Knowledge.........you all have it

People lie, so honesty begins with being honest with myself. I accept the freedom and awkwardness of not knowing. Honesty within brings honesty without and potential long term profits both financial and otherwise. I know that when I lie to other people, I tend to accept lies myself. That's proven psychology. I try not to assume that a promising idea is proven. I won't let anyone hypnotize me or shout me down. I don't assume that I am more important than I appear to be in the grand scheme of things. I don't rule out the mystical, but I don't pay money for it either.
 
Paladin said:
Cuz you know there was that episode where his friend said "Whats the plan now Indy?" and he replies, " I don't know, Im just making this up as I go"
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And Chris said that, um he was just.... You know.... making it up as... he uh went along, and....I thought it was funny and....

cricket...cricket....cricket.........


boy, tough room........
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lol I got it brother!

Dream said:
People lie, so honesty begins with being honest with myself. I accept the freedom and awkwardness of not knowing. Honesty within brings honesty without and potential long term profits both financial and otherwise. I know that when I lie to other people, I tend to accept lies myself. That's proven psychology. I try not to assume that a promising idea is proven. I won't let anyone hypnotize me or shout me down. I don't assume that I am more important than I appear to be in the grand scheme of things. I don't rule out the mystical, but I don't pay money for it either.
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And what is Truth/honesty?
 
Truth is when you make sacrifices to accomplish a goal, when you get what you pay for, and when you know someone that knows you. How's that?
 
Eclectic Mystic said:
Not to butt in, but the propensity to create is a masculine trait.

Just saying...
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oh, my.

so the little grunt, grunt pffftttt is creation??

Give me a break, the females of this world have been doing all the creation of life for quite a while.

I'm sure you rolled over and had a cigarette after that statement!

And if you think you can make a fridge full of leftovers taste so good...

Back to the name. G!d, the almighty, the creator, the universe, spirit, I don't think really cares what you name you use, she, he, or it are all acceptable, just don't say them all at once.
 
I don't know if you could call either men or women creative. The mind of a baby constructs itself, and its body does too. A dad may give definition both socially and physically but has no basic nurturing capability. The mom nurtures, but she has no control over whether its a boy or girl. What is creation?
 
I thought he said the PROPENSITY to create. Defined as "[SIZE=-1]An innate inclination". Man as the driving force (ouch, bad pun coming on)

So a male god would have a driving need to create everything, but then just kindof leave it running?
A female god would tend to feel its a good idea to create everything then nurture it to its best result?
It almost works as a way to decide the whole thing once and for all depending on how you feel things have been going. :)

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I'm not qualified to comment on that, gp; but there are fantastic resources available now (50 year studies completed within in the last 20 years) that explain how a person's mind develops with a very helpful amount of detail. Its very cool stuff, child development.
 
I'm not qualified to comment on that either, Wil. I did figure out what CoC means, though: Its either the Commission on Colleges, or a heavy-metal band called 'Corrosion of Conformity'.

(Its the Code of Conduct.)
 
greymare said:
something i have noticed is that all of the different faiths represented here have one thing in common................knowledge. You all know so much about your various faiths. Now, bear with me on this,Mee, can cut and paste better than any preschooler can eat earwax, and Q can quote John 3:16 and Revelations and all that........ Mw can break the koran down into laymans terms that even I can understand. Flow, ahs all this knowledge of ..........well.................stuff..... (I dont knwo what to call your field) Tao sits up there inScotland spruiking scientific paradoxes.(big words)LOL.
even Islamis4u knows sooooooo much. and he is a student!!!!!. Maybe the reason for allthese different faiths is to see the amount of knowledge we can hold. Is there a religion for Dummies:eek::confused:. My point I suppose is, that even if I wanted to, I couldnt learn some of the stuff you guys know. Its too hard. LOL. btw, dont feel sorry for me,:p its just an observation.
I sit back hereand try to follow some of the conversations,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ammazing;):D.

If there is a god, and yes Im still asking, what does he do with you if you fail religion?:confused::)
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I failed at being a Baptist, which was the religion I was influenced by while I was growing up and over the years till I go to my 30s. I am not any good at being a Baptist. Never did ever even fit in and I tried hard to. Still don't fit into any churches anywhere around here in my town. Me and my girls have always been the odd ones out.
 
CyberRebel said:
Never did ever even fit in and I tried hard to.
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There is the key my Lovely sister... We try so hard to be what we are not... Rather than just be who we are, because we are so oh so truly super and beautiful.

If someone can not accept and Love us, for whom we are.. Well, then where is the truth? Where is the Love? We are just adding to the ever growing illusion of mankind. I decided not that long ago, to just say hey, here I am this is me... I hope you will accept me for who I is. ;) Can you dig it?
 
I can dig it, bro ... I feel the same way

I'm pretty odd sometimes, and others don't always know how to take me, lol. I am what I am, and that's all I can be - Put that in your pipe and smoke it!

j/k

Everyone want to be accepted ...

James
 
CyberRebel said:
I failed at being a Baptist, which was the religion I was influenced by while I was growing up and over the years till I go to my 30s. I am not any good at being a Baptist. Never did ever even fit in and I tried hard to. Still don't fit into any churches anywhere around here in my town. Me and my girls have always been the odd ones out.
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Failure creeps up on us when we resist being who we are, me thinks. How can we accept others, when we can't accept ourselves? If others don't wish to accept who we are, then that is a loss on their part. [imo] We so often put on our makeup in hope of fitting in, and being accepted - for sake of being one of the crowd, but at what cost? Our true identity, perhaps? It is easy to lose ourselves while in pursuit of fitting in.

I've gotten to the point where I wear my soul on my sleave. I'm an open book for any to read - What's the point of hiding? I am who I am ... many don't understand me, but then there are some who do, and simply accept me - oddities and all. :p I have spent far too much time trying to fit in with certain religious groups, but I don't - that's not who I am. I am a unique individual, with a heart, and mind of my own.

Love

James
 
greymare said:
yeah, but arent most of them chanting religions, vegetarians as well. that will never do. perhaps Ill start my own religion. but honestly, what do you do if you have to study your chosen religion and you are just a dumb f/ck? God made all the stupid people too, didnt he?
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Jesus praised his heavenly Father for hiding certain truths from the "wise and intellectual ones" while revealing them to his disciples, who were by comparison like "babes." (Lu 10:21-24) .



For it is written: "I will make the wisdom of the wise [men] perish, and the intelligence of the intellectual [men] I will shove aside.
1 corinthians 1;19



no worries , the true God can use dumbies..................MEE


 
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So a male god would have a driving need to create everything, but then just kindof leave it running?

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Well if I am all wrong and there is a "GOD" then I think he must be an "absent father". You can rest assured the Child Support Agency WILL find him tho!!

Tao
 
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