Isn't it funny how it's the devoutly religious people in the world that scare me the most ...with God on their side they are the ones more likely to pull their triggers and launch their missiles.
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Are you religious?
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Evangelists/Extremists/Fundamentalists/Predators it's not a million miles from Dictators and Terrorists.
Live and let live means nothing to some people, they insist that we must think what they tell us to think or suffer and die.
Some of them are very unhealthy unfortunately and part of their delusion is believing that they are the only ones who are right.
Live and let live means nothing to some people, they insist that we must think what they tell us to think or suffer and die.
Some of them are very unhealthy unfortunately and part of their delusion is believing that they are the only ones who are right.
Seems to me tha tthe word breeding is reducing the true act of love to farm animal behaviour. I think thats the rub though it did not bother me in the least. As fars as the little prankster goes(God), you went to far and the humor is no longer applied.
Mamu you are one loving lady that I admire, hope the best for you and your son.
Mamu you are one loving lady that I admire, hope the best for you and your son.
Yep convince a man he is going to spend eternity with loads of beautiful virgins and he will do anything you tell him to get it.
The whole 'virgin' thing puts me off although with an eternity of training...
As a woman, I would think the equivalent heaven - one night stands with a multitude of virgin guys is a bit of a turn-off.
Obviously the virgin women would need to think where they'd be going after the first night...
Mhhhh.....just hope it wouldn't be the canteen kitchens...
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C.
Obviously the virgin women would need to think where they'd be going after the first night...
Mhhhh.....just hope it wouldn't be the canteen kitchens...
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C.
I was raised as a fundamentalist Protestant, and though I've never been a member of an officially recognized cult, I can't imagine that there's much difference between fundamentalism and so-called cults. It's just that there are more fundamentalists. Whatever the case, I was most definitely a brainwashed child.
Scary people, indeed.
Scary people, indeed.
Interesting.
They(I believe it might have been Boston Research? Not sure) also did studies on the brains of believers and non believers that I found fascinating. They found that the chemical make up for the brain of a non believer was in fact different from the brain of a believer. Believers have more of the chemical that reduces stress in our bodies. So in a way people get addicted to the feelings they get when they believe. Also, most fascinating, it didn't matter what religion it was- what beliefs- they were simply asked if they believed in God. Not which God.
To a 'young' man it sounds like heaven Caesarea....but everything changes with age.
Leave Frankl out of this....You are the troll and spammer.
YouTube - Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) King Herods Song (16) (((Stereo)))
You've tipped your hand. Now .... and go haunt another forum.
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YouTube - My land is too green
There's a far nicer version of this song sung by Mary Coughlan but I couldn't find a track with her singing it to post.
My Land Is Too Green
(E. Visser/A. Hensey)
My land is bogged down in religious tradition
We nod our heads in humble submission
One foot in the door, a hand in your pocket
We export our problems for foreign solutions
My land is naive, too scared of the devil
Holier than thou, with eyes up to heaven
And when nobody looks, we tear strips off our neighbour
And have a good laugh, at it all in the end
Shrouded in mist, the outlook's appalling
Pressure is rising and temperature's falling
Sunny spells and scattered showers
And still it rains for hours and hours
And as the floods rise we'll drown our sorrows
Tossing them back like there is no tomorrow
And in the end we'll sit or stand
And piss it back into the bog holes of Ireland
My land is too fond of incurable scheming
The promises given are nothing but dreaming
we all love a rogue we'll make him our leader
But every four years its right back to zero
My land is still poor and underdeveloped
We talk round our problems for hours on end
And then we decide there's two sides to the story
And have a good laugh at it all in the end
Shrouded in mist, the outlook's appalling
Pressure is rising and temperature's falling
Sunny spells and scattered showers
And still it rains for hours and hours
And as the floods rise we'll drown our sorrows
Tossing them back like there is no tomorrow
And in the end we'll sit or stand
And piss it back into the bog holes of Ireland
(E. Visser/A. Hensey)
My land is bogged down in religious tradition
We nod our heads in humble submission
One foot in the door, a hand in your pocket
We export our problems for foreign solutions
My land is naive, too scared of the devil
Holier than thou, with eyes up to heaven
And when nobody looks, we tear strips off our neighbour
And have a good laugh, at it all in the end
Shrouded in mist, the outlook's appalling
Pressure is rising and temperature's falling
Sunny spells and scattered showers
And still it rains for hours and hours
And as the floods rise we'll drown our sorrows
Tossing them back like there is no tomorrow
And in the end we'll sit or stand
And piss it back into the bog holes of Ireland
My land is too fond of incurable scheming
The promises given are nothing but dreaming
we all love a rogue we'll make him our leader
But every four years its right back to zero
My land is still poor and underdeveloped
We talk round our problems for hours on end
And then we decide there's two sides to the story
And have a good laugh at it all in the end
Shrouded in mist, the outlook's appalling
Pressure is rising and temperature's falling
Sunny spells and scattered showers
And still it rains for hours and hours
And as the floods rise we'll drown our sorrows
Tossing them back like there is no tomorrow
And in the end we'll sit or stand
And piss it back into the bog holes of Ireland
There's a far nicer version of this song sung by Mary Coughlan but I couldn't find a track with her singing it to post.
