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RE: Spiritual enlightenment
December 1, 2009 at 1:42 am
(November 30, 2009 at 7:10 pm)theVOID Wrote: What you described as 'spiritual' i call appreciation for reality - As for 'Enlightenment', it does not exist, it is the foolish idea that one can achieve some profound understanding of the universe which is quite frankly impossible given our current situation and impossible entirely in the sense that most people try to achieve it, they believe that it is from inner contemplation alone - in reality they are deluding themselves.
You seem sure. One question though. How do you know they are deluded?
"I'm like a rabbit suddenly trapped, in the blinding headlights of vacuous crap" - Tim Minchin in "Storm"
Christianity is perfect bullshit, christians are not - Purple Rabbit, honouring CS Lewis
Faith is illogical - fr0d0
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Spiritual enlightenment - by Purple Rabbit - November 29, 2009 at 3:02 pm
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by Pope Alfred - November 29, 2009 at 3:36 pm
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by Edwardo Piet - November 29, 2009 at 3:40 pm
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by Purple Rabbit - November 29, 2009 at 3:57 pm
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by Pope Alfred - November 29, 2009 at 6:09 pm
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by Edwardo Piet - November 29, 2009 at 4:32 pm
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by Purple Rabbit - November 30, 2009 at 3:02 pm
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by fr0d0 - November 30, 2009 at 3:38 pm
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by Purple Rabbit - November 30, 2009 at 4:36 pm
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by theVOID - November 30, 2009 at 5:34 pm
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by Purple Rabbit - November 30, 2009 at 5:59 pm
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by theVOID - November 30, 2009 at 7:10 pm
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by Purple Rabbit - December 1, 2009 at 1:42 am
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by theVOID - December 1, 2009 at 1:56 am
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by Purple Rabbit - December 1, 2009 at 2:12 pm
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by theVOID - December 1, 2009 at 7:31 pm
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by Purple Rabbit - December 2, 2009 at 3:49 pm
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by fr0d0 - November 29, 2009 at 5:00 pm
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by Edwardo Piet - November 29, 2009 at 5:04 pm
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by fr0d0 - November 29, 2009 at 5:29 pm
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by Joe Bloe - November 30, 2009 at 2:47 am
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by theVOID - November 30, 2009 at 3:40 am
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by Edwardo Piet - November 30, 2009 at 3:30 pm
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by Purple Rabbit - November 30, 2009 at 3:37 pm
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by Edwardo Piet - November 30, 2009 at 3:40 pm
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by fr0d0 - November 30, 2009 at 3:53 pm
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by Edwardo Piet - November 30, 2009 at 3:56 pm
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by fr0d0 - November 30, 2009 at 4:04 pm
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by Edwardo Piet - November 30, 2009 at 4:06 pm
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by fr0d0 - November 30, 2009 at 4:21 pm
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by Purple Rabbit - November 30, 2009 at 4:29 pm
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by Edwardo Piet - November 30, 2009 at 4:25 pm
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by Edwardo Piet - November 30, 2009 at 4:30 pm
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by Edwardo Piet - November 30, 2009 at 5:38 pm
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by Violet - December 2, 2009 at 4:07 pm
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by Purple Rabbit - December 2, 2009 at 4:18 pm
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by Violet - December 2, 2009 at 4:30 pm
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by Purple Rabbit - December 2, 2009 at 4:34 pm
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by Violet - December 2, 2009 at 4:59 pm
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by Purple Rabbit - December 4, 2009 at 5:02 pm
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by Rhizomorph13 - December 4, 2009 at 8:34 pm
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by fr0d0 - December 5, 2009 at 1:45 pm
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by theVOID - December 4, 2009 at 11:39 pm
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by Purple Rabbit - December 5, 2009 at 5:09 pm
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by fr0d0 - December 5, 2009 at 7:34 pm
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by theVOID - December 5, 2009 at 9:38 pm
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by Purple Rabbit - December 5, 2009 at 7:38 pm
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by fr0d0 - December 5, 2009 at 7:40 pm
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by Purple Rabbit - December 5, 2009 at 7:47 pm
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by fr0d0 - December 5, 2009 at 7:55 pm
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by Purple Rabbit - December 5, 2009 at 8:00 pm
RE: Spiritual enlightenment - by fr0d0 - December 5, 2009 at 8:21 pm

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