--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@>
wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Cool rap, Curtis. I'll take a break from grindhouse
> > > movies and comment in a few places. :-)
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"
> > > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > 1. Is the Bible a different kind of book from other books
> > created
> > > > by man? How does he know? Once we decide that they are
specially
> > > > inspired by God, how do we know which parts we should take
> > > > seriously and which are just metaphors? Do the parts that
start
> > > > with "God said" mean that God said those things?
> > >
> > > Not to even *mention* the question of what language
> > > God was speaking when he said this shit? :-)
> > >
> > > > If religious people would hand over the conception that
their
> > > > specific religious books are different from other books
created
> > > > by man, we would all just be back in the same human family
> > > > together,living in a world of wonder to explore and
hypothesize
> > > > about.
> > >
> > > I think you've (possibly inadvertently) put your
> > > finger on the whole issue here, Curtis. Many people
> > > don't *want* a "world of wonder." Wonder *terrifies*
> > > them.
> >
> > Where do you come up with these absurd notions? This sounds as
if
> > something you have made up in order to stand against the
cowering
> > masses within your shriveled heart as a magnificent example of
the
> > courageous explorer of consciousness, or some other bullshit
image
> > that your ego is addicted to. "Wonder terrifies them". What
lunatics
> > are you referring to, or is it the poor scared self within you?
> >
> > Because everyone I have ever met or known or greeted on the
street
> > looks at the world in their own way with wonder. Some may wonder
at
> > small things or large, but everyone holds that spark of new
> > discovery dearly within them. To denegrate us all with your
absurd
> > remarks is not only rediculous- it is offensive. Speak for
yourself,
> > and leave the rest of us alone with your paltry and miserable
> > assessments.:-)
> >
> > They want certainty, pat answers. And there-
> > > fore they believe that the books that give them the
> > > pat answers they prefer would've required God to be
> > > the invited guest at the book signings at Borders.
> >
> > More fabricated BS.:-)
> >
> Well, you know, its just a story. A story within a story. The outer
> shell story, is that all stories are equally true and valid. Thus
the
> inner story is equally valid with its opposite. Its beautiful.
>
lufituaeb stI. etisoppo sti htiw dilav yllauqe si yrots renni eht
suhT. Wow! Satori! !irotaS. skcor ytinasnI. (-: :-)
