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wow. it never ceases to amaze me. i am starting to lose my faith in everything i read here now. it seems that people imagine things and then "remember" it. they even quote it.
Originally posted by re22666
...the question was not "how many wars have been fought in accordance wit h jesus teachings?" it was wars in his name and there have been many. ...
Originally posted by undo
reply to post by re22666
oh i know but i'm not a lion
some kids have zits, some don't
i'm handicapped, but i can paint, draw, play 2 musical instruments,
write books, stories, poetry, and dance. i have a plethora of ancient culture data in my head.
i was on the dean's list and president's list in college, where i was a pre-med student (planned on being a doctor of natural medicine) and know a good bit about herbs and natural remedies.
however, if you asked me to run a block down to the corner and hit the guy who just stole your tires over the head with a tire iron, i wouldn't make it past the second house on the way (not to mention, i wouldn't hit the guy over the head. .. i'd probably walk and try to find a way to get your tires back without violence). my survival skills are different than yours, apparently. doesn't mean they don't work, just means they're different.
Originally posted by LoneGunMan
reply to post by re22666
Its because Satan is all about materialism, greed, worship of money and many other negative anti-spiritual traits. Some attribute it to Christians Satanism. Its not the real reason imho.
Look up the meaning of the Devil card in the Tarot. It is negative energy.
[edit on 17-7-2008 by LoneGunMan]
Originally posted by re22666
i was really digging this answer until i got to the tarot card thing. not really interested in what tarot card devils mean. that is no more valid than the christians or luciferians explaining their mytholoy. but you got the greed and hedonism part spot on!
Basic Tarot Story
The Fool comes to the foot of an enormous black mountain where reigns a creature half goat, half god. At his hooves, naked people linked to the god's throne by chains, engage in every indulgence imaginable: sex, drugs, food, gold, drink. The closer the Fool gets, the more he feels his own earthly desires rising in him. Lust, passion, obsession, greed. "I refuse to give into you!" he roars at the Goat god, resisting with all his might. The creature returns a curious look. "All I am doing is bringing out what is already in you," the beast responds. "Such feelings are nothing to fear, nothing to be ashamed of, or even to avoid." The Fool gestures angrily at the chained men and women, "You say that even though they are enslaved?" The Goat-god mimics the Fool's gesture. "Take another look."
The Fool does so, and realizes that the chained collars the men and women wear are wide enough for them to easily slip off over their heads. "They can be free if they wish to be," the Goat-god says, "Though you are right. I am the god of your strongest desires. But you see here only those who have allowed their base, bestial desires to control them." At this the Goat-god gestures upward, toward the peak of the mountain. "You do not see those who have allowed their impulses and aspirations to take them up to the top of that mountain. Inhibitions can enslave as easily as excesses. They can keep you from following your passion to the highest heights." The Fool realizes the truth in this, and that he has mistaken the Goat-god. Here he understands now that it is not a creature of evil, but of great power, the lowest and the highest, both of beast and god. Like all power it is frightening, and dangerous...but it is also the key to freedom and transcendence if understood and well used.
Basic Tarot Meaning
Perhaps the most misunderstood card of all the major arcana, the Devil is not really "Satan" at all, but Pan the half-goat nature god and/or Dionysius. These are gods of pleasure and abandon, of wild behavior and unbridled desires. With Capricorn as its ruling sign, this is a card about ambitions; it is also synonymous with temptation and addiction. On the flip side, however, the card can be a warning to someone who is too restrained, someone who never allows themselves to get passionate or messy or wild - or ambitious. This, too, is a form of enslavement. As a person, the Devil can stand for a man of money or erotic power, aggressive, controlling, or just persuasive. This is not to say a bad man, but certainly a powerful man who is hard to resist. The important thing is to remind the Querent that any chain is freely worn. In most cases, you are enslaved only because you allow it.
Originally posted by LoneGunMan
Originally posted by re22666
i was really digging this answer until i got to the tarot card thing. not really interested in what tarot card devils mean. that is no more valid than the christians or luciferians explaining their mytholoy. but you got the greed and hedonism part spot on!
Then you don't understand the Tarot. It is the story of the souls journey.
Here is the meaning of the Devil card in the Tarot.
Basic Tarot Story
The Fool comes to the foot of an enormous black mountain where reigns a creature half goat, half god. At his hooves, naked people linked to the god's throne by chains, engage in every indulgence imaginable: sex, drugs, food, gold, drink. The closer the Fool gets, the more he feels his own earthly desires rising in him. Lust, passion, obsession, greed. "I refuse to give into you!" he roars at the Goat god, resisting with all his might. The creature returns a curious look. "All I am doing is bringing out what is already in you," the beast responds. "Such feelings are nothing to fear, nothing to be ashamed of, or even to avoid." The Fool gestures angrily at the chained men and women, "You say that even though they are enslaved?" The Goat-god mimics the Fool's gesture. "Take another look."
