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free will exists because, knowing all the facts, options, variables, man can still decide to do do utterly foolish things without being immediately rent through with bolts of lightening...

what if smackheads who, by virtue of their addiction, will do anything for money for drugs, decide one day, while withdrawing, that they will forgo their ability to ever have children again, via sterilisation, in exchange for cold, hard cash? The same scheme is doing the same thing in the USA...

lol... I can bang a bodhrain... I'm always up for a song...

Do junkies automatically make bad parents? Is the state of "being-a-junky" a medical, or social problem?

I dig your walls, man". -"Yeah, man. I was really going for neat, and cosmic order, man, but, towards the end, I thought, shucks, that'll do..." -(exhales smoke) "Yeah, man".

this is all very interesting, peeps, but... I don't get it? Today, I'm reading a book on Pure Land buddhism. The overarching concept of that school of buddhism doesn't resonate for me, as a buddhist, although I can see its appeal, for some, yet... even though I'm reading "their"...

1) Have I ever asked any of them a huge question, like, is God real, or do you wish you were alive again, anything of that nature? -- no. I don't think dying/being a ghost equals "meeting-with-god". And just because they're dead doesn't mean they have any more answers about "the big stuff"...

I don't see Thomas as being... "uncharitable, ascerbic, and dodgy" (wow, what a strapline that is!) in this thread. I do find him ... an ultra, but, here, he's actually supporting your wild assertions, Andrew -- he's just saying it's not exclusive to Theosophy! He's saying- theosophy is a bit...

sorry to say, but... this is a BIG issue... I, as an identifying buddhist who was raised a catholic, can, I think, see both sides. You don't wanna indoctrinate the kids. Fair enough. But he does. He wants them to be catholics as soon as they open their eyes, you want to let them make their...

maybe its a personal prophesy, and you're an old tabbie, (no offence), and you're having an "old tabbie's extistential crisis"?

The rationale is evident; self-mortification in a religious context is... considered acceptable, and not a manifestation of mental illness. It is not a ... maladaptive coping strategy, it does not interfere with an individuals day-to-day functioning, it does not permeate an individuals entire...

but that is the same for all religions, Dogbrain, isn't it?

mula, means "root", prakriti means "essense, or nature"... usually, according to sanskrit... so, mulaprakriti would be... base essence, root nature... In my opinion, Kwan Yin isn't a buddhist deity. Quan Yin is supposedly... Avalokitesvara, or, translated, "the one who was Lord before the...

it's expensive, but... wow! sod the expense -- do more of it!

wow! cool! I liked that the LSD spider was all about the centre! Scatty speedy spiders did more random webs... It makes sense when applied to humans, too... their thought processes...

today we're all entitled to be philosophers... Years ago, the average Joe and Josephine weren't allowed to think, they didn't believe they had the capacity, due to the class system, and even if they did think, the likelihood anyone would listen was small, due to their unfavourable position...

... based on the (correct) assumption that inducing psychotic like states in an individual may bring them closer to God... All hail Ignatius!

interesting fact for you here... I have molars with... five prongs... like lil flowers in my mouth. Apparently, I share this dentile perfection with... cows only... A dentist would inform me if this was correct, hopefully...

I have visited mediums who do platform work in spiritualist churches, and I have also been a guest at various moots and psychic events where people state they communicate with the dead. I have found that yes, while some are using good salemen techniques; playing the odds, telling people what...