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Post by wsay123000 on Dec 6, 2018 3:38:08 GMT
Man Creates Gods, Man Destroys Gods
Author :Chang Kai-Chi 張開基
www.facebook.com/groups/2260704707486729/Perspective about human faith from the "Pantheon" in Rome to "Cappadocia" in Turkey No matter how well you know about Greek mythology, the chance to see the stars at night, or your interest in Western astrology, the names of the constellations come from the ancient Greek god stories. And ancient Rome inherited from Greek : multi-divine belief. For example, the god Zeus was called " Jupiter " in Rome, until the third century AD. Then the Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity because of political considerations. And before Theodosius I officially became the Christian-- the Roman Empire was always a "multi-gods worshiper" and was very repulsive to other religions. In old times, all kinds of cruel means were used to persecute the pagans, especially Christians, the most seen in many historical records and movies. The famous majestic building, the "Roman Amphitheater", was the place to torture the arrested Christians (regardless of age or gender) who will be dragged to the center of the square and then released to deliberately starving tigers, lions and many other beasts. This act was to entertain all Roman nobles, officials and civilian seeing how Christians were bitten by beasts and became animal food. This led the miserable period before Roman Empire legalized the Christianity belief. The Roman Empire was once glorious, and its territory spanned Europe, Asia and Africa. It reached the present Turkey, Syria, Jordan and other places; Centuries before "The Emperor Constantine", pagans in the Roman Empire were illegally and guilty. They were among the caves of the most famous "Cappadocia" volcanic terrain in Turkey today. It still retains the hidden caves that Christians excavated in order to escape the arrest away from Roman soldiers. It can hide up to 10,000 people. These underground caves are not only well-connected, but also have a wide range of connections: there are 9 floors deep underground, with residences and central kitchens, the churches, combined with grains and clear water storage rooms, plus the tunnel-like mazes. Some of the ramps are more than ten meters long, but they are so narrow that they must bend and walk in order to pass through--the purpose is for Long-term hiding, some parts still retained religious murals from 1 to 2000 years ago. Later, because the mother of "The Emperor Constantine" and many of his generals secretly believed in Christianity, in order to consolidate political power--- "The Emperor Constantine" finally promulgated the "Milan Decree" then Christianity became A legal religion. He himself was also baptized into a Christian before death; after the arrival of Diodosius I officially changed Christianity into Roman Catholicism. And since then, Rome has been the center of faith in Western Christian civilization. . ----------------------------------------------------------------- However, with two special locations and historical data, we could observe most absurd scene of humanity in religious beliefs; Please take a look at the relevant information compiled from the Internet: -------------------------------------------------- --------------- The Pantheon was built in 27 BC to celebrate the victory of the Augustus war of Augustus, but the original temple was destroyed by fire in 80 AD. In the era of Hadrian's Emperor in 120 AD, the Pantheon was reconstructed with the design ideas of Agripa, and the words M•AGRIPPA•L•F•COS•TERTIVM•FECIT were engraved on the mountain flower of the new temple colonnade, meaning "The son of Lucius and the third governor, Marcus Agriba, built the temple." The reconstructed Pantheon added a dome building that was hailed by Michelangelo as "the design of angels." Pan of the Pantheon of Pantheon refers to all, then is the meaning of God, referring to all the gods of Rome (the Pantheon was originally built to sin not be a god). The Pantheon is the most important monument in Rome. It is the only preserved building of the Roman Empire. After eighteen centuries of vicissitudes, the bronze doors and arches are completely intact. Byzantine Emperor Foca gave the Pantheon as a gift to Pope Bonifacio IV in 608, and the latter changed it to a church to worship the Madonna. Because it was taught as the sacred church of the Virgin, it escaped in the cleansing action of the Roman eclipse in the Middle Ages and became the best preserved in the original buildings of the Roman era. The Pantheon was built in 27 BC and rebuilt in 118 AD. In 609, it was renamed the Church of St. Mary the Martyrs. In Year 663, the Byzantine emperor removed the roof tiles. In 1305, the Holy See moved to Avignon. It became a poultry market. And in 1632, the copper of the porch was taken to make the Eucharist in St. Peter's Church. The Pantheon is located in the Roman province of Lazio, Italy. It is also known as the Pantheon and the Pantheon Temple. It is a religious building in ancient Rome and an important architectural achievement in the battlefield. It was founded by the Roman Empire in the 27th century BC. Built in Ba Xing, it was rebuilt by Emperor Adriano in the 120th to 125th AD. Although it has a long history, it still retains original appearance on the copper gate and the arch roof. In 609, the Byzantine emperor dedicated the Pantheon to the Pope Benedict. On the 4th, the Pope Benedict IV converted the Pantheon into a church and changed its name to the Church of the Virgin and the Martyrs (San Maria ad Martyres), dedicated to the Madonna of the Immaculate Conception, and today it became the official name of the Pantheon. . Pantheon - Architectural Style Pantheon in Greek means "all gods", the temple dedicated to the main gods of the universe. The whole building is made of concrete and consists of volcanic ash and tuff near Napoli. It was a considerable construction project at the time. ------------------------------------------------------------------ The Underground City of Cappadocia, Turkey This underground city is the second largest underground city in Cappadocia, with 9 floors, but the tour is only open to the 5th floor, and the building age is no unknown. In the 1st century, Christians avoided the persecution of the Roman army. In the 8th and 9th centuries, Christians retreated from the persecution of the Muslim army. They barely walked between the passages. Gray stone walls and rounded stone walls, although the space is extremely dark and narrow, all kinds of life essential functions such as kitchen, bedroom, storage room, toilet, corral, grave, chapel, and even ventilation and defense facilities are all in place. I was moved by the perseverance of the people who at that time expressed their belief in defending their own beliefs. The cobblestone gate in the dungeon is a defensive facility that blocks the entrance when the enemy invades, preventing the intruder from entering the next level. There is a space around the stone gate, which allows several people to work together to move the stone gate. However, after the stone gate blocks the entrance, the space outside is not enough to stand so many people. The enemy naturally cannot move the stone gate. The round hole in the center of the stone gate is used to shoot the arrow on enemy. Goreme Open Air Museum Goreme means you cannot see here--to make Arabs unable to see Christians hiding in the cave community. Since the beginning of Christianity, this area is the most devout place. At that time, Christians hid in stone caves in order to escape persecution. Later, after the legalization of Christianity, it became a monastery area because it was quiet and secret. There are about 30 cave churches in this area, all built by Christians who avoided Arabs after the 9th century. Now we can see murals in the open chapel, which is a biblical story. The Goreme Open Air Museum, a world heritage site of the United Nations Educational and Educational Organization, is located 1.5 km east of the town of Goreme, and it takes about 40 minutes to walk. The landscape focuses on cave churches and monasteries left over from the 4th to 12th centuries, as well as colored murals in the caves. The underground city of Derinkuyu is eight stories underground and has more than 10 kilometers of passages. There are countless passages and rooms. Delin Kuyou is said to be the largest underground city here. There is a wine cellar and a sheep house on the ground floor. The second floor is a reservoir. It also has a school in the past, and even the remains of the church. The living function is quite complete and there is complete ventilation. Residents here do not live in underground cities, but this is where the East and West meet, the war continues, ancient Christians in order to escape the invasion of Rome, Arabs, build a huge underground city, resisting nephews. The so-called underground city, that is, residents use the characteristics of weathering of volcanic rocks to engrave underground refuge. Underground City, Telling Sad History-- Cappadocia