RE: Life Is Short; Have an Affair
August 25, 2015 at 1:45 pm
(This post was last modified: August 25, 2015 at 1:57 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
No, I don't think that it planted those seeds at all. They already believe themselves to be fallen creatures. Thats a full blown crop, currently being harvested. It's not that I don't think events in the real world have impact, I just think that we mis-attribute -constantly-. Disgraced leaders don't seem to be able to disgrace their platforms quiet as competently as we might hope. If a person, for example, falls away from islam because of Hamza....I just think (on top of the above) it's a toss up that they'll fall right back in as soon as they find some other talking head to reaffirm what they clearly wish to believe, because what Hamza is or isn't, does or doesn't do, isn't a very good reason to take up or lay down a faith (nor does it seem to be all that effective), it has absolutely -no- bearing on the truth of islam, or the question of allah, and the mechanisms for incorporating that failure into the narrative are already in place and already shown to be very, very effective. Those "would-be" atheists either already were, or actually aren't...and even when they present themselves they are the exception that proves the rule. While I couldn't deny the -possible- utility or effect of this sort of thing, I only remind that there is no free lunch, and manning flak or running smoke for this on those grounds costs something which is more dear to me than the utility or effect it -may- provide, or whatever satisfaction it might bring my heart when I consider love lost and promises betrayed in my own life. I'm running under the assumption that others also value this thing dear to me.
When I lose sight of something, and that happens -often- I count on yall (the collective yall) to help me get past my own hangups. For my part I try to do the same when it seems to me that others hangups are impacting the better angels of their good natures.
When I lose sight of something, and that happens -often- I count on yall (the collective yall) to help me get past my own hangups. For my part I try to do the same when it seems to me that others hangups are impacting the better angels of their good natures.
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