Go to God as The Universe as an Organism
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lightdancing
right you are
but many don't think so
we have to see what is and reach the transcendent through understainding that.
posted by
Xeno-x
on April 27, 2005 at 2:39 PM
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How MUCH...?
How much of what is found in the bible has it's roots in the scriptures & traditions of religions that predate Christianity by thousands of years? ALL OF IT!!! L.D.
posted by
Lightdancing
on April 27, 2005 at 2:17 PM
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Mistakes are a part of Life
No man is perfect. Experience and sins are a part of man nature. Molding and shaping our life. We make the mistakes but we should also learn from them not to repeat either. The virtues of the spirit are made from experiences and mistakes. I also would like to apologize for any posts in the past that I had written that might of offended you. I wrote a post today to tell of my feelings. Thank You
posted by
Experience
on April 19, 2005 at 8:23 AM
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Perhaps . . . .
It's just that we are so good at mistreating each other, and that we have the capacity, and the will, to mistreat others with sophisticated technology, we just don't notice how other species act?
posted by
archiew
on April 16, 2005 at 7:48 AM
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Fascinating exposition! The connection between the nation-state's laws and ethics and religious traditions is interesting. I hadn't thought of that.
I do think that systems of law are the almost-inevitable results of the need to decide commonly -- and enforce commonly, lest society have in-fighting -- what people can and cannot do to one another.
That does not guarantee that the law will always be right, but for these reasons it will, and should, always be.
This is not to deny the manifest manipulation of law and ethics by elites to control the masses. This is to deny that the obvious wrong of this practice does not discredit law and ethics per se, since they clearly have legitimate purposes.
posted by
Dyl_Pickle
on April 15, 2005 at 5:59 PM
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So many people think that, about humans being the only ones that mistreat each other... well who said nature had to be nice? It's mindless and chaotic, dog eat dog, survival of the fittest; we humans are the only things ever to come up with morality, and as such we are the best for all that. Not that we can profess to being all that good... but still...
I think all the "humanity is evil" people just want to feel important. We are nature. Everything is. Just the latest upset to the balance; meteorites have done worse before...
posted by
Gubby
on April 14, 2005 at 5:27 AM
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Interesting stuff
I thought humans were the only creatures who mistreated each other.
posted by
jollyjeff
on April 13, 2005 at 2:41 PM
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