--- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Patrick Gillam" <jpgillam@> > wrote: > > > > Bob, when the population reductions described > > below come about, do they only cull the people > > violating natural law, or do wide swaths of the > > innocent get killed collaterally? I'm thinking > > of Chinese schoolchildren crushed in an > > earthquake and Burmese mothers drowned by > > a cyclone. > > > > From the Yogavasistha: > > > "However, when the people become predominately sinful, Yama > > > the god of death ...<snip> > > These kids were sinning by their birth outside the caste system, > literally outcastes. Add that to the lack of East facing entrances > on the schools, some twice cooked sweet and sour holy cow for lunch > over rice, never repeating a Hindu deity's name along with the word > for bowing down, and they were practically begging to Yama to open > up a can of Wup ass on them! (or was it Yahweh this time with the > righteous blood lust? I get my mass murdering deities mixed up > sometimes) > > But here is the good news. Certain humans know exactly what God > wants from us so he doesn't have to kill our kids. Those special > people can tell you what you must do specifically to avoid pissing > off the invisible sociopath in the sky. God had humans write down > his detailed instructions in another language on another continent > so you might want to grow up privileged enough to be able to study > foreign scriptures instead of like, you know, hauling fish into > your boat from a net on a commercial fishing boat, or being a > plumber in trade school. (sorry blue color guys, God doesn't really > have much room for you in his plan, he is partial to upper middle > class guys whose families give them liberal arts educations.) > > Sure beats admitting that humans don't have a clue why this stuff > happens doesn't it? It's got the the satisfaction of "truthiness" > and the state of perfect "knowingnessinhoodedmentitude", don't it? > > And if you follow all the rules God might, just might deliver > unfathomable karma on your ass anyway, cuzz he da boss man an you > ain't. > > I hope that helps Pat. The kids had it coming and we know this from > old books.
Well said, Curtis. But y'know the problem with over-the-top satire of what people believe is that the people who really DO believe all this stuff -- implicitly if not consciously -- can write it off in their heads as satire, or as griping from someone who isn't as highly evolved as they are, and not think that it applies to them. Me, I think that a lot of people on this forum really DO believe the things that you wrote above. And I even know a way to prove it. Remember the post I made at the beginning of the week (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/179958) that said: > It seems to me that Fairfield is currently > experiencing one of those "where the rubber > meets the road" tests of its supposed spirit- > uality. If, as has been reported here, people > "are sandbagging everywhere in Iowa but Fair- > field," and the reason for that is that you > don't have a river, what are the people of > Fairfield doing to help those in Iowa who > are less fortunate than they are? That post was hurriedly followed up a few "cover our asses" posts by Dick Mays and Judy Stein and a couple of others, suggesting ways that Fairfield TMers *could* help out. In the case of Judy's post, she suggested ways that they could help their neighbors in Iowa without even getting off the asses they were covering to do so. My suggestion for a Bottom Line: "Who did it?" Step up to the plate, you FFL denizens who live in Fairfield, and answer these questions: * Which of you actually went out and helped in a neighboring city with the sandbagging? * Which of you contributed money or food or clothing to the relief effort? * Which of you did something else *physical* (in other words, something more substantial than "wishing them well") to help? If you can't raise your hand and answer "Me" to any of those three, I'm going to have to assume that Curtis' caricature above isn't that far off the mark in accurately describing you and your beliefs. Either that or Curtis' caricature does NOT reflect your true beliefs, and you're a total hypocrite without an ounce of compassion for your fellow man. Your call.
