Second coming of Jesus
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1. It's Vishnu who's supposed to take up avatars, not Shiv. 2. They are both males. 3. Vishnu is depicted with fair skin (he is primarily an Aryan God, after all) 4. The avatars are benign; Vishnu is supposed to come to Earth to save it, not put an end to it.
Nathan Addy wrote:
with her necklace of skulls and human entrails, Shiva pops out just in time to end the world
You're thinking about Kali.
Cheers, Vıkram.
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byalmightybobUg. Apologies for messing that up. This is actually one of my problems with wikipedia: there isn't typically a good overview of different religions. This would be the second time (Buddhism the first) that wikipedia has more or less overwhelmed me with details, and failed to provide a good, relatively simple overview. So my mistake about Vishnu (although wikipedia did do some "maybe Kali=Vishnu, maybe she doesn't" obfuscation on me). About the "destruction" though. My understanding was that Vishnu is constantly destroying the world (once every time Brahman sleeps), and which is then constantly rebuilt (every time Brahman wakes). So my understanding is that it's in no way a negative thing, and is just a natural part of the way the world works (more like going to sleep/waking up than destruction/creation). Is this even close to right, or has wikipedia done it to me again? Is it even Shiva who is the active force of the destruction, or is it Kali, acting on behalf of Shiva? I'm so confused!!! :-D
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John Carson wrote:
Could it be that these are the same people who think Bush is doing a good job?
What would you do if Jesus did return? I'm sure he would be arrested and sent to a mental ward and there would be huge protests from those who believe he is Jesus.
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Captain See Sharp wrote:
I'm sure he would be arrested and sent to a mental ward
Nope there is a group of nuns (in England maybe) that took out insurance to pay for his childhood so he won't be a homeless vagabond wandering the streets speaking in crazy parables. Although, if he was, how would we know?
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Shog9 wrote:
Heh! That actually sounds pretty close to what CG predicted...
Not at all. CG's scenario involved the relative likelihood of two events. There is no indication that the poll involved this. Each event was considered independently.
John Carson
John Carson wrote:
CG's scenario involved the relative likelihood of two events. There is no indication that the poll involved this. Each event was considered independently.
'k... I've participated in these sorts of polls before, and gotta say - when you're giving me a list of something and asking me to rate each one, i rank them relative to each other. At least after the first couple of items. I mean, how could i not? That said, maybe i'm just a freak and most people do answer with no memory of or comparison to what they answered for previous items. :shrug:
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