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...
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seriously.merry
Feb 1, 2006 4:28 pm
... (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...
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louise
hecubatoher
Feb 1, 2006 4:45 pm
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...
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jkneilson
Feb 1, 2006 7:39 pm
I agree. Would you like to make some recommendations? K...
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louise
hecubatoher
Feb 1, 2006 7:52 pm
Now, if you were a pupil in my* school, I should call your tone arch. ... it....
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louise
hecubatoher
Feb 1, 2006 8:08 pm
Nationality, race, culture. They do inter-act. English understatement, tending to imprecision. Not bad in itself. Dangerous. The dons say, discuss. What...
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bhvwd
Feb 1, 2006 9:30 pm
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...
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louise
hecubatoher
Feb 1, 2006 10:37 pm
~ 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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existlist@yahoogroups...
Feb 1, 2006 11:52 pm
ExistList FAQ Last Updated: 01-Jan-2005 Contents 1.0 The List 1.1 The list's purpose 1.2 History 1.3 URLs for the list 1.4 Founder and moderators 1.5 Rules 2.0...
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louise
hecubatoher
Feb 1, 2006 11:54 pm
'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,...
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bhvwd
Feb 1, 2006 11:58 pm
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...
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Albert
i_am_albertd
Feb 2, 2006 9:10 am
"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...
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Albert
i_am_albertd
Feb 2, 2006 9:54 am
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...
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louise
hecubatoher
Feb 2, 2006 1:58 pm
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...
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seriously.merry
Feb 2, 2006 3:03 pm
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....
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louise
hecubatoher
Feb 2, 2006 3:11 pm
No one gets resurrected. Anyway, who is breaching moderation guidelines right now, in regard to attempts to prove faith?? My quotation from that recognised ...
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seriously.merry
Feb 2, 2006 4:12 pm
... 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...
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louise
hecubatoher
Feb 2, 2006 4:33 pm
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...
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louise
hecubatoher
Feb 2, 2006 4:42 pm
[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...
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Albert
i_am_albertd
Feb 2, 2006 6:09 pm
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...
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Albert
i_am_albertd
Feb 2, 2006 6:17 pm
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:...
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louise
hecubatoher
Feb 2, 2006 6:21 pm
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...
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louise
hecubatoher
Feb 2, 2006 6:22 pm
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...
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Albert
i_am_albertd
Feb 2, 2006 7:24 pm
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...
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Albert
i_am_albertd
Feb 2, 2006 7:35 pm
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...
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louise
hecubatoher
Feb 2, 2006 7:47 pm
... 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...
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bhvwd
Feb 2, 2006 8:59 pm
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...
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seriously.merry
Feb 2, 2006 9:14 pm
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 ... ...
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louise
hecubatoher
Feb 3, 2006 9:42 pm
adjective. situated under the chin. guess that covers quite a bit. not that much happening, and i was thinking. beauty, is worshipped. power, avoided. ...
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bhvwd
Feb 3, 2006 10:42 pm
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....
