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Alex in NYC


On Apr 2, 2009, at 8:38 AM, bongo wrote:


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> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 1:31 AM, Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net 

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> "timeless wisdom doesnt need updating"

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> 'Timeless' is clearly a relative term, here.

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> well, we're all family...   =)

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> Alex in NYC

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> On Apr 2, 2009, at 8:27 AM, bongo wrote:

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>> On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 3:58 AM, GREG SLAWSON <gregslawson at msn.com>  

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>> SOme of the problems I have w/religion:

>> Although it may offer some good advice on how to live our lives, it

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>> .........1. Doesn't update it's teachings (it's the holy book and  

>> nothing else)

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>> timeless wisdom doesnt need updating... the metaphors could  

>> probably be re-hashed tho, i reckon Ali G. should do it..

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>> .........2. tends to interpret the holy book in question in a  

>> mechanical way (fundamentalists)

>> stoopid people do stoopid things, and our culture seems to be  

>> breeding stoopidity!

>> (its got Electrolites!)

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>> .........3. is deterministic (god will decide everything, so don't  

>> try to change the way things are)

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>> alot of christian stuff is heavily borrowed from the Egyptians...  

>> if you get into that stuff, (like the Hermetica) theres similar  

>> tales with less 'christian bullshit' attached...

>> i doubt there was a real jesus (not even his real name ffs!) but if  

>> you understand His teachings, it doesnt matter!

>> if He was the Son of God, and so are We, then We are God, and We  

>> decide what happens...  there is no creater there is a creating -  

>> and you and i are a part of it (not 'apart from it' )

>> what will you do with your power??

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>> as Tones on Tail put it . . .   THERE'S ONLY ONE!

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