is both a natural wonder, and the human history reveals a faint sorrow. The Roman army and the Muslim forces used force to suppress Christians. Many believers fled to this place; they found that the rock of Cappadocia was very suitable for chiseling, and it was hidden in the rock to escape the pursuit of the Roman army. So they transformed the rock into a home, a church, and even an underground city. It’s no wonder that religious murals are often found in rocks. ---------------------------------------------------------------- The Bible indicates: God created people. When God is angry, he will destroy people (via sky fires and floods). Among them, the most horrible floods, only the Noah family and some animals and plants survived in the world, and others were drowned. But what is the historical fact? The Roman Empire, which originally believed in polytheism, began to do everything possible to eliminate paganism and kill Christians. (So the "Pantheon" was built to please all the gods from Greece then Christians in the east of Turkey had to hide, live in caves and stick to their beliefs). Later, when Diodosius I (379-395) began to define Christianity as the state religion, it was to "destroy the hundred religions and honor God." Then the Romans began to turn around to eradicate paganism other than Christianity, including the original "Greek polytheism" that has always been believed in. Following the burned all kinds of "pagan" temples. Fortunately, these "Pantheons" survived because it was enshrined in the presence of the Virgin although some very important antiquities were still swept away and re-casted into Christianity Relics. After the Ottoman Empire Sultan Mehmet II invaded the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire "Constantinople" in 1453, today's Turkey has become the Arab world. Local people have all been forced to convert into Islam. Under either the Qur'an and Sword oath, led Christians started to hide everywhere. Under such circumstance, the caves in Cappadocia once again played a role in asylum; in two large-scale slaughters, Christians did successfully escape. However, the point is that history clearly tells us people create god, people destroyed god, and then create new gods agian. Therefore, Rome in today is the center of Catholicism in the world--Roman Catholic Church (worships the Virgin Mary) it desperately eliminate paganism, killing heresy, and even set up an "inquisition" when owned the political power historically. Not to mention the scientific discoveries were also regarded as heretics. The most famous ones were Copernicus and Galileo. --- At the same time, it is also the most shameful "hunting witch action" in history. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Then, the vast majority of the people who believe in Christianity in Turkey now have 90% Islam conversion and less than 10% in Christianity plus other religions; Is Religion or Religious Belief Forever? Look at the more ancient Egypt, what do they originally believe in today? Greece, which also believes in many gods, now believes in "Greek Orthodoxy". Are the many gods they originally believed in nowadays? And Rome is not the same? People created God. And in the torrent of time, they began to destroy the old gods, kill those who refuse to believe in the new god. Further changing into other gods belief, they destroy the present God and killed a lot of "hard-cores" who don't change. Therefore, Protagonist is the Human. About God----just a Cheap Tool for Mankind. Note 1: It is not known when Constantinus I Magnus (272-337) began to believe in Christianity. The most common saying is that on the eve of the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, Constantine saw the cross-like flame on the sky and the words: "This is a sign of defeating enemies." No matter how or when Constantine became a Christian, he was always keen on the development of Christianity. One of his earliest actions was the promulgation of the Milan Decree, according to which Christianity became a legal, free religion. The decree also required the return of the property of the Christian Church that was confiscated during the previous persecution period, stipulating that Sunday is Worship day. Note 2: I have been to the "Pantheon" in Rome and the "Cappadocia" in Turkey, especially "Cappadocia". I also specially "knee-bend walking" into the maze-like underground passages.
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Post by wsay123000 on Dec 6, 2018 3:38:40 GMT
Exorcism? Religious big scam!
Author :Chang Kai-Chi 張開基
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Both Catholicism and Christianity have "exorcists". The Catholic Church must be officially assigned by the Vatican Holy See. Naturally, only priest or bishop who completed "Exorcism Course" then could serve, including the Pope. Christianity does not have such a strict requirements. Because Christianity does not organized from many sects. Even one of the sects agrees with other, but they are not affiliated with each other, likeas the "Elders of Taiwan" (one of the Catholic organizations in Taiwan) . The churches scatter around Taiwan are almost independent-- therefore, there is no formal "exorcism school” in Taiwan and the "exorcism" ceremony or technique” is only transmitted like Master and disciple relationship. There is a very strange phenomenon: the "devil possession" event and the "exorcism" demand usually do not occur in the period of war, but in the period of the peaceful period--this is a bit unusual. Is it possible "Satan" (including devils and ghosts) afraid of the weapon so they hide? Of course not!............... Because as long as there is war, the people will have more belief demanding, regardless of any religion. However, once the world is peaceful, believing ones will highly reduce. This is basic human nature, very realistic and real. Therefore, whenever the peaceful period extends, the number of people entering the church will be significantly reduced, the amount of donation will be greatly diminishing and the crisis of the Holy See seems increasing. Under such moment, various ways of reinforcing God's faith will be exerted. One of the propaganda methods is the adoption of "intimidation" as a means will be speculated in a timely manner, such as "exorcism"! Is devil scary? A lot of people will be afraid of the devil! In particular, "Satan", known as the King of Hell, or "Lucifer", the king of the ghost king, even God can't bring him to the local Fa-rectification. Somehow "ghost possessions" are all over the world. Apart from mental illness, there are always scientifically unsolvable. Therefore, various religions including the most primitive witchcraft beliefs have exorcism ceremony traditions. It is very important that we can't be blinded by the ostrich mentality for these facts, also don't get controlled by nonsense cheating. According to the "Exorcism" record from the Holy See that has lasted for more than a thousand years (because many were classified as confidential, not what most people can see); therefore, it can only be judged from what has been exposed; It is said that was nothing wrong with the great demon, even if it has nothing to do with "Satan", or even to prove the existence of "Satan". If you want to describe the "devil" in these "exorcism" examples as " Satan, then it’s just a matter of looking down on Satan. It’s a deliberately fictional character. At most, it’s just a clown! If you have seen the film of "The Archmage" (which was adapted from an example of the United States), how can such a small trick be a "Satan"? Is it too small to watch the legendary King of Hell? To put it simply; those were not "Satan". Even if it's true, it's just a few little devils. If you don't know what you are facing, you are likely to fail the "exorcising". And it could hurt the suffering people. There is a film "Exorcism" based on facts, describing a priest who was unable to get orthodox medical treatment for a young female patient, and eventually died of malnutrition. The court ruled that the priest was guilty. As for the priest who first carried out the "exorcism" in the movie "The Great Master", the reason was that the "devil" was too powerful. The priest failed to defeat then died. This is what the Holy See advocate: the horror of the "magic"--only believes in the power of God to defeat the devil. However, I can tell you the truth; the priest might be completely unaware of what he was facing? Because of excessive fear, simply scared himself! "Fear of unknowing and ignorance" is more terrible and fatal than any “devil." Similarly, in the "Exorcism" movie, the priest is also confused about the situation. He did not know what he was facing and overestimated the other party. Therefore, he use the wrong method and even killed the innocent believer, led himself into jail. We could highly suspect whenever the Holy See finds that believers and devotions are reducing, and there is a crisis of faith, then it is desperately to proclaim the power and love of God, via adopting the reverse propaganda technique just in time; using Satan To emphasize the needs to