Quietly ! ? Indeed ... but not without revealing the " cacophony of screaming, moaning and gnashing of teeth " and " sphincters reamed by ... finger " images that crowd your mind !
Quiet, indeed. On Feb 9, 6:59 am, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > Is this your contribution to the examples of ad hom? > > I never indicated any such belief concerning the Upanishads. If that > is what I wanted to say I would have said it. > > If I want to denigrate an idea that is my right within group > guidelines and I don't need to walk the line according to the > insistence of anyone else. My post was in sync with the thread topic > of religion, the positive, negative or the nonsense of it and it was > not in violation. > > Fear of what might occur? lol > > Maybe all hell will erupt in a cacophony of screaming, moaning and > gnashing of teeth while impish demons emerge enforce chasing after > religious fanatics, zealots and believers of gods and devils while > they scream "help me Lord" and get their sphincters reamed by God's > finger, the same one he used to write the ten commandments into the > stones for Moses. > > Ok I'll leave quietly now. > > On Feb 8, 6:21 pm, 1CellOfMany <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Well, Slip Disc, you have shown that my attempt to have a reasonable > > discussion here was just a dream. Your approach to discussion is > > inflammatory and lacking in civilized manners. Did you note the > > parallel thread? Since you seem to believe that there is some causal > > connection between the Upanishads and the slums, perhaps you could > > describe it there. > > > Since you seem to be unable to allow a discussion about this topic to > > occur without breaking in and denigrating the ideas that are being > > presented, I wonder what you fear might occur if we are "left to > > ourselves"? > > > On Feb 7, 11:51 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Yeah, and I'm so very touched by it. Never mind the Upanishads, I'd > > > rather understand how India supports slum dogs as a viable concept. I > > > find it not only disgraceful but barbaric, primitive and > > > hypocritical. The movie "Slum Dog Millionaire" tells the story. Is > > > there some religious explanation for treating people like the garbage > > > they live > > > in?http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfn... > > > > Fraternity and Brotherhood? As long as you have the right brother? > > > > I guess if you pile enough bullshit on top of the bullshit you won't > > > see the bullshit, right? > > > > On Feb 7, 9:10 pm, Vamadevananda <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > How many here have read the Upanishads ? ! > > > > > The two most positive aspects of religion are concepts of fraternity > > > > and brotherhood, in times when most of the world were barbarian, on > > > > one hand, and the practice of introspection or self - examination, on > > > > the other. > > > > > On Feb 8, 2:50 am, 1CellOfMany <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > There have been many discussions here where the negative results of > > > > > religion have been brought up as a side issue to another discussion. > > > > > I would like to start two parallel threads here, one about the good > > > > > that religions and religious people have done in and for the world, > > > > > and the other about the bad things that have come from, and been done > > > > > because of religion. > > > > > > In this thread, lets concentrate on discussing the positive > > > > > contributions of religion. The good acts, the positive results of > > > > > religious teaching, and the positive things that can be learned from > > > > > reading the "source books" of religion, such as the Bible, the > > > > > Upanishads, the Koran, and other writings that are considered "Holy" > > > > > by any religion. > > > > > > A historical time-line might also be useful, correlating the beginning > > > > > and growth of each religion to historical events and trends in the > > > > > places where the religion was spread. -- 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.
