Who reads this anyway? Oh just you wait. Let me be the first to say, "Welcome to JU", home of the sometimes OVERLY responsive. I'm interested to understand your subtitle, "atonement", and how it plays into what you've described here. I'm sure many others will chime in,
i also researched a lot of its claims on the net, i had so many pages dog eared for "further looking into" that im still not done! im also reading a rebuttlal book called "breaking the da vinci code" though im finding it very dry and not very convincing in its counter-arguments. I considered "B
A = A Hasta, Ock
You forgot "Celestine Prophecy," and as an add on, if you haven't yet, you might want to add "Godel, Escher, Bach" for the purpose of discussing the internal observation of a recursive system, although that's just a piece of that work. Considering you imply that you have come "spiritually of age" by mentioning that it is exciting to get there, I'll write no more, because what could I offer one such as you? Ok...*besides* humility
In my opinion, adherents of Ayn Rand should question their basic model of the world, (as should we all), and ask why it is reasonable to assume that objective realities such as purpose, reason, justice, moral integrity, honesty and rationality would be engrained into the fabric of an intrinsically purposeless Existence?
This not intended as a dispute, but to clarify my statement. (Bear in mind, by definition, religion deals with “deeper” issues, especially when interpreted through mature eyes.) re·li·gion n. 1. a. Belief in and reverence for a supernatural power or powers
"You've got mail"
The only way to possess a faith-free understanding is to have an infallible knowledge of everything Or to be comfy with knowing that there are certain things you will never know for sure. You see, I do not mind faith when it is in terms of a belief that someone has painstakingly logicked their way to.
A friend of my Spouse Unit sent this to her. It's worth a read and a chuckle. Enjoy. With elections coming up, this is an issue we should all decide. The first question should be: How can you tell the difference between Democrats, Republicans and Southern Republicans? The answer can be found by contemplating the f
so in other words, what youre saying is...you need to hire a guy to run a business for you and there are two applicants: b and k. which one do you choose based on their real-business-world accomplishments? Not exactly. My main point was why do I care whether these guys have been in the military? The
Sure, cus its all junk and as you know, we're moving soon anyway...so you are welcome to my (literally) trash picked furniture...lol. We shall sit on the floor until our thrones arrive! Is that "The Jeffersons" I hear in the backgfround, LW? <img src="../images/smiles/smile.gif" border=0 ALIGN="absmiddl
Every day I sign on to JU, I look over to the column with the "Recent JoeUser Articles" and pretty much every day I am seeing something about Bush being a vet or Kerry being a vet, and who is the vettiest vet of them all. Any of you been in a war lately? No, then lemme 'splain something to you, Lucy. Being a surviving vet is equal to but not greater
OckshamsRazor: I disagree with you in that, according to Christian belief, we do not save ourselves. So do you have footage of people being saved? I'd like to see it. How about a newspaper article or a magazine exposee? <TABLE cellpadding=8 width="95%" align=center bgColor=#FFF394 class="mb-Body-
It's a nice thought, Gid, but logically not true. You are your own savior, and I am mine. Consider, Jesus Christ returns...comes to your very door this evening! He explains everything about how to be, what is right and what is wrong in words even the dog understands. So mad props to Jesus for telling you what you need to do to ascend to the kingdom of the heavenly father, right? Wrong. Who acts or doesn't act on th
Well, it's pretty cheap to do things this way, but why should I try to say something clever when someone else has said it so well? Some of you may have read For the great honor that is Religion which was a long excerpt from the book "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand. I re
There is no way I can better address what you have said than with another long quote from the philosophy I began all this by quoting. I simply cannot come close to saying it the way Ayn Rand did, so I won't try. Mr. Baker, and all, if you will, please turn to "Who is John Galt Redux" on my blog where I will excerpt at some length again. Thank you all for taking interest in t
I mean, why is this movie such a big deal? How many times have we seen movies that black people/or other races are made fun of (I'm not one) or poked at. It's not the first time, but it may be the first for white people to be cracked upon as a race. Um. What about "White Men Can't Jump," and will I
I think there’s room for growth in our interpretation of the story of Original Sin, in the sense that we can seek more depth, meaning and integrity Interpretation of stories - interpretation of ANYthing with intent to use that interpretation for determination of action - is a method of stagnation, not g
That's quite an antiquated interpretation of original sin. It's very bitter and negative. There's room for growth, I think. I'd be interested in hearing your supporting arguments, Andy. How is it "antiquated" and why do you see it as bitter and negative? I see it as objective - neither positive or n
It's actually an adjective, not a noun. Derived from the greek muses, anything that was aesthetically pleasing was said to have been caused by the muses. It was muse-ic.
I think you need to tell me all your favorite authors at once, Abe I'm writing it down, but it's gonna have to wait in line
I remember one time at the drunk end of this college party (yeah, back in *those* days for those of you that have read my Ism article) that was at my girlfirend's apartment, she had passed out cold so we decided to shave her pussy. Oh my god she was so mad the next morning, but it was so totally hilarious. She continued to be furious the next week because she said the damn thing kept scratching her every time she tried to pet it. I tried to pet it t
Mig, none of this answer is directed at you - just for clarification. It's all directed at anyone who thinks it might apply to them and I write it for the sake of stirring up the conversation There is no such thing as a moral code that is enforced at gun point. You cannot legislate morality because morality is a product of thought, not action. And Dharma, regarding ad
I know it's easy to make broad statements and judgments, but there are actually a great many Christians that are not as they are portrayed. I'm wondering if it will ever be possible for there to be less sterotyping of people? Are righteous people not above stereotyping? What I mean is, a person is trul
... i embrace vilification and ostracism; i have grown and benefited greatly from the past years of struggle and the rocks thrown and the words minced, the awkward silences and disappointed parents Don't forget to give a shout out to the "loving god" that makes it all possible, my friend. You owe that
JoeUser Forums