Those extra-terrestrial/inter-dimensional beings/UFO things you are talking about could very well be referred to as jinns (demons). You probably already know of the claims how the Illuminati or "The powers that be" are satan worshippers. It could very well be that they are working together with demons to carry out their plans. Which, to the spiritually enlightened person, could very well explain all the unexplainable evil things that are going on around the world.

The way you seem to describe it, what I got from your post, you are already describing clearly what is being referred to as 'demons' in religions like Christianity and Islam. Only because you are tired of the religious angle, you labeled it with "inter-dimensionals/extra-terrestrials".

Also another thing worth noting is when you say just now:

"I believe their may be an all powerful God-Entity (one that is relatively uninterested in what you do specifically and much more benign)"

What you are doing here is shaping the idea of how God should be into your own prefered shape because otherwise 'God' would go against your interests and beliefs. You don't want to accept the things God preaches but merely create your own imaginary God tailored for your own interests. I am not judging or condemning you with this, but merely objectively describing the situation at hand.

Oh I highly disagree that religion doomsday signs haven't happened yet. Here are a few of the things that Prophet Muhammad said about the signs of the 'End Times':

• Children born outside of marriage will become commonplace

• Fornication and adultery will become commonplace, that, also, appears to have already been fulfilled in a modern world in which virginity and marital fidelity are becoming old-fashioned;

• Universal consumption of alcoholic beverages

• Homosexuality (and lesbianism) will become commonplace

• Men will dress like women and women will dress like men

• Time will move swiftly—a year passing like a month—a month like a week—a week like a day etc., and already the perception of swiftly moving time is a universal experience

http://www.imranhosein.org/articles/signs-of-the-last-day/76-ten-major-signs-of-the-last-day-has-one-just-occurred.html

http://www.nairaland.com/1232408/72-signs-end-time

Humanity has always treaded down the PAth of sin. That much is certain. So what we are seeing now isn't much new. All what you have mentioned also happened in the days of old ex Gomorrah. Prophets have come to correct us from going down this path, and lead us to a path of humanity (good). But still they couldn't stop us in our fall to the very deep. I think technology has only accelerated our fall, but have we hit rock bottom yet? I very much doubt that. Even if there is a destructive world war, or some catastrophe, many of us might die, but then the survivors will pick up the pieces, may be learn a few lesson, and continue to rebuild the world. I believe that is how things have been in the foreseeable past and how things will be in the foreseeable future.

I have only quoted the minor signs of the end times. Go to that first link and scroll down to the "Major signs".

And if you want to go all out, google 'end times islam' or 'signs apocalypse islam'. It's extremely fascinating to read up on it.

I guess Sunni. I have no in-depth knowledge about my religion and shamefully admit that I don't even pray 5 times a day.

The interesting thing about Islam is that it claims that all prophets that Allah sent to earth preached the same message of the one and only deity. This is why only Islam acknowledges the existence and genuinity of all prophets including Moses and Jesus, who are the dominant figures in Judaism and Christianity respectively.

Aleykum selam.

I believe the corruption of religion and God's word is the number 1 conspiracy throughout the history of humanity. I went through a period of questioning and even disbelieving and even in that period I was still intrigued and actually wanted answers for my questions. I had questions like "how is it possible for Noah to fit all animals on one boat?" But thankfully I have swayed back and a lot of things became clear to me. This was a long process and while my increase of knowledge certainly played a big part of my understanding, I also became, through personal circumstances, more spiritually awakened. This flipped a switch inside me that made me start to see things from a deeper perspective.

I believe that the internet played a huge part of me becoming more and more atheistic. 99.99% of people who have discussions about religion on the internet don't know anything about it, just bits of pieces and a lot of misquotation and out of context interpretations. It's nothing but a circlejerk of ego-tripping. And being the rebellious teenager I was I kept on agreeing more and more with the posts I read. Comparing this to today, where I just read a long post from someone who was critical of Islam and had this line in his post: "Wahhabism is still a legitimate movement in Islam."... followed by dozens of people quoting and praising him for his 'fantastic post'. Read this article which explains the origins of Wahhabism: http://henrymakow.com/2014/08/ISIS-are-Sunni-Impostors%20.html

It's just a giant sea of misinformation and misdirection out there. And it goes to show when people talk about it. Let's examine your quote for example:

"He is not a gentle, kind hearted God. He is a God of the sword"

I believe that this view of you has formed through years of reading anti-religious opinions and articles. These are not your words.

