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hunt4luv
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Lois I answered your Question on my thread. The question is was your post really meant to be enflamatory or was it sincere? at any rate Your Question has been answered.
lance 
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| Jun 9 @ 1:27 PM |
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ForumMod
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whoever said it, don't call dixielady a floozy again.
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| Jun 9 @ 1:35 PM |
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hammertime
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Lois I answered your Question on my thread. Your thread is only for talking to yourself. Why would Lois read a tome of drivel to find her answer amongst the rubble?
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| Jun 9 @ 1:39 PM |
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ForumMod
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all of you, stop with the personal arguments and get back to the original topic, otherwise this thread will either need to be shredded or closed (and not because hunt demanded it, either)
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| Jun 9 @ 1:44 PM |
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16knots
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MOD,
I called Dixiechick a Floozy. But dont worry, I am going to be punished big time, Hunt has arranged for Gods vengeance against me. I dare say I have an eternity in Hell with Hammer, mom, sail, and others.... guess we need a MOD down there too. Wanna new job? 
Free beer.... good company...... nice and warm... no snow and plenty of partying.
 
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| Jun 9 @ 1:50 PM |
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Loreli
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It never ceases to amaze me that there is more arguing in religion and spirituality than in any other thread. What is it in religion that makes us need to be right?
I just don't get it. I agree, Pam.
Why can't we teach and learn and discuss?
Mod-please don't lock...just take out the parts that should be removed...
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| Jun 9 @ 1:55 PM |
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16knots
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Religion is a means to identify who we are and when we "believe" we know who we are, the mind tends to reject, discriminate, plots, manipulates outcomes where positive and negative emotions come into play.
All to do with the ordinary mind. The Self or Ego mind.
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| Jun 9 @ 1:56 PM |
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BandTMom
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I'm feeling the heat and loving it!
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| Jun 9 @ 1:57 PM |
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hammertime
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It never ceases to amaze me that there is more arguing in religion and spirituality than in any other thread. What is it in religion that makes us need to be right?
I just don't get it.
You think thats a good indication of what goes in in real life? For thousands of years people have been murdered in the name of god. The bible is a how-to manual for murder..Read Exodus , Leviticus, Genesis and Ridiculous for examples...
Sorry, Ridiculous is about religious behavior when one is home alone and in large crowds.
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| Jun 9 @ 2:02 PM |
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Loreli
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But see, Knotty....we all believe in SOMETHING...even if it's NOTHING...so we are all identified with SOMETHING/NOTHING. 
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| Jun 9 @ 2:05 PM |
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hammertime
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Loreli
So you saw The Yellow Submarine....
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| Jun 9 @ 2:10 PM |
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Loreli
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Why no!
Not even pink elephants!
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| Jun 9 @ 2:14 PM |
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16knots
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Loreli:
we all believe in SOMETHING...even if it's NOTHING...so we are all identified with SOMETHING/NOTHING.
Believing in something or nothing is allowing ego/self to grasp at self. Something and nothing are dual nature. In truth neither is the right way. Letting go of both, that is letting go of the something or of the nothing can only bring an awareness of both without grasping. Neither grasping arises and therefore there is nothing to have in something or in nothing.
This means we dont all believe in something or a nothing. Some let go of both as ultimately neither exists except of the ordinary mind or ego-self mind.
Hope that makes sense.... sounds rather confusing 
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| Jun 9 @ 2:28 PM |
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Loreli
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So we just wander around and "be"? 
That Bible quiz stunk! 
Anyway...carry on with the info!
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| Jun 9 @ 2:31 PM |
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LanceVarden7
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hunt: 
Hammer:
Your thread is only for talking to yourself. Why would Lois read a tome of drivel to find her answer amongst the rubble? Shhhhhhhh, don't go bursting any bubbles.
Lori:
That Bible quiz stunk! Aw come on... 
I had no idea there were so many contradictions till I saw that quiz. I always though Judas hung himself and that was it.
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| Jun 9 @ 2:36 PM |
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16knots
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Loreli..... ha ha ha..... You could say that but it isnt so because what happens when we do let go of all this grasping, our true nature arises within us. Where does wisdom and compassion arise?
It just doesnt happen because we have a set of knowledges or we need to be good to survive. There is a distinct "nature" that arises within us. How do you feel when your mind gets lost at a sunset or take an orgasm..... "we loose our ordinary mind for the moment".... this deep peace, harmony, oneness, joy arises. It is also intelligence, awareness and a deeper level of consciousness.
So in a funny way "wander around and be" but on a deeper level this isnt so. Clear the mind and a great awareness of love, compassion, wisdom, joy and equanimity arises.
Looking it at another way when our minds are most active and thinking like mad what happens..... we get anxious, emotional out of control and crazy at the deepest levels.
We loose awareness, become emotional, compassion flies out the window, wisdom becomes non-existant.
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| Jun 9 @ 2:39 PM |
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LanceVarden7
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Spock was born with emotions and wanted to purge them from himself. Data was created without thm, and wanted badly to attain them.
In religions, there are going to be higher passion moments, but there are also going to be the queiter moments of thoughtful contemplation.
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| Jun 9 @ 2:42 PM |
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Loreli
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If a person becomes "at peace with themselves" reading the Bible, but doesn't FORCE that "contentment" on others...will you agree that it's all the same then?
Perhaps people take out of it what they NEED for themselves. 
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| Jun 9 @ 2:45 PM |
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LanceVarden7
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Hmmm, that is a good point.
The real question is, is every word of the bible absolutely true, or, since it was transcribed by humans, and humans are flawed, dos it contain errors?
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| Jun 9 @ 2:50 PM |
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16knots
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Lance, Spock was seeking Logic without emotion. Data was a fictional machine similuating a life form.
No matter who we are we have emotions and but these emotions are born of self-ego. The higher mind our true nature do not "get rid off", "destroy" or anything else to the ordinary mind but becomes "aware" of the ordinary minds "arising emotions." One does not destroy emotions.
Where do emotions come from? They arise out of nothing and return to nothing. Each thought, where does it arise from? Where does it return too?
When we become aware of such things something miracles happens.... a greater awareness arises. And as said... greater love, compassion, wisdom, joy and equanimity arises.
Logic and android thinking are aspects of the ordinary mind. Letting go, the non-grasping of these things of the ordinary mind can only do one thing... awaken the higher mind. The ordinary mind, thinking mind is like the clouds in the sky covering the true aspect of the sky... our true mind. Each thought, emotion, play is like a cloud. We do not get rid of them because like the clouds in the sky they are part of the sky. Where do thoughts arise from and where do they go? Where do clouds arise from and where do they go? Still part of the nature of the sky as is the minds nature.
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