Edlyn told me about the star. And while I greatly appreciate and much admire your eloquent post, I wasn’t saying anything at all about religion or faith. The phrase “almost like” was intended as a clue that an analogy followed, and the phrase “God and everybody” is a colloquialism that means simply “everyone”. I will not risk any misunderstanding at this point by saying God go with you, so I will simply leave you with all the best, my friend.
In rhod, it was called predator-raptoring. I’m not entirely sure why.
It seems to happen fairly often on here, especially in the pit. Every thread ever killed by a mod with the excuse ‘because it attracts the wrong kind of people’ is at least a weak example.
Lib, I’m a little bit “toey” about religion or “faith” of any kind because the only personal memories I can associate with either are pretty horrific. Nonetheless, I am not naive enough to blame “the churches” or “the faiths” in general for the actions of the few.
I don’t believe in any kind of divine being; nonetheless, I find places of worship (mosques, cathedrals, churches, etc) incredibly still and peaceful sanctuaries. I have found refuge at times in all of the above - it’s never, EVER been conditional upon my having a belief in a particular interpretation of “the divine”.
I am very often awed by the extent to which people share not only their faith in “the divine” but also their doubts about the existence of such a being with me.
You’d probably all call me a “hypocrite”, because I don’t believe in any of your “gods”, and I don’t acccept any of your scriptures as “divine law”.
What I’m always amazed by Lib is how - at the end of the day - we can find so many issues on which we have similar viewpoints; and if we don’t have similar viewpoints, then we can at least understand what the other person is saying.
Perhaps - as an atheist - I’m interpreting the message of Christianity wrongly. But IMHO, you couldn’t find a better example of the best of any of the world’s major religions than what you see on the SDMB
My hope is that you find the longing of your spirit (your essence), Reprise, no matter whether it is my God, someone else’s God, or no God at all. I certainly don’t think you’re a hypocrite.
I was commanded in no uncertain terms to refrain from splitting the world into atheists and theists. I was told that love is unfamiliar with such boundaries, and that all that existed within them was vapor. Perhaps I should change my familiar salutation to “Love go with you always”.
I shouldn’t Lib. It sounds rather euphamistic for another somewhat more colourful phrase…
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Absolutely, Lib. What I’m looking for is a source or sources demonstrating Hosayf’s statements that A) blacks/negroes have higher lung capacity thatn whites, and that B) they also are more efficient oxygen processors at altitude.
I’m not claiming the statements are false, I just want to read the studies.
I’m just amazed the good <B>Dr</B> was able to close that thread before <B>Autumn Wind Chick</B> had a chance to post to it.