Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity

2012-09-01 Thread Share Long
rfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" Sent: Friday, August 31, 2012 9:41 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity   Yes, I enjoyed it as well...although it reminded me of a poem someone coming off a major drunk would write.  I probably should have read that articl

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity

2012-08-31 Thread Emily Reyn
s.com" Sent: Friday, August 31, 2012 7:08 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity   Wonderful poem, Xeno, thank you for posting. From: Xenophaneros Anartaxius To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Fr

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity

2012-08-31 Thread Share Long
Wonderful poem, Xeno, thank you for posting. From: Xenophaneros Anartaxius To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, August 31, 2012 12:57 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity   --- In Fairfiel

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity

2012-08-31 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" > > wrote: > > > > > > In another post, Judy mentioned studying the sociology > > > of re

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity

2012-08-31 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" > wrote: > > > In another post, Judy mentioned studying the sociology of > > religion > > No, I did not, Xeno. Barry's the one who prattles about > the sociology of rel

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity

2012-08-31 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" > wrote: > > > > In another post, Judy mentioned studying the sociology > > of religion, a subject I am hardly familiar with. > > You probably meant to type "Barry" in

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity

2012-08-31 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" wrote: > In another post, Judy mentioned studying the sociology of > religion No, I did not, Xeno. Barry's the one who prattles about the sociology of religion. Might I suggest you learn how to use the Advanced Search feature here

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity

2012-08-31 Thread turquoiseb
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" wrote: > > In another post, Judy mentioned studying the sociology > of religion, a subject I am hardly familiar with. You probably meant to type "Barry" in that sentence. I'm the one who studied and continues to study the sociolog

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity

2012-08-31 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > May the Force be with you, in spite of these TM-haters. Hagelin with the DLF > are driving a spiritual counter-attack right through this breech in these > demographic numbers in both youth as well as boomers identifying as > 'spiritual' a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity

2012-08-31 Thread nablusoss1008
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robin Carlsen" wrote: > > > > > > > > > Dear Emily, > > > > > > I have chosen to ignore, for now, your introdu

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity

2012-08-31 Thread Share Long
:14 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity   --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robin Carlsen" wrote: > > > > > > De

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity

2012-08-30 Thread authfriend
Dear Buck, This is from the Fairfield Life home page, written by Rick: "Pretty much any topic is fair game. Currently, there's a lot of discussion about American politics. We have discussed spirituality, politics, economics, morality and higher states of consciousness, drug laws, evolution vs.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity

2012-08-30 Thread Emily Reyn
__ From: Buck To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 8:21 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity   Dear Rick, A lot of this shit between people should go offline between folks as a curtsey between folks.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity

2012-08-30 Thread Emily Reyn
dLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity   --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robin Carlsen" wrote: > > > Dear Emily, > > I have chosen to ignore, for now, your introductory remarks, which > are a gloss upon your commentary. I am going to post onl

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity

2012-08-30 Thread Buck
Dear Rick, A lot of this shit between people should go offline between folks as a curtsey between folks. Let's go back to 30 posts per week. The writing was much better then when posts were precious at 30 to 40 posts per week. A cap of 50 posts per week puts this place in to twitter. Like

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity

2012-08-30 Thread Buck
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robin Carlsen" wrote: > > > > > > Dear Emily, > > > > I have chosen to ignore, for now, your introductory remarks, which > > are a gloss upon your commentary. I am going to post only

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity

2012-08-30 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robin Carlsen" wrote: > > > Dear Emily, > > I have chosen to ignore, for now, your introductory remarks, which > are a gloss upon your commentary. I am going to post only my response > to your commentary. After that I shall look at these reflections > (wh

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity

2012-08-26 Thread Emily Reyn
bra@... > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 3:48 PM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity > > >   > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" jstein@ wrote: > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity

2012-08-26 Thread merudanda
_ > From: Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@... > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 3:48 PM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, &

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity

2012-08-25 Thread Emily Reyn
sorial repartee.  Yeah!  Off to treat her to dinner.  Someday she'll appreciate me.   From: Robin Carlsen To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 3:48 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity

2012-08-25 Thread Robin Carlsen
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" wrote: > > > We require more than a "quiz" - especially one that is askew with > > concealed assumptions. > > Why doncha reveal some of those concealed assumptions so we > know what

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity

2012-08-25 Thread Robin Carlsen
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" > wrote: > > > And how did you do on the test Judy? In his absence I gave Barry > > 100% by taking the test for him. I feel Barry is more spiritually > > advanced than

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity

2012-08-25 Thread Robin Carlsen
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" > wrote: > > > And how did you do on the test Judy? In his absence I gave Barry > > 100% by taking the test for him. I feel Barry is more spiritually > > advanced than

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity

2012-08-22 Thread Robin Carlsen
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn wrote: > > Hi Robin:  I did this for fun.  Couldn't score myself though, although I > noticed I was able to strongly agree or disagree on a few things.  Left you > a few notes below.  Can't really figure out the difference between > "maxima

