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08-24-2011, 10:28 PM
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Thanks much for the link, Painter. She seems very genuine. Is she really a nun? I dunno, there's just something about her delivery that would make me want to go to Catholic School, even though you know she is going to be strict, just not uptight.
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08-25-2011, 07:57 AM
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Thanks much for the link, Painter. She seems very genuine. Is she really a nun? I dunno, there's just something about her delivery that would make me want to go to Catholic School, even though you know she is going to be strict, just not uptight.
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Unfortunately...no.
http://archives.citypaper.net/articl....maripat.shtml
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08-24-2011, 12:10 PM
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Looks like we have a little in common, Mezz. Although, I have a little difficulty in making that leap into Atheism. I guess it's just a normal desire to see folks I've lost again, and a natural curiosity about a possible after life.
But, as for all of the Hokus Pokus and books of rules, written by MEN who profess to be agents of God? Sorry, I'm not bitin'. If I want to know what God thinks, I'll ask him myself.
Dave
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08-25-2011, 06:08 AM
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Loved the link Painter. Thanks.
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08-25-2011, 08:20 AM
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Ah black hearted protestant though I am I know about Saint Lawrence. Everytime Florence asks me how was dinner and I say Excellent, she says Thank You Saint Lawrence.
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08-30-2011, 10:44 AM
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My Ma turned Baha'i when I was seven and indoctrinated me into her cult. I now believe that all religions are cults, some are just more successful than others, some are more benign than others, some are not so benign. Thankfully today I am not enthralled by any cult.
Faith in supernatural beings is out for me, it is simply wishful anthropomorphism to want to have a superbeing, a super human being, who governs the universe. A being whose qualities are all too human even though they are super human.
We created god in our image and that is pure vanity IMHO. I do disbelieve in such an anthropomorphic god but do not completely discount the possibility that some sort of thing exists although IMV it is impossible to say exactly what that thing is or what our relationship to it is. As soon as human beings start thinking about it, start using human concepts and words to describe it, they are anthropomorphizing and have in effect created a god in their own image.
Cheers
Lar
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About as close to religion as I get is listening to "Pipe Dreams" and the Sunday morning "Heart and Voice" program on the Godless NPR.
I still love the music.
Dave
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08-30-2011, 11:01 AM
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About that bit about us "being created in his image", given some of the other translation errors, or even simply the usage of English in King James time, could that not simple mean "created as he imagined we should look"?
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08-31-2011, 08:43 PM
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Branch Dividian. I became a convert after Janet Reno burned all of those poor people & children to death.
Democrat = Nazi.
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08-31-2011, 11:42 PM
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Branch Dividian. I became a convert after Janet Reno burned all of those poor people & children to death.
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B.S.pal, the sole blame of that fiasco rests on the shoulders of one Vernon Howell. This piece of crap, self-proclaimed prophet, lead those poor souls down the path they followed, all in the name of god. Spew all the shit about dems and libs you want, but I'll guarantee you, Vernon was no lib.
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