believe in God. Therefore, the case of "exorcism" will suddenly increase and openly declare a formal "exorcism" course necessity, and even a role-playing "devil possession" drama will also be playing. Beginning in the Middle Ages, some people who were poor and convinced that the Holy See may be snatched into the protagonist (if the parties had some strange physical and mental illnesses, it was more suitable). They would be required to swear and strictly confidential, and promised the money remuneration of the world and the guarantee of going to heaven after death. With some secret training, suddenly this person was possessed by "Satan" overnight - then regional priests followed up with "exorcism", usually unsuccessful , then the bishops, even higher red Bishops would continue to play the same games ------------- this kind of drama sometimes lasts for a few months or even longer than a year. Of course, in the end, "devil" was bound to be expelled. God will certainly defeat the devil. However, this role playing by "Satan's possession" was definitely very tragic. Under such long-term distortions; health was difficult to get recovered. What is even worse was that the success of "exorcism” might accompany the patient passed away then nobody knew it was success or not because everything was a masterpiece of "Satan". The following latest news reveal the truth: since ancient times, those events that had been claimed to be "Satan" to possess, no one can prove to be the "Satan". Recommend If the priests and bishops can't explore in depth, and he also feel terrified, then don't just go to "exorcism". Or it could harm both parties—you and others. For the Holy See; one way hype "Devil possession" and the opening of the "Exorcism Course" may barely enforce the faith. If insisting to proceed it, the "Devil possession" drama needs to be more carefully planned, and more modern technology might get involved so could create super incredible horror effects through outstanding magicians. P.S. The demand for exorcism is soaring [Joint Newspaper compilation by reporter: Zhuang Yujia] 2010.11.14 02:19 am The New York Times reported that the demand for exorcism has soared since American Catholic Church recently does not own sufficient priests who will exorcise. To this end, the church met in Baltimore from 12 to 13 to discuss how to allow more priests and bishops to learn to exorcise, and to allow the Catholic Church, which has suffered from the loss of believers and sexual abuse of children, to establish the status of "communicating with angels and demons" so could appeal with more believers. The exorcism ceremony in the Hollywood film "The Great Master" was thrilling. In fact, the exorcism is more popular in Europe, Africa and Central/South America. In the past, not too many Americans believe this, so there are not sufficient American priests will exorcise. But the exorcism requests from church have recently increased dramatically. Papuroki, the bishop of Springfield, Ill., pointed, "Not all people who think they need exorcism really need to exorcise." Only those who are possessed by evil spirits need to use exorcism rituals. But such cases are rare. Before the church holds an exorcism ceremony, the believer must first be identified by a physician to confirm that there is no physical or mental illness. Paproki pointed out that there are several signs of being possessed by evil spirits, such as speaking a language that has not been learned, a great strength, a fierce reaction to the name of the Father or holy water, very little sleep, poor appetite, and non-stop chewing or scratching, etc. The "Exorcism Conference" was attended by 66 priests and 56 bishops. The reaction was so enthusiastic that Paproki was quite surprised. The "Exorcism" is almost as old as the Catholic history. In the New Testament, there is a story of Jesus removed the evil spirits from the believers. The Catholic teachings also recorded the exorcism rituals. The real exorcism ritual is not as horrible and bloody as the movie "The Archmage" describes. The priests who have been trained in professional exorcism, only the holy water and the cross, admire the prayers of the possessed person, and change the scriptures at any time depending on the reaction of the evil spirits. Apobye, professor of religious history at the University of Notre Dame, pointed out that one of the reasons why the American church suddenly focused on exorcism was to restore some of the things that have recently been lost, and to let the church regain its "supernatural" status different from other organizations, telling the outside world that "we and Angels deal with the devil."
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Post by wsay123000 on Dec 6, 2018 3:39:03 GMT
Philosophic words: Faith and Judgment
Author :Chang Kai-Chi 張開基
www.facebook.com/groups/2260704707486729/Nietzsche said: "Faith is to give up the facts!" Since ancient times, all religions have emphasized a firm belief, and even regarded "believe in conviction" as an absolute commandment and a manifestation of piety. Some religions even use "belief" as a criterion for reward and punishment. Believer will have an eternal life, unbeliever will be in in hell!" (Note 1. Christianity and Catholicism were officially taught in China after the Ming and Qing Dynasties, all Chinese before did not believe in God before that. Chinese People don't have to go to hell before these religions were introduced, why do they have to go to hell after these religions were introduced? For those unbelievers.) In the later years, emperor Wu of the Han dynasty hired a lot of Taoist alchemist, in order to developer some elixir. Finally, these alchemists declared that the elixir was ready and claimed that people could live forever without dead after ate the elixir. One minister,named Dongfang shuo, snatched the elixirs and ate them. Emperor Wu was so angry and want to kill Dongfang. Dongfang calmly replied to the emperor: “If these elixirs are true, then even you can’t make me dead, otherwise, these elixirs are just a fake.” Emperor Wu was so smart and immediately he understood the logic. He released Dongfang. If you didn't ask why, if you don't know the details, you can easily believe it. Otherwise it is superstition or blind faith. No matter in daily life or religion, you can't say "Don't ask why, be believe it first." This saying is 100% fooling/cheating method. Judaism was created by Moses while leading the Jewish nation to escape from Egypt. Because there is no direct inheritance relationship with the Egyptian sun religion, the "doomsday trial" he advocated was directly stolen from Egypt. The ancient Egyptians believed that the soul was immortal. After the trial, the innocent people can get eternal life. They think that preserving the flesh body is to prepare for the rebirth in the future. Therefore, it is not only the body and the internal organs of the Pharaoh that are made into mummies to be properly preserved. As long as the economic situation is feasible, most families will preserver the deceased into a mummy and wait for the day of rebirth. Moses saw that all the mummies in Egypt had never been resurrected, so he delayed the trial day indefinitely. Judaism believed that the so-called doomsday trial, when the day comes, God will come to the world again. All the innocents will climb out of the grave, get eternal life and go to heaven, and sinners will go to hell. (Note 2: The Jewish people left the original Palestinians because of famine, entered Egypt to make a living, and later became slaves. Their status was low, been abused, they worked very hard. Moses led the tribes to flee from Egypt and wandered for a long time. "Promised Land" and "Zionan Rejuvenation" concept were used to appease the people. "Redemption" to encourage the people, and "the final judgment" to warn the people. However, Moses's promised land, restoration, and redemption are all designed for the Jewish nation. This religious characteristic of slavery that suffered from the ruin of the country was originally unreasonable. However, later Judaism evolved into Christianity and Catholicism, but it is strange to sell this doctrine to the whole world. Because other nations do not have to be a slave, and they do not need to recover their country to regain the freedom.) Later Christianity and Catholicism inherited this "doomsday trial". Even the end of the world was set at the beginning of the millennium. However, it has passed two millenniums, during such a long-time of 2000 years, God, did not come again. The end day did not happen, there was no big trial, and the dead did not resurrect. How many years more do we need wait? Should we wait for an endless end? If the trial is not immediately, but in an indefinite future, is that kind of trial still righteous? Who can guarantee the authenticity of the "doomsday trial"? If counting from the Egypt era, the Egyptians have waited for more than 6,000 years, and so far there is no sign. Again, don’t ask why, just believe it first! Faith is to give up the facts! Correct! Blind faith will make people always turn a blind eye to the truth!
