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May 10, 2020 12:07:48 GMT 10
Post by Gort on May 10, 2020 12:07:48 GMT 10
The Bible is a wondrous thing. Handy being so ... err ... "flexible" ... (given that some have hard covers.) Sometimes things in it are taken as literal real objects and places not metaphorical e.g. "Heaven" - a real place with roads and walls. Gold and emeralds no less. A specific size in fact. Noah's Ark ... not a metaphor but a real object with specific dimensions. "Hell" .. sometimes a real place, other times a metaphor. How convenient.
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May 10, 2020 12:13:14 GMT 10
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Post by pim on May 10, 2020 12:13:14 GMT 10
Here's the other troll with his unresolved "issues".
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May 10, 2020 13:59:39 GMT 10
Post by KTJ on May 10, 2020 13:59:39 GMT 10
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May 10, 2020 15:40:50 GMT 10
Post by pim on May 10, 2020 15:40:50 GMT 10
Whatever
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May 13, 2020 0:01:12 GMT 10
Post by Occam's Spork on May 13, 2020 0:01:12 GMT 10
I don't believe in "multiverses" either. So sue me. You can believe in a self-created oscillating universe, life emerging from non-life, and the reliability of human consciousness and perception, through an accidental universe; but belief in multiverses are too much of a stretch for you? ...Really? ...huh.
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May 13, 2020 0:07:46 GMT 10
Post by Occam's Spork on May 13, 2020 0:07:46 GMT 10
"Hell" .. sometimes a real place, other times a metaphor. How convenient. I didn't say Hell was a metaphor; I said the bottomless pit was. Jesus used many words to describe Hell; Such as the word 'Gehenna', a place outside of Jerusalem used to burn garbage. He didn't imply that Hell was that place, only that it was LIKE that place.
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May 13, 2020 0:10:43 GMT 10
Post by Occam's Spork on May 13, 2020 0:10:43 GMT 10
Here's the other troll with his unresolved "issues". He has more issues than National Geographic.
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May 13, 2020 0:39:40 GMT 10
Post by pim on May 13, 2020 0:39:40 GMT 10
And more positions than the Kama Sutra
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May 13, 2020 9:34:59 GMT 10
Post by Gort on May 13, 2020 9:34:59 GMT 10
Here's the other troll with his unresolved "issues". He has more issues than National Geographic. Good ol' National Geographic ... I remember that the boys used to sneak a look at those in the school library to catch a glimpse of some brown boobies.
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May 13, 2020 9:48:45 GMT 10
Post by Gort on May 13, 2020 9:48:45 GMT 10
Here's a picture of a brown booby: A pair of brown boobies:
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May 13, 2020 10:29:11 GMT 10
Post by Gort on May 13, 2020 10:29:11 GMT 10
I don't believe in "multiverses" either. So sue me. You can believe in a self-created oscillating universe, life emerging from non-life, and the reliability of human consciousness and perception, through an accidental universe; but belief in multiverses are too much of a stretch for you? ...Really? ...huh. Hmm ... maybe I should convert to Islam? At least their religion implies sexy fun and games in the afterlife. That boring Christian junk has a no-sex zone heaven. Boring.
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May 13, 2020 11:33:16 GMT 10
Post by Occam's Spork on May 13, 2020 11:33:16 GMT 10
That boring Christian junk has a no-sex zone heaven. Boring. I'm not sure how true that is, the Bible does seem to indicate that Angels were/are able to reproduce. --Hence, the Nephilim.
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May 13, 2020 11:37:03 GMT 10
Post by Occam's Spork on May 13, 2020 11:37:03 GMT 10
A pair of brown boobies: Indeed. They are rather large and perky too.
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May 17, 2020 15:10:52 GMT 10
Post by KTJ on May 17, 2020 15:10:52 GMT 10
Just over a week ago, the following column was published by Wellington's Dominion Post newspaper…from The Dominion Post…Lockdown epiphany has eased my quarter-life crisisFunny how a pandemic can help you sort out the things that really matter.By VERITY JOHNSON | 5:00AM — Friday, 08 May 2020My quarter-life crisis left me exhausted and directionless, writes Verity Johnson. Now, thanks to the lockdown, I know what's really important in life.AROUND WEEK FIVE of lockdown, something weird happened.
I started feeling calm. It took me a while to realise this was what was happening. Partly because, like a lot of people, I've been battling an unprecedented period of thorny lockdown-related problems that have left little room for self-reflection. But largely because I'd actually forgotten what calm felt like.
