| THIS IS A READ-ONLY ARCHIVE FROM THE SORABJI.COM MESSAGE BOARDS (1995-2016). |
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St. Janor Hypercleats on golf: "After I recieved the Transmission I knew it was the time of the Launching. The Head had to be off the earth to be photocopied by the Xists . . . The Arnold Palmer Head is the only living being with the skill needed to defeat the Yists. With his handicap - no body - his only possible rival would be the Zists from the Backwards Time Universe, or else Trevino. Trevino's already working with the Yists. . . .in fact, every golfer is working with a different race of aliens. Thus every golf tournament is a universal psychic war. The Launchings are to create enough psychic energy to push Palmer to the top. If Trevino wins . . . you may mock me now, but you won't think it's so funny when this entire planet falls into the sandtrap. But if earth is driven into the correct Black Hole, we'll all gain infinite Slack for eternity. The Yists are trying to kill Palmer but they can't because this world is stronger than the Dream World. All SubGeniuses MUST WATCH GOLF TOURNAMENTS." |
A priest wrote this: "The term in classical Christian spirituality for life-robbing dreariness or sadness is “acedia.” St. Gregory the Great (c. 540-604) included this term among the seven deadly sins (Moralia xxxi, 87, where it is called “tristia” or sadness). This form of ennui or apathy is linked to our greatest possibility. To be oppressed by weariness and boredom is to despair of the glory to which God calls us. "Acedia shrivels our vision of God’s goodness and love. It is born from a loss of hope in ever achieving what God’s love wants for us: our eternal happiness under the sovereignty of God’s love. It is spiritually fatal because it means that we do not want what God—Happiness Itself—wants for us: we do not want Happiness Itself." |
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Wish I could find some of that. Enjoy your youth while you're young, Oswald. |
Yay, my skunk friend is here! |
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SLOTH (I really don't feel like working,) ENVY (of every person walking down the street with someone special holding their hand,) GREED (Because I want something that I can't have,) PRIDE (Because I have way to much of it and refuse to admit the fact that I gave up,) WRATH (if I ever find out anything about her and the ex B/F before me, I'll kill his ass,) And the only two that DON'T apply to me right now are: GLUTTONY (because I'm to friggin poor,) and LUST (because lusting with your hand isn't lust.) |
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i don't believe in sin. what a stupid concept. especially the idea that there is some all loving god who will send an unrepentant masturbator to spend eternity in a pit of fire whereas the murderer who asks for forgiveness will join the holy host. fuck that shit. what kind of corporate relgion crap is that? no offense intended, of course. |
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What's to believe in, anyway? You feel guilt, remorse, regret, or shame when you do something you wish you hadn't / not done something you wish you had, right? Sin isn't abstract. Besides, the "7 deadly sins" aren't sins in themselves, they're proclivities to sin. Anger isn't a sin, the emotion of anger. Beating someone up is a sin. *ahem* Feeling attracted to someone isn't a sin; acting on it inappropriately is. Why? Because doing so either hurts you, hurts someone else, or hurts your relationship with God. Anyway, I used to look at the list of the 7 and think I was only guilty of wrath. I've got them all now, and my strongest temptation is to acedia, or despair. |
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i believe that it doesn't make sense to hurt yourself. working against yourself will get you no where. this is not sin. sin implies a tally somewhere. sin implies that someone is concerned about your actions and that you will be held accountable for these actions. "You feel guilt, remorse, regret, or shame when you do something you wish you hadn't / not done something you wish you had, right?" is this the criteria for sin? i don't think this has anything to do with sin. i feel guilty that i threw out every apple my mom packed in my lunches from fourth until sixth grade. every single one. was it a sin? i doubt it. unless the apple god is out to get me. i don't feel guilty for cranking one off now and again. hell, even beating off three (or more!) times a day doesn't get to me. is it a sin? according to your god it is. is sin absolute? is there a rulebook somewhere? or is it purely subjective? how can sin not be abstract? it's either undefinable or incomprehensible, depending on who you talk to ("No good Catholic would be so presumptuous as to try to determine where Timothy McVeigh's soul is. That's God's job.") |
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"Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart." - Matthew 5:27-28, Sermon on the Mount, Jesus "That's the thing about being Catholic: if you feel like going uptown and diddling Mary Catherine at her apartment, save the cab fare - you just did it." - George Carlin |
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live with it. heathens rock. |
<smite smite smite smite smite> |
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the apple god smote nate; nate has been smitten. |
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and i spent the weekend in an excess of heathen debauchery. so to hell with me, first! |
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Season ticket on a one-way ride Asking nothing, leave me be Taking everything in my stride Don't need reason, don't need rhyme Ain't nothing I would rather do Going down, party time My friends are gonna be there too I'm on the highway to hell No stop signs, speed limit Nobody's gonna slow me down Like a wheel, gonna spin it Nobody's gonna mess me round Hey Satan, payed my dues Playing in a rocking band Hey Momma, look at me I'm on my way to the promised land I'm on the highway to hell (Don't stop me) And I'm going down, all the way down I'm on the highway to hell |
