<snip> > [Krimel] > I keep looking for the excellent parts. Maybe you can help me out. ...
> Christians have a boat load of mystical experiences that they serve up in > church every Sunday. ... mel: Not every experience someone claims to have is deep and life changing, any more than every trip away from home is an adventure. Some are just a stroll down the street. And some 'lifestyle' religions are more about glitter than about anything divine for some practitioners. The oddness about the genuine thing is that the folk who have them tend to let most everything slide, they simplify, they become more tolerant and compassionate and they don't tell others what to do or how to live in the imperative sense. Someone who does is tipping their hand and it is a bluff. Krimel: > If you really see excellence here, help me out cause > I just read it and say ----> WTF? mel: Have you ever had a deep shift in your world / mind that left you feeling like your skin had been stripped off and every input was impossible to ignore? Where everything lost its meed to have a meaning and it took you a week to get your conventional sense back. And you realized that most of your models of reality were empty and at best that your habitual understanding was spraypaint thin? No drugs, no seizures, no inducement damage? (Yes, it is a very impolite, intrusive question.) Feel free to ignore it, but know for yourself the answer. Krimel: > > By the way the conflict between priests and prophets is well documented in > the Old Testament. <snip>Much of the Old Testament was > pieced together by an editor when wove them together to provide an illusion > of harmony where there was clearly discord. > mel: Overall I am not sure I recall much harmony in the bible, if any, maybe it was my translation. --not sure if this helps or if I've left too big a gap. thanks--mel Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
