do you think other religions should be allowed in the u.s. army?

Was continuing the sarcastic tone I was the one who was not obvious enough

 

of course I think they should let all religions in,why only allow christian, is it because its what most of the population believes. Who are we to say which religion is right. Why deny letting others fight for our country because they dont believe the same beliefs. Thats rediculous



let one,let all in this case

 

haha, good times man. shit...gotta love the internet, eh?

 

its not contradiction its in how its interpreted

I read one interpretation that explain that the conflicts symbolize what one must go through when seeking peace, even if it means breaking ties with family or friends. To become enlightened (if you think that Jesus was enlightened) is to change your view of reality, and like jesus says at the beginning of thomas, "Those who seek should not stop seeking until they find. When they find, they will be disturbed. When they are disturbed, they will marvel, and will reign over all."

I also found

I guess if youre a strict Christian, you could infer that at the time, believing in Jesus would cause pain and turmoil. THe peace that he brought was peace of the father kingdom, not of this world. Thus being with Jesus caused pain to you in this world, but would bring peace in heaven.

 

If the army becomes all christian then I really hope I can leave the country soon.

 

I see in the paper that group sex is now legal in Canada. That might negate the climatic problem.

 

here in the u.s., we kiss and don't tell... am unsure what your comment has to do with an all christian army???

 

This is something I have never understood.

It SHOULD be an oxy moron- a Christian Soldier...

What happened to Thou Shalt not Kill?

or is it ok as long as you ask for forgiveness and put some money in that plate come sunday

 

Yeah I made the same comment, to me it is an oxy moron, I can;t understand how Bush can be soooo born again and propose the policies he does.

 

Another part of the O.T.
"To everything there is a season,
A time for every purpose under heaven:
2 A time to be born,
And a time to die;
A time to plant,
And a time to pluck what is planted;
...........
8 A time to love,
And a time to hate;
A time of war,
And a time of peace."

 

Dont think you have to worry about that, we have our fourth convert to islam now in iraq... : ) A few thousands left, thats all (hey, the Gulf war railed in approx 3000 thousand converts)

 

Islam is the fasted growing religion...

Too bad it's not in the area of the sufis, which is the only sect that is true to the spirit of allah, all the other sects got thier head up thier ass... SUFIS ALL THE WAY, HEY HEY HEY, every face is the face of allah! Another way of saying it is all one cosmic consciousness, the sufis get the cosmic joke.

 

If you know your ancient texts (or can read Hebrew) you know that the original commandment did not say "Thou Shalt Not Kill" it read "Thou Shalt Not Murder". "Kill" was a mistranslation. The Hebrew texts upon which the Old Testament was based explicitly noted that killing is often necessary, in cases of self-defense, for example. It was Constantine who approved the final draft of the Old Testament we use today after it was edited by 1000 bishops and other clergy at the Nicene Conventions of 325AD. Amazing, isn't it? The emporer of the Roman Empire, responsible for genocide mass rape, theft of entire cultures and slavery, became the first Pope and decided that killing was OK but murder wasn't.

The irony...

 

Reference to post above mine - off thread - sorry

 

What group do you belong to? Proposers of pantheism? Krishna movement perhaps?

 

I belong to all groups and all religions, I am Hitler and Christ, I am all form across all space and time, in all universes, in all planes of reality.

I am the one conciousness, IN ME there is no seperation.

You are me.

I find myself inhabiting a small collection of particles known as Eric or the Ganja Prince, it is the star of the movie I am watching, the ego that I must destroy to fully realize who I am. I look upon all my other forms, and see myself... I'm lost in a dream just beginning to wake up in this moment...

the here and now...

The sufis dance in the garden of allah, trying to realize ME through thier devotional love!

 

Come forward, be recognized and bear witness to the wonder that is the GanjaPrince...

And don't bogart that...

 

Hehehe, he is just there to laugh at with compassion of course... he's a joke. I hope he is destroyed, I pray from his total destruction, burning away so only I AM, like in RAJA YOGA, total anniliation of the ego... much easier said and done... it doesn't want to die. And the worst trap is thinking it's dead when it's still there, an ego trip of course..


When it is destroyed, you can have it back from a new persepetive, like the realized being such as Buddha, Chirst, Neem Karoli Baba, thier egos were play things for them... Christ even sacraficed his ego at the Christ, god's idea of a cosmic joke... We love the drama, us souls. Unbearable compassion.

 

As a stranger in a strange land – Thou art God as am I

 

Guys, your will exists within and is restrained by God's will. Although there is no measurable distance/ barrier between anyone and God, you are not the same being.