When you look at religion as a whole, does it ever seem like a big exercise in reverse psychology to you?

Question

Thoughts?

Soviet Russia sounds dreamy, 5th Horseman...=0)

Answer 1

Spiritually speaking, the Christian faith is a reverse psychology as a result of the deceptions and swaying of satan. Remember satan is the ruler of this world and the author of all sins causing men to go to wars, commit crimes, suicides, etc. Thus, satan is the great deceiver! But the truth is only the Prophets and Saints and their disciples called the chosen ones among natural men are the only ones given the knowledge of this mystery of our faith and the Kingdom where satan participates among humans as an invisible entity but is real. It is so as the natural men whose spirits were created from the dust of the earth will not understand it yet and not today; but will understand all these mysteries in the soon coming Kingdom of Heaven. On one hand, the spirits of the Prophets and Saints called the chosen of GOD, were created from the precious stones from THE CITY OF GOD, THE HOLY CITY JERUSALEM; while the spirits of the chosen ones among natural men were created from gold dust and silver dust and that the spirits of satan was created from the mud of the earth and the demons from the clay of the earth. Thus, I believe in the next life and even the eternal life that will never end. Paradise is where THE LORD JESUS CHRIST ASCENDED IN A PLACE CALLED CELESTIAL HEAVEN. In the center is THE CITY OF GOD, THE HOLY CITY JERUSALEM (Rev 21:10-21) and surrounded by the countless puregold planets and on their grounds are the garden of paradise. This celestial heaven is in an infinite space without end but filled up to the brim of puregold planets in a way it ends is beyond imaginations. The City of GOD made of precious stones ( on one hand, imagine the City of New York) and on top of MT ZION is the ivory palace of THE LORD JESUS CHRIST who is THE LORD AND GOD OVER THIS UNIVERSE AND ITS INFINITE SIZE CALLED OMEGA-THE UNENDING WORLD. And all of these were already written in the BOOK OF THE ALFA AND THE OMEGA-the unending world before time began. These are revealed to the Prophets who are given by THE LORD GOD the revelations of the future which is the directions of all our lives. However, the present Prophets like the Prophets of old, the majority peoples do not believe them.But our lives are not our choice and it is called destiny to an unending future in the Kingdom of GOD. It is so because mankind are destined to become gods or like-GOD in the omega-the unending world of paradise prepared by THE LORD GOD for us. But the devil and his demons who will incarnate as human beings like fake-Christ, false Prophet or the demons as druglords, warlords, gambling lords, wealth lords, etc are destined for perdition. In Revelations 21:6 THE LORD GOD said It is done! I AM THE ALFA AND THE OMEGA. This means that the STORYBOOK OF OUR BEGINNING UP TO THE UNENDING WORLD OF OMEGA-from eternity to eternity have been written. This is in the power of THE LORD GOD which we understand only through our faith in GOD. Thus, by this written will of THE LORD GOD everthing is bounded by the WILL OF GOD. For your sake, I wll show you the essence of the messages of the OLD TESTAMENT and present Prophets who were present when the HOUSE OF THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY WAS BEING BUILT IN CELESTIAL HEAVEN (Zech 8:9). The Prophets messages have three corners of space-real spaces. The first space of history that they talk and prophesied about is our universe. Everyone understand the message of the prophets on this space as this is based on our simple logic of one plus one equals two. The second space of history is the future earth that will start in the year 3500 under THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN where their planets grounds are called the garden of eden. This future earth, based from the Alfa and the Omega exists, and the logic here is not a simple logic, as this world is a semi-perfect world where its inhabitants are men born in the spirit called angel-like. Thus, as we do not understand this world yet, the logic here is faith in GOD whose all power and might belong to THE LORD JESUS CHRIST who is the GOOD SHEPHERD who leads you into green pasture-the garden of eden. The 3rd space history is the coming KINGDOM OF GOD after 15 billion years of the Kingdom of Heaven of the old earth and the old heaven; in here in the new earth and the new heaven, the angel-like men will be born of GOD and will become gods or LIKE-GOD. This space or kingdom where the garden of paradise are located is perfect in contrast to the earth's space which is imperfect whose garden are of disasters. The Kingdom of GOD in a celestial heaven is a higher dimension such that the LORD JESUS CHRIST said I AM from above and you are from below -referring to our physical universe. When the Prophets talk about this celestial heaven, our current simple logic can not understand the Prophet's message as the logic here is faith in GOD. And the garden of paradise is further describe as glorious, with the living water that flows and the trees are the trees of life and the grounds are made of puregold planets. The City of GOD, THE HOLY CITY JERUSALEM at the center of all the countless puregold planets is described in Rev 21:10-21. THANKS GOD; FEAR GOD; PRAISE GOD; GLORIFY GOD; HONOR GOD; LOVE GOD AND WORSHIP GOD. Pls refer to my website-http://groups.yahoo.com/group/THEGOODNEWSOFTHEKINGDOM/

Answer 2

Reverse psychology describes the "outcome where advocacy of one course of action persuades another person to do the opposite." e.g. In Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer, Tom pretends painting a fence is a blast & tricks his friends to not only do his chore but to pay him for the pleasure.

Who doesn't love Homer Simpson!?!
Homer's Brain: Don't you get it? You've gotta use reverse psychology.
Homer: That sounds too complicated.
Homer's Brain: OK, don't use reverse psychology.
Homer: All right, I will!

Is your analogy that the the big bright red button that screams "Don't Push me" and we push it anyway is religion telling us "Don't Question" when in fact, it wants, no begs us to question?

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.
— Galileo Galilei

Perhaps God chose me to be an atheist?
— Stanislaw J. Lec, (1909-1966)

Suppose we've chosen the wrong god. Every time we go to church we're just making him madder and madder.
— Homer's version of Pascal's Wager

Answer 3

In Soviet Russia, psychology reverses YOU!

(Similarly, in Soviet Russia, joke ruins YOU!)

Answer 4

Yes. It was created to control society because there were no modern govts, no modern armies and it couldn't be done by force so they to do it by manipulating thought patterns.

It has become so entrenched, century after century, that it is difficult to break from for most people.

Answer 5

Draw a house, a tree, and yourself in the picture - and let me know what you have drawn in a couple hours. 8^D

Blessings to you always!

Answer 6

Religion might have that effect. Jesus sets us free. He never play mind games, His word is simple. Love God and love your fellow human beings. : )

Answer 7

You mean that God tells us not to murder, steal, bear false witness, covet, etc. because He secretly wants us to do such things? Not at all.

Answer 8

No. Religion? are you practicing reverse religion : faith among disbelivers??? Can be just as bad, am I right or wrong!

Answer 9

just give 5th horsemen the best answer already, can't beat yakov Smirnoff

Answer 10

In a way, yes. God's ways are not our ways. I forget where that is in the Bible and don't have my concordance handy.

Answer 11

Now that you mention it, yes it does. I have always just thought that some religions rule by fear.