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> "T-minus108" gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Aug 22, 6:49 pm, ta nc.rr.com> wrote:

>> On Aug 22, 1:35 am, "Mark Earnest" yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>> A lot of people believe in the idea of the end of the world.

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>>> Materialists think that this is probably when we all have a global
>>> thermonuclear war, or when global warming gets out of control,
>>> or, somewhat more optimistically, when the Sun goes red giant, and then
>>> white dwarf.

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>>> Spiritualists believe this means when their god or messiah comes to the
>>> world, to make things right.

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>>> And evolutionists, like me, think that this means when man finally
>>> reaches
>>> the next step in evolution, and becomes immortal, and finally
>>> everything starts to work out peacefully and perfectly, and man
>>> begins to spread his seed throughout the galaxies.

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>>> Just what does the term, "end of the world," mean to you?

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>> There is no "end", there is only change. The Bible is not to be taken
>> literally -- the end of the world is a metaphor for a change in
>> consciousness. Eastern religions might use the term "enlightenment".
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>> What ends is your attachment to the world of form -- the physical
>> world is obliterated, psychologically speaking, and the immortal world
>> of spirit opens up.

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> Well put.
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> Mark, are you speaking of the earth ending? Or just our "world", or
> consiousness?
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> I am just trying to get in touch with people's hopes and fears of the
> ancient
> ideation of the end of the world, in order to try to target more of the
> reality
> of the end of all things as we now know it.
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> And...world to me generally means the superstructure environment of this
> planet that supports all life upon it.
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