On Dec 26, 2007 12:25 AM, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Wow, I think I've said this before in the exact same words. :) Wow. Life is complicated. -- Did you see that (I'm sure biased) bit on, like, dateline I think, about the Israeli and Palestinian kids at camp... then them being re-united years later... wow. Powerful stuff. I think we really could all get along. Hard to do it when one hates, I know. But I think we could. If we just decided to, really. Course, my view on reality is rather flexible. Perhaps it ain't possible, and that's just the way it's supposed to be. Reconciling free will and fate are probably good for the head-- How could the two co-exist? Easy, using, like, Zen or whatever. Bah. I'm now obviously just trying to impress Sam with my k-rad lucidness. > I'm more comfortable with those who don't force their beliefs onto me. I > hate missionary mother @$%$&^ and anyone who tries to force their opinion > onto others. I don't care if someone preaches love or not as long as they're > not trying to kill or convert me. > I've seen too much from some religions of love and/or peace in the past. :( I know what you mean about the "forcing"-- do you feel the same about those who "spread the word"-- go on missions, and whathaveyou, talking to any who will listen? Not forcing, mind. At this point in my life, I'm thinking that if I respect religion, I need to respect those religions that say "hey, part of this is telling others"-- not forcefully, or rudely, or with brow-beating or whatever-- I'm thinking Socratic Method, like. Just talking, working out the logic (like there are any "right" answers;). It seems the Bible (for instance) needs quite a bit of interpretation. Sometimes they are like that. Well, in rose-colored-glasses world, it's an enlightening and brain expanding experience, every now and again. I know a few Later Day Saints that I'd grab a beer with, as it were =] Yeah, South Park is pretty damn funny. Double wow. Just saw a child born in a mini-van on T.V.. Awesome! Discontinuous, much? (or is that disjointed? Hmmm. Eh.) Life is amazing. Science, spirituality, religion-- whatever. It's cool. -- Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it. Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:249066 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
