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great post, gomer
if we loved God, then we would love ourselves and each other. we have reduced him to an irritable, puerile parent who is bent on revenge.
posted by
avant-garde
on June 8, 2005 at 3:42 AM
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Vibrance -- I checked it out
It's always neat to see your stuff in print somewhere else. Remind me to pay more attention to sentence structure and simple grammar though. I didn't notice what a hack job I had done until I saw it in a setting other than Blogit.
posted by
gomedome
on June 7, 2005 at 5:03 PM
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totally good for my audience
its a fun and thoughtful read. so with your permission, I am posting it.
Love, Vib
posted by
Vibrance
on June 7, 2005 at 3:27 PM
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empty_handed_painter -- I'm going to reserve my reply to your comment
for a posting I'm brewing up.
posted by
gomedome
on June 7, 2005 at 12:00 PM
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jmhtribulas -- I was told the same thing when I was a child
I think the angels bowling was something we made up at recess.
posted by
gomedome
on June 7, 2005 at 11:59 AM
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I was told thunder happened because God was mad
and he was usually mad at me.
posted by
jmhtribulas
on June 7, 2005 at 11:41 AM
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many are thinking similarly
I touched on the god people create in their minds when I posted about our dominant male tribal society.
We worship the dominant male, just as do Chimpanzees and Baboons and certain other primates (although, it seems gorillas have a more democratic government -- if the dominant male is unsatisfactory, then several other males gang up on him and drive him out of the tribe).
That's our holding kings special (UK and their royalty) and pretty much electing men to the presidency and males rising to the top of corporations -- corporations in particular -- notice how the subdominants lick the boots and body parts and turn their rumps toward the dominant so he can display his dominance --
churches are no different -- the minister fills the role of dominant male and the females fawn all over him.
hierarchies are that way
just consider the Pope the ultimate dominant human male who stands in the place of the supreme dominant male.
we recognize that we have evolved and that this is our evolutionary heritage and we've gone a long way toward real salvation, not the fake salvation that too many espouse.
posted by
Xeno-x
on June 7, 2005 at 11:34 AM
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Vibrance - go for it - but you would have to be the judge of whether or not
a rambling rant such as this is suitable for your intended audience.
posted by
gomedome
on June 7, 2005 at 11:22 AM
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Entertaining ending
great essay. I would love to post it on my RushPRnews Daily Gazette (http://rushprnews.iuplog.com) with your permission. The ending surprised me a bit and that is a good thing. Yep, we need to start with the small things. Love, Vib
posted by
Vibrance
on June 7, 2005 at 10:46 AM
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gomedome
Hear, hear! Thank you. :)
posted by
Numinous
on June 7, 2005 at 8:20 AM
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