[FairfieldLife] Re: Happiness is relative
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams willy...@... wrote: In Finland, Sweden and Denmark, traditions include egg painting and small children dressed as witches collecting candy door-to-door, in exchange for decorated pussy willows. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter Hugo wrote: Nah, easter is a pagan festival of spring rebirth and fertility. The early christians moved their festival over it to stop all that dancing round maypoles and general friskiness. Can you cite any evidence that Easter is a 'pagan festival of spring rebirth', Hugo? From what I've read, Easter is part of the Jewish Passover rite. Yeah, it's obvious. Bunny rabbits, eggs. Come on it's got nothing to do with resurrection its all fertility. And as for maypoles! http://www.religioustolerance.org/easter1.htm http://www.holidays.net/easter/story.htm
[FairfieldLife] Re: Happiness is relative
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. wg...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: Once again: God...dwelleth NOT in temples made with hands God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands Acts 17:24 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 1 Corinthians 3:16 So let's see, if God dwells in you and you go to a temple, does God then dwell in the temple too? Try not to strain too muchduh! Right wing Republican Christianity? But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. Matthew 15:9 Jesus answered, My kingdom is NOT of this world John 18:36 [KJV] The Kingdom of God commeth NOT with observation: Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. Luke 17:20-21 --Read the following words again, BillyG: God...dwelleth NOT in temples made with hands God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands Acts 17:24
[FairfieldLife] Re: Happiness is relative
Well, since he bible has been so right on so many moral and prognastic issues, I for one am wholeheartedly taking these quotes as revealed truth. The gospel truth! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rf...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. wgm4u@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: Once again: God...dwelleth NOT in temples made with hands God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands Acts 17:24 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 1 Corinthians 3:16 So let's see, if God dwells in you and you go to a temple, does God then dwell in the temple too? Try not to strain too muchduh! Right wing Republican Christianity? But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. Matthew 15:9 Jesus answered, My kingdom is NOT of this world John 18:36 [KJV] The Kingdom of God commeth NOT with observation: Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. Luke 17:20-21 --Read the following words again, BillyG: God...dwelleth NOT in temples made with hands God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands Acts 17:24
[FairfieldLife] Re: Happiness is relative
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, grate.swan no_re...@... wrote: Well, since he bible has been so right on so many moral and prognastic issues, I for one am wholeheartedly taking these quotes as revealed truth. The gospel truth! There are caveats. You have to have the eyes to see and the ears to hear. And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive Matthew 13:14 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. wgm4u@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: Once again: God...dwelleth NOT in temples made with hands God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands Acts 17:24 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 1 Corinthians 3:16 So let's see, if God dwells in you and you go to a temple, does God then dwell in the temple too? Try not to strain too muchduh! Right wing Republican Christianity? But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. Matthew 15:9 Jesus answered, My kingdom is NOT of this world John 18:36 [KJV] The Kingdom of God commeth NOT with observation: Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. Luke 17:20-21 --Read the following words again, BillyG: God...dwelleth NOT in temples made with hands God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands Acts 17:24
[FairfieldLife] Re: Happiness is relative
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rf...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/biomechanic/3165721000/in/pool-farside This is hilarious because over dinner last night with Spanish friends, I learned that there is no tradition of the Easter bunny here. Instead, they have an Easter chicken. Today I took a long walk with my dogs and was passing the Cathedral in Sitges just as the Easter worshippers were emerging. Call me jaded, but the vast majority of them did not appear to be happy to me after celebrating the return from the dead of their Savior. In fact, most of them were frowning and looked more as if they had been visited by the chicken of Depression. Go figure. :-) Grim, fer shure. I think that 'savior' said, Let the dead bury their dead. Which meant, those who are blinded by materialism (no spiritual insight) are spiritually 'dead', their consciousness lives on the surface of the skin only, they have no intuitive realizations and/or experience of the superior bliss of spirit. They're 'dead' to spiritual awareness, their own Self! Just because someone goes to church doesn't mean they walk away with a grin on their face all day. Spiritual introspection brings the sincere soul the guidance it needs, be it joy OR sorrow. Only a fool finds security in the temporal fleeting joys of the senses, he finds he builds his foundation upon sand and it crumbles in time whereas the superior joys of God realization survive even the grave.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Happiness is relative
This is hilarious because over dinner last night with Spanish friends, I learned that there is no tradition of the Easter bunny here. Instead, they have an Easter chicken. So, Turq was probably eating a dead chicken to celebrate Easter? Today I took a long walk with my dogs and was passing the Cathedral in Sitges just as the Easter worshippers were emerging. Call me jaded, but the vast majority of them did not appear to be happy to me after celebrating the return from the dead of their Savior. In fact, most of them were frowning and looked more as if they had been visited by the chicken of Depression. Go figure. :-) do.rflex Grim, fer shure. I think that 'savior' said, Let the dead bury their dead. The Easter celebration is to honor the 'resurrection', not the death of the savior, Mr. Manning. You live in a Catholic country, so you should probably be knowing this. In Finland, Sweden and Denmark, traditions include egg painting and small children dressed as witches collecting candy door-to-door, in exchange for decorated pussy willows. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter
