It's a matter of perspective. From the deck of your luxury yacht, living off the exploitation of artists I imagine the world feels rather right indeed.
The fact that it becomes not an option for people should illustrate the corrupting influences of our way of life. So next time some loon in the street tries to tell you that we should love each other and stop being conspicuous consumers, remember this.
Here's a hint, in some other countries, citizens care about the rights of *humans* not just 'citizens of the country'. The reason is, as humans, we feel that our humanity is diminished when we deprive other people of theirs. But then, you are Americans, and somehow different, right?
I don't feel that your statement about them being like a college class is quite right... College class texts are peer reviewed and there is some expectation that the authors or publishers will provide sources and that those sources will be able to be tested and potentially falsified.
I accept that the face I get to see is not all there is to religion, and that is a tragedy that it has been abused like this pretty much since its inception circa Constantine. My question to the ages is, was organised religion ever intended to be anything but a seat of power? If it was truly about spirituality everyone could do it in their own homes without working to pay tithe to the church.
And if it was truly about keeping a accurate historical record, well, they failed and won't acknowledge it.
This is partly because Trent kind of defined his own genre but NIN is basically post-industrial electronic rock and there are lots of bands since that have attempted to emulate his sound, and he has worked with these bands and helped them. Love NIN but they not the cutting edge they used to be around Downward Spiral era. Trent also did a lot of production work for David Bowie so his influence comes through other artists from there as well.
These days I'm really into a SF label called Muti Music that pumps out dubstep and glitch mostly. Lots of talent there, some very experimental artists. It's more dance music than SadTimes music though, but if you liked Trents production this is kind of the future he helped create along with Aphex Twin, Squarepusher etc.
So, if it was translated into the English language and revised countless times before the 1980's when I learnt about the ten commandments from people who told me that it is wrong to kill (using the meaning of 'kill' that I also learnt in the 1980s) people... does it really matter?
I mean, it's an imaginary book, but the least the believers could do is be consistent in their application. This is something that would not happen if they actually used the book to teach and not as a tool of power, because people would actually bother to ensure the consistency of the information.
To suggest that the bible has the same meaning to modern followers as it has always had is ignorant. The bible is interpreted however best suits the person reading it on the day. Something in there made it seem like slavery was OK for a long time, remember?
But you do nothing to slow the progression, you all just sit around cheering it from the sidelines. Or so it seems from here.
NZ, like the US is a recently-colonised-by-white-people country and we are a lot more similar than you seem to think, especially considering American cultural mores are forced upon us through trade agreements etc.
You know there are plenty of countries such as the one I live in, where we have no death penalty? And guess what, we don't have murderers running around murdering people for the fun of it every day. In NZ we have 2 murders per 100,000 people per year, less than half the US rate. But then, we don't give handguns out in promo deals either.
Widely held to be a mistranslation by whom? People who want to be able to kill people for their own reasons and still be able to tell the masses its not OK to kill? Either the bible is the literal word of God or its not... sort your faith out, its out of control.
If you were worried about any of that you would buy a cellphone that sends and receives txt messages and makes calls and has an address book, an EVDO/GPRS modem and maybe a snake game.
Nope, we just decided that instead of using a mismash collection of 5000+ year old sexagesimal systems we could do everything with some nice easy powers of 10.:) But then, I guess it suits America to be imperial.
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Because they can't defend their assets? Dunno if you've been watching, but your concept of ownership is the basis of economics.
Compound words are awesome and the English language does have them, they just tend to be exocentric.
It's a matter of perspective. From the deck of your luxury yacht, living off the exploitation of artists I imagine the world feels rather right indeed.
The fact that it becomes not an option for people should illustrate the corrupting influences of our way of life. So next time some loon in the street tries to tell you that we should love each other and stop being conspicuous consumers, remember this.
Here's a serious concern for you..
"I thank the people who put their lives at risk in the military to protect my constitutional rights"
When has the military ever protected your constitutional rights?
You mean, its wrong for a corporate employee to accept a bribe, but not illegal, right?
You gone need that book back what for learning your grammars with.
If you live in a neighborhood infested with drugs and gangbangers, the corrupt cops have already given up and are just guarding the gates.
Here's a hint, in some other countries, citizens care about the rights of *humans* not just 'citizens of the country'. The reason is, as humans, we feel that our humanity is diminished when we deprive other people of theirs. But then, you are Americans, and somehow different, right?
I don't feel that your statement about them being like a college class is quite right... College class texts are peer reviewed and there is some expectation that the authors or publishers will provide sources and that those sources will be able to be tested and potentially falsified.
I accept that the face I get to see is not all there is to religion, and that is a tragedy that it has been abused like this pretty much since its inception circa Constantine. My question to the ages is, was organised religion ever intended to be anything but a seat of power? If it was truly about spirituality everyone could do it in their own homes without working to pay tithe to the church.
And if it was truly about keeping a accurate historical record, well, they failed and won't acknowledge it.
This is partly because Trent kind of defined his own genre but NIN is basically post-industrial electronic rock and there are lots of bands since that have attempted to emulate his sound, and he has worked with these bands and helped them. Love NIN but they not the cutting edge they used to be around Downward Spiral era. Trent also did a lot of production work for David Bowie so his influence comes through other artists from there as well.
These days I'm really into a SF label called Muti Music that pumps out dubstep and glitch mostly. Lots of talent there, some very experimental artists. It's more dance music than SadTimes music though, but if you liked Trents production this is kind of the future he helped create along with Aphex Twin, Squarepusher etc.
Lots of music sounds similar, usually because it is. Take a look at this... 4 Chord Song
So, if it was translated into the English language and revised countless times before the 1980's when I learnt about the ten commandments from people who told me that it is wrong to kill (using the meaning of 'kill' that I also learnt in the 1980s) people... does it really matter?
I mean, it's an imaginary book, but the least the believers could do is be consistent in their application. This is something that would not happen if they actually used the book to teach and not as a tool of power, because people would actually bother to ensure the consistency of the information.
To suggest that the bible has the same meaning to modern followers as it has always had is ignorant. The bible is interpreted however best suits the person reading it on the day. Something in there made it seem like slavery was OK for a long time, remember?
But you do nothing to slow the progression, you all just sit around cheering it from the sidelines. Or so it seems from here. NZ, like the US is a recently-colonised-by-white-people country and we are a lot more similar than you seem to think, especially considering American cultural mores are forced upon us through trade agreements etc.
You can't have your cake and eat it too. Apologists such as yourself do nobody any good. :(
You know there are plenty of countries such as the one I live in, where we have no death penalty? And guess what, we don't have murderers running around murdering people for the fun of it every day. In NZ we have 2 murders per 100,000 people per year, less than half the US rate. But then, we don't give handguns out in promo deals either.
Widely held to be a mistranslation by whom? People who want to be able to kill people for their own reasons and still be able to tell the masses its not OK to kill? Either the bible is the literal word of God or its not... sort your faith out, its out of control.
If you were worried about any of that you would buy a cellphone that sends and receives txt messages and makes calls and has an address book, an EVDO/GPRS modem and maybe a snake game.
Nope, we just decided that instead of using a mismash collection of 5000+ year old sexagesimal systems we could do everything with some nice easy powers of 10. :) But then, I guess it suits America to be imperial.
Yards... kilograms... argh. At least you're making an attempt to catch up to the 20th century :)
Moral relativism is a bitch, but you can have checks and balances... just do more than pay lip service to them.
Yeah, don't know why I didn't include Hell in my list... there are some other good ones around as well.
Hunter Thompson had his ashes shot out of a cannon.
You make me huuunnggggrrryyyy