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| Newo |
Posted - 04/09/2005 : 04:49:42
IMHO. I´m not dismissing spiritual life, just the daft ritual part of it. This is probably old news to lots of you, just I´ve been thinking about it more on account of I live with Moroccan guys, one of whom I get along with extremely well, he follows his traditions but isn´t as impervious to reason as the other fellow, who is quite possessed (this guy, to explain how tolerant he was said ´three years ago I wouldn´t even have talked to you man!´ I thanked him but the insincerity escaped him. He treats my girlfriends quite coldly when I bring them to the house as he prefers the kind who let you marry them and boss them around for five or six decades). Anyways, I´m on the conversion list (along with all you other heathens) as he´s been leaving Cat Stevens records lying around the place. I´ve tried leaving Calvin and Hobbes books lying around too but I think thy´re going unread (Calvin and Hobbes in Spanish is Calvin y Hobbes, by the way) so to avoid the constant canvassing, and in between helping him remove the barbwire from his brain I´m going to tell him I´ve joined a fictional religion with some do´s and dont´s that are just as inane as the ones he makes himself follow, just to see how long it´ll take before he calls my bluff. I´m thinking of calling tuna and toiletpaper the work of the devil and am extremely open to suggestions.
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"Here love," brakes on a high squeak, "it´s not backstage at the old Windmill or something, you know." |
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| VoVat |
Posted - 04/13/2005 : 19:09:32
quote:
Do American hotdogs actually have pig in them?
Some of them at least claim to have pig in them. Others are all-beef, or all-hobo.
"Reunion? Shit union!" |
| shineoftheever |
Posted - 04/13/2005 : 02:15:37
i'm jobless so i attached my resume when i sent my e-condolences to the vatican.
 You can go eat a decroded piece of crap! |
| Newo |
Posted - 04/13/2005 : 01:24:18
Wonderful isn´t it.
P.S. Do American hotdogs actually have pig in them? over here they´re mainly horse´s teeth and bits of tramps.
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"Here love," brakes on a high squeak, "it´s not backstage at the old Windmill or something, you know." |
| KimStanleyRobinson |
Posted - 04/12/2005 : 13:04:10
quote:
Originally posted by apl4eris
1. No hotdog buns for your hotdogs. Which should be easy to accomplish in that household.
2. And no uncles.
16. I forgot to mention, you have to do a jig here. First, place your *** in the ******, turn to the east, ****** and ******* with the local ****. There.
3. Hail Eris! All hail Discordia!
4. Io Pan Io Pan Pan
5. Fill this out and print it:
http://jubal.westnet.com/hyperdiscordia/popecard.html
5.82365 fnord
5a. Now you're a Pope.
edit: Typos are a mortal sin on Thursdays. Today they're just venalicious.
best.post.ever.
So, needless to say, if you were waiting around with five bucks in your hand waiting to buy my upcoming brochure Understanding Poop, you can put that five bucks away, 'cause it ain't happenin.
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| kathryn |
Posted - 04/12/2005 : 10:58:08
It';s interesting to hear Frank discuss his family's religious fervor
when he was young.
 I still believe in the excellent joy of the Catholics |
| 50 Pence |
Posted - 04/12/2005 : 01:52:34
I agree, but personally I would want no outside belief or influences to distract me from my 'spiritual' development.quote:
Originally posted by BLT
quote:
Originally posted by 50 Pence
Yep religions are stupid becasue people follow beliefs that do not come from within themselves, experience defines the person not blindly putting faith in another ideals is what I believe.
Not all religions tell you what to think. Some point you in a direction and let you find it for yourself. Once you find it and know it to be true for yourself, it's more than blind faith.
Blats |
| dogjones |
Posted - 04/11/2005 : 21:10:44
religion...
no matter how you feel about it, its been present in every civilization that's been even moderately successful since recorded time...at least the records of people that lived to pass down records.
to just live and be is something that some cannot accept...some fear the thought of the literal temporary life...etc etc etc...
anyway you cut it, its here to stay...you cannot be logical about faith, faith involves an abandon of logic. that's just a hole to dig if you get into it with your brain-shaped shovels. the nature of the subject is to give upon yourself/soul to something you literaly have no intimate involvement with...and yes, that even counts the pagan/earth religions.