[FairfieldLife] Re: Happiness is relative
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rf...@... wrote: Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/biomechanic/3165721000/in/pool-farside This is hilarious because over dinner last night with Spanish friends, I learned that there is no tradition of the Easter bunny here. Instead, they have an Easter chicken. Today I took a long walk with my dogs and was passing the Cathedral in Sitges just as the Easter worshippers were emerging. Call me jaded, but the vast majority of them did not appear to be happy to me after celebrating the return from the dead of their Savior. In fact, most of them were frowning and looked more as if they had been visited by the chicken of Depression. Go figure. :-)
[FairfieldLife] Re: Happiness is relative
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams willy...@... wrote: This is hilarious because over dinner last night with Spanish friends, I learned that there is no tradition of the Easter bunny here. Instead, they have an Easter chicken. So, Turq was probably eating a dead chicken to celebrate Easter? Today I took a long walk with my dogs and was passing the Cathedral in Sitges just as the Easter worshippers were emerging. Call me jaded, but the vast majority of them did not appear to be happy to me after celebrating the return from the dead of their Savior. In fact, most of them were frowning and looked more as if they had been visited by the chicken of Depression. Go figure. :-) do.rflex Grim, fer shure. I think that 'savior' said, Let the dead bury their dead. The Easter celebration is to honor the 'resurrection', not the death of the savior, Mr. Manning. You live in a Catholic country, so you should probably be knowing this. In Finland, Sweden and Denmark, traditions include egg painting and small children dressed as witches collecting candy door-to-door, in exchange for decorated pussy willows. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter Nah, easter is a pagan festival of spring rebirth and fertility. The early christians moved their festival over it to stop all that dancing round maypoles and general friskiness. I think it struggles quite amusingly when they try and pass easter eggs off as symbolic of Christ being re-born. Can't see the harm in celebrating both festivals on the same day myself.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Happiness is relative
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/biomechanic/3165721000/in/pool-farside This is hilarious because over dinner last night with Spanish friends, I learned that there is no tradition of the Easter bunny here. Instead, they have an Easter chicken. Today I took a long walk with my dogs and was passing the Cathedral in Sitges just as the Easter worshippers were emerging. Call me jaded, but the vast majority of them did not appear to be happy to me after celebrating the return from the dead of their Savior. In fact, most of them were frowning and looked more as if they had been visited by the chicken of Depression. Go figure. :-) Grim, fer shure. I think that 'savior' said, Let the dead bury their dead.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Happiness is relative
In Finland, Sweden and Denmark, traditions include egg painting and small children dressed as witches collecting candy door-to-door, in exchange for decorated pussy willows. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter Hugo wrote: Nah, easter is a pagan festival of spring rebirth and fertility. The early christians moved their festival over it to stop all that dancing round maypoles and general friskiness. Can you cite any evidence that Easter is a 'pagan festival of spring rebirth', Hugo? From what I've read, Easter is part of the Jewish Passover rite. The implications of the goddess have resulted in scholarly theories about whether or not Eostre is an invention of Bede... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter
[FairfieldLife] Re: Happiness is relative
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. wg...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/biomechanic/3165721000/in/pool-farside This is hilarious because over dinner last night with Spanish friends, I learned that there is no tradition of the Easter bunny here. Instead, they have an Easter chicken. Today I took a long walk with my dogs and was passing the Cathedral in Sitges just as the Easter worshippers were emerging. Call me jaded, but the vast majority of them did not appear to be happy to me after celebrating the return from the dead of their Savior. In fact, most of them were frowning and looked more as if they had been visited by the chicken of Depression. Go figure. :-) Grim, fer shure. I think that 'savior' said, Let the dead bury their dead. Which meant, those who are blinded by materialism (no spiritual insight) are spiritually 'dead', their consciousness lives on the surface of the skin only, they have no intuitive realizations and/or experience of the superior bliss of spirit. They're 'dead' to spiritual awareness, their own Self! Just because someone goes to church doesn't mean they walk away with a grin on their face all day. Spiritual introspection brings the sincere soul the guidance it needs, be it joy OR sorrow. Only a fool finds security in the temporal fleeting joys of the senses, he finds he builds his foundation upon sand and it crumbles in time whereas the superior joys of God realization survive even the grave. Humanly contrived and organized churches and their dogmas are not the source for God-realization. They are more often than not, a direct obstacle. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man,...who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshiped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Rom. 1:22-25 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands Acts 17:24
[FairfieldLife] Re: Happiness is relative
