RE: Negative thinking requires prophecy
My article was intended to be rather positive, and I think I managed to accomplish that.
While I agree with you that happiness is something to be desired by all human beings, I am not altogether sure that I agree with you about how we arrive at happiness. I am not even sure that I agree with you as to your claimed simplicity of human kind. Considering the complexity of the human brain and the scant understanding that we have of it, I don't think we're that simple, especially if you believe that Man was made in God's image.
A prophecy implies an expectation. An expectation of anything from God reduces Him to a servant of man. That expectation is contrary everything that I have read about God and that says that it's the other way around - Man is the supposed servant of God. So I prefer to live my life without expectation of anything. As Steven Winwood once said in one of his songs, "Take it as it comes".
This is not merely to say I am right and you are wrong about God. I just don't think there is a single human being capable of comprehending what God is, and no one knows for sure if God exists. If we could prove God exists, would we still need religion?
As to the claim of paradise, you raise an interesting point. If God gave us free will, and he plans to turn the Earth into a paradise, will we still need interpersonal skills to get along in paradise? Or will God remove free will and only allow us to be nice? Am I nice to people because I have an expectation to go to Heaven, or am I nice to people because I enjoy how I feel when I am nice to other people? I tend to the latter because I want to live without expectation.
You are free to believe what you want to believe. You can be positive or negative, for that choice is entirely up to you. However you would like to proceed, thank you for commenting on my blog post. :)
It is true of the complexity of the brain and so many organs of the human body in terms of things that can be achieved by themselves or through stimulation and it makes sense that man was created as a masterpiece, I mean that the human being is simple in terms of the things you need to be happy, and satisfied with yourself even when we ourselves think that we need many things, sooner or later we realize that with the simple was enough.
God owes nothing to the human being, but we owe everything to him, that makes me want to be at his service. However, like every father, he wants good things for us. Love for others does not reduce anyone but the opposite.
I understand that for you the bible does not have the same value that it has for me, it is your choice, but in it God has put a treasure and wishes that we all find it, I will not quote it but you can look for it if you wish, Proverbs 2 : 1-6
God will never take away our free will, it would be like having robots programmed only to always do what we want and not even human beings want that, when we create a robot we look for them to be as autonomous as possible, hence the artificial intelligence, etc.
Something is certain, to live in a land where peace and harmony reign, the human being must have certain qualities. Are we ready to live in paradise ?. The vast majority do not, but we can prepare ourselves as someone who is going to live in another country prepares. What I am going to say may seem contradictory but it is not, although I have the hope that God will fulfill his promises, I do not live my day to day counting on that I will be there, it is something that I would like with all my strength but That does not depend on me but on the mercy that God has for me, in turn that will depend on what God finds in my heart. Nobody can cheat him. Just be good? That is a good question.
As you say we are all free to believe what we want, I am not trying to convince you of what I decided to believe, I just thought that you felt regret for the uncertainty of the future and that is why I decided to tell you what God will do for the obedient humanity. Regards!
PD: The text is translated with google, English is not my native language and maybe I have not understood everything well what you say or vice versa, I'm sorry.