Ai_Took_Our_Jobs wrote Yesterday at 9:36pm:
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A large chuck of these wars are because of organised religion,
rather than skin colour.
Thank god, in the age of Aquarius, organised religion will wane.
Remove religious wars, cities will be under less stress.
I'm thinking of that scene in the Star Wars - A New Hope (Episode IV) movie...
"...this R2 unit has a bad motivator...."
MOVING ON......I remember....one explanation [which i came across], of the word, religion....went....
As individuals, how we live our life [i.e. our own collected, and 'burned on' value system],
is the 'religion', which we follow/embrace.
We are all, 'believers'.
e.g.
#2religion = =
1 the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods. a particular system of faith and worship.
2 a pursuit or interest followed with devotion.As per.....
Romans 6:16
Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey,
his servants ye are to whom ye obey;
whether of sin unto death,
or of obedience unto righteousness?
Psalms 146:8
The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind:
the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down:
the LORD loveth the righteous:
We all have an ability, to choose.
THINK ABOUT IT....
e.g.
A robber......will choose [is choosing] to use violence, to steal....
because, because, because...
he/she has already justified what he is doing [...or is about to do].
Otherwise, he would have 'stepped back', and said......
"I can't do that !"
Every day of our life, we make choices.
And what we choose.......is in a real sense, our religion.
Yadda said somewhere....
Quote:
We ourselves, are the 'gatekeepers' of our hearts.
We choose which spirits we allow [invite] into our hearts.
And nobody [and no spirit] can compel us, to join with them.
And no spirit can compel us to do what is evil.
No one compels us, to choose the evil.
When we choose the evil, we ourselves are choosing it.