Belief Systems. Randall Niles addresses the foundational authority of various worldviews and religions.
WHAT IS FOUNDATIONAL AUTHORITY?
Simply, foundational authority is the whole enchilada! It...
Belief Systems. Randall Niles addresses the foundational authority of various worldviews and religions.
WHAT IS FOUNDATIONAL AUTHORITY?
Simply, foundational authority is the whole enchilada! Its a matter of what youre staking your entire life and eternal future on!
Whats your worldview?
Whats your belief system?
Whats the foundation on which you build your existence?
Over 900 million people in the world call themselves Hindus. Their belief system is based on a wide variety of philosophical writings beginning as early as 2500 BC, including the Vedas, Upanishads, Puranas, and the Bhagavad Gita.
Over 650 million people in the world loosely call themselves Buddhists. The original authority for that belief system is probably a man named Siddhartha Gautama in the mid-500s BC, with writings such as the Pali Canon.
Over 1.5 billion people in the world call themselves Muslims. The original authority on which their entire belief system lies is the Quran, written by Muhammad in the early 600s AD.
Mormons base their belief system on a couple of books written by Joseph Smith in the 1830s, including the Book of Mormon.
Jehovahs Witnesses ground their belief system to a series of Bible commentaries called, Studies in the Scriptures, written by Charles Russell in the late 1800s.
Christian Science is based on the teachings of Mary Baker Eddy in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.
The Church of Scientology is based on the teachings of L. Ron Hubbard in Dyanetics.
The list goes on and on
Many people today follow the teachings of a so-called guru, a self-labeled scholar, or a high-profile pastor CAUTION!
What is the authority on which these teachers (and thus, you) are building a belief system? Thats something to really think about
OK, whats my point?
Foundational authority is everything!
The Quran is either the word of God, or its not.
The Book of Mormon is either the word of God, or its not.
The Vedas and Upanishads are either the words of many gods, or theyre not.
The Bible is either the Word of God, or its not.
That's why I encourage you to keep studying for a lifetime!
Whether its the Bible or any of the other aforementioned texts, why are they special? What makes them trustworthy? What makes them powerful and credible as an authority for your spiritual journey? Indeed, are you truly willing to stake your life (and death) on them?
We all have to ground our belief system in something. It might be a holy book, it might be a guru, or it might be our own rational self, but its a decision we cant take lightly
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my belief system revolves around truth which really can only be revealed to me after death because everyone on earth is a liar. it's not that i'm afraid to believe in anything it's just that beliefs are frightening.
Under pressure I may lie to some extent, but that is not my preference, lies reap corruption, while truth brings lasting goodness, and I know that I am a truthseeker and sower, and if I am such a one, I know I cannot be the only nor the first one. It turns out there is truth in everything, for everything came out from one single great energy and everything will surely also return to it, even as the origin and final goal of all existence cannot be destroyed.
Is God merely the "first cause" and underlying principle of rationality in the universe? If God was so brilliant and so powerful to create all space, time, matter, energy, natural law, etc., would he just walk away? Reliance on the power of reasoning exchanges faith for human logic -- Is human logic really enough?
The truth is that God is. My teacher is Thomas Paine. The greatest world hero of all time. Not a god,not a prophet,not a saint, just a man with some great insight on our Maker, and a love for humanity as well as all of Gods works. Go to the on line library and type Mr. Paine. If your faith will allow you to open your mind to the realities of Deism
Christianty and the concept of God stem exclusively from ancient astrology, which stemmed from ancient man desperately striving to find ways to explain natural phenomena that directly influenced his survival. Things like how the seasons changed crop cycles.
Did you ever consider how, while Rice Crispies come from outer space, Cocoa Pops come from deep inside the earth? Either way, don't you think we should change to a sustainable rice-based breakfast cereal policy before its too late? I mean, why take the risk and think sensibly about anything?
So i've been watching this guy's stuff and I really like it. Seems to really care about worldview and is knowledgable about it. This is my favorite one of his so far.
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good thing to believe!