Posts by tetrapod.sapien

i house in northern colombia, and some jeeps with rack mounted machine guns, and a small personal slave army for harvesting, processing and gaurding my cocaine production. oh, and penelope cruz for a wife.

dare to dream, dare to dream....

ts

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Are Christendoms Sheperds any Better than Witness Sheperds?

by gumby in

i've been out since about 1995.......and never had an elder call on me.

not that i desire this....but.. suppose you were an elder in a church of christendom and you were removed because you smoked and they felt you weren't exemplary.

after that, you never went to that church again.

tetrapod.sapien

ya, what scully said. that and scully is my dream atheist apostababe, ;) right on scully.

but as far as your question sir gumbitron, i have met xians since being out of the wits that are **WAY** more christ-like than anything we ever knew in the borg. i really like xians like LT and jgnat. liberal and caring and christ-like. but even a lot of born agains and other firery protestant types are often very very loving compared to the company men that we knew in the borg. so i would saY that we had a crappy version fo xianity, and out elders were corespondingly crappy. sad hey? i know.

hope all is well dude,

ts

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The Story of Adam & Eve

by LaCatolica in

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i learned that the story of adam and eve was exactly that, 'a story'.

i remember learning that in my religion class in high school.

i learned that the old testament was filled with tales and that none should be taken literally because these were stories of oral tradition.

tetrapod.sapien

ya, i think it is totally metaphorical too. but i love the story as a metaphor. every time i read it i am filled with this sense of awe, like i am watching my ancient neolithic ancestors invent their god and become conscious with knowledge and abstraction, and the pain involved in this journey. beautiful stuff, imo.

ts

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The Passion of the Christ

by I-follow-the-narrow-path in

so... i just got the passion.. and i haven't watched it yet.. but going to.

what does everyone think about it ?

tetrapod.sapien

i watched it when i was a wit still, and i liked it. i thought jesus was pretty cool after the movie was done. and then a watched it again a while back, and i still like it, but probably not for the same reason that xians like it. ;)

ts

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Ive figured out our need for religion...

by theinfamousone in

or at least i have a good theory as to why we like to think there is a god who cares about us and why we follow his "guidelines" and rules and then go to his churches and follow his religions.... i think our major problem as living breathing entities is that we like to believe the world revolves around us.

no matter how unselfish we think we are, we still do not want to think of a time when we are not around... we do not want to think of being forgotten, we do not even want to think of dying... right?

so we invent a god, who cares and who stretches his hands out to us so that we can one day be remembered by him, and be saved by him, either by reincarnation, heaven, new world, and the list goes on... we are all afraid of nothingness, so we use religion to console our fear and to be able to think that we will never be nothing.... what do you think???.

tetrapod.sapien

totally agree man. the thought that there is nothing, and nothingness, freaks people out. people who where raised in ultra concrete black and white upbringings, where there *must* be a clear answer for everything. but there are lots of folks out there, who are not freaked by the nothingness at all. because, if there is only nothingness, then it really doesn't matter at all what we do or believe, does it? who cares about what is most likely the truth, right? truth is only a relative abrstraction in a universe with nil meaning. no need to sweat the details. -- nice to see you dude. still moving to van? -- TS

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What do you consider yourself?

by poodlehead in

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i have wondered how each of you classifies yourself.

as regards to religion.

this is for my own person interest.

tetrapod.sapien

there are actually two types of atheists. strong atheists. weak atheists. i am a weak atheist. a lack of belief in God(s), as opposed to a positive assertion: "God(s) do(es) not exist." (strong). that is my technical categorization. also a materialsit/reductionist, blah blah blah... - but in practice i am really more of an all around nihilist. not just with religious and moral beliefs either. all beliefs, including the ones i arrive back at again when i am done the trip. really, and apostate to fear, if i can help it. - TS

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Sagan and anyone who care toreply

by jw in

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only intelligent replys.. 2.no big bang replys.. what is your theory on how humans came into existence?

tetrapod.sapien

oldsoul - so, until i can prove to you what sort of life form God is, i should allow for the possibility of his existence? isn't that like asking someone to allow for the possibility of any dream creature until you can show that it doesn't exist? isn't that a sort of waste of time? considering that us h saps have wicked imaginations? i don't understand why i should have to show what sort of life form God is, when i am not simultaneously also required to show what sort of life form Sisyphus is. it's not parsimonious, and it's not my burden. - TS

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Josh's life

by Jourles in

(i've been holding out wondering if i was going to post this or not.

keep in mind this is just skimming the surface - there are many more details that i feel should not be touched upon.

but if you've always wanted to know my background, here ya go...).

tetrapod.sapien

wow man, wild. thanks for that.

josh