Copyrighted Logo

css menu by Css3Menu.com


 

Bruce's 5th book, a Home Study Course, is now available.
Books & Tapes by Bruce Moen
    Bruce's Blog now at http://www.afterlife-knowledge.com/blog....

  HomeHelpSearchLoginRegister  
 
Pages: 1 2 
Send Topic Print
victor zammit... (Read 10307 times)
betson
Super Member
*****
Offline


Afterlife Knowledge Member

Posts: 3445
SE USA
Gender: female
Re: victor zammit...
Reply #15 - Jul 13th, 2006 at 10:22am
 
Greetings Indiglio,
What were your beliefs before the last 17, if you don't mind me asking? You seem pretty 'right on' this path, using your healthy  skepticism and astute questions.
bets
Back to top
 

There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Shakespeare
 
IP Logged
 
Never say die
Full Member
***
Offline



Posts: 177
Gender: male
Re: victor zammit...
Reply #16 - Jul 13th, 2006 at 10:24am
 
Not everyone is going to believe these things because of their 'world view' or programming' and you can't hold that against them because we in the physical state cannot see the whole picture like if you were an advanced spirit in the spirit realm.

Gut feelings are not acceptable yet as evidence or logic to most but I just get a good feeling about this website. I think the information is very thorough and genuine and the intent and committment in what he is putting forward can be felt through the emotion of the words. I doubt he'd go to all this trouble if he was not genuine and besides if he backs up what he says he could prove afterlife communication to Oprah Winfrey and if she saw it and was in no doubt what she saw was real then a big celebrity like her will influence people. No doubt about it.
Back to top
 
 
IP Logged
 
Number XII
Junior Member
**
Offline


Afterlife Knowledge Member

Posts: 96
Re: victor zammit...
Reply #17 - Jul 13th, 2006 at 9:11pm
 
betson wrote on Jul 13th, 2006 at 10:22am:
Greetings Indiglio,
What were your beliefs before the last 17, if you don't mind me asking? You seem pretty 'right on' this path, using your healthy  skepticism and astute questions.
bets



What were my beliefes during the 17 years?  Or what were they, say 20 years ago?

If you're asking the first question, and my current outlook, I see a lot of evidence in the afterlife and such, there's just the physical hurdle I can't seem to get over.  The whole 'too good to be true' thing I can't get past, and it's easier for me to believe in nothing. 

If you're asking the second question, well, I'm only 17.   Cheesy

Back to top
 

"Philosophy is questions that may never be answered. Religion is answers that may never be questioned."
 
IP Logged
 
augoeideian
Super Member
*****
Offline


Afterlife Knowledge Member

Posts: 958
South Africa
Gender: female
Re: victor zammit...
Reply #18 - Jul 14th, 2006 at 3:28am
 
Nicely phrased Indiglo .. theres a piece of graffti i saw once ..

Death is the highest of highs thats why it's left till last  Grin

Earth is matter and matter matters all the time here - it is this matter that makes us grow strong; if we didn't have to matter we would be rather useless, i think.

more i think about it the more i do say that is Sir Arthur because it seems keeping with his character to do something like that.

Smiley
Back to top
 

&&
 
IP Logged
 
augoeideian
Super Member
*****
Offline


Afterlife Knowledge Member

Posts: 958
South Africa
Gender: female
Re: victor zammit...
Reply #19 - Jul 14th, 2006 at 4:19am
 
newwayknight you wrote:

additionally, I am going to have a little fun and take a stab at the Arthur Findlay questions regarding Christianity.  I have responses for every question listed and there are a few of the questions that presume suppositions that I found to be potentially inaccurate in nature.  I wonder if Victor will print my response, though I do not presume to be a theologian.

.. go for it!  you will have a lot of support.  Smiley
Back to top
 

&&
 
IP Logged
 
Never say die
Full Member
***
Offline



Posts: 177
Gender: male
Re: victor zammit...
Reply #20 - Jul 14th, 2006 at 11:34am
 
Basically the way I understand it; Victor clearly states that he was raised Catholic but rejects the teachings of the church because they conflict his empirical afterlife research which does not match up with organised religious beliefs. Its closest match is to religion of spiritualism which provides evidence for the afterlife through direct experience and contact through psychics and mediums. Direct Voice Mediums, Materialisation Mediums have teamed up with empiricists and scientists in the past in an attempt to prove the existence of the afterlife. They say they have done it for themselves but when attempting to share the proof with the community at large, they face blockades from organised religion and mainstream science which by large disbelieves in the possibility of afterlife communication and therefore either looks to deny freedom of speech or tries to debunk everything through so called 'scepticism'.