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Post by wsay123000 on Dec 6, 2018 3:39:47 GMT
God’s baroque ticket 01
Author :Chang Kai-Chi 張開基
www.facebook.com/groups/2260704707486729/Judaism, Catholicism, and Christianity emphasize "the redemption of God," that in the judgment of the last day, these good suffering people will be redeemed. However for more than three thousand years, the so-called "redemption" has never come. The late justice is not justice, and the late redemption is not redemption! For example, at 9 o'clock in the morning, there was a child who accidentally fell into a pond that was enough to make people die. He was crying for help. The situation was quite critical, but there was only one farmer passing nearby. This farmer is young and strong, and he is good at swimming. He clearly has the ability to save the drowning boy. However, he did not immediately go to the rescue. Instead, he said to the little boy in the water: "Wait, Wait, I am busy going to the field to weed, probably at noon to finish, and when I come back, I promise to save you! Never lie to you, you have confidence in me, so don't yell again! “.After the farmer said that he went to the farm directly and didn’t look at the boy any more. Of course, this is impossible. However, the so-called Redemption of God has always been done this way. For thousands of years, from the Bible to the church, even Jesus himself has repeatedly promised humanity. The "redemption" will come, but even from the time of "Jesus ascended to heaven", but today, two thousand years later, this so-called "salvation of justice" never happened. Let’s talk about a real example, Galileo, Assuming everybody know him. He is one of the best scientists in the human history. Not only did He invent the telescope, confirmed Copernicus's heliocentric theory, but also published many amazing theories. However, since 1616, because his theories were not compatible with Holy See’s religious philosophy, he was treated as a heresy. He was arrested and sent to a religious court for trial. Although it was not subjected to a cruel fire, it was forced to write a statement of repentance, acknowledging that his claim was wrong, and could not advertise the heliocentric theory for the rest of his life. After that, His freedom was restricted and he was placed under house arrest until he died in 1642. Later, in the Roman Catholic powers, the era of religious trials ended. The science is developed and people get better education. So far, nobody believes that the Holy See’s original claim that the earth is the center of the universe, and the majority of the world no longer believe in the Creationism in the Bible. However, how did the Roman Catholic Church response to that? The Church just keeps silent to deal with all the incredulity. For Galileo, just recently, 1984, the Pope John Paul VI admitted to the whole world that the persecution carried on Galileo was wrong. At the time, the move got many people’s acclamation. I don't know if these people understand what they were acclaiming for,or they were just satirizing the Holy See? Because Galileo lived in the seventeenth century and passed away for three hundred and fifty years, his bones almost changed to fossil. Until the end of the twentieth century, the great Holy See suddenly remembered what he had suffered, and redressed the issue. They reluctantly admitted the mistakes of that time. Come on, is this too late? For such a large religion with such long history, it is hard to image that the introspection ability is so weak. Whether it is the physical problem or the brain is so rigid, to take three hundred and fifty years? It’s not three hundred and fifty days! In these three hundred and fifty years, has anyone in the Holy See ever thought of this again? Or simply forget that there is a scientist named Galileo in history? Why did Galileo rehabilitate after three hundred and fifty years of delay? If such a rehabilitation, and acknowledging that the religious trial and persecution of Galileo was a wrong act, is a kind of "justice", what kind of justice is it? Why? For Galileo himself, who was seriously persecuted in the past, his descendants and others who was also persecuted, could they benefit from that kind of false “justice”? What is the Holy See’s purpose? To show that Holy see will also progress? They also know how to introspect? They know how to admit their mistakes? Or their original teachings will also change with the pace of the times? In my opinion, the suddenly action that the Holy See recognizes the religious trials and persecutions of Galileo were wrong, is meaningless. It does not help the so-called "justice". However, this action is good evidence that the teaching of the Holy See is out-of-date. Their ideas or practices are all three hundred and fifty years later than the times. If they are introspective and have the courage to change, then such an admittance should happen at least three hundred years ago, and how can it be "suddenly" awakened by the end of the twentieth century? Probably in the three hundred and fifty years of the Holy See, everyone was sleeping and dreaming. Then, in 1984, someone in the Holy See suddenly woke up and suddenly thought about Galileo. After realized that the religious court had made a mistake, then they rushed to give the Galileo the opinionated justice rehabilitation. When they wake up, human beings are about to enter the 21st century, but they were still sleepy and living in the seventeenth century. We have been in the current era for 350 years, and the progresses we made in the human civilization and science are so huge that it is hard to measure. With such a serious ideological gap, what can they teach us? What else do they want to master or control? Moreover, if someone is still fascinated by the Holy See’s public confession to the world, then let’s look at another example of the same era as Galileo. The situation was similarly wronged, but the end is worse. That is the Bruno, the last scientist who was burned to death by the Holy See, and he was alive when got burned. Bruno (1548–160) was the most outstanding scientist and natural philosopher of the Renaissance. He was born in Italy and went to the monastery when he was young. He was dismissed and deported from the country because his held opinion contrary to the Catholic faith. He was forced to wander in foreign countries including Switzerland, France, Britain, and Germany for fifteen years, until he returned to Italy in his later years. At last he was arrested by the Inquisition and was tortured in prison. Bruno has "On Cause, Principle and Unity, 1584 ", “On the Infinite, Universe and Worlds, 1584”, and "The Heroic Frenzies, 1585 ". In his view of the universe: there is only a change in the style of the universe, and there is no strict creation, destruction or death. Everything is actually indestructible in terms of its physical (quality), and he thought that life is transformed into death, and death is transformed into life. The main reason why Bruno was subjected to the persecution of the church was that he had proposed a cosmology that completely violated Christian doctrine after Copernicus; because the Christian doctrine of the Middle Ages insisted on Aristotle - Ptolemy's geocentric, which said the earth is constant for the center of the universe. In order to escape the persecution of the church, Copernicus published the heliocentric theory until the death, which means that the earth lost its position in the center of the universe. Bruno’s view is even farther, and it is also closer to the fact. He advocates infinite cosmology; not only does the earth not be the center of the universe, nor the sun. Therefore, the theories are inconsistent with the medieval Christian church, and he is not tolerated by the church. He was convicted by the Roman Inquisition as a heresy. After being imprisoned for eight years, he was still reluctant to admit his “mistakes” and refused to give up his doctrine to yield to the church. He was cruelly burned by the church in Rome's Campo de' Fiori on February 17, 1600. But before the crucifixion, when the Roman church read the verdict to him, he still shouted: "Perchance you who pronounce my sentence are in greater fear than I who receive it”.
