We've pretty much beat the whole "ascension" thing to death but I just realized something and it's so simple and obvious.
🐸 Devocension? 🐸
Devolution = the transfer or delegation of power to a lower level
Ascension = the act of rising to an important position or a higher level
There is just one problem, God doesn't operate on religion. Instead what happened is that we have gone away from preaching the gospel to the entire world, which was Jesus's last commandment before ascending into heaven. God intends for the Buddhist, Hindu, and all the other regions to stop following that religion and follow Jesus. This is because Jesus is the path to true salvation while all religions tend to be the path to hell.
But I do agree with the cultural differences because people are conditioned to like different things. Life would be boring if everybody liked the same thing. One good example is sports. I am not talking about being a fan of one team vs another. This is because team fandom is mostly a cultural difference based on where one was born. I am talking about the fact that there are a multitude of sports out there and that one person may like basketball while another loves skiing, and another loves to run. Now branch that out to the TV shows we watch, our Youtube and Rumble playlists, the foods we eat, and the jobs we hold.
Well I agree with the bottom half of your statement. But to Christians it is about Religion....even to "God". His name is jealous....because of the older Gods before him. He didnt want them worshipped. But why?? :O
Again this isnt a theological debate I am trying to have. Religions do not matter with what I was proposing. About raising our thoughts :/
It is not about religion. It is all about salvation.
This is when Christianity clicked for me. I went from militant atheist, to agnostic, then studied Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, and other belief systems only to be left wanting more. Almost like it was almost enough, but it didn’t fulfill me. When I came back to studying Christianity I had a realization that Jesus was who he said he was. And that the lessons he taught are just as relevant today as they day he spoke them. So many truths and redpills in the Bible that it cannot be rationalized away. At least not in my mind and experience. Jesus is the way.
Did you used to phook?