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The thrill of experience
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RE: The thrill of experience
I got nothin' against ya for that, Chad. I just am simply of the stance that you only feel you need Jesus...a lot of things that we humans do, in fact, are based on a conviction of necessity. And the power that the mind has over true free will is absolute; you think you need something to such a deep extent, you will be convinced of it. Such as, say, tarot readings. Most of the time, people go to them with a dubious mind; they doubt the power of the tarot, but they are open to the idea it could work and as such, in the cold-reading style that the cards so deftly utilize, one of open-mind will attach truths, even sometimes with extreme stretches, to what the "cards say," even though they're just cold readings with nothing to them. Such is the case with faith; one believes so strongly, so innately, that they believe it is the only thing they need for certain situations. Extreme stress and mental/emotional depressions, for example. So...as I often say...if it works for you, and it is doing nothing to hurt you...I'm not gonna deride it. I'm just going to point out where that feeling comes from, is all.
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The thrill of experience - by Creed of Heresy - February 14, 2013 at 7:54 am
RE: The thrill of experience - by thesummerqueen - February 14, 2013 at 9:18 am
RE: The thrill of experience - by Creed of Heresy - February 14, 2013 at 7:22 pm
RE: The thrill of experience - by rexbeccarox - February 14, 2013 at 7:38 pm
RE: The thrill of experience - by naimless - February 14, 2013 at 7:40 pm
RE: The thrill of experience - by Angrboda - February 14, 2013 at 10:23 pm
RE: The thrill of experience - by Creed of Heresy - February 15, 2013 at 8:14 am
RE: The thrill of experience - by naimless - February 14, 2013 at 11:26 pm
RE: The thrill of experience - by Rayaan - February 15, 2013 at 1:26 am
RE: The thrill of experience - by Neo-Scholastic - February 16, 2013 at 11:13 pm
RE: The thrill of experience - by naimless - February 17, 2013 at 2:14 am
RE: The thrill of experience - by Creed of Heresy - February 17, 2013 at 2:32 am

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