How can you be alive if your going to die?

[Dr. Quack]

Death or the dead
All the major faiths refer to us as already having died -

◄ Colossians 3:3 ►
For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.

(Collosions 3:3)
For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

ISLAM.
The Koran itself seems quite clear: "And you were dead, and He brought you back to life. And He shall cause you to die, and shall bring you back to life, and in the end shall gather you unto Himself." (2:28).

Buddhism
Avidyā (Sanskrit; Pāli: avijjā; Tibetan phonetic: ma rigpa) is commonly translated as "ignorance" or "delusion".

Hinduism
He who is forgetful of the Self, mistaking the physical body for it, and goes through innumerable births, is like one who wanders all over the world in a dream. Thus, realizing the Self would only be like waking up from the dream¬wanderings.
Sri Ramana Maharshi (December 30, 1879 – April 14, 1950)

[Dr. Quack]

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
Albert Einstein.

"Nothing is as it seems. Nor is it otherwise."
Lankavatara Sutra - Mahāyāna Buddhism

There is no greater mystery than this; that being the reality we seek to gain reality.
Sri Ramana Maharshi (December 30, 1879 – April 14, 1950)

Plato’s cave analogy.
Inprisoned inside the cave (Us), prisoners see the shadows on the wall and mistakenly view the shadows as reality. Every now and agian someone awakens to the truth and tries to tell others (Us), but the others respond with anger.
https://theologicalstudies.org/resource-library/philosophy-dictionary/157-platos-cave-analogy

Greek word "cosmos" Meaning "In The World" functioning apart from God
And according to Early Christian gnosticism - "Seraphims" Keter - Crown Divine Plan ~ The Angel of Death. (Read John 7:7) Satan is the ruler of this "cosmos" (John 12:31; 16:11; 1 John 5:19)

Islam.
The Surah takes its title from the sentence, Wa anzalna' l-hadida, of verse 25.
(A study of its subject matter)
https://www.englishtafsir.com/Quran/57/
Surah Al-Hadid (its title meaning, 'the iron') talks about the reality of the transient life of this world.

Hinduism. (Caught up in Samsara – Maya ~ The Malevolant illusion)
In which this universe like a snake on a rope imagined appears.

15. He who sees the universe may try to deny it. What has the desireless to do? He sees not even though he sees. ASTAVAKRA SAMHITA – Chapter XVIII – P136

[angryjonny]

Come in. Tell me more. Would you like a cup of tea?

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It's a quick typer this spambot.

2 posts of pasted sh1te within a minute of each other.
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[Skudd]

If you are living on the edge you are taking up too much room.
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Petty Anarchists look at "1984".............. The Visionary looks at "Animal Farm".

[pepperami]

[Flatbadger]

*you're

https://i.imgur.com/o1pSY4s.jpg
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If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
You're in ISIS

[Suntan Sid]

Does Quack post this stuff elsewhere, or is he our very own, 'speshul' fruit loop?
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[Flatbadger]

He's a very persistent one

https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=4362126

https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=4339636

https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=4335520

etc.
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If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
You're in ISIS

[Suntan Sid]

I meant on other forums etc.!
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[chickenstrip]

One day, he'll have you all convinced. Of....something
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[Flatbadger]

Well, I'm at a loose end

I googled 'For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God' and checked matches for the past month. There's no other non-God forum in which this appears, unless I missed something.

He's our own special copy pastor
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If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
You're in ISIS

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[Rogue_Shadow]

So deep

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As usual, pasted word for word from a spambot on Gahoo Answers.

https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20160928122431AAnYVHE
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[Jayy]

Dr Quack remains one of my favourite people on BCF, so insightful and full of encyclopedic knowledge.

[pits]

How can you have gone to school if you can't even spell or understand the difference between your and you're? Unless you're useless at life.
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