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12-01-2002, 05:18 AM

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Originally posted by Buffman:
Amos
That is how I would currently interpret your statement regarding the Bible as a beneficial or harmful tool. However, I wish you to know that I have no confidence in the word "evil" as a descriptive adjective. Bad, painful, or harmful, yes! Evil, no!

Hello Buffman, I hear you and agree. Evil is repulsive and has a negative connotation about it (if you look for it). Life is too much of a joy to dwell on the negative and see evil in the world around us. However, some people love to dwell there and this is most often to their own disadvantage.

Buffman · 12-01-2002, 08:51 AM

Yup!

hinduwoman · 12-05-2002, 04:24 PM

To get back to the original topic, stay away from any instituionalized religion claiming to have hotline to the Almighty through a mortal man who is elected by other humans.

Amie · 12-05-2002, 05:48 PM

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Originally posted by hinduwoman:
To get back to the original topic, stay away from any instituionalized religion claiming to have hotline to the Almighty through a mortal man who is elected by other humans.

as opposed to your superior religion?

Michael Beam · 12-05-2002, 06:22 PM

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Originally posted by Gemma Therese:
God has no physical attributes.

Sorry I know I'm getting in on this late, but how on earth can you say that God has no physical attributes when in Exodus it clearly states that God mooned Moses?

-Mike

Buffman · 12-05-2002, 11:01 PM

hinduwoman

You might wish to consider starting your thoughts about a mortal being elected by other mortals, to act as the divine head of a specific religion, with the manner in which those same mortals determined which of the hundreds, if not thousands, of ancient writings would be declared "divinely inspired" and worshiped as the actual words/guidance of their make-believe gods. Through the history of Christianity, the Master Manipulators simply can't seem to agee on which ones are divinely inspired and which are not.

I bet that even Amos, who uses the NAB as his source of spiritual inspiration, would admit that the divinity of the various biblical texts has little to do with the actual, practical, merits of their contents. If so, I would label that very Jeffersonian.

galiel · 12-06-2002, 06:18 PM

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Originally posted by Amos:


No offense at all and I have no secret code. It is just a perspective and in that I am not unique. The Catholic Church is full of it and maybe you have just seen what I did with the advent wreath (Ark of naos). To me this is absolutly beautiful that I can share in this vision and the whole Church is filled with such inspirations. Nothing and nothing about it is secular.

It may be wrong to decifer my posts. I think it would be better if you could grasp the concept I have in mind because that way you could read all things for yourselves. Better yet, you might want to lead the Maria procession at Lourdes.

Your mask has been revealed, Amos. I saw you post a perfectly lucid paragraph in normal English with real words using their real meanings in another thread.

If you sincerely want to communicate, rather than obfuscate, you have to take responsibility for the fact that people here don't understand what you are trying to say.

I know that part of the Gnostic "thang" is to use language to invoke certain Zenlike mental states, but I'm not sure that is a legitimate (let alone effective) thing to try to do in a discussion where people are trying to understand each other.

Why don't you just drop the meta-prose and the mega-pose and just make your points as effectively and simply as I have seen you do in that other thread?

I only make the point because I believe you have something to say that is worth hearing, but no one is hearing you right now.

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hinduwoman Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: India Posts: 6,977	To get back to the original topic, stay away from any instituionalized religion claiming to have hotline to the Almighty through a mortal man who is elected by other humans.

12-05-2002, 11:01 PM	#76
Buffman Beloved Deceased Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: central Florida Posts: 3,546	hinduwoman You might wish to consider starting your thoughts about a mortal being elected by other mortals, to act as the divine head of a specific religion, with the manner in which those same mortals determined which of the hundreds, if not thousands, of ancient writings would be declared "divinely inspired" and worshiped as the actual words/guidance of their make-believe gods. Through the history of Christianity, the Master Manipulators simply can't seem to agee on which ones are divinely inspired and which are not. I bet that even Amos, who uses the NAB as his source of spiritual inspiration, would admit that the divinity of the various biblical texts has little to do with the actual, practical, merits of their contents. If so, I would label that very Jeffersonian.

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