A plant is not God.

Nachtschattenreich · Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 1:15 pm Post subject:

Adam Z -

Rev. Adam Z · Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 5:06 pm Post subject:

prntrkmt · Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 6:30 pm Post subject:

**Ferre** · Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 6:46 pm Post subject:

Rev. Adam Z · Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:10 pm Post subject:

zero · Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 9:07 pm Post subject:

Nachtschattenreich · Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 2:07 pm Post subject:

One of the major problems of written tradition is that languages evolve, and scripture has to go through translations. Whenever a situation is described in language, something essential is lost, whenever it is passed down to others, it is a story about a situation, no longer the situation itself. The older a language, either in time and in the degree of alpabetisation among its users, the more vague that transmission will be.

This should be no surprise, since from a strictly mundane point of view, barbarianism is the original state of humanity, and any form of civilisation - including the spoken and the written word - is a deviation from our original predator instincts. Even if an entire culture (such as China) choses to leave aside any religious explanation why that is so, it still somehow has to face the challenge how to develop itself above the level of barbarianism, and successfully remain so high. I agree that the possibility of dissent is the best meter to see to which extent this has in fact been achieved.

The tradition of Abraham is the story of a man who is ready to commit human sacrifice and follows a spontaneous inspiration not to do so. I am convinced refraining from human sacrifice always is a good thing, and this choice of that man is the positive center of that story. Nevertheless, you may find some who might remember Abraham first of all for his readiness to commit human sacrifice in the first place, and others who might easily forget that at that time in planetary history, human sacrifice was the normality and refraining from it the exception, and not the other way round. In a wider sense, the concept of human sacrifice can be understood to include not only the killing of the body, but also the killing of the soul, aka rape.

prntrkmt · Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 9:02 pm Post subject:

IntrepidEZJ · Cannabis Sacrament Minister Joined: 19 Mar 2006 Posts: 381

I can say, concretely clear, that, I don't know.

It's not a cop out, not a denial of anything.

I do, however, have a guess, that we might have a better understanding once we are dead.

Grannymouse · Cannabis Sacrament Minister Joined: 28 Apr 2007 Posts: 128

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**Mystic Power** · Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 7:01 pm Post subject:

prntrkmt · Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 6:17 am Post subject:

**Mystic Power** · Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 7:12 am Post subject:

David · Bard Joined: 28 Sep 2003 Posts: 1261

No-ones entering my body, I train my butt cheeks everyday without fail.
Hold well tight, hold it, hold it, feel the burn and relax. Hold well tight, hold it, hold it, feel the burn and relax.

cheeks of steel. I can crack a walnut between them.

Prntrkmt, what do pacifist do to get around this one, and don't you dare say, "we put up no resistance"! roflol