Friday, August 04, 2006

"UNSOLICITED PRAYER AND HELL"

NOTE: Capital letters are for emphasis. not “YELLING!”

MANY “ENLIGHTENED AND ASCENDED” NEW AGE FOLLOWERS DO NOT BELIEVE IN PRAYER FOR ANYONE UNLESS THEY ASK FOR IT...THEY SAY THAT THIS IS A VIOLATION OF THE LAW OF FREE WILL BECAUSE OF THE POWERFRUL AFFECT OF PSI-POWER. (SEE MY PREVIOUS POST) HOW IS THIS “UNSOLICITED PRAYER” A VIOLATION OF THE LAW OF FREE WILL BUT CONSEQUENCES FOR OUR NEGATIVE CHOICES IN FREE WILL ISN’T? I AM REALLY CONFUSED BY THIS LOGIC.

EVIDENTLY NEW AGE PHILOSOPHY TEACHES THAT ALL WILL BE SAVED EVENTUALLY BY BEING RECYCLED (RE-INCARNATION) UNTIL WE "ASCEND" AND "GET IT RIGHT." THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE IS PURE LOVE AND THEREFORE THE CONCEPT OF RETRIBUTION AND PUNISHMENT DOES NOT FIT THEIR CONCEPT OF GOD. THEY SAY… HOW COULD A “LOVING GOD” CONDEMN HIS CREATION TO HELL? THE QUESTION IS A “FRUIT” OF EGO NO DIFFERENT THAN WHEN SATAN TOLD EVE…”SURELY YOU WILL NOT DIE.” (IF SHE ATE THE APPLE!)

THEREFORE…THERE IS NO RETRIBUTION, NO PUNISHMENT, NO HELL, AND NO SATAN...ONLY GOD'S FORGIVING LOVE. GOD IS INDEED “UNCONDITIONAL LOVE” WHICH IS REVEALED IN THE LAW OF FREE WILL, HOWEVER…I ALSO BELIEVE GOD IS A GOD OF JUSTICE AS WELL. I SUGGEST THAT GOD’S LOVE WITHOUT JUSTICE IS WISHFUL THINKING GENERATED BY HUMAN EGO.

THE SCRIPTURES CERTAINLY DO NOT SUPPORT THE “ONE” OUTCOME OF FREE WILL EITHER, NO MATTER WHAT PEOPLE CHOOSE. MANY TEACH THAT THERE IS NO “HELL” IN THE BIBLE. THEY SAY THAT GEHENNA AND HADES BOTH REFER TO THE GRAVE…ANOTHER WORDS…JUST PHYSICAL DEATH. THE SIMPLE “GOSPEL” TRUTH IS THAT EVEN IF GEHENNA AND HADES ARE INDEED REFERENCES TO JUST THE GRAVE, “PHYSICAL DEATH”…. HOW DO EXPLAIN THE FOLLOWING SCRIPTURE?………..

John 5:28,29: Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

If the grave is hell and is all the damnation mankind receives, why raise them out of the grave for the: resurrection of damnation if they are already in the place of damnation? Simple logic proves again that it cannot be the grave. (JVIM) ASSUMING GEHENNA AND HADES REFER TO PHYSICAL DEATH AND THE GRAVE…THERE ARE STILL SOME 132 SCRIPTURES THAT REFER TO SOME KIND OF EVENT AFTER THE GRAVE THAT IS “BEYOND PHYSICAL DEATH. (SEE SCRIPTURES AT END OF POST FOR SOME OF THEM)

PERSONALLY…I DO NOT BELIEVE GOD SENDS ANYONE TO “HELL.” HE ALLOWED THE EXISTENCE OF HELL AS A PLACE FOR SATAN AND HIS FOL.LOWERS SINCE “THEY” REJECTED GOD. HUMANS WERE NEVER MEANT TO GO THERE..EVER…THIS IS WHY HE INCARNATED AS JESUS THE CHRIST TO PAY THE PRICE OF TRANSGRESSION SO WE DON’T HAVE TO! BECAUSE OF THE LAW OF FREE WILL, I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN REJECT GOD AND THEREFORE “WE OURSELVES” CHOOSE HELL…SEPARATION FROM OUR CREATOR. THAT IS FREE WILL! WE ARE NOT SENT….WE CHOOSE!

ACTUALLY....."FREE WILL" WITHOUT CONSEQUENCES OF OUR CHOICES WHETHER NOW OR FUTURE IS NOT "FREE" AT ALL! IF I WANT TO REBEL AGAINST GOD (HIS GIFT TO ME...TOTAL FREE WILL) AND HE KEEPS RECYCLING ME UNTIL I YELL "UNCLE". EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THAT IS "LOVE" AND NOT FORCED CONSEQUENCE AS THOUGH I AM A MERE PUPPIT? AT THIS POINT IN MY SCIENTIFIC SPIRITUALITY, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT RETRIBUTION FOR CHOICES MADE UNDER FREE WILL ARE A NECESSARY PART OF THAT FREE WILL. DON’T TELL ME THAT SEXUAL PREDATORS WHO DESTROY CHILDREN’S LIVES AND OTHERS WHO MAKE “EVIL” CHOICES WILL KEEP GETTING "RECYCLED" UNTIL THEY "SEE …THE LIGHT." SORRY...I DON'T BY IT. IT IS RIDICULOUSLY ILLOGICAL. GOD DID NOT MAKE ME A “PUPPET.”

I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR "ALL" NEW AGERS.......

"WHAT PART OF THE LAW OF FREE WILL DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND?"

THERE IS AN OLD CLICHÉ’ THAT SEEMS ILLOGICAL IN ITSELF BUT ALL KNOW ITS' MEANING AND IT FITS NEW AGE PHILOSOPHY TO A "T"............

"YOU WANT YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT TOO!" (ONCE YOU EAT IT...IT'S GONE!)

PAX….THE DOUBTING THOMAS

PS:

SCRIPTURE LIST ON REFERENCES TO “HELL” EVEN THOUGH NOT STATED AS “HELL” PER SE……IF THERE IS NO “HELL”…PLEASE DON’T ATTEMPT TO DISTORT HOLY SCRIPTURE TO PROVE IT! THE ONLY WAY I WOULD REJECT “HELL” IS TO REJECT THE ENTIRE BIBLE ITSELF!

MATTHEW 3:12, 13:42, 25:41,46 / MARK 3:29 / JOHN 3:36, 5:28-29 / 2 THESSALONIANS 1:8-9 / HEBREWS 6:6,8 , 9:27 / 2 PETER 2:9 / JUDE 7, 23 / REVELATION 14:11, 21:8
NOTE: ALL OF THESE SCRIPTURES DESCRIBE HELL AND PUNISHMENT BUT NONE MENTION HELL! THIS DOES NOT MEAN THERE IS NO “HELL”, QUITE THE CONTRARY..THEY VERIFY IT!