Is Religion a Scam?

[Rock_Happy]

I haven’t seen anything about the end of the world being on May 21st. Who’s putting it out? I would be interested to see what they’re saying.

But no, I don’t think the world is going to end on May 21st or on December 21, 2012 for that matter.

Jesus said even he did not know when the end of the world was, that it was known only to the Father. But he did promise it would be like a thief in the night, i.e., unexpectedly when no one is looking for it.

I think the whole point of the End of Days is to live each day as if we expected to die very soon and then to leave the “when” up to God.

For each of us personally, our lives can completely change in an instant. I have lunch every Friday with a former Marine buddy, who is now blind, and his right arm is useless. That happened to him in a matter of seconds. We all know this intellectually. How many of us live as if we truly understand it? I could do a better job at that.

 

[Charlemagne_II]

Elizabeth

As Blaise Pascal said:

We should live each day as if we had only eight hours left to live.

Or as the Marines would say:

Semper Fidelis (Always Faithful)

Or the U.S. coast Guard:

*Semper Paratus * (Always Ready)

 

[Rock_Happy]

Elizabeth

As Blaise Pascal said:

We should live each day as if we had only eight hours left to live.

Or as the Marines would say:

Semper Fidelis (Always Faithful)

Or the U.S. coast Guard:

*Semper Paratus * (Always Ready)

I am somewhat familiar with one of those. Piccie of my back attached.

 

[ElizabethCorbel]

Just an obvious FYI–it’s after May 21st and we’re still here!

 

[tonyrey]

I think you’re reading too far into “ants”. I don’t mean to say if we were like ants, I mean to say if the world were like an ant farm and god was it’s keeper.

If you’ve never owned an ant farm, the premise is simple. You put together a construct to store the ants (the earth), then you put the ants in the construct (us), and then you watch to see what happens. You generally don’t interact with the ants except to bring them water (rain) and food (vegetation/animals).

It would be more logical to reject the idea of God altogether if you regard adversity as a reason for rejecting the value of life…