"Writing is the most fun you can have on your own, with your pants on (paraphrased)"
- attributed to Terry Pratchett.
- attributed to Terry Pratchett.
Dying to live, living to die.
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"Writing is the most fun you can have on your own, with your pants on (paraphrased)"
- attributed to Terry Pratchett.
Dying to live, living to die.
"Kindness, like grain, increases by sowing." (Benjamin Franklin)
"The world is my country; all of humanity are my brethren; and to do good deeds is my religion." (Thomas Paine)
"You'll watch an entire Netflix series even when the first episodes are slow just because someone told you it gets better, but what if you looked at your goals like that and watched your life get better instead?"
"Imagination, life is your creation"
"To be an atheist is an illness, to deny the Christ a tragic destiny, not to recognize the spirit is blindness of soul." - Rudolf Steiner
That's not a diss toward anyone here, it's more like a self-critique.
"Imagination, life is your creation"
(September 4, 2021 at 2:43 pm)Ahriman Wrote: "To be an atheist is an illness, to deny the Christ a tragic destiny, not to recognize the spirit is blindness of soul." - Rudolf Steiner I don’t see how, as neither you nor Steiner are remotely atheists. Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
(September 4, 2021 at 3:07 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(September 4, 2021 at 2:43 pm)Ahriman Wrote: "To be an atheist is an illness, to deny the Christ a tragic destiny, not to recognize the spirit is blindness of soul." - Rudolf Steiner Steiner was a crackpot, and believed in shit like clairvoyance. His remarks about atheists, like this one, can be dismissed out of hand.
If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.
(September 4, 2021 at 3:07 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:Yeah I mean, I'm not an atheist, but I really don't care about the whole "Christ" thing, I never cared about that very much, I always just believed in God and that's it, but lately (over the past few years), I've felt like Christ is something special that I'm missing out on, as if it's some kind of spiritual grace that I'm not receiving.(September 4, 2021 at 2:43 pm)Ahriman Wrote: "To be an atheist is an illness, to deny the Christ a tragic destiny, not to recognize the spirit is blindness of soul." - Rudolf Steiner
"Imagination, life is your creation"
(September 4, 2021 at 3:42 pm)Ahriman Wrote:(September 4, 2021 at 3:07 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: I don’t see how, as neither you nor Steiner are remotely atheists.Yeah I mean, I'm not an atheist, but I really don't care about the whole "Christ" thing, I never cared about that very much, I always just believed in God and that's it, but lately (over the past few years), I've felt like Christ is something special that I'm missing out on, as if it's some kind of spiritual grace that I'm not receiving. Then how is the quote a self-critique and not a dig at atheists? Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
‘I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.’ - Angela Davis
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
(September 4, 2021 at 4:11 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:Because I do, essentially, deny Christ, and wonder if being in this state of denial, will lead me down paths I shouldn't explore. I mean, I already left Catholicism, soooooo.......(September 4, 2021 at 3:42 pm)Ahriman Wrote: Yeah I mean, I'm not an atheist, but I really don't care about the whole "Christ" thing, I never cared about that very much, I always just believed in God and that's it, but lately (over the past few years), I've felt like Christ is something special that I'm missing out on, as if it's some kind of spiritual grace that I'm not receiving.
"Imagination, life is your creation"
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