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Hmmm, yeah, there does seem to be some consistency in these stories; water, slaughter, wilderness...greatness.
Agreed. And "God in a box" just doesn't cut it for me. I'm a bit out of it today. Spent a couple of hours out in the 90 degree heat and 65 percent humidity today. My driver had a flat tire...and all I had in me was 2 cups of coffee at the time. I am so dehydrated. May not be around much tonight. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fence straddlers get a crotch full of splinters -- Granny | |||
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We femmes are in control, and don't you ever forget it! Should you, we will be right here to set you straight, make no mistake about that, Sugah. Swelling the ranks, huh. So you can claim even more femmes in your mob? I got your number, bubba ![]() There are a few that I certainly wouldn't mind have join us, and they know where we are if they should decide to test the water. Still miss SIA, Gershom, Lois and Craig. But Mary Jean is breaking my heart. Nice to see that yba poked his head in though! Hey, wonder who HB was most afraid of being proselytized by, Jew, Shaman, Atheist, Christian...(what religion is bluelamp anyway...Mystic)? None of whom have been proselytized by the others since we became buddies at the Pub long ago. Anyway, I have to go lay me down before I topple. See ya'll later. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fence straddlers get a crotch full of splinters -- Granny | |||
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Yeah it's in multiple myths like Perseus, Romulus & Remus, and Oedipus. It kind of showed that heroes/kings had a history since birth of being victorious against the odds with help from the gods even as infants. Jesus surviving against Herod has the same theme without the water part. For me the water part originally related to giant Bran-head-like comets floating off to the horizon. | |||
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No that's Bryan. I was born Catholic; go weekly to a Catholic church; my kids go to Catholic schools; my wife is a Catholic school teacher; I've done volunteer religion co-teaching with a Catholic deacon who was my best man. But yes I'm really a paleochristianity.org online church fan who Lord of the Rings-like refer to themselves as a fellowship (of the Cosmic Mind). They define paleochristianity as follows:
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You've got a bloody hide coming on here and dishing out sh*t to an elderly, respected and admired, citizen of the world. Man, you have no idea how great it is to see you back with us. It has been far too long. How the bloody hell are you, mate? Now we can really turn up the heat ![]() ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The people's flag is deepest red It shrouded oft our martyred dead ...Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer We'll keep the red flag flying here | |||
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Elderly citizen of the world? Do you h ave that many years on him? | |||
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Well sheesh, Dahlin', why didn't you just say so!?!?!? ![]() Now I know who online to ask questions of in relation to the Catholic faith. Good thing to know. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fence straddlers get a crotch full of splinters -- Granny | |||
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That's what I mean about having to trace mythologies as far back as we can if we really want to understand them. You now what I am like about Washoe. This story is almost mandatory reading. https://www.psychologytoday.co...best-friend-is-chimp I keep harping on about our Christianised Eurocentrism, but now have to plead guilty myself: A 1999 Columbia study conducted by psychologist Herbert Terrace, Ph.D., showed that rhesus monkeys have rudimentary arithmetic skills, and that they can think using symbols. If monkeys -- not apes -- can think in symbols, when did our ancestors begin that? Roger Fouts shares my learning curve in at least one way. He worked with chimpanzees for years before coming to the full acceptance they are not all that different from us in a real sense. While what he says does not diminish my assessment of the importance of entheogens, he's attributing abilities to our ancestors that I had failed to do. It does, of course, reinforce our oft-repeated assertion that we fail to credit our ancestors with a high level of intelligence.
That's where the Literalists come unstuck. Having been conned into believing that their loving, compassionate, deity created this universe in six days 6000 years ago just so he could have us for companionship, they are incapable of getting even close to reality. Those ancients, with the possible exception of the Brahmins, had no idea of the difference between our neighbouring planets and light-years-distant suns, never mind other galaxies. Now we know there are other planets and, just last night on the news, it looks as though our Mars explorer has found what might be traces of fossilised life forms. I'm hoping we do find live on other planets, some of which we already assess as being in the life-zone, before I pop off. For me, there has to be life on countless planets in countless galaxies. Which invites (not "begs") the question: just how does this life-form rate with an entity capable of such universal creation? Reckon I'm not all that far off the mark when I claim the relationship would be about on par with my relationship with the microbes which process my dimer each night.
That's what you get for being one of Pandora and Eve's mob ![]() ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The people's flag is deepest red It shrouded oft our martyred dead ...Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer We'll keep the red flag flying here | |||
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You are far from alone in that. A major loss. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The people's flag is deepest red It shrouded oft our martyred dead ...Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer We'll keep the red flag flying here | |||
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While I do not question the importance of comets and meteors in mythology, I am so far unable to place the same emphasis as you do. From my reading, water symbolised matter in some way; still haven't got my head around that yet, either. Interestingly, one of the sources I saw lately infers that, somehow, our ancestors were aware that life began in water, moving on to vegetation form before evolving into animal life form. Got me beat. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The people's flag is deepest red It shrouded oft our martyred dead ...Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer We'll keep the red flag flying here | |||
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Only in mental and emotional maturity ![]() ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The people's flag is deepest red It shrouded oft our martyred dead ...Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer We'll keep the red flag flying here | |||
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Almost brought a tear to my eyes.
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Given all that, what is it prevents you from accepting the part entheogens play in all this? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The people's flag is deepest red It shrouded oft our martyred dead ...Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer We'll keep the red flag flying here | |||
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Every pain every women suffers is a direct consequence of Pandora and Eve's determination to not do what they are told by the masculine gender. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The people's flag is deepest red It shrouded oft our martyred dead ...Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer We'll keep the red flag flying here | |||
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Took me a while to realise it; looks like we have lost that strident Christian thread. Love to know what I missed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The people's flag is deepest red It shrouded oft our martyred dead ...Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer We'll keep the red flag flying here | |||
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Craig was here for a short time. | |||
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Are you sure they didn’t relate to embryonic fluid? | |||
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Scroll down the list of boards until you find "Your Lifestyle & Culture". You will find under "Religion & Spirituality", the last heading in the list. Anti-Fascism put out a notice this morning that it would be moved... Now I'm off to bed. Good night and God bless. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fence straddlers get a crotch full of splinters -- Granny | |||
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