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On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 1:31 AM, Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>wrote:


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> "timeless wisdom doesnt need updating"

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> 'Timeless' is clearly a relative term, here.

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well, we're all family...   =)








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> Alex in NYC

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>   On Apr 2, 2009, at 8:27 AM, bongo wrote:

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> On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 3:58 AM, GREG SLAWSON <gregslawson at msn.com> wrote:

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>> SOme of the problems I have w/religion:

>> Although it may offer some good advice on how to live our lives, it

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> .........1. Doesn't update it's teachings (it's the holy book and nothing

> else)

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> timeless wisdom doesnt need updating... the metaphors could probably be

> re-hashed tho, i reckon Ali G. should do it..

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> .........2. tends to interpret the holy book in question in a mechanical

> way (fundamentalists)

> stoopid people do stoopid things, and our culture seems to be breeding

> stoopidity!

> (its got Electrolites!)

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> .........3. is deterministic (god will decide everything, so don't try to

> change the way things are)

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> alot of christian stuff is heavily borrowed from the Egyptians... if you

> get into that stuff, (like the Hermetica) theres similar tales with less

> 'christian bullshit' attached...

> i doubt there was a real jesus (not even his real name ffs!) but if you

> understand His teachings, it doesnt matter!

> if He was the Son of God, and so are We, then We are God, and We decide

> what happens...  there is no creater there is a creating - and you and i are

> a part of it (not 'apart from it' )

> what will you do with your power??

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> as Tones on Tail put it . . .   THERE'S ONLY ONE!

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>> "due to a lack of trained trumpeters, the end of the world has been

>> postponed indefinitely..."

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