Evelyn Waugh- "The Loved One" and "The American Way of Death"?-Jessica Mitford?
On Aug 4, 10:57 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > One idea was that paradise or an afterlife was invented because real > life was hard and filled with suffering- this would appeal to the poor/ > ignorant in the case of early Christians. As for pharohs and other > ancient rulers who were buried with life possessions and living > servants- briefly- they were assumed to deserve immortality. Some have > a great fear of burial/suffocation so elaborate caskets and masoleums > tried to sooth fears. There are glass covered coffins and some world > leaders have used them to display their remains. Copper vaults are > added protection for caskets.//Which brings up the relics of saints. > Shouldn't their bodies remain intact? What happens to the dead who > have few body parts or those buried at sea? Are mummies rejects?//Read > a satire on the whole business many years ago- about American funerals > and graveyards- maybe from the '60's.//What about the sacrament of > Extreme Unction where all your sins are forgiven just before death? > Timing is everything! > > On Aug 4, 1:21 am, iam deheretic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > RP No disrespect for any belief system, I personally can not help but > > wonder what the original idea or concept was and what people added to the > > original thought because it sounded good and/or of the desire to appear > > to be a holy and spiritual person. Just putting out ideas and expanding on > > them not because they are the truth but because the words sound good and > > they convinced themselves it is the truth. > > nothing is either right or wrong but thinking that makes it so > > Allan > > > On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 8:55 AM, RP Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > A person might have taken many births before this one. According to Hindu > > > mythology the soul has to pass birth in 8.4 million species before > > > getting > > > birth in the human species. Also a person might have been born many times > > > as > > > a human being , what I meant by first life was the very first time a soul > > > took birth. As he had never taken birth before that , then where were his > > > karma as a consequence of which he took birth. > > > > On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> What I don't get is why he took > > >> > birth in his first life? RP > > > >> What do you mean by "take" birth? As in a choosing of or a life > > >> assigned? > > > >> Is there choice in reincarnation? > > > >> Also, how could it be known if the prior life was the "first" life? > > > >> On Aug 1, 1:41 pm, RP Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > According to the theory of reincarnation a person takes birth as a > > >> > consequence of his actions in his past life. > > > >> > On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 5:27 AM, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He7Ge7Sogrk > > > >> > > Does this example seem to give some credence to the idea of > > >> > > reincarnation? > > > >> > > Where does this Elephant get this ability? > > > >> > > Are there random elements of soul/spirit floating about in the > > >> > > cosmos? > > > >> > > Or is this simply a product of a serious trainer animal relationship? > > > >> > > What are your thoughts on this? > > > >> > >http://www.exoticworldgifts.com/Categories.bok?category=Elephant%20Pa. > > >> .. > > > >> > > I don't see too much variety in the compositions other than the > > >> > > repetitive elephant pose and the floral arrangements so I'm > > >> > > wondering. > > > -- > > ( > > ) > > I_D Allan > > > Be Paranoid. > > God is always building a better idiot!!!- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