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Post by wsay123000 on Dec 6, 2018 3:40:09 GMT
God's Baroque Ticket (02)
Author :Chang Kai-Chi 張開基
www.facebook.com/groups/2260704707486729/What a brave man! In order to insist the truth, he refused to bow to authority, even sacrificed his life. However, Bruno and Galileo are in the same era, insisting on the same idea and advocating the same doctrine. The only difference was that Galileo wrote the repenting statement under the Holy See’ despotic power at that time. Galileo promised not to preach his idea to escape the persecution. The hard-core Bruno calmly chose to die unyieldingly. Even after 350 years later, these two are still treated differently. Galileo finally has been rehabilitated, but how about Bruno? It is hard to imagine the standard of the Holy See, and it is hard to imagine that it is still unfairly treated. Perhaps it is because the Holy See really took Bruno’s hardline attitude to heart and was not able to forgive him. Not like Galileo, the Holy See won’t give him a very later rehabilitation, and intentionally make him full of regret, and never turn over. Of course, after 350 years, the Holy See has had such a different treatment for Bruno and Galileo. We can see that the Holy See is just not introspective, but even wants to preserve the authority of the Middle Ages. They just follow their own likes and dislikes to assess these scientists. They absolutely do not allow the world to question and challenge theirs actions. It is also the authoritarian style of "going with me, or against me." Only what the Holy See said or did is the truth. All others are heresy, so until the 21st century, the respectable and pathetic Bruno is still a heresy that cannot be rehabilitated. If possible, they may burn Bruno server times more! As for "salvation," It is similar. Counting from the time Jesus was crucified, ascended to heaven, and returned to God, it is about two thousand years. Jesus and his father, God, had long enough to stay together, did they? Even they are planning the so-called "global people's overall redemption plan", is the time long enough? But why didn't there be any actual action? Think about it. Since the redemption is what they promised to humanity, how many Catholics and Christians have been convinced of God and Jesus over the past two thousand years? How many devout believers are suffering from hunger, plague, natural disasters, man-made disasters, wars, political persecution, and so on, even before they are about to lose their lives, they are so eagerly awaiting the redemption from God. Did they eventually get? No! Not only not at the time, but also not for now? Look at the six million Jews who died in the Nazi concentration camp in modern times, the plague that killed one-third of the population to the medieval European Black Death, and the millions of people died under holocaust of the former Soviet Union’s Stalin era, so many souls have been smeared in the past two thousand years. How many families have broken, how many of them are absolutely convinced and longing for God's redemption? What is the result? No redemption! Humans have waited for thousands of years, but what they are waiting for is a baroque ticket that will never be fulfilled. This check has not been honored in the past. It cannot be cashed now. What about the future? Of course, it will not be honored! So, instead of passively waiting, is it better to rely on ourselves? Only by being self-reliant and self-defensive, practicing "self-protecting yourself" and "human problems are solved by human beings ourselves" is the most practical and correct outlook on life. It is the fool’s idea and the behavior of a coward to blame one's own suffering or human incompetence on the God that does not exist at all. This kind of person leads a life of vain and it is meaningless. One third of the European population died of the Black Death. What is God's redemption? Are those who are dead are sinful villains? For thousands of years, what is the "savior" that Judaism, Christianity, and Catholicism expect? The answer is that there is no "God's redemption" and there is no "savior". It is not just a deliberate deception fabricated by religion, but most human beings are also used to indulging in self-deception.
