I think humanity needs a lobotomy :-) That would get rid of the 'selfish'.
Now that is a great idea Tinker.. On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 10:21 PM, Tinker <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think humanity needs a lobotomy :-) > > That would get rid of the 'selfish'. > > peace & love > > On May 4, 3:48 pm, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > fran, while I fully take what you say about the relativity of memory/ > > history to heart...since we all are 'thinking/knowing' right now about > > such things, to ignore/reject thought/beliefs about them would seem > > out of place at best and at worst a way of lobotomizing humanitie's > > past. > > > > ....and, I do agree with you too! :-) > > > > On May 4, 12:29 pm, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > As I suggested in an earlier post, Don, I don't know if it's possible > > > to get behind the mythology and layers of interpretation and invested > > > meaning - I'm not even sure if it's really useful or desirable. > > > > > To take a more recent example, could YOU give me an example of > > > something I could read to give me an accurate explanation of how and > > > why the US Civil War happened and what the rights and wrongs of it > > > were? It all depends on where you're coming from, doesn't it? And this > > > is something which happened less than 150 years ago in an era where > > > primitive photography and telegraphy already existed and there was a > > > developed mass media, in the form of newspapers, reporting regularly. > > > > > Francis > > > > > On 4 Mai, 10:21, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I think Christianity is the only religion that actually had any > > > > devious element in its creation. The people Jesus was most disgusted > > > > with were the ones who created the religion that in no way represents > > > > the man as he was. -Tinker > > > > > > I have heard this as well. Not sure where, possibly History Chanel. > > > > I remember being shocked hearing Christianity was considered an evil > > > > cult in it's early days. Underground secret rituals of drinking > blood > > > > and eating flesh certainly sound icky. Can someone recommend a good > > > > source on this history? Unfortunately I don't have access to the > > > > Vatican for what I'm sure would be very interesting reading(if I > could > > > > read Hebrew, Arabic, Greek, etc.-which I can't) Translations of the > > > > Dead Sea Scrolls perhaps? The pesharim has been mentioned but what > > > > would be the most entertaining translation? > > > > > > A Christian would recommend the Bible, of course, but I'm looking for > > > > something less mythical and more political and sociological. Any > > > > suggestions?- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > -- ( ) I_D Allan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
