TED Community » Devon Gisbert

More About Me

I'm passionate about

Art and Creativity are the undermined characteristics of Human Nature that I passionately believe are essential to the proper advancement of our world.

An idea worth spreading

"People have a tendency of becoming what you encourage them to be" -John Mason "Don't you realize that you cannot make you're own heart beat? Don't you realize that all the power you think you possess you really possess none of it? It is the mercy of God that sustains you, even when you hate Him" -Gianna Jessen (Abortion Survivor)

Talk to me about

God, Life, Music, Education

Comments

• TEDCred score: +0.90 TEDCred reflects your contribution to the TED community.

• A comment on Conversation: In an individualistic world where autonomy is a requirement for human-involvement, should conversation be mandatory?

  Jun 15 2012: peace love and afro grease :D

• A reply on Conversation: What happens after we die?

  Jun 15 2012: And no the thread wasn't started to promote beliefs it was to discuss them and if you couldn't see that before all this sparked up to a mess then i can't help you

• A reply on Conversation: What happens after we die?

  Jun 15 2012: it just makes no sense to believe an orange is an orange and a watermelon at the same time. It's not rational or logical on any terms whatsoever intellectually or spiritually and you're going to call me out and say I'm being condescending for pointing out a fact? If you were a muslim i would never say your foolish, if you were atheist i wouldn't say you were foolish if you were christian or buddhist i wouldn't say you were foolish, but believing all of them in their entirety to be true. Yes colleen, it's foolish and I'm not saying you are..but the belief itself is. And I think even you know that
• +1

  A reply on Conversation: What happens after we die?

  Jun 14 2012: 1 Corinthians 2: 6-14
  
  “We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. No, we speak of God’s secret wisdom, a wisdom that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began. None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. However, as it is written:
  “No eye has seen,
    no ear has heard,
no mind has conceived
    what God has prepared for those who love him”[b] —
  but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit.
  The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the man’s spirit within him? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us. This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.[c] The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.”

• A reply on Conversation: What happens after we die?

  Jun 14 2012: Dont you guys get it...it's not about condemning anybody, daniel said it himself, a soul in heaven would always want to come back to earthly existence to help his other fellow man along the path. But thats not biblical, we had our help through Jesus Christ all we have now is today to tell people and so we do.. not to condemn them or judge them, we ourselves were at one point being told. We do it out of love for our fellow man. God is the judge
  
  And Obey to your comment on his sacrifice and reducing it to something thats not much of anything, try living a perfect life and innocently having your flesh ripped off your back to the point where people cant recognize you on top of being whipped and beaten, put in a crown of thorns and having it thrusted into your skull all for the people that hate you... and then get back to me. You and colleen both are quick to point out what I say and pass it off as judgemental or biased and yet Colleen says nothing of what you have to say Obey even though its offensive.
  
  And to address the animal thing. The sacrifice of animals was under the old covenant until Jesus came as the perfect lamb to be sacrificed and not just to kill animals obey, but for our sins for the foolish and stupid things that we did....no blame is to go to God for this and who are we to question that when we know so little even though we think we know so much. His thoughts aren’t our thoughts obey and robi hillel and confucious didnt die and come back to life for the salvation of man so theres really no comparison.
  
  And to put that luke 9:19 thing to bed if you actually read the whole thing they were talking about Jesus.
  
  And peter I appreciate your words but I have a friend who is a muslim convert and is on fire for God he loves God with all his heart and is currently a missionary reaching out to thousands and would not have been so if it werent for someone who had reached out to him...so with that statement you made on muslims, I disagree

• A reply on Conversation: What happens after we die?

  Jun 14 2012: Thank you Obey I apologize also for not being as clear as I should have.
  
  Colleen, no you misunderstand me. Not once have I bashed anyones specific belief whether it be the Muslim the Christian or the Atheist people have their own reasons why they believe these things. What I was saying is that to believe all these to be true in their entirety would be foolish when they themselves contradict each other, to be a devout atheist and a devout christian at the same time would make no sense what so ever, come on now colleen, lets be real.
  Although I feel it's best to put the whole topic itself to rest since people are growing sensitive

• A comment on Conversation: What is the way out of homelessness? Is there a way?

  Jun 13 2012: Good Question

• A reply on Conversation: What happens after we die?

  Jun 13 2012: agreed

• A reply on Conversation: What happens after we die?

  Jun 13 2012: Colleen, I think that as soon as I mention God people have a tendency close me off as a biased preacher who wants to force there beliefs on people and I don't blame them since theres plenty of throat plungers out there. But although I do have my beliefs and I believe one thing and only one thing (unlike what people tell you to do and believe many things at once which is foolish), I don't have the intention of forcing anything on anyone. In my conversations I'm not being prejudice, I'm thinking and speaking with reason and actual experience and therefore not being biased but just having a rational conversation. I desire to know what other people have to say, and to talk with them about it, that's all.
  
  With that said, I would love to hear your story :)

• A reply on Conversation: What happens after we die?

  Jun 13 2012: My intention isn't to characterize it's to draw out of people how they feel on the topic and have a rational discussion. Im not assuming all non believers are hedonists while all believers live perfect lives because I don't believe that to be true at all I was giving an example and stating what plays a role in the decisions we make.
  
  Putting words in my mouth won't solve anything, and yes I feel there are plenty of preachers who don't have it together who represent Christ in a false way, preachers who molest children, who take money, who are hypocrites in every way
  
  the last thing I think is that christians are high and holy and above everyone else...I think we are humans just like everyone else who make mistakes and make bad decisions as we do good ones...Paul the apostle himself killed christians before coming to know Christ but I do believe we share a truth, and this is why I have discussions because I want to understand other people and how they feel and think and believe..not to force beliefs on anybody but to have discussions in understanding what all this is about.