In order for someone to become a muslim he must state the following line: "Eshedu en la ilahe illAllah, ve eshedu enne Muhammeden abduhu ve resuluh”

Translation: “I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and I bear witness that Muhammed is his servant and messenger”

Now why is the second part of this line so important that muslims have to say it? That is because we believe that the prophet Muhammed was the living example of what the Qur'an preaches. And if you read a book about his well-documented life, you would find that he was the most caring, loving, honest and merciful human that has ever lived on this planet. So he is the living example of what Allah (God) preaches in his book. This is why you can't take the Qur'an and study that book by it's own. You also have to study the life of the prophet Muhammed to truly understand how to interpret the Qur'an. So when you get to that point where you see what kind of a loving and caring person Muhammed was, how can you say that God is not a gentle and kind hearted God? To understand this you need to do real research from real Islamic sources.

Evil men take what is good and use it to further their respective agendas. A lot was lost in translation and misinterpretation by the ones "not blind but cannot see". A lot of the prophets taught abstract concepts of God, good and evil in simpler ways for people to understand. Try explaining your opinion on this to a group of people and see how easily it can be misconstrued, just like a game of broken telephone! Same happened to various " religious movements". Eventually they all got corrupted and the original message got completely lost on their followers. Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, all of them! Jesus himself said my world is not of the sword, the kingdom of heaven was metaphoric for a world where we will all live simply, yet be happy and at peace. Jesus and Mohammad were just men like you and me. So even they could make a few mistakes. But their general goal was to help us from falling into the traps of pure evil.

I used to question that way as well. You're right, we really don't know and perhaps can never know. I try to deduce and look for more clues as well. I have found lately that i can make better sense when i think abstractly, given that we are all stuck in the entrapments of language which keeps changing based on the context of the times. I think this world is just a passing phase, and after death our spirit becomes one with that of the universe, maybe we will come as a different being, maybe we will flow with the rivers down the mountain, or erupt as lava from a volcano, who knows. But I believe we are one! Cheers mate, I like reading up on others interpretation and ideas while I form my own. At least we are all treading down the search for truth (which I believe is singular).

Please don't talk about Muhammad without knowing anything about him. Please don't talk about anyone without knowing anything about them.

I agree fully, and believe (as you said) technology is only enhancing and helping facilitate the evil on a much faster scale. Your words are especially potent today, keep it up.

One mans demon is another mans alien.

As far as i know, satanism doesn't have anything to do with supernatural beings. It is a school of thought where morals and ethics are just human creations and that there is no inherent good or bad in human nature. When you define it like that, you will see how many of the rulers are Satanists as they are devoid of a moral compass that many of us still have. They are trying very hard to loosen the morals of the rest of us so we can be like them, with less love, less compassion, less understanding in our hearts and nurture our vices such as greed, lust, deception etc. That is my understanding of satanism. If you have any thoughts on this, feel free to share.

I suppose the only thought I have is "The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was to convince the world he did not exist".

Satanism preaches a strange set of ideas devoid of a stable moral compass. It's basically exactly something satan would want people to believe in. "There is no God there is no evil you can make up your own morality" or something to that extent. It's just one more way of satan to delude people. And since we live in the age where not believing in religion is the number 1 cool thing to do, satanists decided to change their satanic beliefs into 'modern satanism', which is supposedly not satanic in nature. They belief in the general ideas of satanism but decided to disregard the actual existence of satan. Another form of tailoring religion for your own interests and beliefs. Why the hell (pun intended) do they insist on still using the word 'satanism' then? They should go and make up a new word for their new religion.

Hey bud, you're on the right path, but there is still more truth searching I think you have to do. Reason I'm saying this is that I can relate to where you are in your path for truth. If you haven't looked into NASA lies, please do so. All the world's governments are colluding with each other to keep their respective populations under control because all of them need to scratch each others backs to a great extent. And ultimately they all serve Satan, because money and power corrupts indefinitely. By Satan I mean what we refer to as "evil" whereas God embodies all things that are "good". From my research, I do believe there are higher beings, but I don't think they interfere with us here on earth. Of course you will have a negative energy if you think negative thoughts, but beyond that, you can train your mind to overcome almost anything or any fear. Fear also is a negative trait that can be conquered by confidence and righteousness. I also have lots more to learn and develop. But I thought I'll give my two cents, and hope it will help you in your path. Good luck!

Thanks for this. I could not have said it better myself.

Perhaps you should look a bit into Gnosticism and the concept of the demiurge. I've been studying Gnosticism along with Hermeticism for a while now and it's a bit of a mind fuck, to say the least. If you're interested, check out this out for an introduction of Hermeticism.It's long as hell but very interesting.

I would definitely say there are good Masons and occultists. I used to think the entire organization of Freemasonry ran our governments and were devil worshippers, etc. But Masonry and the occult aren't inherently evil or Satanic or anything like that. (That's not to say that there aren't any Masons that are part of the cabal that run our governments though, cause I'm sure there are some of those type of Masons as well.) The use of symbols can mean many different things for different people. It's all about how the person decides to use the knowledge of the occult in whatever way the individual wills, whether that be good or bad, it's the individual's choice. The most important lesson I learned from the occult is that nothing is black & white.

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