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Post by wsay123000 on Dec 6, 2018 3:40:34 GMT
Born Atheism
Author :Chang Kai-Chi 張開基
www.facebook.com/groups/2260704707486729/There are so many factions and interpretations about "atheism". Searching on the Internet, those explanations about "atheism" are so many and lead people confused. In terms of straightforwardness, why it is so complicated? In fact, all life on earth, including humans, should be all fall under "natural atheism"! Certainly all species have no religious belief, no worship of any god, no religious rituals, and no concept of "God" except humans. Only Human beings, regardless of race, birth region, countries, different nationalities, cultural backgrounds, and different historical sources, are born with atheism which is essentially from infancy (before the linguistics). It definitely maintains as pure "natural atheism"! How human beings own religious beliefs (or the acquaintance of "ghosts") is through the " after-birth learning". The immediate influence is from the teachings of family (especially the parents)-- strong indoctrination against from the “Muslim” family of Islamists is one example. Since the “Muslim” family’s belief in Islam is an unbreakable long-standing tradition(as long as the ancestors are “Muslims”, the children and grandchildren must be “Muslims”)-- the parents are "Muslim" then children become "Muslims” naturally. In short, as long as they are born in a "Muslim" family, they must be "Muslims" in the rest of lifetime. In some areas where Islam is the state religion and once believes in Islam, then it is lifelong matter. The marriage "traitor" if any of the party does not convert to Islam believer. In those areas where Islam is believed, parents and fathers may perform so-called "glorious murder" to dispose of their children, even the married son or daughter in-law. Same situations applies to other religions, including the so-called "Puritans", Christians and Mormons. In fact, some Buddhism or “Heaven Daoism” believers have similar situations of compulsory child beliefs to force the children follow the parent’s belief. Of course, we all know that Catholics and Christians will baptize the new born baby, and Islam also asks to name within three days after the baby is born ( whispersat the baby's ear, call newborn baby’s name and enter into the mosque to become a natural Muslim in his lifetime). However, these religious rituals basically have no real meaning for all newborns. In any case, babies are still pure "natural atheism", not to mention that these ceremonies cannot guarantee that he will not become "atheists" in the future. Or for any other reason, he/she might convert to other religions. Plus, some native families may not be convinced of any religion. However, children may be influenced by missionaries or colleagues, friends, lovers, spouses, etc. at any time during their growth, or their own understanding or psychological emptiness. Other factors might be trauma related. Therefore it could get concluded: regardless any circumstances, religious beliefs are formed by the day after birth. Let us look into the topic of "natural atheism": Assuming that God’s omnipotence and omniscience ( "God created all things in the universe and all life." –from bible)--then why all life on earth is "natural atheism" instead of "naturalism or natural monotheism"? Is "God" not wanting all life to know "there is God"? The answer is NO because from the dogma of many religious classics and the preaching of the preachers, "God" is a strict requirement that human beings must believe in "God" and fear "God" and all words and deeds must follow the will of God and the commandments of God. So why are humans not "born with theology" or "born monotheism"? Seems people must go through the following routes such as family education with traditional religious beliefs, the forced infusion of parents, the mission of the church, or the conquest of the Islamic army or the Crusaders, or the need to believe in religion, or by peers, friends, lovers, or the influence of spouses, etc. Then some people even have to receive the traumatic stimulation then eventually believe in "there is God"? The key point is why human beings are not "natural monotheism"? And is there any evidence that the "God" of all religions, especially the "One God" of the "Abraham System", can prove that it does exist? In the history of mankind, it never shows that "God" does exist, nor proves that "God created all things in the universe and all life." Although those "innovators" claimed to have seen "God", several classics recorded "God" and "Creationism", but "claimed to see" is only a personal self-talk in classic record and never get proved that "it is true statement". Not to mention those religious classics always are contradictory and full of mistakes. Therefore, we must think realistically and make a positive conclusion: "God" does not exist! There is no "God" in the universe of heaven and earth. Of course, everything in the universe is not created by "God." A person who does exist, we can all prove its "existence" in various ways. However, a never existing things, human, or "God", is that we cannot prove its existence by any means. . Of course, religious believers in "theism" will never be convinced. But it is no meaningful let atheism to prove God does not exist. Instead, only the "believing in theists" should preach or persuade others to prove God exists. Since there is no "God", how can believers prove it? Their only words are "I believe" and "non- believer will go into hells". Therefore, human beings are "born atheism" to maintain such a natural state throughout life. Then is it odd to believe that there is "God" in your life?
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Post by wsay123000 on Dec 6, 2018 3:41:01 GMT
"Charity" and " Deeds"
Author :Chang Kai-Chi 張開基
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" Charity " is one of the most important virtues of mankind; it includes donation, assistance, relief, and convenience. Functionally, it helps the poor, relieves the pain, and even save lives. In the human society, it is absolutely necessary to harmonize (because we are all "social people"). " Charity " are different from " Deeds"; " Deeds " cover a wider range includes "Charity"; " Deeds " refer to: a legitimate act and a normalized life. But one of the prerequisites is " correct concept in the daily life." Because all our good and bad behaviors come from the concept and the right one will have normalized life and proper behavior. On the contrary, if the concept is wrong or biased, it will lead to improper behavior or abnormal life. "Charity" are a very important part of "charity" but it usually occurs after the remedy or "aftercare". “Charity" can be timely and appropriate because of the correct "Deed" direction. "Deeds" are also more peripheral because of the "Charity". However, the "Charity" alone cannot replace all the "Deeds". It is like prevention is more important than treatment. Especially in the case of large-scale epidemics, it better pursues precautions and vaccines in advance. "Deeds" are prepared as far as possible beforehand. Maybe there will not be any bad pools. However, the correct concept and proper behavior will greatly reduce the chances of the bad pool. Relatively reduced, or even no remedy at all. For example, like the severe flood disasters caused by the typhoon Morakot last time-- in the moment of national sorrow, it also reveals the incomparable love of the people of Taiwan. The enthusiasm for everyone was really worthy of the world. Learn and admire! However, if there were sufficient "good deeds" beforehand such as: First, we must understand the changes in nature and pragmatic practices, choose the right way to get along with human behavior, do not force confrontation, do not occupy river flow territory, do not rely too much on the river bank, etc. But The rules of thumb that are no over self-confident in humans and do not try to conquer the nature. The loss of life and property may still unpreventable. But at least it will not be so heavy as it is now that the whole country can't afford it! Don't neglect the power of nature's wrath (more accurate weather forecast, don't underestimate the power of natural disasters), don't be superstitious about the blessing from God or Buddha, don't be too confident in the short-term rule of thumb that is not long enough in the past, don't over-believe that "people will win the nature, Don't over-rely on the government's construction quality. The first priority in life is to learn how to "self-protect" (because more importantly, we are all "living people in nature"). There is not enough "Deeds". It is not the right way to rely on the public who "provide Charity" so could remedy afterwards. It is usually not the efficient way, and it is usually a solution, especially the loss of human life. How action should we take? As a "natural person", deed is just a matter of doing what you want. As long as you have the ability to do it, you should work hard to do it. There is no need to emphasize or publicize it. It is even more unrelated to merits and deeds. That is trading behavior, still at the level of ignorance and superstition. As a "natural person", you should be intelligent in doing "Deeds". You must have a moral standard that transcends the world, a higher intelligence and behavior than "Charity"; then you can live in harmony with nature.
