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Post by thenorthwindsblow on Nov 26, 2015 20:18:44 GMT -5
Reading all this is like "Splitting hairs." Who started this rau?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2015 22:51:30 GMT -5
Reading all this is like "Splitting hairs." Who started this rau? what is rau?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2015 23:53:12 GMT -5
Reading all this is like "Splitting hairs." Who started this rau? what is rau? I believe a rau is a fight or debate or argument...
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Post by fred on Nov 27, 2015 0:16:52 GMT -5
Reading all this is like "Splitting hairs." Who started this rau? what is rau? Would that be, in the Queen's English, "row" (pron as in 'cow')?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2015 0:39:19 GMT -5
Would that be, in the Queen's English, "row" (pron as in 'cow')? oh i say, how now brown cow
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2015 0:39:57 GMT -5
I believe a rau is a fight or debate or argument... thanks
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Post by dmmichgood on Nov 27, 2015 1:02:41 GMT -5
People's lives are what they make of them. People can give credit to their favorite talisman, say it was good/bad luck, give thanks to their favorite/personal paranormal being, blame a paranormal evil being when things go bad, but at the end of the day your life is what you make of it. Ergo the cult of self. Such nihilism is enervating the death cults du jour. The acknowledgement of a lack of evidence of any & all gods is thereby not so much a rejection of religious ideas but just not finding any need to try to persuade ones-self that they exist does not make life meaningless.
How can one persuade ones-self to believe something for which there is no evidence?
Realizing that your life is what you make of it is the responsible adult attitude and there is no "god" or "devil" that you can blame for what is happening.
Has nothing to do with any "cult of self" or "death cult. "
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Post by Lee on Nov 27, 2015 17:32:36 GMT -5
Ergo the cult of self. Such nihilism is enervating the death cults du jour. For each individual self is all there is. Unless, of course, you can offer some verifiable proof of your contention. It isn't so much a death cult as it is an acknowledgement of what can be demonstrated - people die. I perceive there are others besides me. Upon what basis and by what assumptions shall I deem them to be like me, or not.
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Post by Lee on Nov 27, 2015 17:34:58 GMT -5
Ergo the cult of self. Such nihilism is enervating the death cults du jour. The acknowledgement of a lack of evidence of any & all gods is thereby not so much a rejection of religious ideas but just not finding any need to try to persuade ones-self that they exist does not make life meaningless.
How can one persuade ones-self to believe something for which there is no evidence?
Realizing that your life is what you make of it is the responsible adult attitude and there is no "god" or "devil" that you can blame for what is happening.
Has nothing to do with any "cult of self" or "death cult. "
A nihilistic response. Surely my brother, my friend, my enemy, shall impact me.
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Post by rational on Nov 27, 2015 21:28:32 GMT -5
For each individual self is all there is. Unless, of course, you can offer some verifiable proof of your contention. It isn't so much a death cult as it is an acknowledgement of what can be demonstrated - people die. I perceive there are others besides me. Upon what basis and by what assumptions shall I deem them to be like me, or not. I really have no idea of what assumptions you could possibility be making to arrive at the conclusions you do. Certainly notiong for which you have been able to provide verifiable support.
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Post by rational on Nov 27, 2015 21:34:10 GMT -5
A nihilistic response. Surely my brother, my friend, my enemy, shall impact me. Should we assume that you stand with John Donne and "...never send to know for whom the bell tolls;..."?
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Post by dmmichgood on Nov 27, 2015 22:12:42 GMT -5
The acknowledgement of a lack of evidence of any & all gods is thereby not so much a rejection of religious ideas but just not finding any need to try to persuade ones-self that they exist does not make life meaningless.
How can one persuade ones-self to believe something for which there is no evidence?
Realizing that your life is what you make of it is the responsible adult attitude and there is no "god" or "devil" that you can blame for what is happening.
Has nothing to do with any "cult of self" or "death cult. "
A nihilistic response. Surely my brother, my friend, my enemy, shall impact me. Can you tell me what in my post is "nihilistic?"
definition of "nihilistism:
1. total rejection of established laws and institutions. 2. anarchy, terrorism, or other revolutionary activity. 3. total and absolute destructiveness, especially toward the world at large and including oneself:
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