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| danjersey |
Posted - 04/11/2005 : 20:49:51
"living on soul"
www.bartleby.com/65/zo/Zoroaste.html
it's as old as time.........feAr. |
| BLT |
Posted - 04/10/2005 : 13:13:55
quote:
Originally posted by 50 Pence
Yep religions are stupid becasue people follow beliefs that do not come from within themselves, experience defines the person not blindly putting faith in another ideals is what I believe.
Not all religions tell you what to think. Some point you in a direction and let you find it for yourself. Once you find it and know it to be true for yourself, it's more than blind faith. |
| 50 Pence |
Posted - 04/10/2005 : 09:55:04
Yep religions are stupid becasue people follow beliefs that do not come from within themselves, experience defines the person not blindly putting faith in another ideals is what I believe.
Blats |
| Newo |
Posted - 04/10/2005 : 02:29:49
Okay typos are out Thursdays, vowels are out Tuesdays - tht shld fx ths psky ppl wh dnt blv tll thy´v sn.
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"Here love," brakes on a high squeak, "it´s not backstage at the old Windmill or something, you know." |
| Thomas |
Posted - 04/09/2005 : 22:25:08
My wife and I are both catholic. I went to catholic grade school and did the whole nine yards. We did the pre cana and got married in a catholic church. The time between grade school and pre cana, maybe 15 years, I might have stepped into a church about a dozen times. Never saw the purpose in it. I wouldn't say I lost faith. You have to have faith to lose it. I think I went through the motions more than believed in them.
After pre cana we both agreed we would go through with the marriage in the church but that was the last thing we would use the church for. We agreed to NOT raise our children religious. I couldn't believe I actually found someone who felt the way I did. When my son was born a family member asked what his name was and when we told her she said, "Not John, just Jack? You can get him baptized using Jack?" You should have seen the look on her face when I told her he wouldn't be baptized.
When we had our son both our mothers didn't want to believe we weren't having him baptized. They went through a period of denial, but got through it. The stories your mother tells you as a child, "If a child dies before baptism his soul goes to purgatory". My own sister wouldn't drive her children anywhere before they where baptized just in case they got into a car accident and died. That crap my mother told us as kids, I guess it still scares her.
We didn't do this out of spite. It's what we believe in or better yet don't believe in. I don't believe you need religion in your life to be a good person.
Obviously this might not work for some people who are tired of their religion, but it has worked for us. That being said we do have two communions this spring that I'm looking forward to attending. God hasn't struck us down yet in church.
Bring back the Catholics, Frank Black!
[edit] it was 2 in the morning. give me a break with the spelling of a few words.
"Our Love is Rice and Beans and Horses Lard" |
| VoVat |
Posted - 04/09/2005 : 12:15:57
I don't think religions are dumb, but I do kind of wonder how so many people can still take ancient rituals totally seriously in this day and age. But hey, maybe they're right and I'm wrong.
EDIT: As for the conversion-from-the-fiancee thing, I don't think that I could date someone who was super-religious.
"Reunion? Shit union!" |
| Chris Knight |
Posted - 04/09/2005 : 12:11:20
Out of the blue, my friend's ex-fiancee tried to convert him to Christianity a mere few weeks before their marriage date. That effectively ended the relationship. |
| Llamadance |
Posted - 04/09/2005 : 12:04:52
It's not entirely fictional, but become a Calvinist, with 'The Days Are Just Packed' as your Holy Book.
You also have to build terrifying snowmen on the Winter solstice. Imported snow if necessary. Find a soft tiger to carry around too.
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Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups |
| kathryn |
Posted - 04/09/2005 : 09:42:48
Ugh! Nothing's worse than being the subject
of an unwanted conversion. Sorry to learn of this,
Newo. But I know you can have fun with it.
For example, remind (or inform?) your tormentor that
Yussuf Islam/Cat Stevens used to be a half-Greek Cypriot
English dude.
I do disagree with your thread's title. Not all regions are
dumb (ergo they cannot all be equally dumb), as
Quakerism kinda rocks!
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Catholics |
| apl4eris |
Posted - 04/09/2005 : 08:13:24
1. No hotdog buns for your hotdogs. Which should be easy to accomplish in that household.
2. And no uncles.
16. I forgot to mention, you have to do a jig here. First, place your *** in the ******, turn to the east, ****** and ******* with the local ****. There.
3. Hail Eris! All hail Discordia!
4. Io Pan Io Pan Pan
5. Fill this out and print it:
http://jubal.westnet.com/hyperdiscordia/popecard.html
5.82365 fnord
5a. Now you're a Pope.
edit: Typos are a mortal sin on Thursdays. Today they're just venalicious. |
