Hobo Jungle

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Where is that church?

Where you want or need or believe it to be. I have always looked inside.

That might even apply to all the religions of the world . They start inside because we are desperate for answers and hope.

[Tramp]

Murph, all I am saying is most religions have very little to with God or Jesus. They are mostly about control, power and money. And I believe Jesus would agree with me. I was NOT condescending to you nor would I ever be. But I see you are to me just because I cannot endorse a religion that has bone WAY more harm than good. It is pretty much pure evil and has lost half its followers because of this.

[Tramp]

And yes, God is everywhere and in everything good. But she is rarely if ever in churches!

[Rufus T. Firefly]

They are mostly about control, power and money.

I have stated this in the past regarding organized religions several times; those aren't religions when they establish hierarchies and bureaucracies - those are just businesses doing business. And, at the intersection of control, power and money is..................

[MurphOnMillerAve]

All of it, all the religions and non-religions of the entire 4.000.000 yr. (give or take) history of humanity, whether it has involved free-thinking or strict adherence to scripture, multi-armed goddesses, spinning prayers wheels of devotion, prancing in and out of places adorned in super-outfits, or clad in roughhewn sackcloth, praying alone or in groups, buildings or no structures, open-fields or mountaintop retreats, songs or chants or silent internal prayer, beads counted, statues or no statues, symbols, bureaucracies or just folks holding hands in a field, special foods and dates, all of it is testimony to one solid , hard fact which we can think or believe or hope or have Faith we have the answer to, but have no absolute, irrefutable, mathematical, scientific, and medical public proof to conclude, that...

there is existence - a life - after death of the body.

There have been numerous "experiences" related by folks thru our existence, like the contemporary times novel, "Embraced By The Light," and reports even by operating room personnel of possibly observed phenomenon, and convincing, standup individuals who have earnestly testified that they were "there". Stories of passage , upon death, through a tunnel or passageway, "into the Light," were convincing to some, but almost immediately somebody cautioned that such a passage thru a tunnel into a lighted place was merely a repressed memory of our trip thru the birth canal and into the light of the place of our birth.

Apparently, "proof" has not yet been enough to convinced humanity immediately and entirely, across the globe.

Can anybody say they know ? Or do they simply believe and hope that we have an existence after DEATH ? There have been some individuals who have said so, and they have gathered trillions of followers, thru the millennia. Haven't they.

Too bad somebody didn't interview Lazarus. (If that had happened in modern times, can you imagine the iphones a-tapping away, cameras, the interviews, the talkshows, the T-shirts ! )

Frankly, I think we are all just scared shitless that once we die it just ENDS. Caput. Nothing additional. Zip. Finished, totally. Graves and not one step beyond.

There, that's my little testimony which I have allowed myself to share with you guys here, instead of psycho-babbling further on empty rhetoric, no matter how heartfelt.

Now, let the wrath and ridicule descend upon me. I'm ready for it.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Frankly, I think we are all just scared shitless....

[healey36]

No ridicule, mate...find strength wherever you can.

The Old Man used to tell us that most religions teach love and the power of God, and that some will beat the hell out of you, possibly even kill you to prove it.

[E7]

Izzat the Hokey Pokey?

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Nah, that looks like the I-Need-Love twerky-jerk.

[Tramp]

Murph, if I knew otherwise, if I knew the truth, I could NEVER convince you. But know I like you, I care for you, I feel a bond with you. Not even sure why.

As an aside, I have NEVER had any fear of death although I have come closer to dying than most. I could tell you what I know, but you would not believe me. Even my dear wife, who I was forced to perform a series of absolute miracles for, doubted me. I can only assume most humans do not want God to exist. And from what I know, humanity has 26 years left. And for their stupidity and greed and ugly fear, I think that is fair.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Nah, that looks like the I-Need-Love twerky-jerk.

Nah, that's the "Why worry, let's dance! Dance"

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Nah, that looks like the I-Need-Love twerky-jerk.

Nah, that's the "Why worry, let's dance! Dance"

Ooohhhh, well, I didn't recognize . You'd know best being the Dancin Dock, huh.
Keep on twerkin , though!

[robert.]

I could save people From years of teaching and studying religion . Four simple words. Don’t be a dick!

[chuck]

Four simple words. Don’t be a dick!

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Keep on twerkin , though!

No thanks; all yours.