A poem by someone else serves as my existential response to the state of the American union. I'm happy to know that some sacrificed so that others can be...
... (quoting SK) ... given over to enjoyment.> If this idea could be proven, as well as Freud's idea of the "death instinct" - violence, suicides, etc., you...
Mary, Until I arrived at existlist, had never heard of gawd. Therefore at least provisionally shall consider this entity to have been invented by (1) our...
Nationality, race, culture. They do inter-act. English understatement, tending to imprecision. Not bad in itself. Dangerous. The dons say, discuss. What...
Louise, I find anything labeled infinite to be fantastic and metaphysical in nature. Such things are the thoughts of some men but they do not exist outside the...
~ This is what the professors and preachers prattle about; they try to prove that God is personal, and this is what makes the congregation happy. I am not...
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'Elpenor' A youth there was, Elpenor was he nam'd, Nor much for sense, nor much for courage fam'd; The youngest of our band, a vulgar soul Born but to banquet,...
As soon as SK reports to his diety I find no reason to continue the reading. We are so vastly divergent that nothing is prone to investigation. So the quote...
"Existence is the search for relief from the habit, yet the habit is the only relief we find." Anyone know who said this ? [Non-text portions of this message...
Louise Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after you... Those who pay professors and preachers exorbitant fees for mind numbing crap that...
In this instance, pre-history may be helpful, if you forgive my half- deliberate obtuseness. See #37659. MILTON. ..... I know not what has brought us down...
My personal opinion is that this list exists for reasons other than finding non-psychological arguments for the relevance of dieties in our personal lives....
No one gets resurrected. Anyway, who is breaching moderation guidelines right now, in regard to attempts to prove faith?? My quotation from that recognised ...
... A metaphor, obviously, for the fact that some people continue to re- embody their beliefs at existlist. ... to attempts to prove faith??> Albert, hence the...
This is rubbish. Not in any sense of disrespect to you, but because after all this time it is long overdue that we have serious statement and argument, rather...
[Albert] Might there be a better argument out there than pop-psycho criticism of the believer that God does not exist ? Louise Are you implying that SK asserts...
Louise You shrug me off with little regard. I do apologise for not loving and reading all SK's works. It seems to me you have much respect for SK as I have...
You have really missed the bus completely here. I have no "beliefs", I'm not even sure I believe in truth. So really... ... From: seriously.merry To:...
Albert, This was addressed toward Mary, if toward anyone at all. We go back a long way ... Louise ... no "beliefs", I'm not even sure I believe in truth. So...
Albert, You amaze me. From my perspective, your response seems staggeringly narcissistic. We are not acquainted - how may I shrug you off?? If I have...
Louise I might well be narcissistic, this is in my mind a healthy thing, though I doubt you meant it in the way I like to think of it. You are the most passive...
Louise And yes, I write financial accounting systems for a living. I am not very learned when it comes to the arts. This is not to say though that I am...
... though I doubt you meant it in the way I like to think of it. You are the most passive aggressive person I have ever met ! ... SK and that therefore the...
If we knew what we were, we would have a better notion of what we are. I think that idea has merit. Notions gleaned from paleobiology are not measurable to...
What a breath of fresh air. And a double recommend besides. As I type, it's on its way through the inter-library loan system. Thanks! ... was ... can ... ...
adjective. situated under the chin. guess that covers quite a bit. not that much happening, and i was thinking. beauty, is worshipped. power, avoided. ...
Friday has long been the day of decompression and I may be a knight of the decompression. Did a little gunsmithing and thats always a salve to a worried mind....