on In the berth by INTRANSIT
11 Oct 2005, 4:05 AM
I just posted a poem with the same title (guess I shoulda checked first). This one's better in some ways but also much easier to write.
replying on The Servant and The Messenger by ALChemy
11 Oct 2005, 3:20 AM
And to think this all started with a Tadpole.
replying on The Servant and The Messenger by ALChemy
11 Oct 2005, 3:19 AM
Your thinking religion. Your thinking too big. Faith is trust.
Trust starts in the psychy. It may need something outside to effect it but like all other human perceptions it starts in the brain and is effected by your own psychological preferences.
Trust starts in the psychy. It may need something outside to effect it but like all other human perceptions it starts in the brain and is effected by your own psychological preferences.
replying on The Servant and The Messenger by ALChemy
11 Oct 2005, 3:08 AM
Actually God made us through the process of evolution.
(and by God I mean Vin Diesel)
(and by God I mean Vin Diesel)
replying on The Servant and The Messenger by ALChemy
11 Oct 2005, 2:53 AM
Your right. People who say they have blind faith are full of shit.
I quoted the Summa because their idea is so simular to mine and they wrote it down first. I also was able to expand my idea a little based on their idea. So I thought I'd give credit were credit is due. I have gained some credibility by not lying and saying it was all my idea. I know it's a bit Beaver Cleaver of me.
ADDENDUM:
This is a philosopher: "I believe only because it makes common sense"
This is religious: "I believe because it feels right"
The idea is that a philosopher bases what he believes on common sense, scientific knowledge and plain old logic. Yes it probably feels right but feelings aren't the basis for his belief.
Religion sometimes makes sense and sometimes doesn't but it is always based on the feelings of its believers.
I don't think I ever disagreed with that third comment.
I quoted the Summa because their idea is so simular to mine and they wrote it down first. I also was able to expand my idea a little based on their idea. So I thought I'd give credit were credit is due. I have gained some credibility by not lying and saying it was all my idea. I know it's a bit Beaver Cleaver of me.
ADDENDUM:
This is a philosopher: "I believe only because it makes common sense"
This is religious: "I believe because it feels right"
The idea is that a philosopher bases what he believes on common sense, scientific knowledge and plain old logic. Yes it probably feels right but feelings aren't the basis for his belief.
Religion sometimes makes sense and sometimes doesn't but it is always based on the feelings of its believers.
I don't think I ever disagreed with that third comment.
replying on The Enigmatic Pentagram by ObsequiousGem
11 Oct 2005, 2:00 AM
Yeah, but you can't learn much about the devil reading the bible.
Enough but not much.
Enough but not much.
on The Enigmatic Pentagram by ObsequiousGem
10 Oct 2005, 2:17 AM
Should use 5 line stanzas or 3 stanzas with 6 lines. You know how the devil likes his numbers.
The vote of 5 a tad bit ironic.
The vote of 5 a tad bit ironic.
replying on The Servant and The Messenger by ALChemy
10 Oct 2005, 2:05 AM
This does seem to be a common approach to religion. If Cardinal Stinkyfingers says it's that way than it must be. Meanwhile he's sodomizing choir boys on sunday nights.
Don't you think religion should be found by hearing the words of others and comimng to your own conclusions based on what you feel in your heart should be true. The other approach just scares the hell out of me. It's easier to assume the priest or bible translator is always right than to study a belief system on your own but it is also much less rewarding.
In a way both definitions are right but I'd rather bet my soul on my own conclusions than on someone elses.
Screw specific religion. I would rather read the gospel according to Dovina any day of the week. At least I know I'd be entertained. After all you are the temple of the lord.
Don't you think religion should be found by hearing the words of others and comimng to your own conclusions based on what you feel in your heart should be true. The other approach just scares the hell out of me. It's easier to assume the priest or bible translator is always right than to study a belief system on your own but it is also much less rewarding.
In a way both definitions are right but I'd rather bet my soul on my own conclusions than on someone elses.