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I can gurentee a good time. |
I really, really want to post the lyrics to "Devil Gate Drive" by Suzi Quatro but I can't find them. I always want to take off my clothes when I hear that song. Chris Isaak's "Baby did a bad, bad thing" has that effect too. |
I LOVE IT!!! |
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AIII AII AIIII!! I'M GOING TO GO FUCK A HORSE!! THERE!! I FUCKED A HORSE! OOOOOO. |
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but now it's time for the sin game: SLOTH (i skipped studying and went downtown instead.) GLUTTONY (stopped at baskin robbins and had a doule scoop: old fashioned butter pecan and fudge brownie.) and LUST (drooled over the tattooed hardened record store god in front of my would-be boyfriend.) but not: ENVY (i can't think of a time i really envied anyone today.) GREED (i admired the four-headed blue dog figurine in the record store window but i only commented on it. don't want it that bad.) PRIDE (maybe a little. i don't know.) or WRATH (what's that?) this game is fun, but only as long as i get to be vanna white. |
sloth: i fist fucked madonna gluttony: anal sex with the ny mets lust: the produce section in the ass of your mom. envy: breaking in to the north dutton girls' academy correctional facility. greed: busting out in the north dutton girls' academy correctional facility pride: feltching joe public from the colon of mr. wrong. wrath: seven up and bourbon poured liberally on the naked ass of a baboon prostitute. |
*I think bottom-up. I don't think of sin as abstract, a vague evil that floats around in the atmosphere. I think of it simply as the evil that we do. It's seen in action. Those actions usually provoke feelings of guilt, etc. That's why I brought that up. Guilt and sin are correlated, not contingent. Exhibit A: serial killers. Exhibit B: scrupulosity. *Attraction and lust are not synonyms. I have a question for you: where is the justice in your world view? |
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This is what was behind my mental turbulence last month. It was instigated by my going to confession and being told that, essentially, I was going to hell and dragging everyone with me. It took me three weeks to realize the priest had misunderstood me and that I wasn't an evil person after all. |
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a rather abstract concept in its own right. i'm late for work. |
Going to confessions seems so sadistic, I don't understand. |
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and i have shit to do. which is why i am here, writing this. i was told about the shamanic tradition to walk the line between good and evil, being neither. i like the way it sounds. but i still don't know what evil is. or good, for that matter. it seems the definition only holds in the extremes. and even then, who thinks they are anything but good? if evil is subjective, sin must be abstract. if you can't know god, how can you know what will distance god from you. the human mind is capable of deluding itself perfectly. how does this factor into sin and/or evil? |
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Envy: wished I was still sleeping like my wife Lust: Not yet Pride: Not Yet Greed: Wished I had more money Wrath: Spent $18.00 on 12 gallons of gas, yes wrath. Especially since I drive 150 miles a day, and only get 25 miles to the gallon. That is 6 gallons, or $9 a day in gas. Jesus. Once you add in $4 for a pack of smokes, $1.00 for a soda, and $1.00 for a donut, I might as well stay at home. Wrath that my stupid ass mother in law took annie to see the baby she had hit on the head with a base ball bat (had to be something fucking hard to crack a seven month old's skull). Pissed that the DFS allowed this. More pissed that the police will likely drop the charges and DFS will give the baby back to annie because they can't prove annie did it. I was fucking choked untill i passed out like once a month from kindergarten until i moved out at 19. i dont want to see the baby go through that! FUCKING PEOPLE! What was the 7th sin? Oh yeah, gluttony. I ate 2 pieces of pizza and three bread sticks for lunch, plus a MEDIUM (take that) coca-cola. |
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On scrupolisity, did anyone see that 20/20 or was it 60 minutes,on religious OCD? These people were so whacked by this, every minute they were praying or crossing themselves and such. Pretty sad. One kid, it took him two hours to get dressed because he had to do a ritual over ever piece of clothing. |
I am the Lord, and there is none else. I form the light, and create the darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the lord do all these things -Isaiah 45:6-7 Shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it? -Amos 3:6 evil is all part of god's plan. embrace it. |
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but i repeat myself |
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It's all a trap! There is no way out! |
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John 10:34-37 jesus maintained that we are no different than he. |
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I fart at those who claim to know what god wants. |
Give them up. In 72 hours your body will be nicotine-free. The rest is just all in your mind. If you put that $4 a day in a share trust fund, your daughters would be able to take their pick of colleges. And you might live to see them graduate. Smoking is evil. |
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man, i'm glad i quit. |
damn, you in CA, right nate? what REALLY sucks is that my airconditioner somehow stopped working this winter when my father in law was messing around under the hood. of course, he swears its "just a coincidence", and I bitch at him about getting it fixed (since he broke it this winter) and he keeps saying "other things are more important". Yeah, like making sure your grandson gets the crap knocked out of his head some more by your daughter, right????? |
