RE: Religion and rituality
July 22, 2013 at 3:10 pm
(This post was last modified: July 22, 2013 at 3:15 pm by Lucanus.)
(July 22, 2013 at 2:51 pm)Rationalman Wrote: Still didn't get an answer GC. Do you really hear God talking back to you?
Apparently, he does...
I did this too, back when I was a believer; I actually used to strongly concentrate on a single thing and to listen to what I thought I could hear in my mind regarding the subject. And since I could *hear* this voice inside my head telling me what to do, I thought it was god, the omniscient, omnibenevolent kinda guy. The one with the big hand that raises you up when you are down etc.
I think this is what GC does, even though we come from completely different Christian backgrounds.
Yet something like a year and a half ago I realized it was just me speaking to myself and there was no need for a god behind my own conscience. Nor there is a need for a god to strengthen a community, as long as there is simple survival instinct and love for each other.
"Every luxury has a deep price. Every indulgence, a cosmic cost. Each fiber of pleasure you experience causes equivalent pain somewhere else. This is the first law of emodynamics [sic]. Joy can be neither created nor destroyed. The balance of happiness is constant.
Fact: Every time you eat a bite of cake, someone gets horsewhipped.
Facter: Every time two people kiss, an orphanage collapses.
Factest: Every time a baby is born, an innocent animal is severely mocked for its physical appearance. Don't be a pleasure hog. Your every smile is a dagger. Happiness is murder.
Vote "yes" on Proposition 1321. Think of some kids. Some kids."
Fact: Every time you eat a bite of cake, someone gets horsewhipped.
Facter: Every time two people kiss, an orphanage collapses.
Factest: Every time a baby is born, an innocent animal is severely mocked for its physical appearance. Don't be a pleasure hog. Your every smile is a dagger. Happiness is murder.
Vote "yes" on Proposition 1321. Think of some kids. Some kids."
