here's my problem with it all... i am human (all jokes aside) you are human (unless you are a bot)
have you EVER heard voices? (minus the late night all night toke session, or white blotter) have you EVER seen the skies part, and all of a sudden someone starts talking and hands you a rock with some inscriptions on it? have you EVER just felt like someone was selling you some ole bullshit just to get you to perform better in society? i spent the better part of my life in the catholic world, HARDCORE. i was an altar boy, i was a catholic school student, my mother was a nun for chrissakes! (Before she met my dad, well, she decided after about 8 years that she wanted to have a family...met my dad, fresh outta 2nd tour of vietnam, married in 8 weeks and he took her to germany where they had me while he was stationed there) anyway, for the life of me, i cannot wrap my head around the whole blind faith thing. those people were only human. those people were just like us, with some different clothes, but no iPOD (poor souls), and different hair cuts, and probably a lot less hygienic, but regardless, they were just like us. i think things were probably REALLY effed up in society they were kinda coming of age, and decided that the whole way they were living was REALLY wrong, and decided "look, if we dont come up with some good rules, and tell everyone that a supreme being told us to do this" we are all going to end up killing each other and screwing each others wives, and stealing each others shit... and they knew that wasnt good. funny part is... lots of different societies needed a way to bring this all in... together in many different styles, many different doctrines, KINDA the same message (Some really off the wall tweaks out there in some places) but generally the same thing. so, does this "EVERY CULTURE HAS SOMETHING THEY BELIEVE IN" universal desire to believe in a higher power to explain all the "at the time" unexplainable stuff seem coincidental? does it seem divine? do you see it as inevitable in any culture since there REALLY is something up there (or down there, if thats your flavor)? i mean. i just have a hard time with it. im quite spiritual. i believe in karma, i believe in what i can see, i believe in what i can feel, and i just dont feel the bible, the torah, the quran, the old testament... i can sorta stomache the new testament, as it seems to be a lot less speculation and quite a bit more historical stuff... i tend to side with buddhism, as it really makes sense. its not too far out there in its beliefs... it has done more for me in this stage of my life than catholicism did for me, ever, i think. to me, and i know this might hurt, but whats the diff between the people who believed in any of the prophets in history and the raelians... at the time, im sure they were looked at as a little radical, a bit out there, a cult if you will... they "the prophets (jesus, mohammed, gautama buddha, jain, yahweh) just had staying power, and their "beliefs" just kept going... its like, how does a tribe in africa worship a tree, as their "God" or most holy power, believe what they believe in, NEVER talk to another human being about their belief, handle when a radical evangelist tell them that they are going to hell if they dont believe in "The Lord Jesus Christ and all that he has done, PRAISE THE LORD" i mean, really. come on. isnt it all just one big message "Treat this, as you desire to be treated, and you will be a good person" really. it applies EVERYWHERE, in EVERY CASE, unless i guess you area a cutter, and like to be cut, well... toots, hold your razorblade your side of the fence, im over here! sorry. im sick, and the medicine is causing diarrhea of the mouth instead. :) tw On 9/21/05, Howie Hamlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That may have been lost. > > "God has give us these fifteen..." <CRASH> "errr, ten commandments..." > > -- Moses, History of the World: Part I > > --- On Wednesday, September 21, 2005 11:06 AM, Vivec scribed: --- > > > > Which one of the ten commandments offers up Death as a punishment for > > death??? 8-o > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:174513 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
