literally millions of people being transported off in the clouds, leaving buses, planes and trains empty and colliding with havoc all over the place.
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I predict that people will some day invest as much time going within as they do living 'out' here.
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To grow spiritually in a world defined by power, money, and influence is a Herculean task. Modern conveniences such as electronic equipments, gadgets, and tools as well as entertainment through television, magazines, and the web have predisposed us to confine our attention mostly to physical needs and wants.
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Everyone would like to cash in on the big jackpot of internet instant success. Everyone also wants to earn and make fast, free money online. However, is this realistic? You will find many offers and programs on the web that say do this and make 5 figures a month in no time. The problem is that it only does this for the person selling the product or plan to you. Scams are definitely an important concern in this area.owever, we do making a living off of the web and doing very well at it. Allen Gardiner has made a very good living off of. He even has website which a leader of information and advice. He started small and built it up. His accountant saw his earnings and was so intrigued that he asked Gardiner how to do it. Gardiner told him to use SBI (Site Build It!) and he did and was very successful with it. Even teens make money online. Nora Envoy made a website about Angular and she now complains that she is bored. The reality for most people that try the get rich quick schemes or jump into the Internet without a plan is that they often fail miserably. Often they have spent a lot of time and money and have had little return for their efforts.
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According to some scientists, religions are a form of superstition. But then again, some scientists believe that consciousness itself is an illusion and everything can be explained by interactions between chemicals and particles. On one level, religion may have developed in the same way superstitions developed. Once you make the assumption that there is an invisible connection between one thing and another, it opens a whole new world of possibilities.
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Are we living in the end times? Is Armageddon upon us? If God's two witnesses came proclaiming the message that we were in the final seven years of our present day world, would anyone listen?
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