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Another interlude
YouTube - dieu
and
YouTube - Monty Python - Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
Brilliant!
YouTube - dieu
and
YouTube - Monty Python - Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
Brilliant!
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Sometimes I feel like a lot of people simply forget what it is they are searching for in their "Quest".
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There is an easy explanation for faith - ignorance and the refusal to accept the obvious. Human's have a strong natural tendency towards unquestionable obedience because this serves the young in achieving survival. It is the "mind viruses" (Dawkin's term) installed in the young that become the faith of the old. People need to be guided towards intellectual freedom from birth - just as people must be forced into being moral by laws and punishment. This is how human society evolves - just look at how much our world would be much different if people were allowed to choose to be murderers and rapists, or if doctors ignored new developments in anti-septic techniques and research in treating patients? The same goes with religion - it is simply an institution created to satisfy a human need and its loyalists refuse to believe otherwise, despite the fact that the writers of practically all major religions (barring Buddhism) were ignorant, submissive, sand people.
It should be pointed out that as man's knowledge increased, the number of god's they worshipped decreased. The ancient Romans, Greek, Norse, Egyptians and many others had a god for everything they could not explain. The sun rising in the east and setting in the west, was Apollo, riding his sun chariot across the sky. Crops growing even why when you darank wine, you got drunk (Baccus, god of wine and revelry) etc., etc. Now we have only one main question that we can't explain through observations and science, and that is: How did it all get here to begin with. To my way of thinking (correct me if I am FACTUALLY wrong on this) to ascribe to all of this as being some paternal figure in a place we can't see is as primative as polytheistic beliefs. If belief is the issue, then all those gods existed when they were believed in, and do not now. Apply that to today. What is the only logical conclusion? Convince me to the contrary, if you please.
Thanks,
Jim
Thanks,
Jim
I want to say a heart-felt thank you to everyone for your support and kindness.
I don't know exactly what prompted me to open up with so much detail about my son and myself, but Kate had a very good point.
I still don't know what my answer would be if I had been given the choice to bring him into this world or not. My love for him has no measure and I know I would greatly miss the opportunity of knowing him, although he would most likely tell me don't do it mom.
Your support and kindness definitely gave me a very good day! Thank you!
I was raised a Catholic and am still a practising Catholic, but from my own perspective you can debate your faith/non-faith and religion/non-religion til your blue in the face, you guys have shown me it's what's inside that counts.
Thanks again!
I don't know exactly what prompted me to open up with so much detail about my son and myself, but Kate had a very good point.
I still don't know what my answer would be if I had been given the choice to bring him into this world or not. My love for him has no measure and I know I would greatly miss the opportunity of knowing him, although he would most likely tell me don't do it mom.
Your support and kindness definitely gave me a very good day! Thank you!
I was raised a Catholic and am still a practising Catholic, but from my own perspective you can debate your faith/non-faith and religion/non-religion til your blue in the face, you guys have shown me it's what's inside that counts.
Thanks again!
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