At first I thought I was just sleepy. I woke up feeling all smooth and settled inside, like my blood had been replaced with hot chocolate, and a restorative, sweet heat was seeping through me.
God, it was weird. I immediately got up and made a coffee, just so I could feel the familiar, throbbing adrenaline press against my ribs again.
Christ, I thought as I jammed a shot in the cup, is this how people who do yoga feel? All happy and floppy inside? It was a strange feeling for someone who, for the last three years or so, has been in the spiral of a quarter-life crisis. Nice, but terrifying.
For those of you lucky enough to be unacquainted with the exhausting process, a quarter-life crisis is kind of like a mid-life crisis. Except we can't afford Porsches, so we buy inspirational wall art from Kmart instead.
You live with a sense of constantly bubbling, mildly acidic panic in your guts that you don't know what you're doing with your life. Whatever it is that you are supposed to be doing, rest assured you haven't done it. And even if you did know what it was, which you don't, you know everyone else is doing it better than you.
This period of wrestling with the directionlessness of your life was typically found in your 40s. But now it's been brought forward 20 years, because it's no longer cool to waste your youth falling out of clubs in spandex. Instead, the ever-efficient millennials and Zs need to optimise their youth for maximum productivity, and that means knowing what they're doing — now.
For the last few years I've been permanently exhausted and increasingly manic, sprinting from activity to activity in the relentless pursuit of an ever-illusive sense of achievement. And while physically and emotionally I'm still as tired as ever from battling lockdown-related problems, on a deeper level I'm feeling calmer than I have in years.
So if there's one good thing to come out of lockdown, it's that it may have quieted my quarter-life crisis. At least temporarily.
For a start, I'm not making many everyday choices right now. Except do I need to shower, or can I go another day smelling faintly of toast? That's comforting for people who often feel overwhelmed by too many decisions and the fear of making the wrong one.
Even our ability to make big, long-term decisions is up in the air. And as terrifying as that is, there's also an almost inevitable calm to it. You can't make any plans about your life when everything may change tomorrow and the world may be run by mutant rats.Verity Johnson: “Despite having spent three years chasing ‘success’, I still had no idea what that actually was. I’d never stopped running long enough to ask myself what made me happy.”Secondly, lockdown has undoubtedly killed FOMO (fear of missing out). That's the paralytic panic you always get when you open your Instagram feeds and see that everyone else is living a far more successful life than you are. (Why aren't you an 18-year-old CEO of a supplement company who's forever wearing a pink suit?!)
If you've got any hint of self-doubt or confusion over your direction in life, FOMO turns this up and amplifies it 10,000 per cent. But it's far easier now to feel comfortable with your life when you know that all anyone else is doing is trying on new bed socks.
But crucially, the thing that underpins almost every quarter-life crisis, and I imagine mid-life crisis, is the lack of certainty about what it is that you actually want.
Despite having spent three years chasing “success”, I still had no idea what that actually was. I'd never stopped running long enough to ask myself what made me happy.
But crises have a great way of toppling normal life, and replacing it with short periods of intense panic and long periods of boredom. And that means there's a lot of time to look at the ceiling and ask yourself questions. For the first time in what feels like ages, I actually know what’s important.
And that's not just from self-reflection, but because the threat to your normal life means that things you care about become very clear and the irrelevant ones melt away.
The only question now is can this new feeling of Buddha-zen-chocolate-fountain-flow last after lockdown? I hope so, otherwise I might have to take up yoga.__________________________________________________________________________ • Verity Johnson is a columnist, journalist, television presenter and satirical rapper who writes a weekly column for publication every Friday in The Dominion Post, the Nelson Mail and The Press. She also writes for The Guardian. www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/opinion/121438667/lockdown-epiphany-has-eased-my-quarterlife-crisis Last week, the following letters to the editor of The Dominion Post were published…A letter to the editor of The Dominion Post newspaper, published on Monday, 11 May 2020… Verity Johnson (I'm suddenly calm after my lockdown epiphany, May 8) uses the words “God” and “Christ” as expletives.
There was a time when this newspaper would not have printed the words used in this way out of respect for the Christian faith. I doubt if you would print the name “Allah” in such a context. It would offend out Muslim friends.
In society today “God”, “Christ” and “Jesus” are commonly used as expletives or swear words. We Christians are offended when these sacred names are used so carelessly. Hve people forgotten the commandment not to take the Lord's name in vain?
