She typed this:
"One of the first things I experienced once I was “out” of my body was seeing myself as I used to be, in former lives. Yeah, I know. Reincarnation is real. The purpose of it is that you need to have a variety of experiences, as different people in different circumstances, in order to achieve well-rounded growth. Think about it: if you believe that God is all-loving, you will acknowledge that it’s not fair that some people in this life are “privileged” and some have to suffer so. The concept of “heaven or hell” and “judgment day” in Western culture is really more or less just to make people behave. If everyone knew that they’d just move on to another experience, rather than be banished to hell if they do something that doesn’t follow a rule, they wouldn’t be as compelled to do what’s right."
That's seriously interesting! I think religions are good for some things, such as inspiring actors that don't cause harm and doing what's so-called "right", it's kind of like a tool. Hm...it's very difficult for me to explain,but I guess I'll speak bluntly for a second. What I'm going to say comes from the feeling I get from "some" people in religion.
Not all people who are religious or religious nutjobs! Yes, there are some. Some people who are religious actually have their own mind outside of that religion, which is some kind of interesting beyond it.
You see, in the past I use to go to a Baptist church. But claiming a religion just isn't for me. I'm not atheist as I believe in a Creator (I don't feel it's necessary to capitalize that either lol but I do for the sake of others). If I were to say I believe in God, it would be a different idea of the one that others believe. In a way, it is something personal to me (my relationship with this being) in the way that this being is interpreted to me. I do not believe in this god that everyone makes to be hateful and seeking revenge on humankind. I do find a few stories in the bible to be interesting. But to me, that's all they are.
I don't think people are wrong for believing them. I do find them funny. But it's the same thing with people who believe in dragons. I don't think they're wrong for believing in them, I think it's funny though. I do believe there may have been certain people who experienced certain things and they became stories in the bible (be in through some kind of spiritual journey or whatever), but the fact is that bible has been changed so much, I find it difficult to believe. To me, the bible should be something that doesn't need to be changed, as it's events placed in it based on a person's personal experience and (I would hope) written by that person.
When an account of one's personal life is changed (they change the information) it makes me uncertain. For history, something like this is understandable, as I understand that some information may be incorrect or there's some new finding. But if these are first-hand encounters, and written as they were, I would hope there wouldn't need to be any changes.
For example, imagine if I write that I woke up, had an apple, then went to bed. Now imagine I take that information and rewrite it and say: "I woke up, had a pear, went to the store, spoke to so and so. blah blah blah and took a nap", I would wonder "which is true!?" Even the information as been changed. Imagine that happening multiple times.After years of this, you can see how my simple message would've been changed.
However, I do understand if people like the moral principles of it. That's cool. I don't care. But I can't tolerate people who want to shove their religion down my throat lol
Anyways, this is way beyond the point. I'm thinking now that obviously religion exist for a reason. I wonder if it's for souls who may feel compelled to steer on a previous path, but they look to religion for guidance. It's like, a guidance structure. Some people don't need it. Some people just use it as a tool. And some people may even like the idea of just having it around. Either way, it exist for some reason. It helps people, regardless of what religion it is. But, I wonder if for younger souls (I actually read there aren't any new NEW souls being created. I have no idea if that's true :/) who are just getting the hang of living on Earth.
Thanks to that lady's post! If it wasn't for her I wouldn't have considered that.
Mon
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