Karen Armstrong is a great religious author from Britain and one book she penned was The History of God and she wrote on sentence that struck me, and I will never forget it... She stated that a religion must evolve to continue to exist. Like I said she wrote the book The History of God which traces the Abrahamic God from inception to current day from a subjective perspective and at a detailed level with comparison, great book, but I digress, but think of God in society today with that sentence I mentioned in perspective...
Something has to give right? My nephew told me yesterday that he did not believe in God, and I told him you just need to believe what you need to in order to be the best human being you can. I gave examples of helping people whenever you can and just being a "good person", if God is not in that equation then so be it. I also mentioned that He can be a part of his life if he wants him to be and he had no confusion on his face, he knew exactly what I was saying... it made sense to him. The funny part is that children can take that logic but adults can't. This proves that children, not just your own, can teach you things... big things like the realization that conversation had on me.
So that comes back to my sentence I mentioned early that hit me like a brick. The Abrahamic religion, especially forms of Christianity in the West, are not evolving anymore. Really after Y2K and thousands upon thousands of preachers/pastors were wrong and the world did not end I think is when society's subconscious saying wait what happened??...
So what about 2012 huh? Yeah I know took a dramatic turn but I will tie it together... really, I promise... Anyone on this planet has to wonder why so many oracle/prophecies all over the world point to one date. The Mayans, The I-Ching, Merlin (the real one), Nostradamus, and many more.
Is there correlation around the current unstable conditions of the Abrahamic Faiths related to this date because of the lack of evolution? Our society has evolved so much over the last 20-30 years that a religious revolution of sorts must happen again or the God of Abraham will lose followers of all 3 branches, and maybe 2012 is the time of the branch? So technically the world would cease to be as we know it today... Is that the end of the world all these oracle/prophecies mean? Maybe... I do not know... just throwing ideas out there to make you think...
Last time that the Abrahamic Faiths faced this issue a very influential Prophet showed up, maybe you have heard of him?? Mohammad right a bell?? That was the last branch of the Abrahamic Faith, Islam. I am not Muslim but I hold all the Prophets of all faiths in high regard for the good they have done for humanity, with no intention of religion being the number one killer of civilized humans, if they would have seen that I doubt they would have ever spoke, but that is another topic.
Personally, I hope I am in this birth to see the fourth branch of the Abrahamic Faith because I think it will be even more dramatic than comparing Christian to Muslim eschatology, and it will be interesting to see where humanity will be in the end... Things will change, a lot, and the sad thing is... it is completely irreverent... and I am sure blood will be spilled like all branching has causes in the faith, which will not be good, and will be pointless too. Are we starting to get it?...
Thought of the day:
Make your own decisions on what you believe religiously and do not be afraid to go against the grain if you feel led to. If it does not harm you or anyone else there is nothing wrong with it and they can just deal.
-automachi
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