AndyBaker

AndyBaker

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To each his own I agree. That statement sums it up for me. Also, it will serve us to keep an open mind, else we could become too dogmatic or small-minded, whether as an atheist or as a religionist. After all, anything is possible in the face of the Infinite, especially regarding ultimate issues of exis

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Ultimately, if a scientific explanation exists, I would prefer it, because that's just how my mind works It's how everyone's m

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Our experiences define us and either make us better people or worse. Not only our experiences, but I think our choices and our attitudes to situations make us better or worse people. As magpot's post demonstrated.

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Lord Shitzu, it sounds like you’re talking about that old philosophical chestnut, “the soul”. It’s the intrinsic essence of our self-awareness, (inner-spirit), which looks out at the world, ex

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Trina, being an English bloke, (and obviously an immature one at that), I can't help but smile at the use of the words "pants" in that last post. Pants, in England, means underwear, normally men's tacky Y-fronts. So I hope you can appreciate the different slant your comments hold for us English. A good post though <img src="../images/smiles/smile.gif" border=0 ALIGN

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why is it that most women don't wear dresses or skirts anymore? It depends on which age you look at. There's plenty of early-twenties girls that wear skirts on the train that I catch in the morning. The older they get, the more likely they are to wear trousers, or so it seems. Any ideas why that might b

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Lord Shitzu, my beliefs echo yours regarding the afterlife. I think that when Eastern and Western beliefs are merged, we find a fuller picture of the true nature of reality. Eastern wisdom teaches that "we are God". Western religion teaches that we are "children of God". These two teachings don't necessarily contradict. Af

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Olikara, a good blog, and you show how easily fundamentalism can be lampooned. I personally believe that our religious revelations reflect deeper, spiritual truths, and also that not everything that our religions preach are aligned with the 'Whole Truth'. Our religions are man-made 'frameworks' which attempt to embrace and reflect the deeper truths of Ultimate Reali

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Good stuff poetMom. I too believe that we are a reflection of God. He shares our pains and suffering too, (as demonstrated in Jesus' life). The good news it that we'll share His resurrection, and we'll be like God even more. “Is it not written, ‘Ye are Gods’?” - Jesus, (John 10.34), referring to Psalm 82.6.

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You're right, music is open to interpretation, and everyone has different tastes and different moods. For this reason I don't think music is a universal language, in a 'clinical' sense, so to speak. But from a broader point of view, one could say that music is universal. <b

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This is good stuff. I think that all negative views toward prostitutes and toward people who pay for them are lacking compassion and understanding. There are reasons why people are at certain places at certain times in life, emotionally speaking. Weaknesses, faults and vices are all part of the human condition. We all have them in one form or another, and if it’s no

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