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Post by wsay123000 on Dec 6, 2018 3:41:22 GMT
Boundary and Division
Author :Chang Kai-Chi 張開基
www.facebook.com/groups/2260704707486729/We are "natural people" and we are also "social people"; In order to understand more clearly about the "boundary and division"; We must make a definition; The universe, the heavens and the earth----belong to nature. The world, the world---belongs to human society. ------------------------------------------------- Some belong to nature, and other items are only related to human society: Such as good and evil, nice and bad, beautiful and ugly, love and hate, prefer and dislike, compassion and cruelty--- these "differential" belongings to the human world, but could not apply same principles on the nature. Many people in the religious world like to extend "compassion" to the universe—Wrong concept! There is no difference between "natural compassion and cruelty" in the universe. Many "New Age" leaders and writers like to extend "love" to the whole universe, and even think that "love" is the fundamental matrix of the universe; Wrong! There is no concept about "love" in the universe. "Love" only applies to similar behaviors in the human world and a few animals. " The Weak to meat and the Strong do eat " is the way to survive for all species. There is no good or evil. However, in the human world, in order to minimize unnecessary fighting, we have various rules of the game. The most clear is law and morality. Although there is competition existing in human society, it is necessary to compete fairly in the "rules of the game". If the rules are violated, they will be subject to legal sanctions or moral criticism. Good and evil are only defined by the "Game Rule" that are self-regulated in human society. They cannot be extended to the natural world, and their role cannot affect the nature of heaven and earth. Good Deeds are just what you like, and it can make human society better, but you can't change anything." "The law of nature" cannot obtain good rewards, nor can it be exempted from "natural disasters" and it does not affect life expectancy. Therefore, the so-called "good people" may not be long-lived, nor may they be free from terminally ill, they are not immune to large-scale accidents, "safe" in natural disasters such as typhoons, earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, tornadoes, etc. Good people and evil people are treated equally-- some major human accidents, such as train derailment, ship sinking, car crash, military war, etc. It does not distinguish between good and evil "Doing good deeds" is simply a personal act of human beings, or the behavior of certain groups. What is the "goodness" of this kind of behavior is also defined by human beings. Can it "force” the natural world to recognize"? In nature, what is the difference between a small human being and other creature? Helping an old man to cross the road, should the raining weather become clear? Someone donated a thousand dollars to the Charity Center—will the drought be immediately disappearing? Religion is a manifestation of human consciousness. It has nothing to do with mother of nature. Believing in any religion does not change any "law of nature". It is unable to exempt from evil, and sometime it further produces bad outcomes. Seeing historically the Romans killed Christians, Muslims killed Hindus, Buddhists and Christians; Stalin killed Orthodox Christians ----------- The tsunami in South Asia is dominated by the Indian Ocean. But observing Indonesia, Thailand, India, and East Africa, among the hundreds of thousands of people killed, almost all believers of mainstream religions were included. Including Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists. Christians, Taoists, and so on—none of them is "exempted" even they believe in any specific religion. Eating like Buddhist and doing good deeds could not change nature law, nor can it avoid disease, disaster and death! Charity has no way to prevent typhoons or earthquakes! Religious ceremony does not help prevent from the Ignorance of the crowd. The monk’s ritual will protect the country from disasters? These acts confuse the crowd and sometimes become the wealth accumulations. Is the universe matrix "love"? I think it is Stupid ideas and childish enough. Pray for world peace--------- self-deception!
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Post by wsay123000 on Dec 6, 2018 3:41:47 GMT
Eternal Truth?
Author :Chang Kai-Chi 張開基
www.facebook.com/groups/2260704707486729/Many people believe that in this universe we live in, there must be "eternal truth." However, no one has ever found it (note: except for madmen and scammers). This is also a major issue that all philosophers and religious figures have been pursuing since ancient times. Is there any so-called "eternal truth"? Then it depends on what is the definition of the so-called "truth"? If it refers to the "natural law," it must exist. If it refers to "the meaning of the existence of the universe" and "the meaning of human existence in the universe", then the answer is not necessarily "inevitable." However, human beings are a special species that is naturally curious. In any case, there are always many people who are desperately searching for and thinking about it. Accordingly, there are two words, we must define clearly; otherwise, once confused, there will be serious fallacies: One is "everlasting truth" (or "truth is everlasting"). The second is "eternal truth" (or "truth is eternal") "Everlasting truth" is possible and very likely. However, "eternal truth" is wrong, at least in the universe we know so far; it does not exist. why? Because we know that "the universe we live in" is a "perpetual motion" state, and all things are always "changing", so there is no constant thing, and therefore there will be no "unchanged truth." Not to mention "the eternal truth." I once said: all the objects in this universe are in a kind of "dynamic balance", look at the operation of the planet; you can see the rising sun and the moon on the earth, you can see the eight planets around the sun, in They operate in their own orbits, and the entire solar system is on the periphery of the "Galaxy" spiral orbits. It is also traveling around the center of the "Galaxy", and the "Galaxy" is also moving continuously. As for whether or not it is around the center of the universe, there is no exact Conclusion? I used to use "cycling" as an example. Once I can skillfully ride a bicycle and go out, it is impossible to "statically balance" the two wheels. Therefore, we must keep moving forward and rely on the pedals to push the car forward. Moreover, it is necessary to rely on the adjustment posture of the front, rear, left and right of the body to grasp the center of gravity, and adjust the left and right fine adjustment of the handle (faucet), so that in the "dynamic balance" state of interaction between the person and the car, the vehicle can be advanced at the same time without falling. Therefore, when riding a bicycle, the normal state is always in the "dynamic balance", so it is impossible to have "long-term stillness and balance". After training, it may occasionally "maintain a short-lived state". However, no one can maintain the "eternal still" state. Similarly, in this "dynamic balance" universe, everything is "changing from time to time", so if the universe is beginning-less and endless, then the so-called "everlasting truth" should be very likely to exist. However, it must be "the truth of the permanent state of change", and it is impossible to be "the eternal truth"! This point, in fact, the Chinese ancestors have long been clear, this is the famous "Book of Changes--Yi" in China and abroad. What is "Yi"? It is "simple, changing, and permanent" how to explain? It is the ancient Chinese sages who have simplified the universe and turned it into sixty-four very simple "symbols"; so it is called "Yi". However, don't look at the simple symbol, but it can produce countless combinations of changes because of "minor transmutation" and "Major transmutation", so it is also called "changes". This is the true state of everything in the universe, that is, it is constantly changing. And "the real state of changes at any moment” is "the everlasting truth of the universe" ("not static", note; "not static" does not mean "eternal change", but means "the permanently and continuously momentary change is the normal state of the universe"). Therefore, in the nature of the universe, only the "normal state of eternal change" will never have the "normal state of eternal stillness", and therefore there will only be the possibility of the existence of "the everlasting change of truth", without "eternal truth"! Therefore, anyone who intends to pursue the "everlasting truth" must first understand the characteristics of the universe. Otherwise, if they do not know that "the universe is perpetual," and they desperately want to pursue "the eternal truth". So the most representative person is the self-declared "enlightened Buddha", who is already familiar with all the truths of the universe, the saint of India, "Sakyamuni". He believes that "silent nirvana" is the ultimate in life. Pursue the goal and practice the highest level of the stillness, that is, the so-called "cool and quiet, no annoyed, no bitterness and eternal silence; there is no immortality, no filthy, no spotless, no adding, no diminishing, no birth, no adhesion, "Permanent steady state" or "eternal stillness".
