spendius
 
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Reply Mon 19 Aug, 2013 05:14 pm
@spendius,
The humane thing to do with free thinkers is to relocate them to areas where other free thinkers have been relocated to. To concentrate them.
reasoning logic
 
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Reply Mon 19 Aug, 2013 05:23 pm
@spendius,
"Heil spendius"
spendius
 
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Reply Mon 19 Aug, 2013 05:28 pm
@reasoning logic,
Well--surely they would be happier mixing with like minded people.
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gungasnake
 
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Reply Mon 19 Aug, 2013 11:09 pm
Simple logic (proof by contrapositive or whatever you want to call it)... Somebody who doesn't believe in God pretty much has to believe in evolution, and everybody knows evolution is a bunch of bullshit...
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Herald
 
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Reply Tue 20 Aug, 2013 11:21 am
@spendius,
Quote:
The humane thing to do with free thinkers is to relocate them to areas where other free thinkers have been relocated to.

Absolutely. All the free thinkers (with the SUVs and with the 'clean coal') should be shipped with a one way ticket to Venus ... to get acquainted with the realities of the CO2.
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RexRed
 
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Reply Tue 20 Aug, 2013 07:54 pm
@spendius,
spendius wrote:

RexRed wrote:
I would rather be a completely autonomous free thinker than be a drone to stagnant religious pomp and circumstance.


And "stagnant" is a pejorative assertion completely out of place in anyone who is "habitually digging deeper to get to the heart of things".

Dig into why you used that word.



"Truth" is also a pejorative assertion, subjective and often misused. Most often it is the truth that is stagnant...

Dig into why you used that word truth Spendi, and why you base your assumptions on something that is pejorative and stagnant.
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RexRed
 
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Reply Tue 20 Aug, 2013 09:50 pm
https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/1187141_693820377298149_606113427_n.jpg
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RexRed
 
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Reply Wed 21 Aug, 2013 12:08 am
https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/q71/s720x720/598487_677933628901353_1304411536_n.jpg
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RexRed
 
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Reply Wed 21 Aug, 2013 03:48 am
I picked a Tarot card today

It was the four of cups

http://www.biddytarot.com/cards/four_cups.jpg

Four of Cups Tarot Card Meanings and Description

The Four of Cups depicts a young man sitting under a tree far away from others in what looks like deep contemplation and meditation. In fact, he is so engrossed in deep contemplation that he does not appear to notice the cup being presented to him by an outstretched arm. A further three cups stand at his feet, symbolizing the world and its attractions but again, he pays little attention to these. In this sense, he indicates the need to look deep into our Self to discover the answers we seek. External influences can be distracting and may not lead us to the goal we seek even if those influences purport to be of a spiritual nature.

This young man and his predicament suggest the story of the Buddha under the Bodhi Tree, contemplating the state of the Universe and unwilling to rise until he has reached the Truth. He is not taking the cup and indeed appears to be paying no attention to it whatsoever. He misses this gift of love and opportunity because he’s completely tuned within.

Read more here:

http://www.biddytarot.com/tarot-card-meanings/minor-arcana/suit-of-cups/four-of-cups/



Comment:
It is somewhat sad but life has taught me the meaning of this card.

Notice the little hole in the tree... That is what revealed its meaning to me.

Though nothing is mentioned of that on the tarot page.

This card is about taking flight, reaching heights beyond the clouds and the earth. It is about being offered nearly everything but still not being satisfied. For it is the one love that is unfulfilled that nothing in this world or in heaven or no other person can ever satisfy.

Only my angel can bring me love... Devils and monarchs will chase behind me from all corners within till I reach my true form and stature.

I have only one more chance to obtain the golden cup...
Herald
 
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Reply Wed 21 Aug, 2013 06:07 am
@RexRed,
You said that you don't believe in gods and as it goes it turned out that you are suprestitious.
- 'superstitious' - the state of believing in the supernatural; irrational fear of the unknown or mysterious; religion or practice or particular opinion based on such (vicious) practices.
- 'tarot' - 78 cards used for fortune telling.
You see, this thing with the religious and non-religious (superstitious) beliefs is not that simple ... and innocent. This place cannot stand in vaccum and with zero-gravity. If there are no generally accepted religious beliefs there, there is usually something else ... & worse: worshipping of the big bang, idolatry to tarot, etc.
Actually a generally accepted religion is the best case scenario of beliefs of the subconscious ... in terms of minimising the damages.
RexRed
 
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Reply Wed 21 Aug, 2013 04:11 pm
@Herald,
I neither believe nor disbelieve.

