Those about to blow themselves up, and a hell of a lot of people along with them, are beyond the point where you can reason with them, unless the reason is coming from people they trust and respect, the people advising them who should die in their act of martyrdom. That's the point. If you can't reason
To: Muggaz I sincerely hope a lot of people who need 'God' for help read it and realise that they are the only people who can help themselves. You musn't take anything I said to imply that I deny the existence of God - I don't, I affirm it. It's j
Gimme a motto - something that sums up some aspect of your attitude to life. Example: arrogance is confidence without a smile
'Religion' (if such a thing exists) may be morally neutral, but religions are not. Which is what makes them actually practiced forms of faith rather than neutered generalizations about God. Neither Islam nor Christianity is morally neutral. Both are proselytizing teleological belief systems having a vision of the final good, and those visions are in opposition to each other. Religion is
To cactoblasta: I think you'd get on very well with some Buddhists I know. As Little_Whip says, I get on well with believers of all descriptions, providing they are sincere and genuine in their faith. Like the author of Revelations I've no interest in the lukewarm and the apathetic. I'd rather
Note - the term 'teenage' here is ingenuous in that it refers to my admiration for movies such as 'I married a teenage werewolf', and so on. When I first posted this (on Misc) I neglected to frame it in a form that could generate responses. I suppose the nature of the article (other than its exhibitionistic vanity) is the presentation of the 'thea
To Gideon MacLeish: I'm pleased that you didn't delete my most recent response, and grateful that you encouraged others to read my linked thread. Thank you for that. What I wrote here, and in the subsequent article, was not meant as an attack upon your beliefs but as a different way of looking at what constitutes salvation. I freely acknowledge that in my own spiritual development, over
To Cactoblasta: Do you have a source for your argument, or is it based solely on your fluency in Hebrew? I'm hardly fluent in Hebrew. The argument is derived from my study of the Kabbala. It certainly doesn't invalidate Christianity if by invalidate you mean 'prove to be wrong'. I regard
In uncharacteristic fashion, I did delete a message, and will continue to do so if certain individuals see my blog as a forum for attacking my beliefs. Gideon,
The article title is intentionally facetious. The article that follows is not. Awhile ago I posted the gist of the following article as a reply to Gideon MacLeish's thread 'Who is my Saviour?' Oddly, he took it as an attack upon his beliefs and deleted the post. Since I've no wish to waste the effort that went into that original reply I've decided
HAVING THE SCHOOLS TEACH YOU TO HAVE PERVERTED SEX AT 13 I went to one of those schools. Graduated as Valedictorian with a 4.0 grade average... but I rarely shouted.
To Daiwa: Thanks.
To Cactoblasta: That's a big inference to make - calling someone a tiger usually means that they are intelligent, cunning and ferocious If someone is intelligent, cunning and ferocious, it usually means they are regarded as dangerous. Or how many intelligent, cunning and ferocious people do you
Those that hate what they are can never love what they become. Those with the wit to appreciate what they are may become something greater. And I said nothing at all about love of country, one way or the other, only that Britain is a parochial, self-obsessed little island.
An article in the British newspaper 'The Guardian' (known for its liberal, left-leaning stance) referred to George Bush as a 'smiling tiger'. The inference being that President Bush, because he is determined, because he is an exponent of the right-wing of American politics, because he is a Christian who neither hides nor obfuscates his religious beliefs in t
So you're a Witch. Cool. So you have ink and piercings. Also cool. Now go away and do the LBRP and the BRH at least twice a day for a month, without being concerned for the results, and see what true freakishness blossoms. I'd be interested to hear the result.
Well, since you had the good sense to see the humor in my comment about children on another thread, I think I'd have to say that you are OK. And since being anything more than OK in human terms is the province of Saints and other wonder-workers, I'd have to say that makes you at least as valuable as any other person and, to those who know you personally, probably a great deal more so. As to your self-identified faults... I'm sure they could sp
To Gideon MacLeish: While my reply to greywar should demonstrate that I have no real use for the concept of consent in the particular instance of my marriage (since I believe it to be irrelevant in these matters) I do agree with the Libertarian impulse that you express. I think consenting adults have the
To Texaswahine: The way you described children made me laugh . . . and for that, mr. icecreamemperor, I give you an insightful. Thank you.
To greywar: The difference here is a consensual relationship versus non LW. A big big one. Being the child of particular parents, being a member of a particular family, is itself a non-consensual act. You didn't consent to be born (just as, I imagine, you will not consent to die). Being bo
To Varoom: I still contend that if your new husband is beating, biting, cutting and choking you, that you can call it what you want, to me that is still abuse, whether you enjoy it or not. She doesn't enjoy it in any sense that a non-masochist would understand. Pain is pain, wheth
Consider the advantages of being able to administer a sharp beating to your spouse whenever he or she does anything to seriously annoy you. 1. There can be no confusion as to whether you are annoyed or, if punishment is properly handled, as to why you are annoyed. 2. The issue, whatever it may be, is immediately addressed, dealt with, and lai
Let me be frank: I've been here before. This is my third attempt at blogging on this site, and I've no doubt that some of you will recognise me in the things I have to say and will be saying. Perhaps some of you will find that shocking and detestable. Perhaps some of you will find it intriguing and want to know more. Now I shall be more
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