The Fool does so, and realizes that the chained collars the men and women wear are wide enough for them to easily slip off over their heads. "They can be free if they wish to be," the Goat-god says, "Though you are right. I am the god of your strongest desires. But you see here only those who have allowed their base, bestial desires to control them." At this the Goat-god gestures upward, toward the peak of the mountain. "You do not see those who have allowed their impulses and aspirations to take them up to the top of that mountain. Inhibitions can enslave as easily as excesses. They can keep you from following your passion to the highest heights." The Fool realizes the truth in this, and that he has mistaken the Goat-god. Here he understands now that it is not a creature of evil, but of great power, the lowest and the highest, both of beast and god. Like all power it is frightening, and dangerous...but it is also the key to freedom and transcendence if understood and well used.
Basic Tarot Meaning
Perhaps the most misunderstood card of all the major arcana, the Devil is not really "Satan" at all, but Pan the half-goat nature god and/or Dionysius. These are gods of pleasure and abandon, of wild behavior and unbridled desires. With Capricorn as its ruling sign, this is a card about ambitions; it is also synonymous with temptation and addiction. On the flip side, however, the card can be a warning to someone who is too restrained, someone who never allows themselves to get passionate or messy or wild - or ambitious. This, too, is a form of enslavement. As a person, the Devil can stand for a man of money or erotic power, aggressive, controlling, or just persuasive. This is not to say a bad man, but certainly a powerful man who is hard to resist. The important thing is to remind the Querent that any chain is freely worn. In most cases, you are enslaved only because you allow it.
When the student is ready the teacher will come. This is your first true lesson that you are on the wrong path, life is balance and you are out of balance.
[edit on 18-7-2008 by LoneGunMan]
Originally posted by re22666
you greatly missunderstand. i do understand the tarot. i dont care. doesnt anyone read entire sentences? I do not want any answers that pretend to be facts that come from any fantasy book or mythology. i know all i need to know about tarot cards, they are irrelevant to the topic at hand and add nothing to actual question posed. but thanks for the U2U to let me know that i just dont understand and you will show me the way. show me a way based in logic and facts.
Originally posted by LoneGunMan
When the student is ready the teacher will come. This is your first true lesson that you are on the wrong path, life is balance and you are out of balance.
[edit on 18-7-2008 by LoneGunMan]
Originally posted by LoneGunMan
I think you are the one that does not understand. The point I was making with the Tarot was right on target. It is not mythology if you DID understand the tarot you would understand that it holds life's greatest lessons.
The tarot is based on logic and facts. It is observations from the time that man knew more about the soul than we do now.
Tell me the meaning I gave you from the Tarot is NOT exactly what your Satanism is all about. If you do then explain the difference junior.
Originally posted by re22666
i honestly do not mean to mock your handicap(s) whatever they may be but until you have actually retrieved said item from the thief in whatever magical way you will, its hard to say your survival skills are simply "different." honestly if i need my car to work and feed my family and it is stolen and you can get it back peacefully. you are truly amazing. i just doubt that is true at all. but now my wife and kids can starve to death on the street while some ass drives around in my car because i let a handicapped person tell me that violence is wrong and they will take care of it. how many crimes have you foiled in your day?
Originally posted by undo
That's okay, mocking is something i'm almost entirely immune to at this juncture. notice i said "almost" i've been known to come out swinging (not with fists, but with words or something i call knee time (prayer)). i'm not sure whether it's a handicap or just an injury. i'm a survivor of several not so fun things, like coma and breast cancer and chemo and diabetes, but i'm still here. stronger for it? in some ways. weaker in others. one of the weaker ways is i can't run very far at all. but the good news is, i can now pick up heavy objects, walk, and take caps off things by myself. which is a big improvement. i figure if i can just get fit again, i'll be able to make that run down to the corner, to get your tires, diplomatically.
i know you don't think peaceful tactics would work, but i just might have something stashed away for just such emergencies that might seem ultimately more beneficial than a pair of tires. thinking ahead can solve problems, and keeping your cool can avoid others. when a person is in survival mode, they respond dangerously to extreme emotion, yes? you have to be a bridge over troubled waters, as this is probably the singlemost necessary survival skill no matter what situation you're in. cool head means better decisions, clearer thinking.
if i get angry, my pvp (gamer lingo) skills degrade rapidly.
anyway, back on topic.
the goat god is the same thing as the enki guy from sumer. he's got more personas than you can shake a stick at.
the other problem is manifestation. evil in this instance, any evil, equals satan to people who are researching topics in which evil appears to abound. so you will see, as a result, references to satan, satanic and satanism, in the material as a sort of side effect or further definition.
any rational reason to get your kid?
welll i really need to know what you have on you that is better than a car or a pair f tires or whatever
Originally posted by undo
any rational reason to get your kid?
yes, i love my child. love will make me go back to get him/her on the hope
that we both survive.
they are colonizing. we will eventually be expanding....eventually. there's no need to kill the weak. "the weak" is just as flimsy a concept as a social more. rubbery. at the rate our technology is expanding, there won't be "the weak" anymore, anyway. the real issue will be controlling the population growth by contraception. we don't want to get into that issue. take my word on this.
ok that is not a rational reason seeing as how i told you.