(November 14, 2017 at 5:25 pm)alpha male Wrote: I'd say no multiple threads is sacred, or should be.

Multiple threads is plural. OP is asking for singular.

(November 14, 2017 at 5:27 pm)Mathilda Wrote: OK as I said on the other thread,  I sort of have a vague feeling that something is sacred but I can't think what just now. I'll get back to you on it but I sort of suspect that you might doubt my sincerity when I do.

I keep thinking of Kashmir by Led Zeppelin but I don't know why. Maybe because a snarky bandmate once called it boring when I was pretentious.

No extra credit for you (or me either) until we elaborate.  I also find it daunting but I know I do.  For one thing, being true to myself and not misrepresenting my beliefs or values for the sake of social ease.  So something about authenticity.

But also I find myself inclined toward reverence in regard to many aesthetic things including passages in novels, music, paintings, sculptures, operas and even sometimes gardens.   (I'll have to check to see if Led Zeppelin's Kashmir is among them, but quite likely.)  

Nature does it to me every time.  My first obsession was the animal kingdom.  I've since moved on to the plant kingdom.  This place never fails to move me.  (Walked there yesterday.)

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(November 14, 2017 at 5:34 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:

Administrator Notice

Threads merged and dupes removed.

Thank you very, very much!

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(November 14, 2017 at 5:23 pm)Mathilda Wrote:

(November 14, 2017 at 5:18 pm)Whateverist Wrote: Please do not respond to this hiccup thread.  I'm asking that it be deleted.  There is another that does include the poll.  Thanks.

OK no worries, definitely won't respond to it at all. Last thing you need is content to be added to a thread that you accidentally created and wish were gone.





















How's the weather where you are?

Sunny and warmish today.  But yesterday was cloudy and dramatic as seen in that photo I just posted.

How about you?  How's the weather in balmy old England (Germany?)?

I used to consider my penis sacred, not so much any more. Boobs still make the list. 

I really don't like the word, it's to inflexible, to finite, with definite religious overtones. Can I consider some thing/action sacred in one context and not another?

I guess that's what it comes down to for me, my reverence or respect for any "thing" would probably change depending on the situation and my set and setting. 

I know that in the past I've had great reverence for "things" until the acid wore off.

@Whatevs
Looks like a great place to grow onions, after you set fire to the groundcover and turned it under, ofc.

Without a god nothing can be "sacred" and since there is no evidence for any gods the answer must be "no."

The sense of what is sacred predates theism, they just coopted it like so many other things.  While gods depend on a sense of the scared, the sacred does not depend upon gods.

My self dilusion.

To use the term loosely, there are a few things which I consider golden rules, or sacred.

Never get into business with friends or family.
You can only be hurt by those you love
71 mach1 mustangs! Lol
My relationship with my soul mate.... Aka wife