Yes, I know that people have forgotten the Bible's teaching about God. Most folk now would not be able to recite the Ten Commandments, which are a part of the foundation of our country. This is a tragedy, because nature and society will come right only when we learn to follow the Maker's instructions.
Perhaps The Dominion Post can at least begin this restoration of learning by honouring the name of God.
Keren Pickering, Christchurch__________________________________________________________________________ A letter to the editor of The Dominion Post newspaper, published on Thursday, 14 May 2020… A call to Christians
Wouldn't life be much more pleasant if hardline Christians would simply accept their diluted place in society. Keren Pickering (Letters, May 11) bemoans the habit of secular folk of using what the writer refers to as “sacred” words as common expletives.
Indeed they do, since they differ in their views. The terms “sacred/sacredness” are merely a state of mind perculiar to whichever religion. Sun-worshipping cults such as Christianity establish their figurehead initially, and then gradually embellish the surrounding ad-hoc stories as they go. The existence of the Bible provides evidence for neither.
Athiests by contrast are content with their state, but do not complain when intolerant Christians intentionally slag them off as “pagans”, infidels, devil worshippers, heathens, etc. All such expletives intended to contempt, spite, disparagement of the victim.
Pickering might well consider that both positions are in fact very similar but that the true tragedy is choosing a redundant cult in the first place.
Wayne Church, NapierOuch, SLAP … “take that, fundy!!”
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May 17, 2020 16:19:13 GMT 10
Post by pim on May 17, 2020 16:19:13 GMT 10
Maybe some of us grow up and realise that offensive language is what it is - offensive! Granted it's a slippery concept because it's culturally based and, on the principle of horses for courses, you moderate and tailor your language to suit the company you're in. You might dispute that KTJ but quite frankly I don't care what your problem is with "polite" language. If you get invited to Buckingham Palace because you did something marvellous and the QE2 is going to give you a gong (don't posture and brag that you wouldn't go because that would be bullshit and no one would believe you. You'd go!) would you drop an "F" word while HM was engaging with you in 2 minutes of obligatory small talk? Would you utter a string of obscenities, profanities and blasphemies so that you can big note yourself on NTB about how much you shocked the QE2? If I'm invited to afternoon tea at someone's house and they've gone to a bit of trouble to prepare a nice Devonshire tea with scones, strawberry jam and loose leaf tea all served up with a bone China tea service I'm not going to turn up unshaven, wearing yesterday's shirt using language that's more appropriate to the roughest of pubs. There's a word/expression for understanding the company you're in and tailoring your language accordingly and that's "well-mannered" which comes from a "good upbringing". Sorry if you have trouble with the concept. [/size] Learn to spell "atheist". If your comeback is a "don't blame me I just c&p from what was in the article" then bully for you. I still wouldn't be impressed because you routinely misspell "atheist" so why is this time any different? I agree that atheists SHOULD be content with their lot. Cases in point are Ponto and Bender and I hope they don't mind if I use them as examples of people who are at best indifferent to religion so we never see them on the Religion Board. Are they atheists? Are they agnostics? They've never said and I wouldn't dream of asking! To me, a genuine atheist is someone for whom religion is irrelevant and therefore arguing the toss with a person of faith is about as pointless as debating with an anti-vaxxer or a climate change denier or an exponent of a Flat Earth. Would you debate with someone who wants to argue that smoking is good for you? Or would you dismiss such people out of hand as a waste of time? That's the reaction I would expect of a convinced hardened atheist. They don't have issues with religion anymore than I have issues with smokers. As far as smokers go my olfactory aversion to their presence causes me to avoid their company. I don't have issues with them, I just want them to indulge their foul habit away from me so that I don't have to smell it. You on the other hand can't seem to be able to stay away from this board. You even reckon, hilariously, that you're not an atheist despite looking like an atheist, waddling like an atheist and quacking like an atheist. You're so lacking in intellectual honesty and integrity that you think you can have it both ways and not "own" what you propound. You come here to troll and that's all you do here. You've got the perfect right to reject religious faith but you harrass, insult and troll those who come here to a dedicated Religion Board to profess their faith. How long is it now? Well over five years, more like ten, and it's the same boring mantra. You, pal, have unresolved issues from arsehole to breakfast time and you are very very boring.
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Jun 8, 2020 11:50:56 GMT 10
Post by Gort on Jun 8, 2020 11:50:56 GMT 10
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Jun 8, 2020 13:53:34 GMT 10
via mobile
Post by pim on Jun 8, 2020 13:53:34 GMT 10
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Jun 9, 2020 2:23:28 GMT 10
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