Thanks Curtis, I'm pleased that someone thinks my voice training is showing results. I knew Robin by reputation till he began posting on FFL. During his hay day I was as far from the TMO and Big G as I think one could get. But I still knew people in the movement, although I think they thought of me as more of a heavy un-dresser than a friend. There was no shortage of wankers claiming CC or GC when I was "all in". It took years for me to understand the reason they made me so angry- was that they were forcing me to look more closely at Big M and more importantly at my own motivations for thinking of someone as my guru. When I heard about Robin I felt he was something different. From his story I felt he was a real artist. IOM, only an artist would look the TMO and Maharishi straight in the eye and push all his chips onto roulette red. Although I'm a businessman, I have nothing but affection for artists. That might explain my enjoyment of yours and Turqs posts. No matter what else Robin is I will always think of him as an artist. These days, claims of higher states of consciousness don't bother me much. I find them entertaining and try not to judge. I like to tell people: "I think I'm tall" but as the wife says "If you're going to lie about something, why pick something so easy to disprove".
________________________________ From: curtisdeltablues <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 8:30:23 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: And now for something completely different... Hey Bob, Thanks for the heads up, it looks great and I've put in on my Netflix cue right after International Co-ed Jello Wrestling Showdown Extravaganza Championship (The one with the NR rating) I love that you movie was described as Emotional and Dark, right up my alley. I neglected to thank you for having my back in a few exchanges here. Much appreciated. I am enjoying the fact that you can post simultaneously wacky and profound which is the style I am a big fan of. BTW how do you know Robin? Only from the board? --- In [email protected], Bob Price <bobpriced@...> wrote: > > Curtis, > > Thank you for this. The wife, recently, made me watch "Rabbit Hole". > > http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/rabbit_hole/ > > > Without I hope-spoiling anything, I feel, it might be a topical > story in relation to some of your exchanges with Robin. > On one level, it's a story about unbearable loss, the kind you either > learn to deny or adopt as a presence, an other in your > life, but never free yourself from. > > But on another level-it seemed to be saying: > "The question is not-Does God exist, but rather if he didn't > exist-we'll have to invent him." > > I guess, what I liked about the film was that the writer(s) seemed to > have no compulsion to resolve the uncertainty, the "doubt". IOM, > this is always the best type of writing. > > The character of the teenage boy is closest to the person I'd like  > to be. The acting is consistently good, but the actor playing this boy > shows more grief in a "look" than I knew was possible. > > If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend. > > PS: I'm hoping Bill will be up for some exchanges on early > Christianity.  > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: curtisdeltablues <curtisdeltablues@...> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 7:09:26 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] And now for something completely different... > > >  > An Austrian atheist has won the right to be shown on his driving-license > photo wearing a pasta strainer as "religious headgear". > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14135523 > > What is so brilliant about this for me is that it shows the arbitrariness in > societies protected beliefs. In every other area of human discourse you can > point your finger and go "bullshit" when some makes an absurd claim like that > the Holocaust never happened. But in the area of religion absurd claims are > protected as if assumed sacred. It is a holdover from our tribal ancestry > and is long overdue for a revising. Religion has protected so many bad ideas > in societies and still does. > > And if the claims of religion were true, if the world really does work as > they claim, then why be so touchy as if it is delicate? If their view is > reality then is should hold up like any other set of beliefs with good > reasons supporting them. But we treat these beliefs as fragile little > flowers that can't stand up to a little challenge. > > So many religions claim that God want's us to wear special hats, or special > underwear. The creator of the universe who spent about 260 million years on > this planet alone with the dinosaurs, gets pissed off if you take a piece of > fabric off your head. > > Well I guess it's OK as long as it only applies to women because God has > universally made it clear in the world's scriptures how we should think of > them. >
