Religion his shared "mental illness", or types of individual mental illness are personal spiritual experiences. I don't know.
Yes, I hear voices in my head speaking to me... speaking with me. These voices are not clear and are more often than barely perceptible in the background noise of my mind. Most of the time the voice feels and sounds like it's mine... sometimes it's definately not mine. My point is not to question my mental state, but to show that I experience a reality that nobody really talks about as normal.
So what? Well, here's what I think. I think people are so wrapped up in their identity and status in society that they desperately cling to all forms of socially normal behavior. They are afraid of anything that deviates from this social norm. I'm willing to bet that all of us experience things that are not-normal all the time... we block it out with denial and direct non-belief of it. Then we persecute (is that too strong a word) others who express the same non-normal behavior because we tend to attack in other people what we hate in ourselves.
or... maybe i should check myself into a bellview...
Jar-Jar should be killed casually by a random laser blast in the background of the story. His death should be noted by one sentence of dialog and then forgotten forever.
It's not my intention, with this reply, to be insensitive or trolling... but...
What makes his reality not real? For all we know they're does exist beings of a higher power that comminicate with individuals whose brains are wired a ceratin way. If some people believe in an all-powerful yet invisible God... then how could you say what he was percieving was not real?
Just because his experience does not fall in line with your notions of reality... doesn't mean they're not real for him.
Padmi is Anakin's best friend (and fuck bunny)... Jar Jar is just a pathetic background character that needs to be digitally removed from the entire corporate franchise.
I call bullshit. Jar Jar is not influential... he's not a Jedi with special uber mind powers. He's a pathetic attempt at comic relief where the only relief we trully need is that from GL's pathetic direction. The whole concept of using Jar Jar to suggest giving emergency powers is ridiculous... Why would anyone specifically listen to him versus anyone else... they wouldn't.
Re: Your sig... You may have wasted a minute of your life... but you wasted a second of EACH person's life that reads it... so it's still a good deal for you.
That, my friend, is a load of crap. First of all there is no evidence that Jesus had a ressurection, the fact that it's written in a book does not make it true.
Second, I could write all manner of predictions in a book... and the chances of it happening once in 2000 years is pretty damn good purely at a statistics level.
Ultimately, the bible, especially predictions, are taken completely and totally out of context (assuming they're not mistranslated repeatedly). Who was the author... what was he about... what kind of life did he live... why was he writing predictions... what was his social standing... what were his personal beliefs... how did his peers treat him... how did the local authorities treat him... what were the customs of his people at the time... how did all of this reflect on his writings... why did he write what he did... etc etc etc... Without context, you have a book of gibberish that anyone can derice ANY meaning they desire.
You would have a negative ONLY if you feel bad about the negative result for someone else. This falls in line with compassion. That's assuming you get away with the crime completely.
I must agree. For example, what makes murder right or wrong... what if you kill someone about to kill your wife/husband? It's definately murder, is it wrong? It's all about context and socially acceptable actions.
I'd say the only unified way to look at it is, Something is good when it produces positive results for you. Something is bad when it produces negative results for you. If you have compassion, then when something positive happens for someone else, a positive also happens for you since you feel good about it.
Or we can recognize that all this is nonsense derived out of context from an ancient text potentially mistranslated multiple times and compiled by a council to centralize authority of power.
How about all you religious keep your religion to yourselves and stop trying to spread your disease.
Mod -1 Flamebait/Troll if you want, but I for one am tired of these religious people telling other people how reality is when they are just spouting out what they were told or read in a book.
This has a measure of truth. Women in general (IN GENERAL) are indecisive drivers. They don't express confidence in their driving and it comes out as being dangerous on the road.
This is not simply a blind generalisation. I did a comprehensive field study, and I have determined that women and people over the age of 50 should be required to take an advanced driving test on a yearly basis in order to maintain a valid driver's license.
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Yes, I hear voices in my head speaking to me... speaking with me. These voices are not clear and are more often than barely perceptible in the background noise of my mind. Most of the time the voice feels and sounds like it's mine... sometimes it's definately not mine. My point is not to question my mental state, but to show that I experience a reality that nobody really talks about as normal.
