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If you think you're crud, it comes out in the way you hold yourself, what you say, and of course, in your choices of freindships and lovers. By not liking yourself, you leave yourself open to all sorts of bad stuff. Kinda like a sign that says "Kick Me, I deserve it." Not liking yourself is sometimes a temporary thing. Phases of self-doubt, depression. I love my husband, but there are times when I don't like things I've done, and get all mopey, self-depreciating. Then I get over myself, and I realize I'm just another human. |
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Just because you don't like yourself does not mean that you cannot be selfless and kind. I suppose that not liking yourself should make it easier to be selfless. The idea that, "If you don't love yourself, you can't love someone else" probably originated in a film script. |
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aquinas also came up with the trinity thing so that catholics could go back to being monotheists. |
The trinity thing isn't new -- the Gnostics had it around the same time period, and so do most religions in some form. It's probably not a coincidence, either. So, how warm does your cynicism keep you at night, anyway? |
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cynicism is the only way I can keep sane among the herds of the ignorant. all my friends are close and my family is strong. i don't need hand waving and hocus pocus to keep me happy. but if you do, that's fine. and i was serious about thanking you for that information. i really did wonder about that. |
The BEST adventure and true at that, is the Lewis and Clark Expedition that was shown on PBS. The Best in real entertainment and history. AT one point during the Trip, (can't remember which tribe) Indians almost initiated a plan to slit the 32 throats of the sleeping white men of the Corps of Discovery Expedition (1805). They would have gained all of their supplies, ammunition, boats and this "United States" territory. One important Indian woman, the eldest, so they respected her intervention, turned history around. Here are some interesting gleanings from: http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/related/index.html “Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery” (Only 29$ for the two VHS tapes, I was on the edge of my seat every minute.) gleanings from The Corps of Discovery: . . . York was Clark’s childhood companion. He was a slave. We know he was big. We know he was very athletic. He was a great dancer. He was devoted to William Clark. He was a great help to the expedition because he was such a curiosity. Indians who had seen white men had never seen a black man before, On April 7, 1805, the Corps of Discovery left Fort Mandan, where they had spent the previous winter, and headed west. On their maps, the land that Lewis and Clark was headed toward was indicated by a vast, blank space and the word, "Unknown." From that point forward, every trail the Corps walked, every corner they rounded, was new. No one had any idea of what was to come, or what to expect. Over the course of the expedition, the Corps of Discovery would come into contact with nearly 50 Native American tribes. Quickly, the captains learned how many different definitions there really were for the word “Indian.” (and Sacagawea the 14 year old Indian girl guide who accompanied Lewis and Clark and saved the lives of the expedition. Only one person died and of natural causes.) some Indians had never seen white nor black skinned humans. |
well, i'm a white man and i certianly had nothing to do with it. |
God made us in his image. God is a dumbfuck. |
Haven't you ever heard of The Man? He's been keeping me down for some time now. |
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And he's been dead for twenty-something years. You guys must be thinking of someone else. Stan Musial? |
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I recently came upon a site claiming that Star Wars was the work of the Devil...or something like that...and at the bottom of the page they had a little picture of Jesus walking in '70s street clothes with the crown of thorns on his head, with a rainbow behind him, and it had the words "Jesus is the force!" in the left corner. I wish I could find it again so you could see it! It's unbelievable. I'm using it as wallpaper on my desktop. |
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The best part is the hate mail. The best part is always the hate mail. I like to keep track of how many "god-fearin'" assholes type messages using those archaic "thee"s and "thou"s. Fuck'em |
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The only thing I have in common with my primate brethren is that I masturbate every time no one is watching. (never been caught) |
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