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sacrificial lamb is a metaphorical reference to a person or animal sacrificed (killed or discounted in some way) for the common good. The term is derived from the traditions of Abrahamic religion where a lamb is a highly valued possession, but is offered to God as a sacrifice for the forgiveness of Sin.
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The golden leafs on the necklace at the top probably symbolizes fertility, which is usually what one hope to gain when someone is sacrificed. In this case, fertility of the land is not the reason for the sacrifice of the woman wearing it.
Originally posted by devilishlyangelic23
i wanted to reply to the OP....
i don't understand why another person's belief is your business? i understand that you think it's delusional, etc. but why are you so concerned with what everyone else thinks and believes? if they want to believe the world is ending...let them. they'll be disappointed when it doesnt, and they'll learn from their mistakes and move on. ok, so maybe you want to put information out there to try and help them see your truth beforehand, but its not your place to do that. everyone has their own personal journey that they go through in life. its theirs, and theirs alone. if they make mistakes, they're given the opportunity to learn from them. you shouldn't in essence try to rob people of their important life lessons by stepping into their space and trying to tell them what to do.
now regarding 2012, i definitely dont think that the world is ending..but there is something in the air. people all around me are feeling like something very strange is going on. people all around me, and all around the world. there is definitely *something* going on if so many people can sense it. its an intuitive sensation. its not something physical that can be proven, or measured, etc. its just a feeling. i think thats where the difference in opinion comes from, is the fact that some people are feeling this, and some arent. the ones who feel it know in every essence of their being that something untoward is happening/about to happen. the ones who dont feel it are i guess, totally confused as to why these people would think these things...its just because they dont feel it. just because someone doesnt sense it, doesnt mean its not happening. it just means that that particular person isnt feeling it. and i want to add the word "yet" at the end of that. i think that everyone will sense change and uneasiness in the air eventually. we all have an intuition.
Originally posted by Geladinhu
Originally posted by Skyfloating
Originally posted by Geladinhu
Why don't you just let them be deluded?
Im not into passivity when I see people suffering.
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Why dont you explain what you base your 2012-beliefs on rather than throwing around incoherencies.
[edit on 13-10-2009 by Skyfloating]
Well, I'm sorry to tell you this.
But I doubt you are alleviating any suffering by saying that people are deluded. Maybe your alleviating or trying to alleviate your own suffering, but I'm not going into that.
My belief concerning 2012:
Somethings up with 2012. So many people talking about. So many people looking forward to it. So many people bashing it. So many emotions coming to surface just because of this idea that translates into numbers. Its almost like a "God" concept again coming forth. And concepts like those don't grab peoples attention because they are dumb. It grabs they're attention because its powerful. Your attention has been grabbed by it and as you stated, just in this website we have hundreds of people that had their attention grabbed by it also.
Its a very interesting social-cultural-psychological phenomena to start with. Even if it is just a "mass delusion". Damn, we ought to pay more attention to this. Why is it happening now? How and why is it coming into being? Why are so many people "falling into delusion"?
That's my anthropological approach.
Now my personal approach.
Like MrVertigo said, its intuitive.
I can feel the change, I can feel the turbulence becoming stronger each day.
I can see how things are getting exponentially crazy. I can see the bomb about to explode. I can hear the ticking. Its happening right now. It is changing. Change with it.
Originally posted by Equinox99
calling something delusional before it happens would also be categorized as delusion, no?
Originally posted by Skyfloating
Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic
I do feel a bit sorry for people who are just waiting for this date
There`s some amount of compassion I have for these people...this website alone features hundreds...because they are building their entire personal cosmology and lifestyle around something completelely artificial and empty.
[edit on 13-10-2009 by Skyfloating]
Originally posted by Skyfloating
Originally posted by Equinox99
calling something delusional before it happens would also be categorized as delusion, no?
Me saying next week pink bunnies wont jump down from the moon does not make me delusional.