So what? Well, here's what I think. I think people are so wrapped up in their identity and status in society that they desperately cling to all forms of socially normal behavior. They are afraid of anything that deviates from this social norm. I'm willing to bet that all of us experience things that are not-normal all the time... we block it out with denial and direct non-belief of it. Then we persecute (is that too strong a word) others who express the same non-normal behavior because we tend to attack in other people what we hate in ourselves.
or ... maybe i should check myself into a bellview...
So the real question is: How can we use the toxic waste that is generated? Is there a practical use for it? Can we think of one?
Jar-Jar should be killed casually by a random laser blast in the background of the story. His death should be noted by one sentence of dialog and then forgotten forever.
What makes his reality not real? For all we know they're does exist beings of a higher power that comminicate with individuals whose brains are wired a ceratin way. If some people believe in an all-powerful yet invisible God... then how could you say what he was percieving was not real?
Just because his experience does not fall in line with your notions of reality... doesn't mean they're not real for him.
Padmi is Anakin's best friend (and fuck bunny)... Jar Jar is just a pathetic background character that needs to be digitally removed from the entire corporate franchise.
I call bullshit. Jar Jar is not influential... he's not a Jedi with special uber mind powers. He's a pathetic attempt at comic relief where the only relief we trully need is that from GL's pathetic direction. The whole concept of using Jar Jar to suggest giving emergency powers is ridiculous... Why would anyone specifically listen to him versus anyone else... they wouldn't.
Aikido is actually more "aerobatic" than you think. There a lots of flips, tumbles that get my blood flowing.
Re: Your sig... You may have wasted a minute of your life... but you wasted a second of EACH person's life that reads it... so it's still a good deal for you.
My question, if what you say really does happen, what does this mean for internet traffic? Will it bring the internet down to it's knees?
Second, I could write all manner of predictions in a book... and the chances of it happening once in 2000 years is pretty damn good purely at a statistics level.
Ultimately, the bible, especially predictions, are taken completely and totally out of context (assuming they're not mistranslated repeatedly). Who was the author... what was he about... what kind of life did he live... why was he writing predictions... what was his social standing... what were his personal beliefs... how did his peers treat him... how did the local authorities treat him... what were the customs of his people at the time... how did all of this reflect on his writings... why did he write what he did... etc etc etc... Without context, you have a book of gibberish that anyone can derice ANY meaning they desire.
You would have a negative ONLY if you feel bad about the negative result for someone else. This falls in line with compassion. That's assuming you get away with the crime completely.
Why not hook up the fuel cell to a thermocouple?
Didn't Lazerus get ressurected before Jesus?
Bible Stories!=Truth
I was totally thinking the same thing. Not sure what reality this guys is living in... but the armed forces have brought fraud to an art form.
There is no evidence that God exists, so believing he does is simply creating an illusory reality around you.
There's no proof either way... so there's no reason to form this belief.
I'd say the only unified way to look at it is, Something is good when it produces positive results for you. Something is bad when it produces negative results for you. If you have compassion, then when something positive happens for someone else, a positive also happens for you since you feel good about it.
How about all you religious keep your religion to yourselves and stop trying to spread your disease.
Mod -1 Flamebait/Troll if you want, but I for one am tired of these religious people telling other people how reality is when they are just spouting out what they were told or read in a book.
Simply have one screen with a list of all programs you can install with very detailed information on what it is and the consequences of installation.
Ok, so Walt and Gene were both cremated... what was that again?
I'm sure that a daily massage by beautiful exotic woman would also help me feel better about it.
*gulps*
Additionally, it makes good business sense to charge the larger population of drivers more than the smaller.
It's all a grand scam.
Indecisive drivers will second guess everything and cause an accident.
Indecisiveness is a bad characteristic of a driver. No getting around that one, as much as you try.
This is not simply a blind generalisation. I did a comprehensive field study, and I have determined that women and people over the age of 50 should be required to take an advanced driving test on a yearly basis in order to maintain a valid driver's license.
It's good to know I'm doing something write... lol