Zone1 Can You Choose the World in which You Live?

[DGS49]

Imagine your pre-birth, intelligent self perceives two different worlds in which to live, and can choose which one it wants.

One world is a world where your total existence is contained in the time from conception until natural death. There is no "god," no afterlife...no reward for a life of virtue and no punishment for a life of evil. You are just dead, that's it.

The other world is one where there is a "god," and there is an afterlife where a life of virtue is rewarded for all eternity and a life of evil is either extinguished or punished, again for all eternity.

Both worlds are places where unfairness abounds. Some people are born to great wealth and privilege, and some in abject poverty, surrounded by disease and early death. Some people are talented, handsome, attractive, and healthy by nature, and others are lacking any discernible talents, ugly, un-intellegent, and sickly. Some people are mainly fortunate, raised by loving parents, living in happy places, seeing all sorts of opportunities to achieve any sort of success they want, while others lead a life where they never can catch a break.

Given the inevitability that we will live in a world where unfairness abounds and nothing can be done about it, would you choose to live in the world that ends with death, or the world where death is merely a pathway to your just desserts?

My point is that we all make this choice, wittingly or unwittingly. But we should make it with our eyes wide open.

 

[rampart]

Imagine your pre-birth, intelligent self perceives two different worlds in which to live, and can choose which one it wants.

One world is a world where your total existence is contained in the time from conception until natural death. There is no "god," no afterlife...no reward for a life of virtue and no punishment for a life of evil. You are just dead, that's it.

The other world is one where there is a "god," and there is an afterlife where a life of virtue is rewarded for all eternity and a life of evil is either extinguished or punished, again for all eternity.

Both worlds are places where unfairness abounds. Some people are born to great wealth and privilege, and some in abject poverty, surrounded by disease and early death. Some people are talented, handsome, attractive, and healthy by nature, and others are lacking any discernible talents, ugly, un-intellegent, and sickly. Some people are mainly fortunate, raised by loving parents, living in happy places, seeing all sorts of opportunities to achieve any sort of success they want, while others lead a life where they never can catch a break.

Given the inevitability that we will live in a world where unfairness abounds and nothing can be done about it, would you choose to live in the world that ends with death, or the world where death is merely a pathway to your just desserts?

My point is that we all make this choice, wittingly or unwittingly. But we should make it with our eyes wide open.

"pre birth intelligent self?" i suppose we can speculate.

a fully informed fetus might never plop out into this world.

 

[Moonglow]

Now prove this imaginary world actually exists as it is claimed, it depends which religion it is.

 

[ding]

Now prove this imaginary world actually exists as it is claimed, it depends which religion it is.

Like all things in your life you have the choice in how you perceive it. Much of what we do is predicated on how we perceive things.

 

[Moonglow]

Like all things in your life you have the choice in how you perceive it. Much of what we do is predicated on how we perceive things.

Yes whether it is logical or not.

 

[rampart]

Like all things in your life you have the choice in how you perceive it. Much of what we do is predicated on how we perceive things.

would this indicate that "self identification" has some validity? this "choice of worlds" is at odds with my experience.

perhaps ones position upon maslow's pyramid can effect one's choices of worlds?

 

[BreezeWood]

Given the inevitability that we will live in a world where unfairness abounds and nothing can be done about it ...

there is something that can be done to manage life is the point made at birth and which path to follow ...

the desert religions are the culprit that blind themselves to progress and resign their self determination to books of forgeries and fallacies. led by crucifiers.

 

[ding]

Yes whether it is logical or not.

That wasn't what I was talking about. You have a choice in how you react to things. In fact, you just demonstrated that very thing in your last post.

 

[ding]

would this indicate that "self identification" has some validity? this "choice of worlds" is at odds with my experience.

perhaps ones position upon maslow's pyramid can effect one's choices of worlds?

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[Cougarbear]

Imagine your pre-birth, intelligent self perceives two different worlds in which to live, and can choose which one it wants.

One world is a world where your total existence is contained in the time from conception until natural death. There is no "god," no afterlife...no reward for a life of virtue and no punishment for a life of evil. You are just dead, that's it.

The other world is one where there is a "god," and there is an afterlife where a life of virtue is rewarded for all eternity and a life of evil is either extinguished or punished, again for all eternity.

Both worlds are places where unfairness abounds. Some people are born to great wealth and privilege, and some in abject poverty, surrounded by disease and early death. Some people are talented, handsome, attractive, and healthy by nature, and others are lacking any discernible talents, ugly, un-intellegent, and sickly. Some people are mainly fortunate, raised by loving parents, living in happy places, seeing all sorts of opportunities to achieve any sort of success they want, while others lead a life where they never can catch a break.

Given the inevitability that we will live in a world where unfairness abounds and nothing can be done about it, would you choose to live in the world that ends with death, or the world where death is merely a pathway to your just desserts?

My point is that we all make this choice, wittingly or unwittingly. But we should make it with our eyes wide open.

When the Grand Council in Heaven convened before the foundations of the universe were organized, we were given two choices. Either be sent to earth at the time provided by our Heavenly Father and His Son, Jehovah (Jesus Christ) or follow Lucifer who's plan would be totally contained and we would lose our free moral agency to choose right or wrong. Those who chose that plan never have been given the opportunity to come to the earth and be given mortal bodies. That's why the devils of Lucifer (Satan) gladly accepted the bodies of pigs. Any body they wanted. They will never ever receive the body you and I have. And, no matter our situation, we have the ability to choose good over evil. The Light of Christ provides this. (This isn't the Holy Ghost)