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It has been quite a while since my last post. About two weeks I think. Anyways I decided to post on the topic of hell. Have you ever been told that you will go to hell? If you havent been told that maybe you have been told instead to just go to hell. When you think of hell you probably think of a fire and torment kind of hell. A church called the potters house frequently use this hell representation in their pamhlets. But is the fire and torment hell really well real? Is it the hell all those who deny God will go to?

Fire and Torment hell  Many christians groups believe in the fire and torment hell. After all isent it in the bible? You know the gnashing of teeth and the intense heat. This is the traditional hell of the western world.

Absense of God hell When I heard of this one I was a bit confused. I still am. This hell is one wear God is totally absent. All those who denied him come here. But if these are the ones who didn't believe in God anyway how is this a punishment?

Purgatory Purgatory is a catholic belief. I'm pretty sure it is a place where you go to pay off all your sins. When you have payed them all off you get to go to the place above. You can get there faster if family members pray for you. However if you committed one of the unforgivable sins your well screwed.

Reincarnation Reincarnation is a little different then the rest. It's not exactly a hell. I mean it's living new lives again and again and again. You can come back as anything a dog a horse another human anything. But unless you gain enlightenment you will be stuck in this cycle of forever being reborn. To get out you need to gain enlightenment.

There is no hell hell  Jehovahs witnesses and some other religions don't even believe in a hell. They think if you arent going to heaven or living in the paradise on earth you are just dead. No after life for you.

So which "hell" do you believe in. Why do you believe in it? Have you ever even thought about the different "hells" out there?

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Today I thought I would post on the war on terror. There is a little problem with this war. While I beieve that yes terrorism is wrong and that yes it should be stopped I don't believe a war against a war tactic is really well going to work very well. Terrorism is a war tactic or in different terms a concept. To wage war on a concept is a tricky business. At first I would have just gone on and said it is impossible but I got thinking a bit further. I started thinking about slavery actually. Would it be fair to say that at one point there was a type of war on slavery? There were people who wanted it to end and then people who didn't. Some people probably let their slaves go once they saw truly saw that what they were doing was wrong. Other slaves had to fight for freedom and yet others had their freedom won. Im not trying to use this a perfect example. Slavery is a bit differnt than terrorism. All i'm trying to do with this is get you to see that waging a war on an idea a concept a tactic may not be the only way. We may need to stop waging war on terror and start waging war on what is causing people to be so upset about the west. The west is generally the target of this terrorism. What are we doing that is enraging people and how can it be stopped? Maybe it won't be stopped who knows. Just think a little before mindlessly agreeing that the war on terror will get anything done.

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So I am basically done with my posts for now on religions. I might do a post on scientology at some point down the line and maybe one on christians science but for now no more. My new job at the fast food place is going alright as good as any job at a fast food place can go. I only had 4 or 5 training shifts and the normal training period is 8. So my boss said to me today "You were trained in the shortest amount of time." I worked at another fast food place about a year ago so I had already picked up a bit of how to do things anyways. Yesterday night someone who was just fascinating came into the restaurant. This man was dressed a little awkward. He was wearing sweat pants I think and a jacket with no shirt. He had pill bottles hanging around his neck. He was talking the whole time about fat in fast food, how people need to be taught about responsibilty, how the governent needed to fix things and at one point he said something like "I'm working on two cases at the moment." The guy was friendly enough. He wasent threatening or anything. At one point he asked for the manager (who wasent in the restaurant it was a night shift) so someone grabbed the "team leader". As soon as she came out he was lecturing her and questioning her. She gave him the pamphlet that talks about food facts and that was about it. This man was quite fascinating I love it when I meet people who are different in some way. That's it for today I think. Just thought I would give a little update on what I was up too.

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Here it is finally the third part. This part im just going to have some more general info and maybe a few other things.

Im going to start with who founded this group. Well there are a few different ways that people sometimes spell this name but it's basically the same. His short name was Swami Prabhupada. This particular group was founded in 1966. However roots do trace back a bit further how far is not exactly agreed upon. Some texts that they use or respect are: The Bhagavad-Gita ,Srimad Bhagavatam,Caitanya-carit amrta.

It must be mentioned that this group will respect any religious doctrine to a certain extent.

This group is governed by a Governing Body Council of thirty people from in the movement. When the founder of the group died in 1977 there was a bit of a crisis within the organization. They at the time had no heir and no power structure. Before the leaders death he had appointed 11 gurus but the GBC was in conflict with them. Eventually the uproar died down when it was decided that the majority of the initiating of the gurus would be decided by the GBC.

This group has had it's share of controversies and leaders being jailed. Go to the website http://religiousmovements .lib.virginia.edu/nrms/iskcon.html" title="http://religiousmovements .lib.virginia.edu/nrms/iskcon.html" target="_blank"http://religiousmovements .lib... to read a bit more. Another good website that has a wealth of info on crimes reported about this group is http://www.rickross.com.reference/krishna" title="http://www.rickross.com.reference/krishna" target="_blank"http://www.rickross.com.refer...

To the credit of this group it has on occassion done it's own internal investigations into various instances of crimes however there has been quite a few lawsuits against them.

I thought I would throw in here a few famous people that were Hare Krishnas. George Harrison and John Lennon. I believe the other beatles were into it for awhile but it didn't last for them. In 1969 Harrison became a devotee and released a record of mantras from the group.

In 1973 Harrison bought a manor in somewhere called the Hertford Village of Lectchmore Heath and he gave it to the movment. There have been a few other famous people out there to have been activly involved in this group im sure.

To find more info use your friendly neighborhood google site. And click all the links I have mentioned throughout my three posts. So that's the end of this one.

Any thoughts? Questions? Comments?

 

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Tommorrow or the next day I will be getting to the third post on Hare Krishnas. Is anyone even reading it anyways??? Well the reason I havent got to posting it is two fold...I started a new job (Don't get excited or anything it's just at a fast food place. It is better then the last one that I worked at a year ago though) and I just havent felt like it. So my new job is going pretty well I'm a pretty quick learner for anything so it is quite easy for me to pick up new skills. Soon I hope to be submitting some stuff to wired magazine. I havent started anything yet but I have some ideas. One of my goals this year ok I just made up that goal now but anyways one of my goals this year is too get something published in that magazine. I will post here and let you know if it ever happens. So I continue to read at least 2 books a week draw write and all that fun stuff. I just coulden't live life not learning new things, facts, skills and polishing up on theories and researching. But that's it for now I will be posting again soon to finish up my 3 parter on Hare Krishnas. Oh and a big thank you to pastordave for sending me out that instant therapist. I havent gotten it yet but it will be here eventually.

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