Victor comes from the standpoint that his research is not done on behalf of any faith, it is empirical in nature.
Back to top
 
 
IP Logged
 
Never say die
Full Member
***
Offline



Posts: 177
Gender: male
Re: victor zammit...
Reply #21 - Jul 14th, 2006 at 11:42am
 
I'm not about targeting the Christians on this board by the way. My honest opinions will be shared though and all I can say is through researching and discovering things for myself, I find that the Christian view of the afterlife is far too simplified and based on subjective material where the original biblical texts no longer exist.

I don't pretend to know all the answers, I am a knowledge seeker and like Victor can't accept things based on faith alone. That doesn't mean that I think Jesus is irrelevant. I believe he was one a highly evolved soul sent to earth incarnate to raise consciousness and awareness. Unfortunately I think the monotheistic religions of Christianity, Islam and Judaism have lost touch with the true spiritual meanings of human kind and the universe in general.

I'm Never Say Die and that's just my view of things. It can be hard conversing with others who have differing views but not so hard if you remember what we're hopefully all here for. TO MAKE KNOWN THE UNKNOWN!
Back to top
 
 
IP Logged
 
recoverer
Super Member
*****
Offline


Afterlife Knowledge Member

Posts: 5027
Gender: male
Re: victor zammit...
Reply #22 - Jul 14th, 2006 at 11:56am
 
For whatever reason, spirit gave me his name three times last night. I was also shown the word "hell."  Here's an interesting bit of information from his site, from FAQ.


Q4. You said there is no such thing as eternal hellfire - you're wrong. The Bible says there is.

Answer: You will find the English translation talking about 'eternal hellfire' but NOT the original Greek version. Deal with the original not the translations. For too many centuries Christians were deliberately misled about eternal damnation. Some devious Church writer deliberately and intentionally mistranslated a critical word- 'eon.' You will find that whenever 'eon' immediately preceded punishment in the Bible such as hell, this Church translator erroneously and knowingly mistranslated eon to mean 'eternal.' And elsewhere, whenever the same word eon was used, the translator used eon to mean what it truly means, 'a period of time' - in the time of Jesus it was 100 years. Check for yourself. This wilful mistranslation was a deliberate policy by the Church to create unnecessary fear - see a very detailed explanation of this and other deliberate Biblical mistranslations in Communication with the Spirit World of God by J Greber p.377.

Back to top
 
 
IP Logged
 
Never say die
Full Member
***
Offline



Posts: 177
Gender: male
Re: victor zammit...
Reply #23 - Jul 14th, 2006 at 12:12pm
 
Yes I have read his Q and A. Thanks for publishing it on this site.

The way I see it the Bible is only one of many texts from religions and belief systems across the world. I'm interested in finding all I can about the 'true spirituality'.

But still maybe an eon would feel like eternal for a soul with plenty of karmic debt to pay off.  Undecided

As many people on this forum say 'fear is not real' or 'fear is the absence of love'. So a loving god in a just universe surely could not condemn a soul to eternal hell where love is the real vitality of the universe.
Back to top
 
 
IP Logged
 
recoverer
Super Member
*****
Offline


Afterlife Knowledge Member

Posts: 5027
Gender: male
Re: victor zammit...
Reply #24 - Jul 14th, 2006 at 12:31pm
 
On the other hand, a hundred years down here might feel like a few days to a spirit.  The key thing is that an eon is quite a different thing than all of eternity. Only an unloving an unwise God would sentence a soul to hell for all of eternity. I for one, can't think of God in such an unloving, blasphemous way.


Never say die wrote on Jul 14th, 2006 at 12:12pm:
Yes I have read his Q and A. Thanks for publishing it on this site.

The way I see it the Bible is only one of many texts from religions and belief systems across the world. I'm interested in finding all I can about the 'true spirituality'.

