Couldn't have said it better Allan. Besides I'll have no use for a small
plot of land, or the money for funeral costs. One day, old a decrepit
I'll laugh at the thought of someone sneezing on a floating particle of
my char and wonder at the irony of choosing the rite of passage that
began my very early descent into guilt and depression. The phoenix is my
image.
On 8/5/2010 1:27 AM, iam deheretic wrote:
Personally I like the bonfire idea going up in flames on top of a
mountain releasing the soul and returning the ashes to the creators
earth..
Allan
On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 6:06 AM, rigsy03 <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Evelyn Waugh- "The Loved One" and "The American Way of Death"?-Jessica
Mitford?
On Aug 4, 10:57 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]
<mailto:[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]
<mailto:[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]
<mailto:[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]
<mailto:[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]
<mailto:[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] <mailto:[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.
>
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> > I_D Allan
>
> > Be Paranoid.
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Be Paranoid.
God is always building a better idiot!!!