I know, soda and donuts for breakfast, pizza and soda for lunch. but get this, I lost 30 lbs in the last year so far! |
i'm in california. fruit? how about vegetables? do you eat your protien in the morning and your carbs at night? do you drink 10 glasses of water a day? does your shit stink? |
i fluctuate weight. although in 7 years i've gone from 145 to 175. But Im usually between 170 and 180...for 6'2"...i think thats closer to normal than my scrawny 145lbs several years ago. I think rather, from 19 to 26 ive filled out. i hate hearing lectures abour smoking. I like my cigarettes most of the time. I pay $42/month for a bus/subway pass. I get 36/42 mpg on the car. It costs us roughly $20 to fill up once a week. |
in 7 years i went from 155 to 205. i'm at 180 now. i'm 3'4". |
working keeps my arms toned, i'm constantly stretching and sorta dancing. walk everywhere i can. eat to fill your belly and avoid saturated fats. i've got an excellent cholesterol level because i don't eat nearly as many animal products as some people. it's not how you look, it's not the numbers on the scale, it's how you FEEL. |
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jesus christ, you and your lip. |
i eat veggies at dinner, and today was an unusual lunch, I have been eating subway-like sandwiches (no, I am not doing that goofy subway diet on tv, I like cheese on my damn sandwiches). |
all i do is avoid all meat and never have more than a tiny amount of sugar at the same time as caffiene. my mom says it's a poor diet, but i make sure to get plenty of soy and beans to keep the protein machine running. no vitamins required. i just finished dying my hair. it's a deep red/brown. almost purply black. i love it. |
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taurine is an important amino acid. |
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tastes like pez. |
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coffemate is so flamable because it is such a small particulate. lots of surface area. if the particles were larger, it would be hard to ignite. |
were you telling the truth about your hight (simply wonderin, promise) |
attach a fuse that gives you about 2 or 3 seconds to a toner canister. find a HIGH bridge, preferably over water. light, drop and get down. boom. |
no, i was lying about my height. |
john was a crazy motherfucker. i remember him, remember. god wants me. everyone tell me how tall you are. i will compare you. make a chart. later i will tell you the story of being at my sister's house |
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Actually that's a lie, but it's close enough. It's such a nothing height. Neither short nor tall. It's more in heels though. Antigone is going to try and tell you he is 6'4" but that's a big fat lie. He's really 6'3 3/4" (I don't know how to write it in your funny old-fashioned measuring thingamebob) |
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You think about that sentence for a while and you'll start to see stars. |
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i'm 5'6" also. or, similar to cat, between the five and six somewheres. |
that's 1/14 of an inch away from 5'5 1/2. why not say 5' 5 1/2" ? i'm actually 5'11". no, actually i'm 5'10 1/39" jesus fucking judas. |
It makes sense in another galaxy somewhere. Honest. |
173cm. |
I am 1.67m tall, and worth the climb. (5'5" for you English/Imperial rule users out there). |
So, droopy, how tall were you? |
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i didn't say it wasn't ok. btw: i bought a phillip roth book the other day. i was going to buy the one you recommended, but my memory doesn't work that way. so i bought one that was yellow. |
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I wear heeled boots and fancy shoes sometimes. sometimes I like to make a scene. however, a lot of the time I wish I didn't invite strangers' comments, which I either have to pointedly ignore (my response 99.99 percent of the time) or answer. like yesterday waiting for the bus. after the little old chinese lady moved away from all the asshole drunken (?) homeless guys, then they had to start in on me. I never looked up from my edith wharton book. fucking bus always late. and I've been restricted to a small gene pool to date within. and most women like tall guys, so it's a pool that gets fished a lot, you know? but even so I've always managed to do ok for myself. right now I can't think of any guy I really wanted to try out and didn't get a chance to. |
you don't date shorter men? |
our friend was also tall. |
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I'm at the other end of the spectrum. People tend to pick me up alot. It is difficult to be taken seriously,when your feet are dangling in the air. |
That's horrible. |
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I sometimes wonder how different my life would be if I was shorter or taller or fatter or whatever. Our physical presence plays such a big part in our lives. |
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ask enoch. |
five years ago. the tall guys tend to be the strangest ones. they can get away with anything around girls it seems. stupid. phil (my pillow boy) is 6' 3" but i can't have a good convo with him and so i'm not intellectually stimulated around him at all. it sucks. if it weren't for him, i'd be all over one of his friends in a second. a shorter boy with small feet and a brain that's been used. i thought he was gay at first because he seemed to fit that stereotype. |
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there are some people today who believe that god is going to revive these mutants in the end times (the tribulation period) & that they'll have fiery stingers, like scorpions (no, i'm NOT making this up...there really are people who believe this). they'll sting & torment mankind because god will have turned his back upon all but (approximately) 144,000 sinners. long story. |
Don't listen to her. I'm back, btw. If I get fired for reading and posting, so be it. This project is too insane for me to care... |
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