Screw specific religion. I would rather read the gospel according to Dovina any day of the week. At least I know I'd be entertained. After all you are the temple of the lord.
replying on Gnarly Knees by Dovina
10 Oct 2005, 1:23 AM
Maybe he's Jesus.
on Gnarly Knees by Dovina
9 Oct 2005, 8:52 AM
What if he says "I love you ON your knees"?
on His Secret in the Woods by TLRufener
9 Oct 2005, 8:38 AM
Starts off like a Garth Brooks song.
Repetition can be good in poetry but in some places it's a little annoying.
Lots of potential.
Repetition can be good in poetry but in some places it's a little annoying.
Lots of potential.
replying on dictates of whose travel agency? by A. Nomaly
9 Oct 2005, 8:33 AM
"and anal people still get laid, apparently."
You really left yourself wide open on that one my friend.
You really left yourself wide open on that one my friend.
replying on I don't rhyme enough, eh? by Niphredil
9 Oct 2005, 8:18 AM
Eggs-fucking-zactly! Thank you for saying that.
You'll get rich writing rhyme or prose faster than any of the other forms. Just ask Stephen King or Emenem and they suck at it.
I'm guessing you opted for prose. Good choice. The most lucrative of them all.
Rhyme was really big when there weren't a lot of people who could read or had access to literature so poems easy to memorize became popular. Then everyone was reading and rhyme faded and fell by the wayside. But nowadays people are busier and more distracted so short poetry and rhyme for their quick fix and quickly memorizable qualities are coming back into the limelight.
By the way don't you think Hip-hop may be the only form of poetry (if it can be considered that) that actually achieves most of the goals of poetic movements. ie. Changing common language, social behavior, youthful attitude, philosophy and most important getting women to dance in their underwear.
"All smurf the holy Smurfhammed."
Bush would make the best Gargamel.
You'll get rich writing rhyme or prose faster than any of the other forms. Just ask Stephen King or Emenem and they suck at it.
I'm guessing you opted for prose. Good choice. The most lucrative of them all.
Rhyme was really big when there weren't a lot of people who could read or had access to literature so poems easy to memorize became popular. Then everyone was reading and rhyme faded and fell by the wayside. But nowadays people are busier and more distracted so short poetry and rhyme for their quick fix and quickly memorizable qualities are coming back into the limelight.
By the way don't you think Hip-hop may be the only form of poetry (if it can be considered that) that actually achieves most of the goals of poetic movements. ie. Changing common language, social behavior, youthful attitude, philosophy and most important getting women to dance in their underwear.
"All smurf the holy Smurfhammed."
Bush would make the best Gargamel.
replying on Escape by Heather Dee
9 Oct 2005, 7:23 AM
Ah the Rorschach approach to song writing.
replying on The Servant and The Messenger by ALChemy
9 Oct 2005, 7:09 AM
Faith comes naturally. The caveman sees that the sunrises and falls like clockwork and with it comes and goes daylight. This is comforting to him. He can plan around this. Philosophy, science, and religion all seek to give that same comfort and where we are comforted we find faith. This is what I mean by (within) it starts in our minds and maybe hearts. Doesn't that seem obvious? The sun didn't invent faith the caveman did.
Secondly, I think you are talking about blind faith. Less just say faith is believing what you wish to be true or like you said hold to be true. You can have faith in something consistantly proven like a devoted wife. It's funny. I have faith in God and Jesus but no religion.
Secondly, I think you are talking about blind faith. Less just say faith is believing what you wish to be true or like you said hold to be true. You can have faith in something consistantly proven like a devoted wife. It's funny. I have faith in God and Jesus but no religion.
replying on The Servant and The Messenger by ALChemy
9 Oct 2005, 6:28 AM
Good sex for instance.
replying on The Servant and The Messenger by ALChemy
9 Oct 2005, 6:27 AM
When Jesus asked God to change his mind about the crucifixion he was questioning God's orders. Your right that isn't faith that's questioning someone elses word you have faith in. See how that works.
Even hypnotists and brain washers must first somehow break in to your inner psychy before they can control what you believe.
The crux of religion is a gut feeling.
Even hypnotists and brain washers must first somehow break in to your inner psychy before they can control what you believe.
The crux of religion is a gut feeling.