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity

2012-08-22 Thread Emily Reyn
t: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 2:21 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity   Emily Nice deep question but one needing a trans-rational answer. I would advise searching for a famous book Venus on the Half-Shell by Kilgore Trout. In it the last remain

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity

2012-08-22 Thread obbajeeba
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robin Carlsen" wrote: > > Quiz To Determine How Sincere You Are About Knowing Reality > > Directions: Read each statement carefully. Decide whether you Strongly Agree (SA), Agree (A), Strongly Disagree (SD), or Disagree (D). > > Score 4 for the maximally des

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity

2012-08-22 Thread emptybill
s the point of it all?"> > > > From: emptybill emptybill@... > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 1:46 PM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity > > > Â > No "animo

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity

2012-08-22 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" > wrote: > > > And how did you do on the test Judy? In his absence I gave Barry > > 100% by taking the test for him. I feel Barry is more spiritually > > advanced than R

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity

2012-08-22 Thread awoelflebater
Thanks for sharing your answers with us Emily. I love to see what others think and feel. And you are someone who interests me. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn wrote: > > Hi Robin:  I did this for fun.  Couldn't score myself though, although I > noticed I was able to strongly

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity

2012-08-22 Thread Emily Reyn
Emptybill, answer me this..."what is the point of it all?" From: emptybill To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 1:46 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity   No "animo

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity

2012-08-22 Thread emptybill
No "animosity" present except which you impute. Go out and take a drive or walk. Ask yourself a simple question ... "Where did I arrive?". That is the quiz, already preloaded. If your answer is mundane thus will be your reality. If your answer surrounds you with a silence born out of the gulf of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity

2012-08-22 Thread Share Long
se numbers (-:  And it feels right. From: Xenophaneros Anartaxius To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 12:51 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity   --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend&qu

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity

2012-08-22 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" wrote: > We require more than a "quiz" - especially one that is askew with > concealed assumptions. Why doncha reveal some of those concealed assumptions so we know what the hell you're talking about? Better yet, why don't you create your own un

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity

2012-08-22 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" wrote: > And how did you do on the test Judy? In his absence I gave Barry > 100% by taking the test for him. I feel Barry is more spiritually > advanced than Robin Well, that would be *my* one-question test of how sincere a person

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity

2012-08-22 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" > wrote: > >> What is the authority underlying this quiz that would make it >> reliable? Why for example, should I come to you for this >> knowledge? It seems to be implie

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity

2012-08-22 Thread awoelflebater
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > I scored 100% of course. Since it's *my* reality I cannot conceive of having > anything less than a perfect score. How anyone chooses to interpret the > results of my quiz is subject to his or her reality. Sincerely, raunchydog. da

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity

2012-08-22 Thread awoelflebater
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" wrote: > > This "quiz" is neither theme nor value neutral. > Rather is the subset of a doctrinally preloaded view. > > Thus it is not an "existential" but rather a meta-thematic > post-it note for (in this case) a specific theology. > > Yep, an

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity

2012-08-22 Thread emptybill
This "quiz" is neither theme nor value neutral. Rather is the subset of a doctrinally preloaded view. Thus it is not an "existential" but rather a meta-thematic post-it note for (in this case) a specific theology. Yep, another Christian subterfuge masks itself as "existential". --- In Fairfield

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity

2012-08-22 Thread Robin Carlsen
A+ --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > I scored 100% of course. Since it's *my* reality I cannot conceive of having > anything less than a perfect score. How anyone chooses to interpret the > results of my quiz is subject to his or her reality. Sincerely, raunchydog. >

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity

2012-08-22 Thread Robin Carlsen
That would be an A- --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" > > wrote: > > > > > What is the authority underlying this quiz that would

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity

2012-08-22 Thread raunchydog
I scored 100% of course. Since it's *my* reality I cannot conceive of having anything less than a perfect score. How anyone chooses to interpret the results of my quiz is subject to his or her reality. Sincerely, raunchydog. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robin Carlsen" wrote: > > Quiz

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity

2012-08-22 Thread awoelflebater
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" > wrote: > > > What is the authority underlying this quiz that would make it > > reliable? Why for example, should I come to you for this > > knowledge? It seems to be

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity

2012-08-21 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" wrote: > What is the authority underlying this quiz that would make it > reliable? Why for example, should I come to you for this > knowledge? It seems to be implied that, as the apparent author > of this quiz, you are the one to ar

[FairfieldLife] Re: Quiz: Determining one's existential sincerity

2012-08-21 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robin Carlsen" wrote: > > Quiz To Determine How Sincere You Are About Knowing Reality Robin, the title of this post uses the noun 'sincerity' modified by 'existential', whereas the Quiz uses 'sincere' an adjective modifying the pronoun 'you' so you have a