--- Mel Riser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I LOVE bananas... -------------------------------- Most of us do. That's the problem. I find I have more faith in my intellectual decisions if I examine my feelings and I am certain I am free of wanting to believe. Very important knowing your heart. There is a party game called "Balderdash" of which I am undisputed champion in my circles. It was a sad discovery when I found my ability to sound convincing most definitely extends to myself. No one can BS me like myself. :( All the best Kirk > > seriously though I used to think exectly the same > way as you. > > and it's your freewill choice to do that. > > It's your choice to do and be ANYTHING you want to > do. > > I'm just GLAD you are in the cult of Permaculture > and Renewable energy. > > So with all that I am going to try and bring the > focus back to BioDiesel. > > mel > > -----Original Message----- > From: Appal Energy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 12:00 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Bible, Koran & Torah Thumping,not to > mention other general > sheeple tricks was Re: [Biofuel] aboutGod > > > > However before you reject it from a few sentences, > read > > some chapters and then if it still does not sit > truthfully within > > you reject the message > > Nah, nah, nah, nah.... > > Why in the world would I want to subject myself to > yet another evening of > doublespeak, long-winded sentences and enough > switchbacks of convoluted > thought in every paragraph to turn anyone into > butter? Forget running around > a mulberry bush. > > But if that's what keeps you from going postal, more > "power" to you - > higher, lower or indifferent. > > My "truth" is that the last thing I (and probably > almost the entire rest of > the world) need is another brain trust telling them > what they need or should > want to think. > > As for motivation? Bringing "will to power?" What > are we talking here? > Suzanne Summers, Thy Master and a metaphysical > meditation between > repetitions with the temptation of a double-fudge > brownie within arm's > reach? > > "Schisms and off shoots..." Yup. More stupid human > tricks. Should have bet > money on that one. > > "The god that dwells within..." You must mean that > one that nobody seems to > be able to offer any proof of other than goose > pimples with the passing of > an occasional thought. Seems to make a whole lot > more sense to enjoy the > experience for what it is rather than fouling it up > and distorting it by > attempting to ascribe it to something deified which > none of us know for sure > exists. On the other side of the coin is the > foolishness of ascribing it to > the wonderfulness of self. All a bit of puffery > that. > > Frankly Mel? If it's communion with this theoretical > Dog....., I mean God > that I want, I think I'll conduct it via a slice of > hot apple pie and a pint > of homemade ice cream, or whilst sticking my nose in > a lilac bush and > marveling (or cursing) when it gets bit by what > buzzes, or when bundled up > and watching Saturn rocket debris fall back to Earth > on a moonless winter's > night............. certainly not crawling up with > yet another human > concocted script of what's supposed to be what and > how it's all supposed to > be interpreted and coped with. > > Bananas. Pure, unadulterated bananas. > > Todd Swearingen > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mel Riser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 11:08 PM > Subject: RE: Bible, Koran & Torah Thumping,not to > mention other general > sheeple tricks was Re: [Biofuel] aboutGod > > > Like Gustl said... Whether you take it as literal > truth, fiction or just a > nice book, the truths contained are real in as much > as they MOTIVATE you to > bring will to power. > > It is not cult or ridden with church dogma... At > least not yet. > > Yes there have been schisms and off shoots. > > The real appeal is does it work for YOU. If so then > have some faith and > enjoy the sublime relationship with the god that > dwells within. > > If not reject and seek your own truth. > > However before you reject it from a few sentences, > read some chapters and > then if it still does not sit truthfully within you > reject the message. > > I personally find it to be the most refreshing take > on religion, man and our > situation of anything I have read on this planet in > 45 years of time. > > Just as I like the Bahaii faith and have been > studying that, the UB has > something for everyone. > > If you mind is big enough, tackle the first section > and if YOU REALLY read > and UNDERSTAND it you have a greater mind than I. As > the first section is > the deepest, most intense section on cosmic divinity > and the nature of the > universe. > > Is it true? > > I dunno, is ANYTHING you read true? Especially a > religious document? What > counts is does it give you will to power that leads > to action. > > Of course a total rejection of all things religious > based on "proof" can > never be proved. > > What came first? Chicken, egg or rooster? > > Man, god or the mind of god? > > mel > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Appal Energy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 5:35 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Bible, Koran & Torah Thumping,not to > mention other general > sheeple tricks was Re: [Biofuel] aboutGod > > > What? You offer up another textbook of human > worksmanship as evidence of > "the way, the truth and the lite (life or > whatever)?" > > So when did this 10th planet hop onto the scene? Is > it before or after > Pluto? Looking from the front or the back? > > And by the way, which way is upside down in the > cosmos? > > Frankly, about the only sane "religious revelation" > there could possibly be > is to acknowledge that all the human generated > aspects of them (which is > right at 100.000%) are absolutely nuts and lend to > the inevitable > destruction that they all rail against. > > Phooey on them all. A person can pretty well sit on > the back porch anytime > of day or night with a cup of tea and a like minded > mate and figure what > reality is and how nonsense threatens to destroy it > all. > === message truncated === __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! 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