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(Date Posted:10/19/2005 23:54:24)
welcome!
enjoy looking at the posts. i've found people on this board to be both interesting and challenging. being able to open up about my past experiences has very much helped me find out what exactly it is i believe asa far as religion and god are concerned.
happy posting!
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snakechic
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(Date Posted:10/20/2005 02:28:50)
Hiya and welcome...
Anyone who has the 'balls' to use the term 'chick' is OK in my book...
I hope you can have lots of fun here as I do - we need lotta new chicks. Can't wait to see what atavar you choose.
Spitfire...WTF is that atavar...that's not a 'chick' is it?
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In exchange for obedience, Christianity promises salvation in an afterlife; but in order to elicit obedience through this promise, Christianity must convince people that they need salvation, that there is something to be saved from. Christianity has nothing to offer a happy person living in a natural, intelligible universe. If Christianity is to gain a motivational foothold, it must declare war on earthly pleasure and happiness, and this, historically, has been its precise course of action. In the eyes of Christianity, woman(man) is sinful and helpless in the face of God, and is potential fuel for the flames of hell. Just as Christianity must destroy reason before it can introduce faith, so it must destroy happiness before it can introduce salvation.
-- George H Smith, Atheism: The Case Against God
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SCchic
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(Date Posted:10/21/2005 00:41:12)
Hi there....
I am also new too, and have probably experienced much of the things that you have experienced.
Glad you have found a church that you like and enjoy!
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redzed
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(Date Posted:10/21/2005 03:43:47)
Reply to : openmindchick
I also chant mantras which has helped me tremendously!
Brain researchers have found that some mantras stimulate the workings of the 'higher' mind, helping one to comprehend there is more to life. Welcome to the forum, your title reminds me of the saying: "Minds are like parachutes; they work best when open."(Thomas Dewar)
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Albert Einstein: "A human being is a part of the whole, called by us "Universe" a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest--a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and affection for a few persons nearest us."
Namaste
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openmindchick
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(Date Posted:10/23/2005 16:59:47)
Thanks for the compliment!
Reply to : redzed
Reply to : openmindchickI also chant mantras which has helped me tremendously!Brain researchers have found that some mantras stimulate the workings of the 'higher' mind, helping one to comprehend there is more to life. Welcome to the forum, your title reminds me of the saying:"Minds are like parachutes; they work best when open."(Thomas Dewar)
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spitfire1979
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(Date Posted:10/23/2005 20:52:29)
Reply to : SnakeChick
Spitfire...WTF is that atavar...that's not a 'chick' is it?
It's an intelligently designed penguin, silly! Nah, just happened to be the fuggliest creature I've ever seen and I had to pay homage to it somehow. She/he/it...she-it...won't be up long but couldn't pass up.
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Voltaire
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(Date Posted:10/23/2005 23:11:31)
It's an intelligently designed penguin, silly!
Whew! I thought it was a picture of the demon possessing George Bush.
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Zombies, Unicorns, Devils, Sea Monsters, Satyrs, Dragons, Six Winged Angels, Gods, Demons, Witches, Astrologers, A walking & talking snake, Magical fruit, Talking donkeys, human headed six-winged beasts, Ghosts. All that stuff is in the Bible and yet they tell me it"s not mythology?
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snakechic
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(Date Posted:10/24/2005 00:34:44)
Reply to : spitfire1979
It's an intelligently designed penguin, silly! Nah, just happened to be the fuggliest creature I've ever seen and I had to pay homage to it somehow. She/he/it...she-it...won't be up long but couldn't pass up.
and I love it to bits.......of course you couldn't pass it up!
Well done!
Did you hear about the silly fuss over the penguins being 'faithful' or somesuch bullshit?
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In exchange for obedience, Christianity promises salvation in an afterlife; but in order to elicit obedience through this promise, Christianity must convince people that they need salvation, that there is something to be saved from. Christianity has nothing to offer a happy person living in a natural, intelligible universe. If Christianity is to gain a motivational foothold, it must declare war on earthly pleasure and happiness, and this, historically, has been its precise course of action. In the eyes of Christianity, woman(man) is sinful and helpless in the face of God, and is potential fuel for the flames of hell. Just as Christianity must destroy reason before it can introduce faith, so it must destroy happiness before it can introduce salvation.
-- George H Smith, Atheism: The Case Against God
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