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Post by wsay123000 on Dec 6, 2018 3:42:14 GMT
Permanence and Impermanence
Author :Chang Kai-Chi 張開基
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Sakyamuni said: " all conditioned phenomena are impermanent." Basically this concept is correct because everything in the natural universe constantly changes and nothing is permanent and it is "dynamic" universe. "Rotating balance" is the basic phenomenon between the universe such as nebula and the galaxy is gyro-like balanced by fast spinning. Therefore, "changing" and "impermanence" are the truth and reality. It is very important to understand this because emotionally lament about "the impermanence of the world" is foolish. In addition, "time" is a main factor for "impermanence". If there is no transition, there is no such thing as "permanence" and "impermanence". Simply put, to divide the time into sectional period, then we could observe everything in the world via “time unit”. Everything can't last forever or even stay for a long period of time so the term as “impermanence” was brought forward. In fact, "permanence" and "impermanence" are not phenomena that are completely objective and relative, but each depends on their own conditions. For example: There is a breakfast shop that you frequent visits for twenty or thirty years and you and the owner are also very familiar with each other. He knows your taste very well, so you will go there for breakfast for almost 3 or 4 days a week. However, one night the nearby store accidentally caught fire and affected the breakfast shop. The shop was destroyed with nothing left. From then on, you can no longer go to the familiar place to enjoy breakfast. So you will sigh: "The world is impermanent!" A classmate in class, who is good at learning and being funny as a barrel of laughs classmate. However, one day when he was on the way to school riding a bicycle but accidently hit by drunken driver. Of course, such a tragedy will always shock everyone and people sadly feel that "life is impermanent!" Overall, these are the conditions that must be created by the time factor to highlight the "impermanence." Let's go deeper into some of the so-called "conditional comparisons"; First, "The Balkans had a complex ethnic group and also listed as the transportation hub of Eurasia. Therefore, they have been called the gunpowder warehouse in Europe since ancient times. There were frequent wars." This frequency refers to centuries. Second, "Indonesia is the region with the most frequent volcanic density and activity in the world. Active volcanoes are erupting from time to time, and frequent large-scale volcanic eruptions often occur." This frequency often refers to decades. Third, the Rocky Mountains in California, USA, because of the burning of Santa Ana foehn wind, often causes serious forest fires and loss of life and property----"This "usually" refers to years about couple to ten years. Fourthly, "the upstream of this river is so geological unsteady caused by the explosion of mountain torrents----" "often" refers to the typhoon season about several timed per year or couple years per once. Fifth, "A friend told you: The public swimming pool near your home is good. I often go for morning swimming----" This public swimming pool was built for about 4 or 5 years, so the term "often" refers to the frequency happened within these 4 to 5 years. Sixth, "The big store has a lot of things, the price is cheap. I often go to buy daily necessities----" The hypermarket opened less than a year, so the "often" here means less than one year duration. Seventh, "For health, I recently started going to the morning jogging and had run for ten days. Some of my co-workers will also say good morning to each other. People say: I have seen you recently no matter it was rainy or shiny.----" It refers thisjogging within ten days. Eighth, "Husband went on a business trip and called his wife: I had a headache with a running nose recently, very uncomfortable!" It turned out that he had a cold in these days----this often means between 3 and 4 days. The frequency of things that happen from a few hundred years to a few days is not the same. However, we still adopt the term "frequently", which means "often". Then a breakfast shop opened over 10 years and because the fire incident-- we said that "the world is impermanent." A young student rode a bicycle for nearly ten years to go to school and was killed by a truck. We lamented that "life is impermanent “comparing with the couple days "frequent headache or nasal water", etc. So What is the "permanence" and the "impermanence"? In fact, this is a comparative problem. For example: if an egg is the same size as a table tennis, we will feel wonderfully: Wow! Very small! However, when a diamond is the same size as a table tennis, we can't help but exclaim: Wow! It is so huge! Why both are as big as table tennis and we feel the differences from each other? Mainly the focus is not on table tennis, but on the standard of "normal". The eggs with the same size as table tennis are of course smaller than the common eggs and a table tennis-sized diamond is certainly more common. The diamond between 2 carats is too big. Therefore, the same, "impermanence" is compared with similar things or phenomena, not with irrelevant phenomena. So "impermanence" is basically not objective, it is still only subjective and is a definition after relative comparison. So we cannot define what is meant by "objective impermanence", only we are "subjectively perceived impermanence"! The key point is about "Time." Only in the mechanism of time has the relative existence of "permanence" and "impermanence". However, the so-called "permanence" cannot be said to be constant. It can only be said to be long-lasting phenomenon because since it is a relative world with a time mechanism. We should not arbitrarily say "eternal"! The same reason can be proved: Sakyamuni’s so-called "all conditioned phenomena are impermanent " refers to a phenomenon in the relative world with a time mechanism. It does not cover the entire universe. If the whole ontology of the universe is expanded, Sakyamuni's so-called "fables" arguments may not be applicable in one piece. Of course, it is even more impossible to be the ultimate truth of the universe. Conclusion: Therefore, "permanence" and "impermanence" are not so absolute, and sometimes quite subjective. We only need to understand that "impermanence" is a common phenomenon in time mechanism during our daily life. We are actually living in an impermanent change that is "often" or "universal normal" but not very obvious. Even if it is realistic, the vast majority of people in the world call "the daily life" in the normal state that we are used for thinking. For example, when we go out, we will take the key, because when we go home, we open the door to use it, but not always sign: "This world is impermanent. Maybe when I go home, my house may have disappeared without any reason, so why bother with the key? ". Even through in the world, some governments sell state-owned houses that only the right to use does not include ownership. But at least the right to use will be set at 50 or 70 years, and will not only sell the right to use for 1 week or 1 month. So the average person buys a house at least hoping to live for a lifetime. In addition, before going to bed every day, we will prepare clothing, school bags or briefcases. Since there is no holiday tomorrow, students have to go to school, and the salary class has to go to work. Therefore, the routine work that is used will still get prepared and not because of "the impermanence of the world." Our modern homes have refrigerators for storing whole family food for a few days to about a week. Other cabinets also have canned foods and instant noodles that do not need to be refrigerated so whole family could consume every day. We will never quit using it because of " Life is impermanent” and not prepared to store food. A car locomotive, the driver's license valid period is more than a few years and not because there are deaths and car accidents every day, so the driver's license is only valid on the daily basis. The Chinese old saying "saving against a rainy day " are the most positive and optimistic response to "the impermanence of life and the world”. People understand "impermanence" in the normal life and have a sense of crisis in peace of mind. Prepare for the situation to face unexpected situations to avoid being caught by surprise. Some areas, when there are old people in the family, the coffin is prepared early and placed in the attic or storage room at home. There is no fear or ominous thought. The preparation for this pre-work is a “normal mode”. Do you guard against "impermanence" in your life? Therefore, most of the time we are living in the normal state and we adapt to it. Only follow this principles, everything will be lawful and feasible. Instead if people adopt the concept as "the world is impermanent" and prepare nothing-- it is ridiculous to wait for surprising things might happen any moment. To live at a normal pace, prepare for the "impermanence" and as long as the accident is still controllable, we do not need to lament the "life impermanence”. Although we do live in the "variable" natural universe, we live by "normality", not by "impermanence" as a norm.
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