Just to piggyback on this post as the bird threads are winding down, and because it involves a chicken. . . When first living in Davis when my (now former) spouse was beginning her residency and I was being the househusband so the kids would have a parent at home, I worked part-time at a bookstore. While there I met a woman whose uncle was a retired lawyer in Stockton, and who lived on a century-old walnut ranch where he had become a chickenhead (his term). My daughter and I had the opportunity to visit his ranch and it was an amazing experience. It was an original homestead parcel, 240 acres with huge walnut trees that must have produced a lot of walnuts and a lot of income still, a beautiful old home with lots of additions over the years, fruit trees, big palms, willows, and ornamentals, and (literally) thousands of chickens. The scrub chickens were everywhere, just hanging about and roosting wherever they wanted. Everywhere you looked there were chickens. But the good chickens had their own runs and roosts, segregated by types so they were purebreds, and there were more of them than the scrubs. The chickenhead lawyer told me at the time (1991) that his feed bill was close to a thousand dollars a month. We spent an afternoon (before the barbecue -- scrub chicken, of course) walking around all the different enclosed runs and it was amazing. There are so many different types of chickens and many of them are absolutely stunning birds. You could see how much he cared for his birds and how much they meant to him. He just loved to have them around and to take care of them. His hobby had grown to encompass other birds as well, including all sorts of pheasants and even some tropicals for whom he had built regulared indoor runs. All the birds had plenty of room to roam, roost and fly as they desired. It was an extraodinary private operation. The one memory that sticks with me the most as we were walking around his property was an african stork he had in an outdoor pen. It was a female, almost 6-feet tall, or nearabouts, and she was, apparently, in love with the lawyer. While we walked up to her pen, as soon as she saw him coming, she came close to the fence, opened her huge wings, and began this hopping dance for him that, he told us, was a mating ritual. He went inside and danced with her for several minutes, the two of them hopping, bobbing, and weaving together and obviously digging the whole interaction. He told us she did this everytime she saw him and that he usually danced with her everytime, too. For the birds. ** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rf...@... wrote: Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/biomechanic/3165721000/in/pool-farside
[FairfieldLife] Re: Happiness is relative
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rf...@... wrote: Grim, fer shure. I think that 'savior' said, Let the dead bury their dead. Which meant, those who are blinded by materialism (no spiritual insight) are spiritually 'dead', their consciousness lives on the surface of the skin only, they have no intuitive realizations and/or experience of the superior bliss of spirit. They're 'dead' to spiritual awareness, their own Self! Just because someone goes to church doesn't mean they walk away with a grin on their face all day. Spiritual introspection brings the sincere soul the guidance it needs, be it joy OR sorrow. Only a fool finds security in the temporal fleeting joys of the senses, he finds he builds his foundation upon sand and it crumbles in time whereas the superior joys of God realization survive even the grave. Humanly contrived and organized churches and their dogmas are not the source for God-realization. They are more often than not, a direct obstacle. True Religion is a source for God Realization, who are you to say one is not practicing true Religion and to condemn them all outright? Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man,...who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshiped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Rom. 1:22-25 Meaning IMHO, they worshiped *gold* and material objects more than God himself, the creator of these items. Idolatry is putting material pleasure and possessions above God making 'them' false gods. God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands. Acts 17:24 Because essentially a church is not merely a structure built by hands but a temple where-in God is dwelling in the hearts of its builders. If it were merely a structure without sincere supplication of the Lord it would be empty indeed! The vibrations of the church are not built by hands but by the sincere devotion of the members.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Happiness is relative
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, BillyG. wg...@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rflex@ wrote: Grim, fer shure. I think that 'savior' said, Let the dead bury their dead. Which meant, those who are blinded by materialism (no spiritual insight) are spiritually 'dead', their consciousness lives on the surface of the skin only, they have no intuitive realizations and/or experience of the superior bliss of spirit. They're 'dead' to spiritual awareness, their own Self! Just because someone goes to church doesn't mean they walk away with a grin on their face all day. Spiritual introspection brings the sincere soul the guidance it needs, be it joy OR sorrow. Only a fool finds security in the temporal fleeting joys of the senses, he finds he builds his foundation upon sand and it crumbles in time whereas the superior joys of God realization survive even the grave. Humanly contrived and organized churches and their dogmas are not the source for God-realization. They are more often than not, a direct obstacle. True Religion is a source for God Realization, who are you to say one is not practicing true Religion and to condemn them all outright? Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man,...who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshiped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Rom. 1:22-25 Meaning IMHO, they worshiped *gold* and material objects more than God himself, the creator of these items. Idolatry is putting material pleasure and possessions above God making 'them' false gods. God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands. Acts 17:24 Because essentially a church is not merely a structure built by hands but a temple where-in God is dwelling in the hearts of its builders. If it were merely a structure without sincere supplication of the Lord it would be empty indeed! The vibrations of the church are not built by hands but by the sincere devotion of the members. ++ Once again: God...dwelleth NOT in temples made with hands God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands Acts 17:24 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 1 Corinthians 3:16 Humanly organized religion and it's dogmas and its buildings are not definitive of God - nor are they a substitute for God. They are definitive of human organization with all of its human limitations. Humanly organized religion and it's dogmas and its buildings are NOT the source of God. Only God is the source of God. Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world John 18:36
[FairfieldLife] Re: Happiness is relative
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, do.rflex do.rf...@... wrote: Once again: God...dwelleth NOT in temples made with hands God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands Acts 17:24 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 1 Corinthians 3:16 So let's see, if God dwells in you and you go to a temple, does God then dwell in the temple too? Try not to strain too muchduh!
