Suggestions for care and respect of Javanese and Balinese Keris.

VANDOO · 12th July 2006, 03:44 PM

FROM THE BEGINING MAN HAS BEEN AWARE THAT SOME POWER WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR CREATING EVERYTHING THAT EXHISTS. RELEGIONS AND BELIEFS ARE A WAY OF MAN TRYING TO FIND OUT ABOUT AND EXPLAIN THIS CREATOR. WE ARE ONLY MEN AND NOT MENT TO KNOW EVERYTHING SO WHAT WE KNOW IS THRU REVELATION BY THE CREATOR OR SOMETIMES BY GUESSES OF SOME POWERFUL PERSON IN HISTORY. WE ARE NOT MENT TO KNOW EVERYTHING IN THIS LIFE BUT WILL RECEIVE MORE ANSWERS WHEN IT IS OVER. WE MAY THEN FIND MANY OF THE THINGS WE THOUGHT TO BE TRUE WERE NOT BUT WE ARE ALL SMALL PARTS OF THE CREATORS CREATION AND THEREFORE IMPORTANT TO HIM.
I DON'T LOOK DOWN ON MAN'S EARLY BELIEFS AND RELIGIONS I CONSIDER THEM AS EARLY ATTEMPTS AT UNDERSTANDING AND OUR CURRENT RELIGIONS ARE STILL ATTEMPTING TO ACHIEVE THAT UNDERSTANDING. MUCH GOOD HAS BEEN DONE THRUOUT HISTORY BY RELIGIONS BUT UNFORTUNATELY MUCH HARM HAS BEEN DONE ALSO WHICH IS TO BE EXPECTED AS MAN OFTEN TENDS TO PUT HIS OWN WISHES ABOVE THOSE OF HIS CREATOR. WHEN A MAN HARDENS HIS HEART AGAINST HIS FELLOW MAN HE STOPS REALIZING THEY ARE LIKE HIM AND USES HIS OWN MIND TO FIND DIFERENCES TO JUSTIFY DOING THEM WRONG.

THERE IS ONLY ONE CREATOR BUT MAN HAS MADE MANY TEAMS WHO COMPETE WITH EACH OTHER TO PROVE THEY ARE RIGHT AND ALL THE OTHERS WRONG. MANKIND HAS NEVER BEEN ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER BECAUSE WE INSIST ON SEPARATEING EVERYONE INTO GROUPS BY RACE,NATION,TRIBE,RELIGION AND BELIEFS, WEALTH AND STATUS AND INSISTING WE ARE BETTER THAN THEY. I WILL SAY NO MORE AS WE HAVE WANDERED INTO DISCUSSING RELIGION WHICH IS BEST LEFT TO EACH MAN AND IS DIFFICULT TO DISCUSS WITHOUT IT TURNING INTO A ARGUMENT.

12th July 2006, 03:44 PM	#15
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	FROM THE BEGINING MAN HAS BEEN AWARE THAT SOME POWER WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR CREATING EVERYTHING THAT EXHISTS. RELEGIONS AND BELIEFS ARE A WAY OF MAN TRYING TO FIND OUT ABOUT AND EXPLAIN THIS CREATOR. WE ARE ONLY MEN AND NOT MENT TO KNOW EVERYTHING SO WHAT WE KNOW IS THRU REVELATION BY THE CREATOR OR SOMETIMES BY GUESSES OF SOME POWERFUL PERSON IN HISTORY. WE ARE NOT MENT TO KNOW EVERYTHING IN THIS LIFE BUT WILL RECEIVE MORE ANSWERS WHEN IT IS OVER. WE MAY THEN FIND MANY OF THE THINGS WE THOUGHT TO BE TRUE WERE NOT BUT WE ARE ALL SMALL PARTS OF THE CREATORS CREATION AND THEREFORE IMPORTANT TO HIM. I DON'T LOOK DOWN ON MAN'S EARLY BELIEFS AND RELIGIONS I CONSIDER THEM AS EARLY ATTEMPTS AT UNDERSTANDING AND OUR CURRENT RELIGIONS ARE STILL ATTEMPTING TO ACHIEVE THAT UNDERSTANDING. MUCH GOOD HAS BEEN DONE THRUOUT HISTORY BY RELIGIONS BUT UNFORTUNATELY MUCH HARM HAS BEEN DONE ALSO WHICH IS TO BE EXPECTED AS MAN OFTEN TENDS TO PUT HIS OWN WISHES ABOVE THOSE OF HIS CREATOR. WHEN A MAN HARDENS HIS HEART AGAINST HIS FELLOW MAN HE STOPS REALIZING THEY ARE LIKE HIM AND USES HIS OWN MIND TO FIND DIFERENCES TO JUSTIFY DOING THEM WRONG. THERE IS ONLY ONE CREATOR BUT MAN HAS MADE MANY TEAMS WHO COMPETE WITH EACH OTHER TO PROVE THEY ARE RIGHT AND ALL THE OTHERS WRONG. MANKIND HAS NEVER BEEN ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER BECAUSE WE INSIST ON SEPARATEING EVERYONE INTO GROUPS BY RACE,NATION,TRIBE,RELIGION AND BELIEFS, WEALTH AND STATUS AND INSISTING WE ARE BETTER THAN THEY. I WILL SAY NO MORE AS WE HAVE WANDERED INTO DISCUSSING RELIGION WHICH IS BEST LEFT TO EACH MAN AND IS DIFFICULT TO DISCUSS WITHOUT IT TURNING INTO A ARGUMENT.