I have moments when I see clarity and moments when I am purely skeptical.

I use my tarot cards mostly out of boredom.

What struck me as odd was I shuffled the tarot deck and the first card I picked was the 4 of cups.. I thought what an uninteresting card.

So I decide to lay 5 cards instead, so I reshuffled the deck.

The 5th card I laid was again, the four of cups...

So I figured the tarot deck was telling me my card was really the 4 of cups.

The number "two" in numerology usually means something is established...

It would not serve anyone well to put faith in me where there is none and assume disbelief in me where there is some faith.

I don't even think superstition really describes my own spirituality.

Perhaps "moderate spirituality"... People are my angels and people have varying characters and personalities that inspire me much more than any faceless, invisible God...

If we do not love that which is seen then the unseen nature of spiritual matters will always elude us.

And no, I have not started drinking again. Smile
spendius
 
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Reply Wed 21 Aug, 2013 04:48 pm
@RexRed,
Quote:
And no, I have not started drinking again.


I would think about doing so if I was you Rex.
Herald
 
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Reply Thu 22 Aug, 2013 01:49 am
@RexRed,
If you are fan of the free will ... without any contsraints, you don't believe in the destiny (for the destiny will destroy your free will from any point of view - right?)
If you don't believe in the destiny, tarot is inapplicable (to your understanding of the world).
If tarot is inapplicable nothing of its 'predictions' should be valid (to your beliefs) ... notwithstanding whether out of boredom or not they should be inapplicable ... but is it really so?
Believe it or not these things with the predictions and the suprestitions work (from several thousand years, over a large number of people ... & at subconscious level) and are not s.th. that you can just go f'cking around with ... but this is just my opinion.
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RexRed
 
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Reply Fri 23 Aug, 2013 12:13 pm
@spendius,
spendius wrote:

Quote:
And no, I have not started drinking again.


I would think about doing so if I was you Rex.


I think about it then say na. I don't want lose what I have...
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RexRed
 
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Reply Fri 23 Aug, 2013 12:15 pm
What is the difference between a gift and a manifestation?

The words seem unrelated till you break them down...

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RexRed
 
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Reply Fri 23 Aug, 2013 08:05 pm
Tonight's draw

Six Of Wands

http://www.biddytarot.com/cards/six_wands.jpg

http://www.biddytarot.com/tarot-card-meanings/minor-arcana/suit-of-wands/six-of-wands/

I found the giant door, only to find two of them.
Which door do I choose, one of humility or one of ego?

Humility may make me seem weak, ego may make me seem unreachable...

Perhaps I had it better sitting under the shade of the tree?
Herald
 
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Reply Sat 24 Aug, 2013 01:04 am
@RexRed,
RexRed wrote:
Tonight's draw

With every day and in any way you are sliding on-down and on-down the Rollba of the Destiny ... and your personal freedom remains all alone on the upper terrace.
Do you know what? You are fated ... to redim solitaires ... to the end of the infinity.

RexRed wrote:
Perhaps I had it better sitting under the shade of the tree?

It is not that easy.
You may use your ego to trump the people with huge ego and use humility to deal with people that are able to appreciate it.
To stay indifferent or to use ego-on-humility and humility-on-ego has never been an idea of first smartness.
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RexRed
 
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Reply Sat 24 Aug, 2013 03:00 pm
Would the nation's churches, synagogues, mosques, and temples ever lose their tax-exempt status? Should they?

And just how much money is on the line if they did?
http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/08/24/20169494-this-week-in-god?lite
spendius
 
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Reply Sat 24 Aug, 2013 05:00 pm
@RexRed,
Quote:
And just how much money is on the line if they did?


Every cent you have.
spendius
 
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Reply Sat 24 Aug, 2013 05:05 pm
@spendius,
Do you really think that a silly ****** like you would have any money if it wasn't for Christianity?

Without Christianity your assets would consist of one breech cloth and then only because it had zero value.
 

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