But still maybe an eon would feel like eternal for a soul with plenty of karmic debt to pay off.  Undecided

As many people on this forum say 'fear is not real' or 'fear is the absence of love'. So a loving god in a just universe surely could not condemn a soul to eternal hell where love is the real vitality of the universe.

Back to top
 
 
IP Logged
 
Never say die
Full Member
***
Offline



Posts: 177
Gender: male
Re: victor zammit...
Reply #25 - Jul 14th, 2006 at 12:52pm
 
Yes of course time moves differently on the other side for there is no real 'time'

Spiritualist belief speaks of the 'Law of Progress'. To condemn a soul to hell for all eternity would clearly violate this law.
Back to top
 
 
IP Logged
 
newwayknight
Junior Member
**
Offline



Posts: 71
Re: victor zammit...
Reply #26 - Jul 14th, 2006 at 6:12pm
 
Never say die wrote on Jul 14th, 2006 at 11:42am:
I don't pretend to know all the answers, I am a knowledge seeker and like Victor can't accept things based on faith alone. That doesn't mean that I think Jesus is irrelevant. I believe he was one a highly evolved soul sent to earth incarnate to raise consciousness and awareness. Unfortunately I think the monotheistic religions of Christianity, Islam and Judaism have lost touch with the true spiritual meanings of human kind and the universe in general.

I'm Never Say Die and that's just my view of things. It can be hard conversing with others who have differing views but not so hard if you remember what we're hopefully all here for. TO MAKE KNOWN THE UNKNOWN!


Never Say Die, I am all for free discourse, so do not worry about discussing various beliefs as this is an open forum.  I went through a long period of searching before I became more secure in my own faith.

I would suggest that it is not the religions of Christianity, etc. that have lost touch with true spiritual meanings, but rather many of their followers.  As in my post to Baby Duck on maintaining your faith, she was in a discussion with Catholics who obviously did not have an understanding of the basic Catechism of the Catholic Church. People too often confuse the individual follower with the essence of the faith itself, and people are not infallible and are prone to error. 

If I were to ever talk to Victor, and I am going to email him my responses to Arthur Findlay's questions which I have been working on (and am pretty content with my answers), I would also suggest that the Church also has evolved over the years and its members are still in a process of understanding faith.  The Church is not a static entity, and revelation is occurring all the time and past mistakes are always in the process of being corrected.  This is where I would differ with Victor...he may have been raised in the Catholic Church, but I would be curious as to what his understanding is of the Church and what he had been taught, etc. versus what I've come to discover and learn within the same faith (and bear in mind that I once walked away from the Church for much the same reasons as most people do in frustration with narrow minded individuals and others who did not live what they preached.)  I would also suggest to Victor to not ignore the wealth of empirical evidence that at least validates a genuine nature to the Catholic faith in the world of spiritual development.

From what I've seen on his site regarding "empirical" evidence, I have not seen anything major that heavily contradicts the Catholic faith.  There may be some points which have some different interpretations, but the overall gist seems to be pretty consistent.  Remember that the Catholic Catechism allows fully for members of all religions and faiths to go to heaven if they have led a Christ-like life and been true to their God (I.E. Lived a life of love).  Things such as life-reviews, continued development in the afterlife, coming into understanding of creation and God, etc. have their parrallels with the concepts of purgatory, a judgement (where your own actions judge yourself), and coming face to face (I.E. clarity of God) with God. 

The Catholic Church has experienced moments when its members have gone amiss, but it has evolved to the point where it is a major force for non-violence, peace, and justice in the world today.  Catholic charities are one of the purest charity organizations around in terms of aid dollars going to what they were intended to go for.  This reflects a spirit of love that is inside a good majority of its members, and as most here would agree, a person of love DOES go upward in spiritual development.  It is also a faith that experiences a swarm of validations in miracles, Marian apparitions, and much more that is within the mystical realm.  As mentioned before, I would suggest to Victor (as a man who rests largley on empirical evidence) that the Catholic world also has a host of "empirical evidence" that would validate it as a good path for a person to come to fullness in their life development.


Back to top
 
WWW findthenewway  
IP Logged
 
Pages: 1 2 
Send Topic Print


This is a Peer Moderated Forum. You can report Posting Guideline violations.