--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wgm4u" <wg...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wgm4u" <wgm4u@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > snip > > > > Suggesting that this person's reality is Reality > > > > is to suggest that there is only *One* Reality. > > > > And sorry, but I'm not buyin' that one... > > > > > > Whether or not you "buy it" is really secondary to whether > > > or not it is true, yes? No one is forcing you to buy it! > > > If scripture says one thing and you do another, then > > > (presuming scripture is correct) you still have to pay > > > the price for transgression of that law, whether or not > > > you "buy it". > > > > Do you understand, Billy, that you have just > > presented "scripture" the same way that Christian > > Fundamentalist crazies do? As something that you > > might "transgress" against, and thus "pay the > > price for?" > > > > This sounds suspiciously like your view of sex, in > > which you abstain because you're afraid you might > > have to "pay the price" That belief of yours has > > always struck me as being too similar to General > > Jack D. Ripper's beliefs in Dr. Strangelove: "A > > foreign substance is introduced into our precious > > bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. > > Certainly without any choice. That's the way your > > hard-core Commie works." :-) > > > > Less silly, Billy, do you really want your rela- > > tionship with the books you consider "scripture" to > > be one based on FEAR? That's what you described. > > > > > Eventually, you want to find yourself 'floating on the > > > river of tao', that is in complete harmony with the laws > > > of nature on the path to eternal happiness, yes? > > > > No. I have no desire to ever float down the river > > of Tao. Those who go with flow end up down the drain. > > > > > Isn't this what life is truly about? > > > > Not for me. For me, life is "about" living it on its > > own terms as *I* see them, not as some book full of > > "Thou shalt not...or else" pronouncements sees it. > > > > I hold NO book ever written on this planet to be "holy" > > or "scripture." That is, I consider none of them any > > more "holy" or "scriptural" than, say, a good novel. > > > > I *understand* that you do. And frankly, look what > > that's done for you. You are terrified of doing certain > > things that most people consider their innate right and > > a basic part of being human. And you're afraid of doing > > these things because someone or something supernatural > > is going to smite your ass if you do them. > > > > Do you honestly think that's a *commercial* for the > > value of "scripture?" > > Dear Turq-When you put your finger in fire it burns....it's not a judgement, > it's a law, you poor thing, you need help, lay off the beer and wine for > awhile things will appear clearer to you........what a shame. >
Rather than expressing, or being an example of any 'truth - or even saying anything genuinely compelling at all, BillyG, you come off like a goofy naive little kid who patronizingly expects everybody to be 'good' like he thinks he is - or Santa won't bring them any presents this year.
